Part 7

"Let not sleep," says Pythagoras, "fall upon thy eyes, till thou hast thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What have I left undone which I ought to have done? Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; in conclusion, for the ill which thou hast done, seek repentance, and gratitude for the good."

AGRICULTURAL MEMORANDA.

_To preserve Cattle from Disease in the Winter._--When cattle are kept out in the winter, it is recommended as a useful practice to rub some tar at the root of the horn, which prevents the wet from getting between the root and the skin; and it is said, contributes so preserve the health of the animal, and to keep it free from various diseases to which it may otherwise be liable.

_Rules for Milking Cows._--Cows should be milked three times a day, if fully fed, throughout the summer, and _great caution should be exercised by the persons employed, to draw the milk from them completely_, not only to encrease the quantity of produce, but to preserve its quality. Any portion which may be left in the udder, seems gradually to be absorbed into the system, and no more is formed than enough to supply what is taken away; and by the continuance of the same mode, a yet further dimunition of the secretion takes place, until at length scarcely any is produced. This last mode of milking is always practised when it is intended that a cow should be rendered dry.

_Additional quantity of Milk to be gained by keeping Milch Cows in the house._--In the management of cows, a warm stable is highly necessary; and currying them like horses, not only affords them pleasure, but makes them give their milk more freely. They ought always to be kept clean, laid dry, and have plenty of good sweet water to drink. Cows treated in this manner, have given ten gallons of milk at a time, when within ten days of calving.

_To prevent Cows from contracting bad habits while milking._--Cows should be always treated with great gentleness, and soothed by mild usage, especially when young and ticklish, or when the paps are tender, in which case the udder ought to be fomented with warm water before milking, and touched with the greatest gentleness, otherwise the cow will be in danger of contracting bad habits, becoming stubborn and unruly, and retaining her milk ever after. A cow never lets down her milk pleasantly to the person she dreads or dislikes. The udder and paps, should always be washed with clean water before milking; but care should be taken that none of that water be admitted into the milking pail.

Sir George M'Kenzie has discovered that oil rubbed upon the stems and branches of fruit trees destroys insects, and increases the fruit buds. Mr. John Linning, has added to the discovery, by using it successfully upon the stems of carnations, to guard them against the depredations of the earwig. The coarsest oil will suit, and only a small quantity is required.

_To prevent smut in wheat._--Take four quarts of good lye, or a sufficient quantity to wet your seed, and add to it a bushel of wheat, stirring till the whole is alike wet, then sow it immediately, as the strong lye will injure the seed if delayed. The lye may be as strong as you can bare to sow without injury to the hand. A little tallow applied to the hand will prevent injury from the lye. I have continued this practice 12 years out of 20; and have never known it to fail of success. I have frequently made use of smutty wheat for seed, and found my crops perfectly free from smut. Much depends on having the lye sufficiently strong to take off the fuz on wheat.

JOSIAH BENJAMIN.

Berlin, April 26, 1820.

_For preserving Eggs._--In March, put about half a pound of quick lime in a stone or earthen pot, and add a gallon of cold water;--next day fill the pot with new eggs, tie a paper over it and put the pot in a cool place. The eggs will be found perfectly good after being kept a year.

It is quite necessary to keep lime in the walks of your hens, as it causes their laying eggs throughout the winter.

FOR THE RURAL MAGAZINE.

EXTRACTED FROM THE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS OF C. E.

The following piece was handed about in manuscript, about the year 1776, and I do not know that it has been ever printed till now. It was said to be the production of the Rev. THOMAS COOMBE, a native Pennsylvanian, and about that time a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, in this city. C. E.

A HYMN TO RESIGNATION.

Oh! from that high and holy sphere, Where, thron'd in light, you dwell, Sweet maid, in all thy charms descend To gild my humble cell.

Thy presence heightens every bliss, Draws out the sting of wo, Allures to brighter worlds above, And makes a heaven below.

The pilgrim, roving all night long, Through dreary tracts forlorn, Oft sighs, oppress'd, and sighs again, The wish'd return of morn.

As I in sorrow's gloomy night, Condemn'd awhile to stray, Look up with ardent eye to heav'n, And ask the devious way,

O! screen me from surrounding ills, Let dangers ne'er annoy, The arrow that in darkness flies, Commissioned to destroy.

Inconstant as the idle wind, That sports with every flow'r, When earthly friends by turns drop off, Friends of our brighter hour;

Do thou, mild cherub, fill my breast, With all that's good and wise, Snatch me from earth's tumultuous scenes, And lead me to the skies.

There kindred spirits ne'er deceive; Soul mingles there with soul; Sweet Sympathy and Truth are there, And Love cements the whole.

More welcome to this sorrowing heart, Oh, pensive queen, thy strain, Than all the joys mad Riot gives To sooth the clamorous train.

You shade the poor man's evening walk With wreaths of endless green, And, when the lamp of life declines, You tend the last dread scene.

Oh! then from heaven, thy holy sphere, Where, thron'd in light you dwell, Come, Resignation, sainted maid, And gild my humble cell.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE RURAL MAGAZINE.

The following little poem was written by JOHN BYRON, a minor English poet, who died at Manchester, in the year 1763, aged 72. In his 23d year, he wrote the beautiful pastoral of Colin and Phebe, on which his poetick reputation is principally founded. It appeared in the eighth volume of the Spectator; and many of your readers will remember, what has been so generally known and admired.

My time, O ye Muses, was happily spent, When Phebe went with me wherever I went; Ten thousand sweet pleasures I felt in my breast: Sure never fond shepherd like Colin was blest! &c.

The subjoined extract, it is believed, is not so familiar; and for that reason, as you must doubtless wish to exclude from your poetick corner whatever is trite and common-place, whether _professedly_ original, or selected from old or distant writers, it is hoped, though a small matter, it will not prove altogether unacceptable. I.

THE BEAU AND THE BEDLAMITE.

A patient in Bedlam, that did pretty well, Was permitted sometimes to go out of his cell; One day, when they gave him that freedom, he spy'd A beauish young spark with a sword by his side; With a huge silver hilt, and a scabbard of steel, That swung at due length from his hip to his heel.

When he saw him advance on the gallery ground, The Bedlamite ran, and survey'd him all round; While a waiter supprest the young captain's alarm, With, "You need not to fear, sir, he'll do you no harm." At the last he broke out--"Aye, a very fine show! May I ask him one question?"--"What's that?" said the beau?

"Pray what is that long, dangling, cumbersome thing, That you seem to be ty'd to with riband and string?" "Why, that is my sword."--"And what is it to do?" "Kill my enemies, master, by running them through." "Kill your enemies! Kill a fool's head of your own; They'll die of themselves, if you'll let them alone."

(From the London Literary Gazette, April 22.)

SILENT WORSHIP.

Though glorious, O God! must thy temple have been, On the day of its first dedication, When the Cherubim's wings, widely waving, were seen On high, o'er the ark's holy station.

When even the chosen of Levi, though skill'd To minister, standing before Thee, Retir'd from the cloud which the temple then fill'd, And thy glory made Israel adore Thee:

Though awfully grand was thy Majesty then; Yet the worship thy gospel discloses, Less splendid in pomp to the vision of men, Far surpasses the ritual of Moses.

And by whom was the ritual for ever repeal'd? But by Him, unto whom it was given To enter the Oracle, where is reveal'd, Not the cloud but the brightness of Heaven.

Who, having once enter'd, hath shown us the way, O Lord! how to worship before Thee; Not with shadowy forms of that earlier day; But in _spirit_ and _truth_ to adore Thee!

This, this is the worship the Saviour made known, When she, of Samaria, found him By the patriarch's well, sitting weary, alone, With the stillness of noon-tide around him.

How sublime, yet how simple the homage he taught To her, who inquir'd by that fountain, If JEHOVAH at Solyma's shrine would be sought? Or ador'd on Samaria's mountain.

Woman, believe me, the hour is near, When he, if ye rightly would hail him, Will neither be worship'd _exclusively_ here, Nor yet at the altar of Salem.

For God is a Spirit! and they, who aright Would perform the pure worship he loveth, In the heart's holy temple will seek, with delight, That Spirit the Father approveth.

And many that prophecy's truth can declare, Whose bosoms have livingly known it; Whom God hath instructed to worship him there, And convinc'd that his mercy will own it.

The temple that Solomon built to his name, Now lives but in history's story; Extinguish'd long since, is its altar's bright flame, And vanish'd each glimpse of its glory.

But the Christian, made wise by a wisdom divine, Though all human fabrics may falter, Still finds in his heart a far holier shrine, Where the fire burns unquench'd on the altar!

(From the Illinois Gazette.)

"What's the news," said a Quidnunc to Paddy M'Shane, "Of our _foreign relations_--and what about Spain?" "Our _foreign relations_," cried Pat, with a tear, "Och! they're hanging them up by the dozen, my dear!" p?

O.

STATE OF THE THERMOMETER.

9 o'clock. 12 o'clock. 3 o'clock. June 26, -- -- 76 27, 72 74 76 28, 75 78 80 29, 76 81 85 30, 82 87 90 July 1, 85 89 90 3, 78 81 84 4, 77 80 83 5, 81 85 88 6, 82 87 90 7, 82 86 85 8, 79 81 81 10, 77 81 82 11, 78 81 84 12, 78 81 85 13, 81 86 89 14, 83 78 76 15, 74 76 78 17, 74 78 78 18, 77 80 82 19, 78 81 85 20, 79 81 81 21, 79 77 76 22, 73 75 76 24, 71 73 76 25, 74 -- --

BANK NOTE EXCHANGE,

AT PHILADELPHIA--_July 27th, 1820_.

Per cent Disc't. U. S. BRANCH BANK NOTES, 1/2

RHODE ISLAND--generally, 1

CONNECTICUT--generally, 2

MASSACHUSETTS--Boston, 1 Country generally, 4-6

NEW YORK--City Bank Notes, par. Country generally, 2-3

NEW JERSEY--generally, par. Patterson Bank and Sussex Bank, 1

PENNSYLVANIA---Farmer's Bank, of } Lancaster; Easton; Delaware } County, at Chester; } Chester County, at Westchester; } par. Farmer's Bank, } Buck's County; Montgomery } County, } New Hope, 1 Northampton; Susquehanna } Bridge Company; York } 2-3 Bank, Chambersburg, } Northumberland; Union, 20 Greensburg; Brownsville, 12-1/2 Centre, 20 Meadville, 50 Farmers & Mechanics' Bank } 40 at Pittsburg, }

DELAWARE--generally, par. Commercial Bank of Delaware; } Branch of ditto at } 5 Milford, } Laurel Bank, 50

MARYLAND--Baltimore Banks, 1/2 Baltimore City Bank, 5 Annapolis; Hagerstown, 2-1/2 Snowhill, Elkton, 37-1/2-50 Havre de Grace, 1-1/2

VIRGINIA--Richmond and Branches, 1-1/2 Country generally, 2-1/2 N. W. Bank, at Wheeling, 12-1/2

COLUMBIA DISTRICT--Mech. Bank } 5 of Alexandria, } Country generally, 1

NORTH CAROLINA--State Bank at } 6-1/2 Raleigh, and Branches, } Cape Fear; Newbern, 7

SOUTH CAROLINA--State Banks, generally, 3

GEORGIA--State Banks, generally, 6 Augusta Bridge Company, 50

TENNESSEE--No sales.

KENTUCKY--No sales.

OHIO--Marietta, 15-20 Steubenville Bank, 15 Bank of Chillicothe, 5 Country generally, 20-50

PRICES CURRENT.--_July 27, 1820._

Per D. C. D. C.

Beef, Philad. Mess, (pl.) _bbl._ 13.00_to_ 13.50 Butter, Fresh _lb._ 0.18 " 0.25 Beans, (scarce) _bush._ 1.30 " 1.40 Cotton Yarn, No. 10, _lb._ 0.36 Cotton, (Louisiana) " 0.18 " 0.21 Flax, Clean, (scarce) " 0.18 " 0.19 Flaxseed, Clean, _hhd._ 11.00 Firewood, Hickory, _cord_, 5.50 " 6.00 Oak, " 3.50 Flour--Wheat, super. _bbl._ 4.62 " 4.75 Rye, " 2.75 " 2.87 Corn Meal, sales " 3.00 Grain--Wheat, _bush._ 0.85 " 0.90 Rye, " 0.50 " 0.60 Corn, Pa. do. " 0.50 " 0.55 Barley, Oats, " 0.33 " 0.37 Hams--Jersey, _lb._ 0.11 " 0.13 Hemp, Kentucky, _ton_, 150.00 160.00 Leather--Sole, _lb._ 0.24 " 0.30 Upper, undrs'd. _side_, 2.75 " 3.50 Molasses, _gall._ 0.50 " 0.55 Nails, Cut, all sizes, _lb._ 0.07 " 0.12-1/2 Pork, Jersey & Penn. } _bbl._ 15.50 Mess, } Plaster of Paris, _ton_, 4.37 Shingles--Cedar, _1000_ 25.00 " 27.00 Cypress, " 5.00 Seed, Clover, out of season. Wool--Merino, Clean, _lb._ 0.75 Do. in Grease, " 0.40 Common, " 0.50

RAIN GUAGE AT PHILADELPHIA.

In. hun. July 14, -- Rain, -- 1. 55 17, -- Shower, -- 0. 13 19, -- do. -- 0. 09 21, -- do. -- 0. 16 " -- do. -- 0. 70 22, -- Rain, -- 1. 16

_References to the Cut of the Brewing Machine, omitted in last Number._

A Moveable Fire-Place.

B Cylindrical Boiler, to be placed on A.

C Cover for B.

D Extracting Cylinder, with a small one in its centre, fixed to the perfora, to be placed within B.

F F Coolers, one to pack within the other.

G Machine ready for use, the cover raised to show the internal.

In page 252, at the words _some time_, put a comma, instead of a period; and add, "after its temperature is sufficiently lowered, which must be effected by damping or extinguishing the fire."

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ERRATA.--Page 252, note, for sachorometer, r. saccharometer. P. 253, 1st column, line 25, for fomenting r. fermenting.

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