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THE.STAK. ft . -. WJau ItuJyr -tf ne to real-Merriments en tW ij,ad, was, ofc nine; that all IkAt of vegetables were cwitually varying in "Wir rrowxh, quality, "production tod time of maturity. Tbu Wd me to Ucuee that the great A aQior of nature, h to con atructed that wuodcrful machine. If I mt be allow, ted it expresaion, a to incline. erjr kind of aoil aifd climate to naturalise all kind of vegetables, tb k will produce at any rate, the better to auit W ctn, if the agrkuharaltaa wilt do their part hi se lecting the moat prtper Med. In support f which I will take the liberty of subjoining a few facta and experiments, out of an inconceivable number which have all combined to prove the above to my satisfac tion: ' : In, or, about tfi year 1746, my fcrther procured Ibe seeds of the long warty squash, which have leen Xept on the Lrm ever since, without changing, and am tww f. f w ... .v. .... r . . - m yivivikuic uj iiihi uicf wciv ax. urM- .Out early peas were procured from London tLe .epring before Braddock's defeat, and have been' plant -1 successively every season since 611 the place. . fhc j not been changed, and are now prefers ble U yj they were when first obtained. The seed of our asparagus was procured from New York, in the rear 1732, since which time I hare not planted seed but what grew on my beds, end by st-Wling tae seed, irom the largest ralks, I have lnoved It greatly. . ". ; A complaint is very general, that potatoes of eve ry kind degenerate at which I am not surprised, when the most ftroner means to Droduce that effect .is constantly practised; to wit, using or selling the ' happened by Cofor! Matlock aervllnr, aowV ?-fc-f ' rod on seed I rum Georgia. luch te jrforrac4; me by a letter were of superiour quality ; knowing seed trom vegetaMes whKh sad grown In more outb era climates "required a longer summer than ft Lax grrw hertt I gave them the wou favourable situa tion, and used glasses to bring them forward, yet very few ripened to perfection ; but finding them to be as excellent in qual'iTy as described, 1 saved seed from first ripe ; awl bv continuing that prac tice four or five year, they became as early water melons as I ever hud. Many admit the above eriturs from foreign flax seed producing the tcst flux in lrdjnrt : tut when it is considered tlia k is the hark of th- stalk only, that is used in Ireland, -rhich i in the best perfec tion before the seed is ripe, and thwt part not used from any other plant except hrinp, the argument tills to the ground when applied to other vegetables. For many years past, 1 have renewed the whole seed of my winter grain, from a single plant which I have observed to be mora productive, and of tet ter quality than the rf t, whirh I :ni satisfied, has been of great use. And ! am ful'v of opinion, that all kinds of garden vreetaMcs mav be imputed by the foregoing methods ; particular c-re being taktn that different kinds of thr vme sp tics toi vegeta bles are no in blom at the same time near toge ther, as by that hajpenii)g, Uicy r.ix, degenerate, and each kind is Injired. I am ensible the foregoing will nit with great Oppositi'n and contradiction, but as an experiment is safe ami eisy, I i.nrc it will induce persons of best, and planting the refuse ; by -which means al-j more leisure, ability, and bsertaiion than myself, most the whole of those planted are the produce of i to make trial, as a mean ot improving the agntul- planu the most degenerated. The consideration of tire of our country, which is the sincere wish of vhich induced me to trv an oDnosite method. Hat ing often observed that some plants or vines pro duced potatoes larger, better shaped, and in greater abundance than others, without any apparent rf a on except the operations of nature, it induced jul t save "a quantity from such only for planting :'.,v ensuing season, arid I was highly gratified in finding their production exceed that of others of thr same aona, piantea at the sarne time, and w ith every equal advantage, beyond my expectation, in size, shape, and quantity t this induced me to continue the prac tice, and I am satisfied that I have been fully com pensated for all the additional trouble. " A circumstance happen d respecting potatoes, which may be worth relating a woman whom I met in market requested me to bring half a bushel of sweet potatoes for seed the -next market day, which I. promised to do, but going through the market on that day, previous to her son's coming for the potatoes, I observed the wyman selling such as I had brought for her: when the boy came, I asked him the reason they wanted potatoes for seed, while they were selling their own ; his answer was that his father said, if they did not get seed from ItlC once in thrert or four rai'i.- th; tw,., . - ... - r , ...... j,m, kiivAi would bp good for nothing, (terry, if he had used the same means in selecting his potatoes for plant ing as I did, whether he would have profited by changing with one who used the other method . In discoursing with a friend who lived at a great distance from me, on the above subject, he introduc ed two instances in favour of changing seed ; one was asparagus, the other radish seed, he had ti-om "roe ; the production of both he said was preferable to any thing of the kind ever seen in that neighbour hood, which was near 100 miles distant, to which he aacrihed the benefit ; but in two or three years the radishes degenerated so as to be no better than jw'hat he had before. I asked his method of saving seed ; he said he had no other radishes in his gar dfen,.and when they had pulled what was fit for use, let the yuT8 go to seed. I then told him mv me. thbd, viz. As soon as radishes are fit for use, I dig Aip ten or twelve of those which please ine best, as to colour, shape, 8ic. and plant them at least 100 yards from where any others bloom at the time they d6: Ibis, I informed him, was the best method I knew of, to improve any kind of. vegetables, varying the process agreeable to their nature; and as he had, in my opinion, taken the most proper method to degenerate his, I asked if he thought I should be benefited by exchanging with him ? His answer was, he believed I was the best gardener. . in, or auoui ine year 177a, a nend sent me a few grains of a small kind of Indian corn, the grains of which were not larger than goose shot, which he informed me, by a note in which they were enclos ed were origbndly from Guinea, and produced from eight to ten ears on a stalk. Those grains I plant ed, and found the production to answer the descrip tion, but the ears small, and fe w of them ripe be fore frost-, I saved some of the largest and earliest, nnd planted it between rows of larger and earlier kinds of corn, which produced a mixture to advan tage i then I saved seed from stalks that produced the greatest number of the largest ears, and first ripe, which I planted the ensuing season and was not a little gratified to find its production preferable quantity ana quality to thatol any corn I had ever planted. This kind of corn I have continued pjanuug ever since, selecting that designed for seed iq the manner I would v ish others to try, viz When thf. fi list I'nrc 'u-tf. iiha tif...nl. 4V j ...wv vuug" w sucu, ga ther a sufficient, quantity lor early corn, or replant ing; and at the time you would wish your corn to be. ripe generally, gather a sflkient quantity for planting the next year, having particular' care to take.it frcari stalks that are large at bottom, of a re gular taper, not over tall, the ears set low, and con- fcuning the greatest number of good sizeable cars of the best quiiiity ; let it dry speedily ; and" from the corn gathered as last described, plant your main crop, and if any hiils should be missing, replant frjnj that first gathered, which will cause the crop to ri pen more regularly than is common, which is a great benefit. The above mentioned I have prac tised many years, & am satisfied it has increased the quantity, and improved the quality of my crops be yond'what any pel son would imagine, who has not tried, the experiments. The distance of planting "".' "d nuDibeeof grains in a hill, are matters ma ny differ in ; pet-haps different soils may require a difference in both these respects; but in every kind of oil I have tried, I find planting the rows six feet asunder each way, as near at right anirels as mavlw. tina leaving not more than four stalks in a hill, nro- witea we nest. crop, l he common method of sav f"" 'lV"by taking the ears from the heap, or crib, is attended with two disadvantages j one is the taking the largest ears, which have generally thrown, but one 011 a stalk j this lessens the produc. tion, 1 ho other is, biking ears that have ripened at different times, which causes the production to lo the same.' i,', V4?.-,4 i 4 , A striking instance of plants being naturalized th) frifnd, JOSEPH COOPEK. Efficac of Cejtation in Typhui ; extracted from a Dis sertation by Or. Wake. The object of this dissertation, besides a ge neral review of the remedies of Typhus, is to state the author's experience of the beneficial effects of gestation in that disease ; a practice which at first arose out of necessity, but which has since been successfully imitated, though only to a very limited extent, in other instan ces. To the novelty of the treatment, Dr. Wake does not lay any claim. Celsus, he ob serves, describes it to have been the practice of Asclepiades. Of modern medical authors, Dr. Jackson is the only one who recommends gestation in fevers from actual experience ; but his recommendation does not appear to have met with the attention to which it was en titled. Dr. Wake's obiervatioos of its utility were mude some years before the publication of Dr. Jackson's work, and at a time when he was wholly unacquainted with its having been mentioned by any author. In the spring of 1794, the British army be gan its retreat from Holland, and it became necessary, in consequence, to remove all the sick who were confined in the hospitals. In that of St. Cuislain, among other patients, were several labouring under Typhus fever. These were conveyed, in open carriages, to Dendcrmonde, a journey which was not com pleted in less' than four days. During this time, several, who wee dangerously ill, expe rienced a great remission of their symptoms, and all became convalescent. One man, in particular, who had so severe a disease, that it had been determined to leave him behind, and who was removed only in conseauence cf his own earnest entreaties, in a few days after arriving at Dcndennonde, was entirely out of danger. During th'i3 journey the temperature of the air was mild, and the sky serene ; but, in the next spring, the same advantages were expe rienced in a very opposite state cf the atmos phere. M're than a hundred patients, labour ing under fever, were removed, in open carri afes, from Embden to Bremen, a journey of four days, and with the same happy event as before, though the weather was extremely cold, accompanied with frequent falls of snow. It was observed, that delirium in particular was abated by the locomotion. From Dr. Wake's observations of the ef fects of the removal of these patients, he lays down the following rules respecting the use of gestation. 1. It is most beneficial in the last stage of fevers. 2. It should be performed in an open carriage, in order that air may be freely admitted, and that the patient may be amused by a succession of new objects. 3. It should be continued for eight or ten hours daily, till the patient begins to recover. The following cases were communicated to Dr. Wake, by Mr. Jones. October 10, 1803. Joseph Bassett had been dl, seven days. An emetic had been giv en on hjs admission into the hosnital : after. wards a cathartic, and antimonial powder uuu7 "a" ocen sponged with vinegar and water ; camphor was exhibited ; and bark and tincture of opium. Porter was allowed, and afterwards wine. On this day his pulse was very quick and feeble ; continual nausea ; in clination to stupor ; the countenance had an ideot-like stare. In this state of extreme and alarming debility, he was carried in a spring waggon seven miles into the country. Ou his return, he took some broth, and after it some wme, without nausea being produced. There was less stupor; his countenance looked bet ter. 1 Ith, He had a very good night. His pulse was not o quick ; no nausea ; his coun tenance looked bener; no appearance of stu por. The day before, he could not sit up in his bed without support; and it was necessary to carry him to the spring-waggon. This day be walked down stairs, and to the waggon, holding the arm of a comrade. , I il.lam Finch a pauper at-Iptwjcb. aged kity-uve, id ia monto 01 January, i&or, nau been yA tit days ol typhis gravior; the roedi csi attendant had said that his re cor cry was impossible, and discontinued hit visitw The patient's wife applied to ine. in consequence of which I visited him, and found him la bouring under the following symptoms : Ve ry feeble puUc ; low delirium ; subsultus tendi-1 Hum pctechiK ; tonrue drv. and dark-colour ed. I asked his wife, if she could procure a "7 children!" cart and horse, to have him taken into the country five or six miles daily. The poor w o- man could hardly be prevailed upTn to think me in earnest ; but, upon my assuring her that earn ing her husband out was the only chance left fcrr his recovery, she promised to obtain a cart the next morning early. However, I told her, if she could not obtain a horse to .1 1 . 1 ,,i 1 uraw a tan, sf.e snouia nave my oat-norse so anxious was I that the remedy should be tried in this :tpparendy hopeless case. Gestation was tried the next morning, with evident ad vantage ; in the evening of that day there was less subsultus tendiaum ; and the pulse was less feeble. On the evening of the second day of using gelation, the subsultus tendinum was entirely removed the delirium was very considerably abated ; and the pulse was stron ger. On the evening of the third day, all the alarming symptoms had ceased; and, in five days more, gestation was no longer necessary, the patient being convalescent. It is worthy of remark, that no medicine was administered to this patient except tincture of opium, and once half an ounce of tincture of rhubarb. Utility qf GettCutiun in Scartatina A Young gentleman, at school here took the Uaou In iusry drops from her crev W' left me," id Juliet, raisins; ker tit L A ! . Uc again, and hear die mpUktxd ih, J? tw wis ftill txembEng ia her eye. NeCT . . moment did 1 behold so tweet a chum. On L have read the entence ia ber fce. ' -TvJ5 a ' left me,- said the tear, but we .hn -J L- and then shall part tl more" .1 ' JUNIUS. Belsham, the historian, who i man foil it a v, mint disease during an epidemic ; it was among the worst cases of that fatal malady, and in the hottest weather in August. There were little hopes of his recovery ; and he entreated to be taken home, a distance of eighteen miles His parents came, and seconded his wishes, provided I would accompany him. Their coach was large ; a bed was put in, and he laid on it. I followed in my carriage. The procession was slow. Twelve miles-passed in half as many hours. We stopped to rest and dine. He was then revived trreatlv. and sat up a litde at table, to please his parents At length the journey ended, with his greater aiiicuuiiiciu. e siept comparatively well ihat mgni ; was convalescent next day, and was wen recovered in a week more. Ubid. C7 It should, by way of caution, be well observ- eu, mat tnougn exercise is useful in fevers of a cei- uun cnaracter.it is extremely hurtful in Pleurisies ami ouicr levers oi an lnuammatary nature. in, has preferred the truth to party, ,0 o lowing character of the rancorous Jn'rutu Amid the innumerable multitude rA tical publications, in which the conduct eft . Grafton administration was arrainged int!? bitterest terms of severity, the national tJ tion was particularly attracted, by a. series J" letters appearing under the signature of !:... insinuate MISCELLANY. THE RESUKHECTION." A beautiful and dettrifitive Extract, from the Scotch Preacher. Twice had the sun gone down upon the earth, and all as yet was quiet at the sepuf- cure ; oeatn neia Ms sceptre over the sun of oa ; stin and silent the hours passed on ; the guards stood by their post, the rays of the midnight moon gleamed on their heWt, ,r.,i on their spears : the enemim nf rK,;.. ..t. ed in their success ; the hearts of his friends were sunk in despondency and in sorrow, the spirits of glory waited in anxious suspence to behold the event, and wondered at the depth of the ways of God. At length the mornJ ing.star arising in the.. east announced the ap proach of light ; the third day began to dawn upon the world, when on a sudden the earth trembled from its centreand the powers of heaven were shaken ; an angel of God decen ded, the guard shrunk back from the terror of his presence and fell prostrate on the ground ; his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment was as white as snow : he rolled a way the stone from the door of the sepulchre, and sat upon it. But who is this that cometh forth from the tomb, with died garments from the bed of death ? He that is glorious in his appearance, walking in thef greatness of his strength ! It is thy PrinceO Zion ! Chris tian, it is your Lord. He hath trodden the wine-press alone ; he hath stained his raiment with blood ; but now as the first-born from the womb of nature, he meets the morning of his resurrection. He arises a conqueror from the grave ; he returns with blessings from the world of spirits ; he brings salvation to the sons of men. Never did the returning sun usher in a day so glorious J it was the jubilee of the universe. The morning stars sung to gether, and all the sons of God shouted aloud J - -.-. w. x.jcivics lOOKta llnwn from his throne in the heavens ; with compla cency he beheld his world restored ; he saw his work that it was good. Then did the dr. sert rejoice ; the face of nature wa3 gladdened before him, when the blessings of the Eternal descended as the dew ot heaven for th ireshing ot the nations. ie re- JULIET A FRAGMENT. ci, ..,. .;,,: , , " ai uie neaa ot Ms grave a..u u.c hi urginning to look green upon the turf round the stone, where her tears usnallv fu She had not observed me, and I stood still "Thou muKicu me, riaeno," said she, bend ne her farp """" lu iuw mou nast iclt me: but it w tn Bttpnrl a At. art. f raM I ...:n .. . . VUII 1 IV II I I W II Wl-Pll lutein.. her eyes with her handkerchief" I will not ween for it was the call of one who loved thee better Thou hast flown into his bosom and what hast thou 5 SI? 6 fn thy Pr Ju"et, but this cold sod i She Was silent some moments. The full moon was just beginning to climb over the tons of the trees as I came vp ; and as she stooped to kiss uietun, i saw tht tears tackling through the moon and written in a style so masterly as to be ncrally deemed, in point of composiuon.eq j to any literary productions in the English laa. guagr. They consisted, however, of Iui'J else than splendid declamation and poitnant invective, and discovered a cool and delibrrj t malignity of disposition, which, now, the sions and follies of the day have vaniihti must excite disgust, at least,' proportionate ?a nil. 'T . ... uiuiiauuni xms writer did not itate, in numerous instances, to in5 charcrea the mnt IkIdah. : 1 . o "'xvij v vi iiiiiooi, ardiri1 persons the most distinguished in life, who pretending to support them, by even the W dow of proof, tho' repeatedly and loudly call ed upon. Of the Duke of Bedford, he Ia speaking of the treaty of peace, 4 it is not p. sible that so many public sacrifices . shouli have been made without some private Cdmften. tation. The princess dowacrer of Wal-. 1. compares to the abandoned rbval of the detested Mortimer. Sir Wm Draper, he accuses of having sold the companions of ... ,Uvvvoa u, amik c oi uraiionwiiri betray, ing Lord Hockineham. and sacrifir'm L Chatham; and, in a tone of still more impu. dent and contenaptible abuse, with having, as ranger oi one 01 the royal forests, refused the king's timber to the royal navy. When a man brings forward anonymous accusations of this nature, and basely shrinks from the sub. sequent investigation, what must the rorld think of hia truth or. his courage. ' ' v ' ' , t LAW IN 1 ELLIGENCE COURT or J&VVS BEJXIL Wilkie . Undenn)oL ( ) Mr. Erskine stated that thW M&Z?t brought to recover the price of a pig. Jhe piaintm touna the defendant" carrying off this pig, when he took him before a magistrate,'! I he defendant said it was"hia. anil uL u..j 5 lost it some months before. The. magistrate! told them he could not decide'it; and thai the plaintiff must brings his actions The learned' counsel said he could shew the genealogy of : this pig, with" as much particularity" as if thlsv were an ejectment. 'His client had reared this pig her name was Toting Sail.'-She waV produced from' Old Sail.' Jlh stated a ease V that had been tried at the Assises; JjeforeM re i Justice Heath, whrre a man brought an actioa for a horse which he had lost. It had been out of his possession for a certain length time, but his lordship held that any number of witnesses called to nrove it hi. could never K nnol .U , v v. u H l iu me cviuenre fin n. . . . . - - . . -. otner side, which was, that he had bred hint. ' and that he had been constantly in his posses sion. He recollect) nnik. .-..l - . . friend of his had lost ahorse, and thought he'' had found him in the. rtrraAii I K .sit . V : r--- person 101a mm, however, that he had reared him, and that he had never been out of his possession. " His friend, how. ever, was still convinced it was his horse; for; he said, the man who stole his horse might al".f terwards put him into the defendant's stable.1 and take the defendant's horse. He brought! an action and lost it. He also recollected a la. dy, a friend of hjs, who had a favourite lap-" dog, which she lost Rafter the-timeof mcurn-i tnj was over, the lady thought, one day as she was walking through the street, that she had.' lound Phoebe. The, usiness was brought iW to court. The plaintiff proved this bitch hadi' been constantly m.his- possession, and Phoebe. u Ti """l'"3 wei tne other side off the table and paid her respects to her old ms tress. So this pig, followed her master to the watch-house, to see justice done to the defend u.uu, wno was carrying her away. The was, as to the identity of thi : ..u.uucroi witnesses swore the'pip in question was reared by the plaintiff, andwat constantly in his possession, till ,he time the" defendant took it away. Another set of wiM" nesses swore,f with equal certainly, that thiil was the pig of the defendant. There was to' idea any of the witnesses were perjured, but" that they really believed what they swore. - Verdict for the plaintiff. Tile defendant' undertook to return the pig. In a district near Benuwe are told thaV it is a custom for a debtor to pledge his wife1 to h,,credttorst.ll the debt is discharged.!. In all countries it appears that some bankr uptaA contrive to be gainers. r t sin. is ani- EPIGRAM. YouVe ttol'n my ravishM mH aw.r, Maria pay my despair Keturn it to 4u place, I pry, Or take my My h your 'cure.
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