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By M. MACLEAN.
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EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL TOUR AND SURVEY.
Several gentlemen interested in the
advancement of agricultural science and
improvement, and of rural education,
have proposed to Mr. Henry Column, late
Commissioner of Agricultural Survey of
Massachusetts, to visit Europe for those
objects. The plan is for him to spend a
year in England, in tho examination of
Che Husbandry and Rural Economy of
that cnuntrv and n vrar nn the rrtnli.
neut, in the examination of French, Flemish,
Swiss, and German Husbandry, and 1
especially the Agricultural or Manual '
Labor Schools and the Experimental 1
Farms.
It is thought that such an examination,
as yet never undertaken by an Ainorican,
might, if well conducted, essentially conduce
to the advancement of agricultural
knowledge and improvement in this country,
and especially serve the cause of ruTUl
and practical education, which is now
exciting great interest throughout the
United States. The general plan of the
survey will conform to Mr. Colman's Survey
of the Agriculture of Massachusetts.
It is proposed to publish his reports in
successive numbers. The first number
is expected to appear hy the first of January,
1843, and sooner if practicable.
The rest of the numbers will follow in
convenient succession, at intervals of
two or three months.
The whole work wilt he comprised in
eight, or at most ten numbers, of at least
iuu pages encn, nnnasomeiy printed in
nn octavo form, stitched and covered,
and embellished with necessary nnd usefal
drawings and engravings, title pages,
and index.
The cost will be 50 cents each num.
her, to subscribers. Gentlemen who subscribe,
are understood as subscribing for
.the whole work.
As the enterprise involves of necessity
n large exjiense, it is expected that one
dollnr per copy will be paid on suliscribtwg
; or, otherwise, one dollar on the delivery
of the first nnmber; one on the
delivery of the second number; one on
the delivery of the fifth number ; one on
the delivery of the seventh number ; nnd
-one on the delivery of the ninth number,
should the work be extended to ten numbers.
Mr. Colman will leave for Europe as
eoonos the subscription will warrant the
undertaking.
An early return is respectfully requested
of gentlemen to whom this is sunt, addressed
to Henry Colman, Rochester,
N, Y.; to Little & Brown, Boston, Mass.;
or 10 Ltuincr rue iter, Cultivator Office,
Albany, N. Y.
It will be seen from the above advertisement,
that the subscrilrcr contemplates
a tour in Europo for agricultural inquiry
and observation. This enterprise has been
commenced under tho encouragement of
some of the most distinguished friends
nnd advocates of agricultural improveinent
in tho country ; and with a strong
conviction on his own part, after giving
to it tho most mature consideration, that
SB no manner could he, in his humble
phcre, render so essential a service to
the great cause which ho has so long had
at heart, the cause of an improved husbandry,
and the enlargement of the comforts
and the elevation of the character
and condition of the rural classes.
Ho has had the greatest satisfaction in
finding so cheerful and liberal a co-operation
in his enterprise, not merely of
personal friends, but of gentlemen in various
parts of the country, upon whose
kindness he had no claim, from an avowed
conviction of the great utility of the undertaking
if it can be well executed.?
Tho Massachusetts Society for promoting i
agriculture, with that signal liberality
and intelligence by which their measures i
have always been directed, havo sub- i
ecrilied for one hundred copies of the Re- |
ports, intending them for distribution in ?
agricultural premiums, or otherwise. The I
Worcester County Agricultural Society ?
of Massachusetts, which may justly claim I
iJie character of a pattern society in its I
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zeal and the practical wisdom of its meniiures
for agricultural improvement, have
appropriated two hundred dollars from its
funds for the same object. The Essex
bounty Agricultural Society, Mass.,
aavo, ns in the former case, distinctly
and emphatically approved the object by
their resolutions, and added the moresuh.
Unntiul encouragement of n subscription
for twenty-five copies, with the expresaion
of their regret that, on account of
recent drafts upon their funds, they were
Linahlo to do more. The Berkshire Air.
ricultural Society in Massachusetts at an
informal meeting of the Board of Trustees,
have likewise pledged their liberal
co-operation, which will bo confirmed at
their regular meeting. The Ontario Agricultural
Society, N. Y.. besides pacing
resolutions highly commendatory of the
project, liuve followed in (tie footsteps of
the Worcester Agricultural Society.?
rhese are all the agricultural societies in
the country before which the suhject has,
is yet, been brought.
A single public spirited individual in
the county of Scnocn, Judge Sackett, has
made himself personally responsible for
ane hundred copies of the Reports, for
that society and county. Another individual,
near Boston, whose patronage of
every good enterprise is well known, and
whom Heaven seems to hnve blessed with
wealth only that he might do good with
it, has made a subscription for one hundred
copies. Another individual, equally
distinguished through a long life for his
public spirit, has quhscrihed for fifty
copies. Thirteen individuals have subscribed
for twenty-fivo copies each ; five,
for ten each ; and many for five and lesser
numbers. Indeed, the subscription has
scarcely been presented to an individual
who has refused his nid, or hesitated as
to tho utility of (he piojcct ; and embraces
many of the best names in tho country.
The subscriber would do great injustice
to his own grateful feelings, if he did not
acknowledge in these subscriptions, much
of personal kindness and confidence, testimonials
of regard and good will which
he cannot too highly estimate ; hut at
the same time, he is equally happy in
knowing that nothing of* this sort would
have been done, were not the object itself
of acknowledged public utility.
It may he said that English or European
agriculture cannot be adapted to our
condition. A difference in climate, in
soil, in tho price of, or facility of procuring
labor, and in various circumstances
which are obvious, must, of course, materially
affect the ugriculture of each country^
hut, nt the same time, there must be
much (hut is general which is equally applicable
to both. In countries where the
agricultural art lias been carried to so
great a degree of perfection as in England
and some parts of the continent,
there must be a great deal to be learned,
which cannot fail to be highly instructive
nnd useful. If it be said that this can be
learned from books, wo can only reply
(bat it is books upon this subject, which
we design to put into the hands of our
farmers; and with this difference : The
accounts we have had of foreign agriculture
have been, in most instances,
from foreigners themselves. In such
cases, it is to be expected, from their long
familiarity with their own course of husbandry,
that many things would escape
notice or not be deemed worthy of observation,
and yet in tlrcinselvcs quite imnortnnt.
wliir'h tvnul/l nt ?!
9 .. > wmivi ? ? w 11 v>\< Oil l|\U lilt'
notice of a stranger ; and it is our ol>jcct
to enable the American farmer to look at
foreign agriculture with American eyes.
But many improvements are now going
on, in England in particular, of the high,
est importance, in some respects vastly
reducing the expenses of cultivation ; in
some, more than doubling the crops.?
The process of sub.soil ploughing and
under-ground draining, the practice of
irrigation, the introduction of n variety
of new mnnures?manures of a portable,
concentrated, and most active character,
are matters exciting great attention, and
of which, besides the information obtained
from foreign agricultural periodicals,
much more is doubtless to be learnt from
personal inquiry nnd observation. The
product of wheat has been in many parts
of Great Britain actually doubled by improved
modes of culture. What can he
more important than to know precisely
and fully what these modes can be?
The quality of the dairy products of
England, and of some parts of the <*fntincnt,
arc universally admitted to be much
superior to our own in general, nnd in
most markets in the world, they comma ml
a higher price. It must be a great gain,
if by any exnet information to be obtained
abroad, our dairy produce, as most certainly
can lie done. #-nn l?. ! ? ??..?l.? :??
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nn equal competition with other*. The
new Tariff laws of England, now pro.
posing to open English ports to many of
FHir agricultural products, especially in
tlio nrticles of cured provisions, it is obviously
of high importance to learn prcciseV
in what form they may l?o beat sent in.
o their markets, since the success of such
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1W. SOUTII-CAKOLINA,
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shipments must materially depend on this I
circumstance. F
The production of silk in this country (
is destinud to Ite, or is capable of Imj- w
coming a most important and profitable r
j branch of rural industry. It is obvious. [
ly 01 great moment to learn the whole ! j.
course of treatment of the worms and the (
management of the filatures in countries |
i where the nrt has been longest pursued | v
and carried to a high degree of pcrfec- j
tion. w ?
Much discussion has been had in our G
agricultural conventions, on the subjoct o
of establishing Experimental Farms and c
Agricultural or Manual Labor Schools, f
As yet, no such establishments can be f
said to exist among us hut in a limited or J
very qualified degree. In Europe they e
have existed for some time; and under 1
the prt!ronngc of the Government in J
France, aiiCh we believe, in some other
States of Europe, they have been f
established on a liberal sCfl!? ? I
course of education pursued is hig!)1fV r
cntific and enlarged. If for no other ob- ^
ject than to ascertain with exactness nnd t
detail, the condition and success of these r
establishments, the subscriber feels that li
in his mission he may render a most valu- t
able service to the country. c
But were nothing else gained than tho F
drawing of public attention to these sub- 1
jects, and stimulating and encouraging ^
that awakened zeal in the causo of ngri- 1
cultural improvement, which is now rife *
throughout the country, und consequent- (
ly quickening our own efforts for our own (
progress, no small benefit to the individual
and public must accrue. .
The subscriber might much enlarge ,
upon this subject, but ho would not task t
! too severely the indulgence of his read- \
I ers. The expenses of the enterprise be- \
mg ?r necessity very great, it is indispen- 1
sable that lie should procure a large sub- '
scription. SufTicient subscriptions have 1
not yet been made perfectly to secure the '
expenses; hut the confident expectation !
of completing such a number, warrants
the subscriber in saying that he designs
to lenve in the coming spring. In the
mean time, he respectfully asks of those ,
personal friends and the friends of agri- ,
culture, throughout the country, disposed ,
to favor the project, tj transmit their |
names to him at an early date. Post- I
masters are at lilicrty to do this free of j
expense; nnd any individual procuring a I
numlier of names and becoming respon- 1
sihlc for their payment, shall receive a '
very liberal commission.
The amount of a subscription it is obvious,
when it is considered that there
will be two or three years to pay it in, is
very small. It may be four?it may be ,
tivc dollars, according to the numlier of t
the reports issued in the course of that |
time. No advuncc is desired where the
undersigned is not known to the individu- <
al making n subscription ; or where for 1
any reason there is a reluctance in making <
such advance. The reports will be sent I
to all the large cities, where there are '
subscribers, and delivered without charge, 1
j unless where ordered to be sent by mail. '
After the first of March ensuing, the sub. 1
scrihcr may be addressed by mail or oth- '
erwise at Boston, Massachusetts.
0^7" The subscriber bus already the !
promise from many friends, of letters of
introduction to their friends in Englund
or on the continent; and he begs brave
to say, that he shall feel himself particularly
honored and obliged bv nr.v lr>tt..ru
o v /
of introduction to any gentleman who
would welcome his mission or in any
way assist its objects, or otherwise render
liiin any office of civility or kindness,
(lis objects being wholly public, he will J
anxiously avail himself of every advantage
and facility of intercourse and ob- j
servation with intelligent and respectable
persons abroad.
HENRY COLMAN.
Rochester, Jan. 2, 1843.
VALTJK OF PLASTER.
The subjoined extract Horn n communication,
which nppcarcd in the Inst Massachusetts
Ploughman, speaks in just j
terms of the vuluo of (Master as a manure,
and as the experience of the writer ac- |
cords in results with our own, wo give it
insertion.?Am. Farmer.
4,In passing through Pennsylvania, j
which I frequently did, I heard much said '
of the benefits of Plaster of Paris ; a great i
ninny of the farmers, I was told, would 1
Come fifty miles to Philadelphia, in the
. time of last war, and givo twenty dollars
per ton for (Muster, and let their manure
: go down the stream rather than to be at
the trouble to cart it on their Innds. I do
not speak of this as approving of it, for ( .
think every farmer ought to makons much
inanuro us possible. I was told the way
the Dutch farmers used it thcro was to
sow clover and put one or two bushels of
plaster to the acre and plough in the crop '
and sow wheat. I was informed in Bnl. \
i.iiiuiu mitv it great ileal of land on (lie
eastern whoro of Maryland which had
been worn out by raising tobacco and
i corn bad been reclaimed by the use of j
: plaster. (laving got my ideas mo raised, j
the lira I tiling I did after 1 got a piece of
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TUESDAY, FEBRUAU1
and was to try it, and in throd weeks
iftei 1 applied it. On examination I
bought as the Queen of Shoba did when
ihe visited King Solomon, M the half had
lot been told meit was applied to n
lieec of loamy soil which had roccntly
leen In id down and one crop of hny cut
rom it, say half a ton to the Here. On
ho first examination otter the plaster was
ipplicd there was three times os much as
vhoro there was none. A part of this
licceofland has heen kept for a pasture
iver since and never has been ploughed,
ind I think I can safely say there is not I
mother picco of land in town thnt produ:es
more feed, it has frequently been
ilastored since, and occasionally ashes
lave been applied ns a top-dressing.?
The manure the cattle hnvo dropped has
ivory year been gathered up and put into
ho manure heap, so that it has no other 1
Iressing but plaster and ashes except the
irine trom tne cnttlc.
Well, being so well pleased with the [
esult of thia small experiment I tried it a
arge scale on my farm with as favorable
csults. On many places three hushcls ol
Jester would make more grass grow than
wenly iO*ds of manure. I fenced oft*
line acres that ^?d been* fed very close
>y snecp lor a nuinhci Ot years; this was
he highest part where the sheep had gen-1
rally Iain through the nights; this wns
Mastered at the rnte of throe bushels to
he acre; the next season it pastured
"roin May to September twelve cows, r?t
he rate of three-fourths of an acre to a
:ow, and they had as much feed us they
:ould cat, and on a great part of it we i
:ould have mowed a good crop in hoy
imo.
From this lime people began to use
duster considerably, and found n very
;reat benefit from it; many of the old pnsurcs
which were covered over with moss
vere converted into beautiful fields of closer;
but strange to tell, just on the eve
when our pastures began tu he clothed
with a beautiful verdure and our farms
jid fair to produce double what they were
Lvont to do, there wuh a story got up by
Kxne gossip which spread like wild-tire,
,iiat this plaster which lind produced such
wonderful effects was not what it was
:rncked up to he; that it would ruin (he
and if wc continued to use it ; if it did
not happen in our day it would in our
;hildrcns'; that it would run our land all
nut and our children would become beggars.
Now as this story, liko other bugbears,
has had its day, I find they aro beginning
very moderately to use it again.
I hope that no farmer will rest satisfied
until he has given it a fair trial; tho
expense is very trifling ; at present I beiovo
it enn be bought for two dollars per
on ; that it won't cost morethnn twentyive
cents per bushel, threo bushels per
icre, which is a great plenty ; that tho
)xpciise of manuring an ncre is seventy
?u buniii, which win pay but a small part
if the expense of carting on any other
kind of manure if you had it given to you.
Wherever the plaster will do any good it
iught to he applied ; and the only way I
know of is to try it. On some land it will
:Io no good I am confident. I hnd n
largo piece of plain on my farm, on which
[ could not sec the least benefit from it ;
this was a deep black loam and rather
moist ; as soon as I went from this plain,
over nil the hills it worked wonders.
Yours with respect,
Rktm. Whkklkr.
Far mittpham, Jan. Id, 1643.
From l/ir Southern Planter.
hut a ii ag a.
Messrs. Editors,?In inv communica.
lion on the culture of the white carrot, I
promised to give you my method of culti.
voting, and the product of rny field of
Rita Ragns.
The piece you saw when at my fann,
contained uhoul three and a half acres,
nnd had lain in pasture a number of years;
it was carefully turned over in the full ol
1840 ; nnd in the spring following, crossploughed
nnd hnrrowed, and laid out in
furrows two and n half feet apart, nnd
nlnnlnrl ?4 u 'l'l? " *
r "..ii |i'iiniiiui. i iic knous, winch
inclinnmoro to sand, were manured with
horn.shavings and hogs' bristles, one;
handful tocucli set. Twelve rows through
tho middle were manured with salt mack,
ercl, which were spoiled, half a fish to every
set. It was an unfavornhlo Benson
for potatnes, a severe drought in the summer
having injured their growth. The
rows mnnured with the salt fish, I noticed,
stood the drought much hotter than any
other part of the field ; vines large and o(
a dark healthy color, when tho others
were brown nnd shrivelled, and on digging
wo found them of a largo and even siy.o,
and of excellent quality, and the yield fur
hotter than any other part of the field.
Last winter, I purchased twenty-six
two horse loads of the refuse of a glue factory,
consisting of limo, hones, wool, hair,
nnd pieces of pelt, soma of which hnd lain
for two or three years. To twenty loads
of this I added forty loads of yard manure,
and had it well mixed. In the spring it
was ploughed seven inches deep, and left
until the middle of June, when the manure
was hauled on nnd evenly spread,
which covered all except about threequarters
of an acre, on which was put six
loads of the factory refuse, without nnv
yard manure. Tim |?ieco was then
ploughed and harrowed, thoroughly mixing
the noil and manure. It was then
thrown into ridges twenty -fcuven iiicIich
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if, 14, 1843.
I Apart, Ihc same as for (he cnrrottt: fops
) flattened with the roller, and seed deposi-'
I ted with the drill, (Bemcnt's,) on the 18th
J of Juno.
On that part of the field where the ynrd
j manure was* applied, the plants made their
i appearance on the 'fourth day after sow*
| ing, while on that part whero the refuse of
j the glue factory was put, they showed
| very few plants until the tenth dav, and
, thon they were sickly in appearance, and
grew so -tardily thnt the flea devoured
them nbout as fast as they mado their appearance.
In fact, we wero obliged to
transplant to fill up vacancies, on tho
whole threc-qunrtors of an acre?show,
ing most conclusively that tho rutu hagas
require a quick and active mnnure to give
thcin an early start to get them out of
tho way of their greatest enemy, the tur
nip flen or hectic.
On tho 18lh of July, the cultivator was
l on Imlwppn Ilia iu?M, HIIU tlicy WUIU
thinned with the hoe in the samo manner
ns tho cnrrols. leavinrr the ulnntu fr?m I
eight to ten inches npnrt in the drills. In
August, the cultivntor was again run
through them, nnd they wcro hoed at intervals
when convenient. Nothing more
was done to them until we commenced
1 pulling in November. The crop mcas!
urcd 2,355 bushels. I will here rcmnrk,
that when the salt fish was used the year
' previous, it was strikingly visible, at somo 1
J distance ; the tops being of a darker hue, |
higher, and more vigorous, nnd they continued
so through the summer, nnd on
ruising we found them thicker and longer
in tho neck nnd smaller in tho bulb, showing
that salt will increase tho top at the i
expense of the bottom.
The greater part of tho crop was stowed
in a cellar?the remainder was put in
henps, in the field, for feeding my owes
when they have Inmbs in the spring. The
heaps aro made in the following manner,
which I never know to fail, when they ,
were properly attended to. A trench six
feet wide, of any length required, nnd one
foot deep, is dug in a dry situation, generally
on a knoll ; tho roots are thrown
into this trench and piled up in the form
of a roof. A cont of straight straw of
from eight to ten inches in thickness, is
put on in such a position as to conduct
the water ofT, if any should reach it.?
Earth is now thrown on by digging n
trench around the heap, beginning at tho
boflom and going around until tho whole
is covered. The earth will press the utraw
which prevents its running through to tho
roots. A coat of ten or twelve inches in
this climate is sufficient for our common
winters. The trench will prevent the
water from getting into the heap. There
is more danger of getting tho covering too
thick than too thin. I have suffered more
from heat than frost. After tho earth is
put on, it should be carefully clapped
down with tho spade, to make it more
effectually shod the rains. After n few
days I taken crowbar and thrust it in tho
top along tho ridge down into tho heap,
no matter if it breaks somo of the roots,
nnd open holes about three feet apart, to
let the gas or vapor ofT, which is generated
hy a partial fermentation. A flat
stone, raised a little, on ono edge set up
an inch or two. or n wise of ?irmu
. - - ""v
1)0 put into the holes to prevent the rain
from getting in, whicb completes the work
for the winter.
With me the ruta bnga is n valuable
crop.?They afford the greatest quantity
of food, for my stock, from an aero, while
I they seem to exhaust the land Ics9 and
loss and leave it in the best possiblo condition
for a succeeding crop. It is too rich
for oats, but well calculated for harlcy,
and clover seed always " takes" well,
sown with it. I feed them to my cattle,
- sheep, hogs, (boiled,) and occasionally to
J my horses. For calves the first winter,
they nre very valuable, keeping their
bowels open and loose ; they will grow
and thrive without running too much to
fat; their coals smooth and glossy, and
continue to grow through the winter, and
' go to grnss" in fine condition, by which
they gain at least MX months in their
growth over those wintered in the too
common and ordinary way. Heifers wintered
in the above manner will answer to
como in at two yenru old. I have one
no v in my yard that will no! he two years
old until Jnnunry next ; she had n calf
last March, and has been milked ever
since, and I cannot perceive thnt her
growth has been retarded in consequence,
and she is now a9 large as common three
year olds,
C. N. Rf.munt.
i There is a simplicity, perspicuity, minuteness,
and exnetness in Mr. Moment's
rennr Itf /?l"n frrifiil)-.-- ? ? :
. i riiih.mus, wormy
tho imitation of all those who would assist
in the collection and dissemination of ugriculturul
facts.
, OXIOIll) 8AU8AUKH.
Tho following rocipo for making the
1 celebrated Oxford Snusnges, ho much desiderated
hv tho ..r ......i ??:?
j ,w?v>*v ui ^u(mi uiuinfj in
Kngland, is froin a late i.n<;lish publican
tion :
Ingredients.?One pound and n hnlf n|
i pijj meat cut from the ^risking without
any akin, and a half a pound of veal. One
pound and n ball'of beef suet, tlio yolks
and whiten of livo e^os. A dessert spoon1
ful of sifted sage, after being well dried.
Popper and salt to laslu.
To make the above into Sausages.?
1 Chop the meat into small pieces and then
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NUMBER 14.
pound il together in a marble mortar till it
Hahort and tender.
Chop the suet very fino, and when the
eggs are well beaten together, after the
white specks nre taken out, pour tlio liquid
over the pounded meat nnd chopped suot,
well kneading it together with a clean
hand, throwing in tho silted sago, and pep.
per nnd salt from a conrsish pepper box /
during the operation, so as to let thom im*
pregnatc tho whole mass without being
predominant in any part of it.
Press tho whole when woll mixed to.
gcther into a wide mouthod jar, and keep
it from tho air in a cold place.
Roll tho sausages on a flour hoard nnd
use very litllo grease in frying them, na
they will be fat enough to fry thoinsolvos
with the aid of a frying pan.
So. Planter.
LIMB AND MARSH MUD.
From the American Farmer.
A gentleman distinguished for good
nnd grunt qualities, tolls us, that on n
snndy soil, ho has found lime a powerful
fertilizer. A poor field put in corn?yield
10 bushels?followed by oats?crop light
?succeeded by wheat?yield not more
than the seed?limed, nnd next crop gave
40 bushels to the aero. Experience has
taught him the great value ? f m r h roi/rf,
especially when used in combination with
n smnll quantity of limo. Keeps a small
force especially assigned to tho collection
of marsh mud, weeds, leaves, mould from
the woods, &c., and is amply componm.
ted for it?cannot too highly recommend
the use of marsh mud?has covered sev.
era I acres with brushwood. Tho fertili.
zing effect very obvious, nnd thinks poor
land may bo reclaimed by a covering of
brushwood, very speedily, nnd with groat
economy as to the labor and the resultsis
vory careful to hnvo all brush not largo
enough for firo wood, oven tho pruning of
i his orchards, reserved to he spread upon
J the most exhausted portions of his land.
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From Mien Leslie'* Magazine.
FEMALE HEALTH AND BEAUT*.
By Mr*. A. Walker.
COSMETICS AMD CLEANLINESS.
' Acids and Spirituous Compositions
| Many of the pretended cosmetics sold
J hy general perfumers, and hy a great
number of ignorant persons who call thorn*
selves chemists, aro composed of acids
and spirits ; and very frequently they aro
nothing hut vinegar or spirits of wiqo
scented. Even cau de Cologne, so much
vuunlod nnd so much used, is nothing
else than spirits of wino distilled through
a few unimportant aromatic herbs: honey
water, Hungary water, &c? are made in
the same war.
^ Vinegar
and spirits do certainly cloan
the skin ; but tlio frequent use of then)
| dries and contracts it. The delicate lis.
1 sue of tho cuticle requires the imperccptj.
hlo unctuous moisture that nature exhales}
I and this the application of acids and spirI
its destroys.
Astringent vinegars, especially those
that have been so much praised of lata,
derive their property fiom a certain quan?
tity of alum, in a state of solution. Now,
nlum possesses nn astringent property
which product s great tensions of the skin;
I at first, it ?? 1 ? *
, - uiniiuiii anti po;isrtea;
hut it soon loses its elasticity, and premature
or deeper wrinkles nro the infallible
result of the use of this saline substance,
j Even soap, on account of tho uncomI
hined alkali, which it contains, should not
ho used to the skin, cxcopt when water is
not suflicieut. The alkali dries and chaps
the hands. How wrong then is it to give
the following recipe for improving their
l>eauly:?"after the bands hare been
soaped and rinsed, it is best, beforo drying
thorn, to cover them again well with soap,
, to rub the hands till n lather is made, and
then to dry them without patting them
again in the water: by this means tho
I skin hccomos very white and extremely
soft." It is ncodles8 to say that the effect
| on tho skin is but temporaryv. thro injury
1 pormancnt.
Metallic and Poisonous Compositions.
\ Thews injuries aro triAing Compared
with thoso which are produced b.y the use
of metallic compositions. It is* Pact that
the most deleterious suhstnncos enter in,
to the compos8tion of nil crenins, powder*,
pastos, and essences. " All those I havo
ever seen," says llufclCnd, M contain either
mercury or Icod, which ate two most
powerful poisons." The Composition
which somo persons havo had the hnrdihood
to employ for the purpose of effacing
the marks of tho small.nox. nctuallv < ?**
I tains corrosive sublimntc!
J We aro toM indeed that "ihctnlic oxides,
niul oven white lend, m*y be used without
danger, if the plaster Irt which they aro
mixed bo sufficieiVtly \Voll made not to be
decomposed upon cd'ming in contact with
the akin," and that Mplasters in which
there is * mixture of oxido of lead and
other mctnlic oxides, arc preparations com.
i monly used in surgery." Surgical anoli.
?? ?
cations aro determined by the urgoncy of
tho case, And are of short duration : but
the application of cosmotics is frequent,
' j 01 almost permanent; and it is well ascerI
tnined that thcao poisonous substances
| enter through the pores into tho circuln<
11 ling (liiiiK in the same manner as by lha
! stomach.
In our days, happily, few persons ha.
hitually use iliesc compositions. Still, too
| many females, who arc trouhlud with an
oily or scaly blxiu, red spots, pimples, op.