The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-04-16

willineaets 70 elr them bu shi> ariI-s ton
Ignorance. T4fY viii lO3n ear them, If tuH n
c3nire them IN a Gable for four and wear
hours, without any 0 her food af er havnz
been induced By hunger, once to rait9 thSm, lhg IN
ever after eat thom, with as keen a reliih Is
they 90 oats or Indian corn. They are iaid4sA
be preferable to both thole grains for the com.
mon diet Of horlcs, ina.much as they afford
lef ffimulating aliment. The grain lhould Be
preferred, only when horles are uled in labour,
or on Journeys in theie cafes, The potatoes do
not afford an aliment efficiently active, and
dfuGb'e to fupPly that waite of arength IN a
horie. that attends travelling, or drawing in a
carriage or plough.
It ought not 10 be forgotten, that the Potatoe
IS ii perfection amof tile whole year, If pro-
perly prelerved from the froit whereas all 9TH
er vegetables are in feaion but a few weeks. ln'f
order to preierve them during the winter, lhey.
(hould be deRofited, after they are gathered, in
a cellar, or IN hole dug in the earth, below.
the ufual depth of the froR.
By chemical analysts, the potatoe has
been found 70 contain. A dry powder, re-
iembling tie 2arch which is contained in grain
= "A light fbrou5 matter, Of a gray colour
!. "A mucilaginous Juice, fuch As IS found in
many fucculent plants. And Wafer. In q
pound Of potatoes there are generally four
ounces and an half Of the fold matter which
has been mentioned, and eleven and an half Of
water. the fold matter there is generally
about drachm Of earth.
There are fev(ral ways of preparing Pota-
toes for the food Of man, fuch as fimPly roaa-
ing, Or boiling them in Geam, or in water
They are a,fo prepared for food, by being made
into bread, with and without -four, alto into
b cult, puddngs, ries, laleP, fagO, and even
coffee. Befdes thefe preparation, an yeaR
may Be obtained from them, which Is equal to
the bet ierment il the world, tor brewing beer,
Or making bread Of any kind.
Having mentioned the culture and preparA-
tons Of the b0iatot, proceed next to take no
tice Of its qualities, il diet and medicine.
r. IN medicine it has been found TO be ufeful
in thole d1eaies Of the aomsch, in which no
other vegetable could be retained uponit
z. 1t has been found to promote heep. Of
this there is a remarkable inaance in the annals
Of medicine. a iervant of the Baron de Sc.
Hilare, after a malignant fever, could not re-
cover his fleep his matter ordeIed him 10 fuP
upoo potatoes, and the enlu,ng night he lept 4
fix hours, without interruption; the continu- i
ance Of the fame practice produced the fame
effect, without inducing any change il bis con-
htution
The wholefone quality Of the potatoe, in
diet, Is Efficiently proved, from the healthnefs
and population Of thofe countries, where it is
an univerfal articl, oftcod.-Dr. Adam Smith, \
il his treatife on the wealth Of nations, has
computed that given quantity of land on
which The potatoe is cultivated, will maintain
one third more inhabitants Than the fame guam
tfy Of land, appropriated to the culture of any
aher vegetable. Ireland IS lirking proof or
tie truth Of this calculation. That celebrated
aland has been for many years, the 9tFeina gen
linn Of the world. She furnilhes failors and
folders to half the nations Of Europe; fha has
nearly filled two or three Of the mott popul5us
States il America, with farmers, mechanics,
and merchants and whe.he it be the ef=a Of II
the botatos upon the body and mind, know
not, but The natives Of this land are all friends
10 liberty.-Where IS the Legislature in the
United States, in which the ella ms Of liberty NJ
have not been defended by Iriihmen !. and
where is the field Of battle in America, that
has not been enriched with IHlh blood even
the ocean has been dyed with it, during the
ate wars and fhed too in the glorious caule Of
American freedom. Wtnefs our GALLANT
Barry, who efablilh7d tile honor Of The Anne
-ican flag in every part cf the Atlantic and
,yhote honorable wounds Will always remain
monuments Of The arenglh Of body and mind.
hat i to be derived from al early and conAant
diet Of potatoes.
Nor a'e ltrergth Of body and vigour Of mind
alone, to be Oh aimed from the ule Of Potatoes.-
They confer upon the face that lovely white
ard red which corftituJe :sauty. Hence the
Iriih complexion has been celebrated, in every
part CT III. wcrld and hence the ladies Of Lam
;ahre, n Englacd, where the potatoe IS IN
genlral ute, have obtained, from the charms
# their faces, tae aPpeIlation Of Laucafhrs