The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-12-21
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very face OF il also much uncertaiAty must
attend il; nor can the work always b. post
poned 70 periods Of Isilure. ON the other
hand, no water has more sUlseUt powers,
/ than the chief Of that descending from the
! heavens and when the h.x is acted upon
BY he SIN DR. warm weather, the process is
so far IN good train but when moisture
Joins itseI to b. midew MAJ Ia feared.
On the whole, dezy.rot'iag j. not process
20 be depended upon tor Il inirndyc for
expectation # which the color ought 10
be fine, tie qusli,y even, and tie strength
such As will be cbnfided In Il would pro-
badly not have ben so much sd 3pt>d here
as il has been had the uaier of the country
been sue o. been 80 managed. = VI ha.e
/ given content We havs many a.tufaE
ponds, IL Is rue ; bar they are generally
large and cool. Being comm pHlr clear ailo,
some have attributed dritc' IN Jhem n
that account; hoagh mud ID ale seems
rather slg,. OF water which has beer good
{ as shelving il attraction. and Tiers ierr as
solvent powers han cause az any excel
lence in il unless a Iili- fnud d. airs Hg
the downward prog SIS Vt the suns rays in
The waier in mild wea her tends 10 miro
duce warmth n tie su' face, where 'nr & x
il supposed 10 Be deposited Ifths b w,
still we have seen fe sons above for amt
ing the quantity Of mud; and s-sIig VI ma
chine moving BY wind nay not only alw
help secure the suspension o. sHni encY
Of fnud in the ter bu give 10 the tairr
an useful motion smong te sfeepin TX.
Perhaps rnnd NAV be : sign of D sh-Aa1g
yond, the water ofwhich therefore Is easily
hea a.
he option ofthc late W. Jsseph Coop
er. the celebrated aFriculurhlisi Of N ~
Jersey, respecting an nqjcn Of he sireping
and dew rof'ing processes j. worth reading.
About he wear 1897 he borrowed he idea
from German; aakine some sletau Ia
afterwards in he times Of Introducing lae
d Fl rent parts Of the operations - Aztec
bersing' eff he SEED. he bound his f X liz
bundl the size Of common rye :heavsss
and -bout the last Of Septeaibrr or fist of
October, he STEPPED them IN s'AgDsut wal
er abou, two weeks Fac tax was nn~
spread hin and even. End turltd Us ocC5-
sion required; tue lid Of frost hzing 4ld1d
10 ma Ut ram. TUg, arG CIR W, In order " sap
arsre the harle Cor refuse whiien AID set-
ten tht fax. and extracI the gum NE de-
tenion of which he Judged 40 o. 'he oalv
csuse Of The fax benz coarse and harsh.--
Thread and cloth made from fix thus pre-
pared he fhrmed WIS noF only soEler, but
could be whitened in one third less TIME
than in the usual exclusive dew rnislng
method He conceived that wster rotting
was it'le ~ c'ised in the ". Ststes, p'iRoi-
palv because il was found 10 make the laz
harsh and bri'tle; in cons quence Of The
stepping occurring. too early IA the season,
when the heat was sufficitn 70 rot The fax
in TWO or three DAYS, but not to extract the
gum FL was Informed that the lush 81
boot 90 o. so years previous u he time OF
his wiring lin 500 had fnu9d/their MIS-
take in fnist ing The ro,tinF process alto
cether b. Sleeping and now employed
mixed method He added thet n x pre-
pared in the manner he men iors, will &C
Quire the color OF Russia shrating IN one
boiling (Which Induced lin 10 believe
that al he hemp and fax in Russia was
ro'rpd in the same wsv) (ore Philadelphia
| Agricultural Memoirs. ss before quoied, |.
l9, n B. Inthr same Memoirs 3, IS, Is
given ihe PIN Of TX mill
But our subject muet be left here: il be
ing recol'ec,ed that our views have here
been Chiefly confined 10 foreign methods III
preparing fax o'hess being 1t hand TO ex-
lain our native practices. III we have not
stopped 10 reconcile contradictions amor.
nur authorizes, II IL bee use We have yield
Cd % the reasons given on hat he d BY the
Comnlter Of Public siinns for tse AgFicuI-
ural Society OF Maine, and because it will
be instructive 20 others 10 do this. ANY
farmer. IN cor junction with some Of his cu-
fious neighbors, will soon bring number
OF these noints to true decision and 9th
ers may be taken up by the chemists and
tSperime nial philosopher Much has been
done hese. if inquiry has been SCI on Joot.
Lord Recon saws that discreet inquiry j.
half wy TO knowledge = and Justly for
wise answer 70 eise question, leaves roth
ing 10 BE- desireC.--In the nrsa tine, The
best proof that suitable course hes been
, pursued. will be this ; nsmely. thai some
readers from what has been ! al fnd out
wherein they have hither'o done urong snd
l. is 10 be hohtd. lhaf II will sill Iarthrr ap-
pear, by their btirg in sihe end led 10 dis
cover some thinps lk5t are righ lUs
We may Il last GENE 20 demonstrate, lhas
Maine forms part Of ire headquarters cf
+. the fix country Of TIC United Statcs; end
thai lax may properly he made icsGing "a
ficle in lie exports Of Gus new Slate. A.
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