The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-25
E,nm The .M;ddlsto,pn Sentinel.

From the MiddletOtrn Sentinel.
To CURE THE CRAMP. Many remedies
have been prescribed to cure this painful
complaint: A foot-board was recommend
ed by one of our Middletown papers last
winter, and is sometimes of great service.
i knew Doctor who used one more than
forty years ago, and he called it his best
remedy for the cramp. But the Domestic
Encyclopedia, and my own experience,
have taught me better remedy, viz. Tie
something round the limb, between the
pain and the body, about as tight as a Doc
tor does to draw blood, and the pain will
soon stop.
Temperance in eating, drinking, exer-
else, &c. are also very important IN pre-
venting a return of that complaint.
have sometimes been troubled with it,
after very laborious exercise, and have US
ed strips of cloth which were cut for band
ages, and have sometimes kept them under
my pillow. ! have not, however, had the
cramp for several months, until lately,
when, after very laborious days work,
trimming apple trees,) the weather being
very warm, was much afflicted with the
cramp at night. The bandages having
been removed, tried other remedies, such
as jumping on the floor, rubbing the con-
tracted muscles, &c. without success.
then obtained my bandages again, when,
by tying them tight first, the pain ceased.
| In about an half an hour loesened them a
little and then went to sleep, keeping them
on all night. Medicine | consider but a
poor remedy for this distressing complaint
A FARMER.
To FARMERS. A writer in one of the
Dover papers states that previously to
planting his corn last year, he soaked it as
he supposed in a solution of nitre, but
| found, when most of the seed was in the
ground, that through mistake he had used
GlGuber Salts. He planted four acres, the
seed for two of which was in its natural
state that for the other two was soaked
| in water in which he had dissolved one
pound of the salts. Discovering his mis-
take he of course felt a degree of anxiety
as to the success of his crop. The result
was that the seed that was thus soaked
came up three or four days before the
other, and was not injured by worms OF
birds, while one half of the hills on the
other two acres required to be planted a
second time. He then made several ex-
periments. Some corn that had been thus
leached was thrown to hen, which made
seventeen unsuccessful efforts to swallow
it. When mixed with other corn and ex-
posed where the worms, squirrels and
birds could have access to it, he found
that it remained untouched, while that
which had not been thus prepared was in
variably destroyed.-Lo,0eu Journal.
APPROVED METHOD OF KEEPING CRows
FROM Corn LANDS. Take a quart of
train oil, as much tu1pentine, and bruised
ed gunpowder; boil them together, and
when hot, dip pieces of rag into the mix
ture, and fix them on sticks in the field
The birds absolutely will not approach the
spot. The expense of the above, for the
evil occasioned by-a large flock of raven
Gus birds infesting corn fields, is a trife,
compared to the injury sometimes sustain
ed in few hours.
VINEGAR. The method of making this
liquid out of cider, wine, &c. is too gener-
ally known to need any description but it
IS not so generally known that very sharp
vinegar may also be made out of whey
The method of making it, as described by
Mr.. Genet is very simple.
After having clarified the whey, it is
poured into casks with some aromatic
plants, or blossoms, as suits the fan
cy, and exposed in open air to the sun,
where it soon acquires an uncommon de-
gree of acidity.'
Vinegar may also be made from the
juice of elder-berries, mixed with suita-
BILE proportion of water, and exposed to
the sun, as before mentioned. 1t NAV al
so be made from the juice of the black
birch, or of the maple, when either is
boiled down sufficiently or from the juice
OF beets, carrots, turnips, potatoes, &c.
when boiled and the juice pressed out and
exposed in the like manner.
Farmers assistant.
Recipe for making Kittredge's celebrated
Nerve Ointment, which is remarkable for
It's good effects in sprains, swellings, and
rheumatism. Take of neat's-foot oil half
pound-brandy one gill-spirits of turpen-
tine one gill,-and simmer them together
for Is minutes.-New England Farmer.
FAT AND LEAN. An Irishman kent n
pig. His neighbors were every other day
most delightfully."- amused with the constant
sonorous music of his swinish charge. On
being asked to account for the alternate
complaints and stiffness of the Dig. he
said, |" one day give the brute as much
as he can eat, and the next he fasts to be