The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-17
From the .4nericces Farmer.
CURE FOR THE GRUBS, OR BOTS
IN HORSES

! From the .4nleric0ea Farmer.
CURE FOR THE GRUBS, OR BOTS
| IN HORSES
| consider the free use of salt as sover1
eign remedy for the grubs. I learned this
from that Industrious class of citizens, the
Dutch, or Germans. / had long known
| that they were in the habit of freely sailing
| their horses, and the result was that they
never lost horse with grubs; the use of
salt not only kept them free from disease.
but essentially contributed to keep them in
fine condition, sleek and fat, as is well
known to all who have observed the valua-
bic work horses used by that class of our
citizens.
have for many years been constantly in
the habit of sailing my blood stock of horses
three and four times week, and frequently
every day. The result of this attention, in
the free nsn ef sat, ..~s been very CRAFTY
ing for my stock of horses, has always
lost one by disease of any kind,
But the valuable use of salt does not stop
in the prevention of the grubs. When u
horse is really attacked with the grubs,
know no remedy so efficacious or sovereign
in the cure as fish brine, which consists of
the strongest kind of alum salt. | have
frequently tried it, and never knew it fail.
l would, therefore, say to all vino have
horses, preserve your fish brine. 1t is pre-
pared by beating fine the salt in the fish
brine; take a double handful, put it in a
quart of warm water to dissolve it quick.
and drench the horse from quart bottle.
If relief is not obtained in half hour OF
drench again with the same
quantity. If fish brine is not at hand, fresh
alum salt prepared in the same way, but
using more, will answer the same good effects.
The brine is supposed to act upon the pores
of the body of the grub, and to strike into
them, by which they are made to contract
or draw up their bodies, and thereby let 60
their hold upon the coats of the stomach,
or nav of the horse.
THE KINDNESS OF PROVIDENCE. Some
days ago, at dinner table in New York,
the conversation happened to turn upon
icedk eyes, and the colors best adapted to
favor them. This point being determined,
a gentleman alluded to the kindness Of
Providence in spreading the whole face of
nature with mantle of green, instead of
some other color, of q less mild and sooth-
ing nature.
Yes, but"-inquired a gentleman oppo-
site" how will you reconcile your theory
with the fact, that in high latitudes, the
earth is half the year covered with sub
stance SO bright and dazzling as snow"
For moment there was painful sus-
peDse. The two facts seemed exactly to
balance each other, and the whole compa-
ny were expecting the argument would be
given up, or the ground changed, when
the gentleman, to whom the inquiry was ad-
dressed, presented an explanation, which
appeared to be as new TO himself as it was
satisfactory to all present.
You will observe, sir" he replied, shat
the ground is covered with snow precisely
in those attitudes where for half the year
the nights are long and tedious, and in that
part of the year when the nights are lon
gest. So low, It that season, is the course
of the sun in the heavens, that by day the
reflected light is seldom painful, while by
night it supplies the absence of the moon.
If snow had the hue of vegetation, Ito say
nothing of the unvarying sameness) how
many would perish in endeavoring TO trace
the dark, painless roads Of northern cline,
in the solitude of winters night How
distressing would be such long continued
darkness in the midst of cold and storms!
I think, therefore, that the goodness of God
is not less manifest in giving to snow q
brilliant ,ohiteneSs, than in clothing vegeta-
tion in livery of green"
The director acquiesced, and all seemed
impressed with the thought, that since we
can see so much of the Divine beneficence,
we ought always to presume that any indi-
cations TO the contrary are only apparent,
and might easily be explained, were our
knowledge as extensive as our curiosity.
,Ne,0 York Observer.