Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-06-25
From the Ms-s Enslaad Pea

i'sneo, II would be strange il ,hrr.
were not some barely worth puhI;.h
ing, and some worse than no,h;na
Among the last, 1 think NAV be nv
bered many Of the recipes Tor k;lI;r.
bolts in horses Having from ms
youth been fond of good hor,s
have paid my attention to the ,n;n.J.
and have long since been fully cor
WINGED that il was folly to wac -
open war with bolts in horses Son
sch, believing that there has NOTHING
yet been discovered that will kill them
IN the stomach without killing ibe horse
should almost as soon think Of sci.
ting fire TO my barn to kill the rats and
mice. Many things, which ZOO hay.
heretofore Published, think good
such as bleeding to prevent infiamma.
lion. Yet, think the most sore wav
is to keep the horse free from hils.
Some years since ] had very val.
liable mare that was attacked with
bolts, and TO appearance, very far gone.
set he following trap for them " hen
more than answered my expectation
took of bees wax, mutton iailow and
loaf sugar, each eight ounces, put !,
into ooe quart OF warm milk, and war.
med until it was melted. Then put !,
into d bottle, and gave it just before
the wax, &c. began to harden.-A.
bout two hours after gave physic.-
The effect was, that The bolts were
discharged in large numbers, each
piece Of wax having from one 10 six or
| eight of them sticking to it, some BY
The head, but most by their legs or
hooks
Old ne,ospapesS. Many psop'.
take newspapers, but few preserve
| them, yet the most interesting reading
| imaginable, is file OF old new spspers,
II brings up the very age, with all lis
hustle and every day affairs &c marks ts
genes and its spirit more than The most
labored description Of The historian -
Who can take paper dated ahalfa
century ago, without The thought tina.
almost every name there printed is row
eui upon he tombstone at the head Of
an epi'aph The doctor, (quack or re.
guIar} that there advertised his medi.
cines and their cures, has followed The
sable train of his patients: the merchant
his sbips--conld get no such security
on his Lfe--spd the actor, who could
make others laugh or weep-can now
only furnish skull for his successor
in Hamlet.
i; is easy 10 preserve newspapers
and they vii! repay he trouble, for
Ike that Of wine. their value incres.es
with their years; and old files have
sometimes been solo al pricestoo start.
ling to mention
Economy IL, Horses Food. -Th:
custom oi feeding horses with coarse
bred IS L very common one in France
and is considered moFewholesome and
.econnrncal Tran oats. At was intro.
duced during The revolutionary wars.
4 :Silesian experimental farmer for.
nishesrfhe following proportions ofln
gradients FOR making such bread:
Five gallons OF oat -four, ditto of rye
floor yeast. aud one gallon and hall
potatoes, reduced to pap With
bread made ~ofthese materials, horse
may be kept on 70 pounds per day,
mixed up with little straw, ebaffed
and moisiened. - Hampshire Sentind'
'C"itioat;ng Fruit Trees -Insiroc'
ton in the culture OF fruit trees, forms
part of the education Of the ordinary
seminaries in the States Of Necklenburs
Schwerin. No scboolmaster is admit
ed to exercise that function without
certificate of his capacity TO teach the
management Of fruit trees. The same
masters are obliged to take care ofirult
gardens; and those who. previously 70
the prom ulgatioD of the law on The SUD-
ject were ignorant of the art, receive
the due instruction at the expense OF tns
school fund. - Bali. UniV.
Farmers might easily save The hesa
of horses and COWS, and confer gTea'
kindness on their animals, in preventing
the usual annoyance of flies, by Simply
0iling the parts most exposed. r'N'
will not alight moment on the spof
over which an oiled sponge has bee'
pressed. Probably, either fish or hsi
seed oil would answer; but what "a"
known used with success was The Ian