Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-02-17

~ erects il. Under the tooth, close to its
root and communicating with the perfora-
tlon lies small bag containing, the ven
"m. When the fang is raised, The closing
OF the jaw presses it's root against the bae
underneath; and the force of its compress
sion sends ont the fluid, and with couxid-
4 cradle impetus, through the tube in the
middle OF the tooth. What more uneoui-
vocal or efGectnal apparatus could be deyi
sed, for the double purpose of at once in-
tlicting the wound and injecting the poison
Yet though lodged in the mouth, it, is So
constituted, as in its inofensive and quiz
escPnt state not to interfere with the AMI.
mails ordinary Office Of receiving its food.
Ii has been observed also, that none ofthe
harmless serpents, the black snake tho blind
worm, &c. have these fangs, but teeth d
an equal size, not movable as this IS, bu
fixed in The jaw. @
Extraordinary utility OF the Nettle.-In
the weekly newspaper of the Bayarian Al
rIcultural Society, the netlleis said to have
the following properties: 1. Eaten in sa-
lad it cures consumption; 2. II fa,tens
horned cattle, whether eaten green or dri-
! ed; 8. Experience has shown that it not
only fattens calves but improves their
breed, 4. II is an an,idote to most n,ala-
dies; 5. Sheep which eat it bring forth
healthy, vigorous lambs; 6. Ii promotes
the laying ofeggs in heus; z. Ii Improves
the fat of pigs; s. The seeds mixed with
oats are excellent for horses; 9. Il grows
all the year round, even in the coolest
weather; 10. The fbrcs oflle stem make
an excellent hemp.
II is certain the nett!e is much valued in
Holland, where its young shoots are used
as a pot herb; it's roots for dying yellow !;
where the horse dealers give the seeds to
horses, to make them brisk aud give them
fine skin; aud where considerable por-
tons Of fields are planted with it, and mown
five or six times a year as green food.
New England Farmer.
On the ezistence Of Amimalculae in Snow.
The following account was sent by, DR..
J. E. Mure in letter to DR.. Silliman.--
When the winter had made considerable
progress without much frost, there happen
ed heavy fall Of Snow. Apprehending
that might not have an opportunity OF fill
ing my house with ice ! threw in snow,
perhaps half enough 10 gil it. There was
afterwards severely cold weather. and
filled the remainder with ice. About Au-
niist tina and ti<. Is 49,. 49,
brought US down to the snow, when it was
discovered that glass Of water, which was
cooled with it, contained hundreds Of ami
malcules. / then examined another class
OF water, out Of the same pitcher, and with
the aid Of a microscope, before the snow
was put into it, found itperfectly clear and
pure the snow was thrown into il, and ON
solution the water exhibited the same phe-
nomenon-hundreds of anamalcules visible
10 the naked eye with acute attention, and
when viewed through the microscope re-
sembling NEST diminutive shrimps, aud,
wholly unlike the cells discovered in the
acetious acid, were seen in the full enjoy
ment of animated nature.
Il caused holes 10 be dug in several parts
of the mass of snow in the ice house, and
to the centre it, aud in the most une-
quiyocal and repeated experiments llaG
similar results SO that my family did no
again venture to introduce the snow ice int
the water they drank, which had been ia
vorite method, but used it as an external re-
frigerenl for the pitcher.
'These little animals may class with tn
amphibi1 which have cold blood, and ar,
generally capable, in low temperature, q
"a torpid state of existence. Hence ihei
icy immersion did no violence to their con
stitu.ion, and the possibility Of their revi
val by heat is well sustained by analogy
but their generation, their pGrentage, ana
their extraordinary nigrati0H, are to me
subjects ofprofoulid establishment.
/" Brevity is the s0uI of soit. "-Haynes,
Hines, s. Co. OF Sandy Hill, in notice Of
dissolution, inform " all persons who were
not pleased to pay dOWn. ON the purchase
Of goods, will please to pay up, without de-
Law. Mark that."-N. Y. Gazette.
Anecdote.-The facetious Ben Barrett,
we'll known to every body in this country
as lover Of fun and whiskey, while stand
| ing on the wharf in Albany, great while
ago. offered 10 bet a dollar that he could
thr0sc man across the Hudson to Green
bush." A bysiander accepted the bet ;
when Ben Immediately seized and plunged
him in the river. After some little sxer-
ton he got ashore, and demanded the
stakes. "Why." says Ben. " didn't s,'c-
ceed the FIRST time, be sure, but III try i q
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