Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-23

saws are liketwo cylinders, OF two halves
of barrel. revolving swiftly, striking the
wood at each end, and running to the CEN
tire, till the stave is sawed out, the shape
Of the saw giving the staVe. its suitable
bend. At the instant the staVe is cut to
the centre, it falls under the machine, and
at the same instant, spring throws back
the saws to their starting point, for anoth-
er stave, and so on, with great rapidity.
Another machine joints and matches them
ready for putting up. With these ma
chimes we are assured that two men can
make the slaves ready for barrel in three
minutes! With larger or smaller saws,
casks of any size may be made, from a
hogshead TO powder or white lead cask
There is no loss of timber by the process,
and the slaves may be sawed ofany thick
ness desired The inventors have obtain
ed patent.
Mr.. Merrick has recently invented an
engraving machine An iron or sealing
wax cast is made Of the medal 10 be en-
graved. This is so placed in the chine
(which is turned with a crank bv handy
as to control the movements of the gray
ing tool, as it traces the lines on the cop
per, in obedience to its pattern, with the
accuracy of human hand. The graver
may be so fixed as TO increase or diminish
the size of the engraving from that Of the
pattern or medal.-Springfeld Repub-
licam.
kEEP YOUR CHILDREN CLEAN.-We
are now in that season of the year when
from excessive heat and the use of vari-
Gus fruits, children are likely to be attack
ed by disorder as painful as it is dam
gerous. We would not advise abstinence
from the usual fruits of the season, for if
moderately enten, they contribute greatly
to the publication of the blood, and the
general health of the system. But 10 or
der 10 guard against the complaints of the
season. we would urge upon parents the
II of keeping their children per-
fttctIy clean by frequent additions. The
distressing complaints so frequently a.
mong children during the fruit season.
arise more frequently from a want of
cleanliness. than from an Incorporate use
OF fruit. Indeed the disorder of the bow
els In not weather, among children whose
whole surface is not kept clean by freouen,
washing and rubbing will take place
whether they eat fruit or not. We be-
I'eve we speak the opinion of our physi
cIans.-Bos Med. jour.
ANOTHER ScRAP-Those who have
faded Pongee dresses, which they wish
to have coIorcd and dressed over, and
cannot afford to give "seven-andcslx,' for
the doing of it, may substitute process OF
their own-far cheaper, and with equal
advantage.
will tell you of one method-vou can
try 1t, if you please, and | dare saw vour
fathers or husbands will be far better
pleased with the specimen of YOUR skill
and Industry, than with paying the silk
dyer.
Put two lbs. of ground Iogwood in
bag, boil it we'll in brass kettle-drain
on the liquor and wash the kettle clean
then pour it back. Wash your dress we'll
In strong suds, aud rinse it-wet # thor
oughly in cider, and then immerse it in
the dye-stir it we'll, that it NAV color all
el'kIee-keep 1t pretty warm, but not quite
boiling, about half an hour-then wrinp
1t and rinse it in vinegar, to proven, it's
You may press it with vour
t1at-Iron, and it will have a fine lustre. az
bright and lively as when new. me
shade Is much the same as common pom.
gee, but considerable darker. This is tho
way l did, and m; husband saws the col- |
Or Will 90 very well for farmers wives
and daughters-Me. Far LYDIA.
CURE FOR THE EFFEcrs OF Arsenic
In Yesterdays Evening Post, we made a
1otc from German paper. in wh;ch i
vas stated that the "hydro-oxid of iron
had been so successfully employed as an
'ntldote against the poison of arsenic both
n France and Germany, that several Of
he governments Of the latter country had
ordered all the apothecaries to keeo !,
onstantIy on hand"
Our attention has been this mornino
raNn TO a case of poisoning by arsenic {
successfully treated with the hydratic per- s
kid of iron, by Dr.. Chiffon Of this citv. t
epored in the United States Medical and
urglcaI Jouanal Of September last. A
Dung lady had taken about the fourth
art of a tea-spoonful of arsenic, by mis- /
Ike, suPposing it to be calcined maSnesia 1
he symptoms were alarming, when the Il
MUSICIAN was called, but on administer
g quantity of the antidote, thew Soon :
'bs'oed: and the patient in day or two.
as entirely recovered. The existen.e 2
a remedy for so deadly a poison, .
'ght to be generally known.-N Y .
OSt. e
BED Bucs.-A housekeeper of Bos- !; e
n, who has tried many remedies against n
e above named insect, asserts 7b., II