Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-09

swallowed; and given the reasons for our
opinion. One day, not long since, we
received from a highly respected friend,
whose son we have instructed, the follow
ing truly laconic note:
Dear Sir-My old friend Which says
you are wrong about the cherry stones
s. s.
On turning to Which, the author re-
ferred to, we found the opinion thus ex-
pressed:
The kernels or seeds Of apples are
bitter and aromatic. Nature seems to
have intended these productions for cor
recting the watery and fermentabIe fluids
of this and other fruit, apricots excepted.
Hence the kernels of apples and pears, as
we'll as those of plums and cherries, ought
to be eaten with the fruit, and not to be
thrown away as useless
This seemed decisive; but on examin-
ing still further, we also found another
and very different opinion. We leave
it to our readers to decide which is cor
rect, merely observing that the second
opinion corresponds with the views Of
other writer's on the same subject, as will
be seen below.
TO swallow cherry stones is highly
pernicious, as these stones have sometimes
been found to accumulate in the mites
tines, to form Jumps cemented together by
viscid phlegm, and thus to produce the
most violent and fatal symptoms. Libra
ry Of Health.
EDUCATE YOUR CH1LDREN.-The fol-
lowing elegant extract ought to be read
by every parent, and particularly every
! farmer:
IF the time shall come when this
mighty fabric shall totter; when the bea-
con which now rises in pillar of fire, a
sign and wonder of the world, shall wax
dim, the cause will be found in the ignor-
ance of the people. If our union is still
to continue to cheer the hopes and ami
mate the efforts Of the oppressed Of every
nation; if our fields are to be untrod by
the hlrelings of despotism if long days
of blessedness are to attend our country in
her career of glory if you would have
rays upon the face Of freemen, then edu.
cate all the children IN the land. This
alone startles the tyrant in his dreams o.
power, and rouses the sIumbering ener.
gies of oppressed people. 1t was inteli-
gence that reared up the majestic columns
of national glory; and this al one can pre-
vent them from crumbling to ashes u
SAFE Poison FOR RATs.-Let those
who wish to poison rats, without appl yine
to the chemist, intimatel y mix pound o
plaster of Paris lin its unslacked state,
with about double the quantity of oatmeal
Let them place this within The reach O
the rats, they will eat it eagerly, and with
out being deferred by any bad TASTE
Through the humidity contained in theil
stoma his, the plaster of Paris will "set,'
and from an indigestible, hard mass
which will, in fact, present upon dissec
ton good cast, of the rats stomach, and
speedily produce kind of aldermanic
death, i. e., by irremediable indigestion
Rats are very intelligent animals, so the
better to beguile them it is we'll to begin
by giving them pure oatmeal Those
who first discover and partake of it, will
speedily communicate the glad tidings to
their relatives and neighbors, who NAV
then be swept off at once Examiner.
Beware OF SUGAR-PLuMs.-Starch OF
an inferior quality is used in the manu-
facture Of hard confectionery, such as
Iozenges, sugar-plums, and similar arti-
cles. Those which are sold about the
streets (says writer in the Magazipe Of
Popular Science) and made for the use
of schools" are generally composed of
the ofaI OF starch works, mixed with
plaster OF Paris, pipe clay, or chalk. and
as little sugar as is able to give them
palatab'e sweetness; but what is worse.
is, that they are often eolored with rod
lead, verdigris, gamboge, and other min-
eral poisons. A species of. refined H.
quorlce, manufactured for the same mark.
ct, is compound of common Spanish
juice, lampblack and starch.
How much real happiness do we lose
by not connecting the idea of the Creator
with all his works! The flowers bloom.
and the birds MARBLE around the hue and
fragrance of the one and the melody of
the other delight us; but how much su.
perlor would the feeling be, if in them we
habituated ourselves 10 see the hand of
God; his exceeding beauty and love
stamping itself on all, and, as it were, !
visibly impressed every where. In the
thunder we should perceive his majesty
and power, and the star bespread heavens
his calmness and ubiquitv and on view
ing the face of the azure lake, or becalm-
ed ocean, we should involuntarily .ex-
claim, truly, 1.-The spirit of God moveth
on the waters Watson.
If | were preacher, [ would say more
than many Of them do Of the use and me-
cessity of religion in this world, even for