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The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-10-26

STRANGE FAeTs.-In Boston paper,
we find an account of the doings OF the
meeting of naturalists there, which says:
'lt has been long known thattwo rays Of
light may be so tATown on each other as
TO produce darkness. Professor Henry
showed that two rays Of heat might be so
combined as to produce cold"
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-10-26

FoRGlSG A WILL.-Three men, named
Snider. Sharp and Devinet were recently
tried in Tusearawas county, Ohio, on tho
charge Of forginga will. They W.
found guilty, and The court seugenrsd -srs
to four year, corlaeasnt in the nen;.
tentiary.
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CONDITIONS OF THE MESSENGER AND REVIEW.

L THE MESSENGER AND REVIEW IS pub lshed in monthly numbers. Each number contains ho less than 6l large super royal pages printed on good type, and in the best manner, and on paper of the most beautiful quality.
 Z The "MEssENGER AND REVIEW" Is mailed on or about the first day of every month in the year. Twelve numbers make a volume and the price of sao'cnption is S5 per volume, paya6ie il adrance -nor will the work be sent to any one, unless the oIlrT Tor it IS accompanied with the cash. iIy-THE YEAR COMMENCES WITH THE JANUARY NUMBER. NO SUBSCRIPTION RECEIVED rOR LESS THAN THE YEAR, UNLESS THE iNDiVlDUAL SUBSCRIBING CHOOSES TO FAY THE FULL PRICE OF A YEARS SUB SCRlPTlON, FOR A LESS PERIOD.-f0
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 l. II subscription is not directed to be discoD. u"ued before the first number of a volume has been other year " "'
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 p. ne mutual obligations of the publisher and 'uosohoer Tor toe year, fully incurred as soon as as ,'e w hest No of the volume is issued and after tid' uhe, 'o discontnuaBce of s1bscristiop will % oe permitted. Nor wiiany suhscriptioo be di,cop- unaea whiIe anything reIdans due thereon. unless 't ohe option of the edior.
 n R. E. MINOR, Editor aud Proprieior.
 Nchnohd, Va, October, ls46.
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The siudy off AgricuIture.

I do not assert that a knowledge of military tao ties, of law. Is inconsistent with agriculture. On the contrary, a tompeteat knowledge of either, and particularly of the latter confers a yalle the character of country gentleman veTsant with agri- culture; but what do assert most strongly Is, that the most intimate acquaintance with either will ney substitute for ignorance of agriculture m country gentleman One evil arising iIom stu dying those exciting professions before agriculture is that, however short the lime spent in acquiring them, Il IS sufficiently long 10 create distaste to learning agriculture practically, for such task can only be undertaken, after the turn of life, by enthusiastic minds. But as farming is necessarily Me profession ot tbe country gentlemaa-for al hare a fsfm--it should be learned theoretically and practically, be fore his education should be considered finished II he so lhcne, he can aflerward enter the tented held, or exercise his forensic eioquence, when the tendency which have noticed in these professions VIII be unable to efface the knowledge of agricu- lure preyiously acquired. Sfspsens Book of tse Farm.
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New Roots to old Trees.

The New England Farmer mentions the fact that the editor of that journal having some pear trees on quinee stocks which were dying. took dozen pear stocks, two years old, and partially removed the earth from about he roots of six of the most sickly looking trees, so to make room for the roots of the young pear stocks, placing one on each of the opposite sides of the old trees. The tops of the young stocks were cut of by adrawng stroke, ma kingthe taper about two inches in length, as for splice grating. A horizontal cut was then made through the bark of the tree just above its junction with the qaiuce and then an upward incision in the bark of the desired length. Enough ofthc bark below the horizontal cut was removed 10 prevent,
 it's offering any obstruction. The bark was then raised by carefully passing three cornered wedge up the ineision. The tapered point of the stock. prepared above. was gently crowded up till 1t felt firm in in it's place and was bound up firmly with mating. The earth was then carefully covered over the roots and heaped up four or five inches above the place of operation to exclude the air. The result was highly satisfactory. The trees are entirely renovated Those on which he did not op- crate died Where trees gridled about the roots by mice in winter they may be saved in this way.
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science for The Kitchen.

Professor Liebig. in letter to Professor silman. describes the philosophy of cooking meat. from which some domestic caterers to the appetite may derive useful hint. He says:
 If peace of meat be put ir cold water. and this heat'd to bong and boiled till i is done, t will become harder and have less taste than fihe same piece had been thrown into wafer already boiling. la the first case the matters grateful to the smell and taste go into the extraetthe soup; m the ond, the albumen of the meat congratulates from the surface inward. and envelopes the interior with a layer which is impermeabe 10 water. In the lat ter case, the soup will be indifferent, but the meat delicious"
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Fish Ponds.

The Pond should, if possible. be near spring, and thence derive it's supply of water; those upon larger streams liable to be swept away by fesh- cts. The lot ia which the pond is situated should be kept permanently in grass; otherwise the water, at every rain, is liable 10 become muddy, and the pond to fill up from the washing of the soil. T. construct the dam, commence by sinking ditch (antil you reach inc solid subsoD four feet wide, and in the centre of the place 10 be occupied with the dam; inc earth thrown out to be laid on each side This ditch is to be gradually filled with clay, little at time, and that to be kept moist and well pounded. This wall (as il were) of clay to be car ried quite to the or of the dam, and will form what is called the key.
 The dam should always be three times as wide at the base as fl is high, and it's width at top should equal its height. The more gentle the slope from
 be top of the dam each way. the greater its strength Trees and shrubs should uever be planied upon it., as the decay of their roots is liable to let the water through The stream running from the pond might in many locations be turned to good account as ei
 her, water power for the minor domestic purposes, such as forcing water, churnng &c., or for irriga tion.-Fdrmers Library.
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rhe wax tn Henxen.

How poor you a,e if you lave no heaven bat this world. How true is all this, You are nothias bat ttierari of this clod of earth, and what is t all worth Ii you have little mora land than yoor neighbors. or if you are in a way make more mo ney than others, if your accommodations are better than cthers. and you have more worldly convent eaess and pleasures than olhess or if yea are pse noted a liille higher among mea than sosne others are, what poor portion is this and how miserable are you who have no better happiness tha. yoa can call your ewns how happy do these things make you What satisfaction do these things give yea , Are such things these the s.nvers of pieasure'' that you choose for your portion, how fni,erahe. When few days are passed, yea must go to the grave, and into eternity, and thea how wresehed are you. if. when you have done wiih worldly enjoy mens i may he said that you have received ns cca. l soaatioa Luke 6. 3s Pres Edscvda
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Fso~ as PaaadslpAia Della- E.,spsp.e.
THE RRPARTHD,

" Ask where the earth's departed bave their d~el
 ling!
 ASK o! the ciouds---the stars-ihe traekiess air! know it moi. yet trust whisper telling My lone J heart that love unchanged s thers.s .s
 TAs Teo Esomss. And where stood the graves were thick around. And Iettered stones, beneath my noiseless tread. nid heap the na'Iow space Of grassy ground. As tain to form city of the dead. Aud up and down the city's quiet street A inns v*anAesAA fssf esak tnst6se ksss k. 7sAss Seek name my eye did fear to meet, silent door st which my heart would kapet A1d still in vain my glance did wander o'er Pillar and urn, and monumental stone, "ABd even now" l said, .'as heretofore. feel, aiasl what | Is to be aloae." And here, denied the lnxary of grief. Fer which came aniO this silent stot Here, with the waving grass and whis 'priag leaf, seek my kindred's grave and tas~ a soi,''
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Cbe Ear,sItr.
sowing Timothy seed.

IfyoH have field tYat you design to set in tlmo- thy meadow, plough t at once, as the sooner you get your seed in the better chance will the plsnts have to stand the winter, and the greater ass,iranee will you have for good crop of hay next year. If yon soil is not already fertile, make 1t so bv Iibef ally mannring 1t. Recoilect that timoihy with care will last tfe five to years, and that to stand the taking of of SO many successive erops ofpsasa the soil requires to be in good heart In breaking it up, be sure to plough deep and turn the ferows flat. As plonghed, let it be thoroughly harrnwe,3 first in the direction of the fnFrosgs and then cro,a wise. Continue the narrowing until the tilinis rer fecy fine. Should the eiods be imprae ficable. use she roller between the harrowings so as to insure certainty to your labor. Bear in mind that no man should be content to set his meadow without hreal- ing all the elods as every thing which is worthy Of being done should be well done, and work of such permanent nature as that of a timothy meadow es- pecally requires to be so done,-frsi, because f all the Jumps be not reduced much of inc seed wifi be lost and secondly, because such preparation of thS soil renders the cutting of the grass ,eompsrziiveiy easy. ln sotcing the seed be to employ ful and experienced hand, in order that the seed may be evenly distributed. The seed should be narrowed in with a gsyy ligh! karnoie. That done, roll the ground with heavy roller. SO as to bring the seed immediately in contact with the earth and thus produce early germinaion. With regard to
 the quantity of seed per acre. we wouldremark. that one peek is the usual quantity sowD, but that in our opinion one and half pecks would be the prefera- ble quantity. We have known excellent success 10 attend the sowing of Timothy seed tn eorn-fieis al the time of the last working. Where this is done the field must be worked as to be comparatirsiy ierei
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A HINT TO LADIEs.-The Philadelphia Penn sylsanian publishes, from the pen of lady, the following remarks on dress:
 Speaking of beauty, wish people would dress pleasantly, benevolentiy. saw lovely girl to-day looking unloveiy and unloyeable, because her mus
 lin dress s,iify stafched 10 Retp ctsaR ths !on- ger. My laundress tries in vain to persuade me into the barbarous custom. To my mind, woman should look as soft 10 the touch as flower, and as pure All her garments should be made of the fines, and socst material possible; material that will silly dispose itseiLo folds. falling gracefully around her; and not by being liable to ruiie it every mo- meni, compel her to stid attitudes and starched de- meanor, denying her all luxury of lounge and ioi ; why, my very words would grow prim and precise, were to wear dress, which depended on hoaE or potato for its propriety"
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Delieions Apple Puaainr.

Very convenient, as it may be sAade several heurs before t is baked, CT when nice addition ia wan- ted unexpectedly Pare and chop fine, half dozen or more, according to theirsize, of the best cook ing apples-grease padding dish. cover the bot tom and sides half an inch thick with grated bread and very small lunps of butler then put on a layer apples with sugar and nutmeg and repeat the layer, which must be of bread and butter-pour over the whole a tea cup of cold water. Put intothe oven as the dinner Is served and bake it twenty five or thilty minutes. It may be baked the day before it Is wantet-when it must be heated thoroughly, turned into shallow dish, and sprin- kled withl powdered sugar. It requires no sauce. American AgricnLurIisf
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USEFUL RECIPES.
How to G,Icnnse Furniture.

Oilruhbed over yaruish, when discolored by water will restore the color and polish. must tel this to betsey, as she secds terribly st the hot water spoil ing the vanished bedsteads; if the oil don't sae- eeed, alittle vsrnish will, but the hot water must be used. Betsey and have had long talk about the best method of cleaning furniture and the fol. lowing recipes arc decided on as the best. Vat. hished furniture should be nicely washed with warm soap snds on very soft cloth. and wiped perfectly dry with fine soft towel, and then polished with little sweet oii rubbed, and carefully wiped of again with silk handeTchieE Mahogany furniture must be kept perfectly clean. or it bespeAks bad keeping. Should 1t become modldY or other. wise soiled, wash it elean with Narm soap and wafer, then polish by rubbing on paste made of equai parts of breswax soft soap and apaffts of turpentine melted togethe's when tbis Z well rub bed in. spread on thin coat of hard beeswax let this be thoroughly rubbed in with hard brush, and then polish with a silk handkerchief
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fhemas Nesre--iAe PedeFallsts ef lS0t and
 the Whigs of lst1.

Ia tho last l1aatifal edition oG Moor~ss Works. collected and arranged by hin~eif he give. an ac- count of his introduction to Mir. Ietfefson tn 1894 He says, "At Washington, passed some days with the EnrlTals Minister, Ms. Merry: and was Sy han. presented ss tlc lcvee sf the President, 1esraen, whom found sitting with General Dearborn aud ene two other officers, and Ia the same hosnelv costume, comprising slippers and eonom.ara stock ings, ia which Mr. Merry had been received hv him --snueh ta that formal Ministers hoRss--when whiting upon him in fall drcs te deliver hiserraen- lfals. My slngla Mteryiew with the remarkable pesson was efVua hast dnrAsion; but to have seen and spoken with tkn nan wASdrew sp Eha Dcnlarn- tim of AmeFiaan Independence was s.an eyaut moi t4 be forgOtten,~ Mr. Moore keeHly represa inc few desuery pioccs which 8, that time he pabIinh- ed agasnse AnseFic1, bat tike Inany good maA and tfus, his evil destiny threw him inta tho comuanv q ts Fedasaliss; er, as they call themselves now, the whigs te whqh circumstance se attributes the unfortunate indiscsetiea of hIe youth; he adtis--
 "At Philadelphia. ths company Twas chIcfly made acquainted wfsh. eeagiated entirely eT ersans o the Fedesali~tsr -Desscerasic party. Few and sa,-
 aent, tee .. ha been my opportunities of jndging for myelf of the political soeis state a the ooun- try, my miad was lefi opened too much .o the in- hiaeaoe of the feelings and prriadieas of these I eiey eonsorfed with, and, csrsninly it, no at,ar- ter was % sare 10 find decided hestlty, both ts the men and the principles thea dominant through out the uBon, as among the officers of the British
 navy, and in the ranks of angry Federatlst oppo- sition." He goes on to say, "tha goodwill have experienced from more than distinguished American sufficiently assures that any Injustice
 may have done to that land of frccine f not tong since wholly forgotten, Is remembered only ts be faFgivsa.n
 Yes, yes, Tom, we forgive thee, but upon on, condition. and that is that you pay us another visit Vow have time enough yet, and we hope, years ts spare; on year arTiyai, however. you will have te be little more careful than formerly in selecting associates. Your ola Philadelphia Chums you will hnd as bitterly hostile ever to the Democratic party, but under garb which they call sswhlg- gery," against the present President Mr. Polk, who was elected by the same party, and the prin- eiples, that supported your old unostentaloas friend tn Connemara stockings, Mir. Jefferson.
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? Baskets Champaigne. 3 Baskets Claret.

LAziNEss.--Laziness has been the parent of all sins that have been committed since the morning of the creation. Eve was in lazy fit at the time Sa- tan tempted her; if Adam had kept her basy she would have kept out of mischief, and we should all
 have been as innocent as young lanbkins. If the ding arks when Noah preached to lhsn, t1ey might all have been saved; but they were too lazy to work and they all dronwed in the great eatastro- phe. The reason the Egyptians refused to lst the lsraetes go was because they were to lazy to make their bricks, and wished to compel the Hebrews knowa; they were plagued gresionsiy. aad afssr- wards thrown iato the Red Sea I.azy people, in our own days, are constantly plaguing themselves, and everlasting plangue and syesore to others The sight of creeping, listess. indeiens Haan cl woman E misery to the thrifty and indussrieas
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Wames.

These delicious articles, with butter and honey, make a very agreeable addition to the breakfast table. Every body, though, does not know how to make them. We hnd in exchange paper the following recipe for making quick wafies:-MIx flour and cold milk together to make thick batter. To quart of the four put six beaten eggs, table spoonful of melted butter, and teaspooniul of salt Some cooks add quarter of pound ol sugar and half nutmeg. Bake them immediately. Rice wafles are made after this mehod;-Take tea cup and half of boiled rice-warm it with a pint of milk, mix it smooth, then take it from the re stir 1t m pint of cold milk, and teaspoonfnl of salt Beat four eggs, and stir them in. together with sui hcent -four 10 m ake thick batter
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Latest from Texas.

The steamship Yacht, Capt Crane, arrived ea Friday from Galveston. She brought us files oF papers to the seth ut. The principal items ot news which ws find in them are the fo,Iow,ps. which we take from the Austin Democrat of tlIs 2ist ut.
 Five companies of Cot. Rays new regiment. Isfs San Anionlo for Mier oa Friday. the tsth inst The companies of Capts. Highsm,th and Gilless. We hs, ieve are the only oaes of the regiment ieft op aar frontier The former is stationed for the presepf ag Fredericksbnsg ana We are informed that the Iasses Is to be placed as some point near the huecsa not yet designated. Lieu; Col Belt is t,,,s Ia ma. mand oi the remaining frontier force.
 IaroArASr NEws FROM TIE CAnAseuEs.-Mr Gooeh, ot Capt. Grumbes' company of Rangera. arrived "a ihis plaEe yesterday. direct from fred erieksba,gh, lie states that santa Anaas paytv af 1Ama"ehes csme into FIedefickshu ch sssussay. he ilh inst, and on Sunday held talk with Capt ornmbIes nania Anna stated that the nsasan uf hss leaving has bunting groaBs the manner be iA was lear that the Americans had some si@aixn of hostile character He was led to this belief kv the appearance at Fredericksburg of the three con, psnies oi RaDgerss which weie reeepily posted fa lhai slciaty lie knew that the Amsrscsns sss. Peeted hls tibe of having taken killed the four mea oi Hays party some time since. thought tt prudent to lake 0H the women and ehildren co thst they would be safe in ease that tbere should be any trouble with the whites, So soon as he had renos- eo ,ne "ohfn anu ehihfren 10 place ot security, he hasteDed o fredefisksba ia order to expisfs 10 Maj Neighbors. if he shonld 6nd hisn there. ths cause of his sudden departure, lie regretted vert much that Msjo, NelghboFs had lest before his as rival and stated that he would hssiem to the Trsa ing house on the B'azcs. where he was told Nsieh. boes had gone. He informed Capt Gramblss tksf the four men of tie sarveying narty were taken. and subsequently, killed. by the 'wasoes and thaf he sss present si dance their scaipa. He ia- timatcd the great necessity Of some step being la, ken by fhe Americans to pat stop to the depseda. tons ot the Wacoes; and ayowed his deiesss;sssva of causing them ai io be killed by his own ssibs if the whitss should lail so act ia lhe matter maedis ateiy. ihasmaeh As the depsedatioas eommisted hy them were sttfib;sssa to the Camanehes, He pse~ iessed the s'nceres iFiendship towards inc Amesi. esas. and expressed desire to eontinae lrssnAiy He has EecsRuy been made Head Chief of aii tks bands Of Canssebes thas are in the habit of hsat,
 ing on oul bofdes. and says he wii, ss fas ss pas sio'e' preserve peace with the people,
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Fine Flour and whole Meal.

Prof. Johnston, the Scotch agricultural chemist. has article in the last number of Blackwood, upon the comparative substance in fine and course wheat four He argues conelusiyely to show that whole meal-or flour containing the entire of the ingredients of the wheat---is not eniy more healthy but more profitable. than fine flour, from which the bran. &c. Is excluded.
 There are the three ingredients in the human body, which need constant nourishmeBt, vix: fat, bone, and muscle. The vegetable food we consume con tain these substances almost ready formed. Flour from wheat contains them in larger or smaller pro portions. according te iis aaal:.y less I 6ae.nere if unbolted; aud the food must be most wholesome which supplies all these ingredients the most abun- dantly.
 The Professor proceeds, by formidable array of analytical demonstrations, tO prove how much rich CT the whole meal is than the fine four in the three above mentioned essential substances. The follow ing table contains all inc facts that are necessary exhibiting at view the quantities contained, res pectiveiy, in l,O0O lbs. oi whole meal and fine flour
 Whole Meal. Fine Flour.
 Muscular matter, l 50 lbs. lS0 lbs
 Bone material, l70 60
 Fat. 2S 20
 Taking the three ingredients, therefore, togeth- er," says the Professor, ''the hole meal is one half valuable for fulfilling all the purposes of nutrition than fine four"-sand especially is it so' he adds, to children, to mothers, and to those who undergo much bodily fatigue" ''It will not be de nied," he argues 'tha it is for wise purpose that the Deity has SO intimately associated in the gfalh the several substances which are necessary fortbe complete nutrition of animal bodies.
 "The above considerations show how upwise we in attempting 10 undo this natural coIlocation o materials. To please the eye and the palate, we sift out less generally nutritiye lood-and to make up for what we have removed, experience teaches us to have recourse to animal food of various des- criptions. .'-.4i6aay Ere. Jour.
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Mock Oysters of Corn.

Take dozen and half ears large young corn, and grae all the grains of the cob as fine as pos. sible Mix with the grated corn three large table spoonfuls of sted -four. the yolks of six eggs we'll beaten. Let ali be well incorporated by hard beat ing. Have ready frying pan, an equal proportion of lard and fresh hutter hold it over the fire till it is boiling hot and then put in portions of the mix tnre as nearly possible in shape and size as fried oysters. Fry them brown and take them to the table hot they should be near an inch thick