The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-09-20

ness III New ork ~ compute! At >.u.t,'n r,cr
annum. 1t NAV not be ani>s Ia give few
hints 10 iho>9 who would Ike 10 keep rg,a,ic,.
but do hot Know how To manage them rut
them IN roo'n.v cages OF wood and PLAIN wire
tainted metal raHr. are iniuroms. As the binds
pl'k oil the paint and eat it when they be-
come sick. Feed them upon canary and rare
seed. and water, and nov and then slice ot
apple. and lettuce or cabbage leaf Sircw
coarse brown sand on the bottom o. the CAGE.
and han" lnrcr OF cutie fish in the racc. for
cleaning" their bcaks and crops In very h.t
weather give them dish of water to bath.
IN. In Sr,'trm',cr and October the bird
'n''ult; at such times little NAV seed. with
pinch OF saffron in their water. Is lym ti,iaI
They begin TO breed ah"ut the middle ~
March, or the first o. t;,ril In Europe i, is
customary 10 place one male will, two females
when they do much better than witt, only one
Clean out the cages twice week. and th..e
hroolSa year are easily obtained More than
that woull not he good tor any thing. II tho
bird Is very uneasy. frequently picking itself,
Ii is troubled with lice from the lir;in.ss %.
III" CAGE. Clean the cage thoroughly. and
rub Il little common flour under the birds
WINS. In two hours il will bc free from
them II it should I,,it lis feathers. an,,
draw itself int" .nzz hall, a little saffron in
the water will relieve it.
When yon mate iirls give them a lit,l,. vii
!os basket. whirii you can Obtain at the seed
stores. a little cotton. a lork of wool. and lit
tie Manilli hemp. ard they will soon berin tn
ird their nests When The nest is cor.ul,-
ted. the female will iav an egg every morning
until there are four or five i'm the nest when
>he will commence setting. In thirteen or
fourteen DAYS the Young are hatrhed Until
they can crack the seed. which will I've IN
about four or five weeks, they will require 20
he fed on hard bo!cI eggs. One third of an
cog. c:umbled fine. should be placed in
small cup and put into the Gaze every morn
ing until the young can feed Themselves
Sometimes, while lavinc, the her will fall from
her nest egg bound Assistance r,,ruld lie
rendered early. or she will die The br>.
remedy is to rub little sweet oil on tl., lower
part OF the abdomen I,v following these few
simple directions. vou NAV increase your stock
ot birds almost at will, and. Won NAV rel,
nfon ii for Won slight care they will rera,
,ou with pleasure and amusemcn,a a hundred
fold.
MINERALS WE EAT-Thrse minerals.
which arr InterwoyeI with the living sfrur-
furc OF the plant, are taken up into the fabric
of the animal And TO Us thew are as imror-
anf AS the mrancst vegetable that crow. I,
who write this. boast myself living flesh a,.l
blood. 'ut lime STRENGTHENS nv bones: iron
iiows in myl.ood: flint trisfl..s in yhair sui
Phnr and phosphorus Yuivrr in nv flesh I'm
the human frame The rock morps. the metal
flows. and the materials of the earth. snatch
ri iv the divine power OF vitality from the
realms OF lncrfia.li,e and move. and form part
"i soul trnant' d frame Ia the very secret
chamber OF the brain there lies a "land. crit.
~ with earthly mineral matter. which D-s~
tartcs d:d not scruplc. with rrnde s,ientif-
ic rnI'nty. 10 assign As the residence OF the
SOUL Ion could no more have lived AMI
grown and iI"uri>hed without iron, silica, ami
potash and sodium. and magnesium. than
wheat can flourish without phosphorus grass
without silica, cre>s without iodine or clover
without lime. We are all ot us in.leed. of
earth, car;hv. N,Lchs's H,usekolH Words.
THr CINCINNATI "WILn WorAx."-
HIS woman. since her transfer to the lnnafic
asylum at Dayton, Ohio, has improved re-
markably in. .docili,y and personal appearance.
The Cincinnati Co!"ntiin saws that the rome
and strap toy which she was confined while
IN Cincinnati, have disappeared. her hair is
neatly dressed. her face has grown fuller,
with an expression of repose, and her great
tl,>hin. eyes are almost devoid of that rcu-
iiarly wild glare which characterized them A
lew weeks ago. She Is sometimes taken
INTO the reception room to see visitors, and
behaves IN yer, womanly manner. Her
physicians state that she daily manifes,s per-
feet familiarity with the customs and appli-
anceS of civilized life and do not believe
that she has ever been in anv other conii-
ton. They hold that she was suffering from
The peculiar bat not uncommon phase ,f mon
omania. which manife>tS itself in refusal TO
ronver>c-ratien's Of this description bcin.
found in every ASvlnm. This INSANITY is suf-
licicnt to account for the wild AMI dilatsd ap-
p"a:anre of her unusually large ewes They
believe that while in this rondi.ion she was
subjected to very .r"at alarm. and while un-
der the influence of fear, was taught tn de-
port herself according to the wishes of her
unfortunate woman will soon he restored to
perfect mental and bodily health.
BosT"N ATHENIrM-Wc DO not know
Of an institution o; the kind. in this. or any
other country. that is more credi.able TO its
founders and supporters; and to the commun-
ity in which it exists, than the Boston A.l,-
enaum. Although a private corporation,
owned by shareholders, it is virtually acce>>i-
bic 10 The public, the restriction being the
slightest tia, are consistant with the rights of
The prorrietors 1t was founded fifty years
ago by the members ofthe Anthology Society,
an association Of ingenious and earnest