The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-07-27

drink ice water, tor.it bas occaSioned fatal in
! Examinations Of the stomach and bowels, and
sometimes sudden death. The temptation to
drink it is very great in summer; to use it at all
with any safety, the person should take but q
single swallow at time, take the glass from
the lips for half 8 minute, and then another
swallow, and SO on 1t will be found that in
this way it becomes disagreeabe after few
mouthfuls.
On the other hand. ice itself may be taken
as freely rs possible, not only without injury
out with the most striking advantage in dan
| gerous forms of disease. II broken in sizes of
| pea or bean, and swallowed as freely as prac-
tcable, without much chewing or crushing be-
tween the teeth, it will often be efficient in
checking various kinds Of diarrhea, and has
cured violent cases Of Asiatic cholera.
A kind of cushion OF powdered ice kept to
the entire scalp, has allaTed efolent infiamation
Of the brain. and arrested fearful commissions
induced by too much blood there. Water, as
cold as ice can make it, applied freely to the
throat, neck or chest. with sponge or cloth.
verv often affords an almost miraculous relief;
and if this be followed by drinking copously OF
the same ice-cold element the wetted parts
wiped dry, and the child be wrapped up well
in the bed clothes, it falls into delightful ami
and life giving sIumber. All innammalons, in
ternal or external, are promptly subdued by
the applications of ice or water, because it
is converted into steam, and rapidly conveys
away the extra heat, and also diminishes the
quantity of blood in the vessels Of the part.
), A piece Of ice laid on the wrist will often ar
rest violent bleeding of the nose
To drink any ice cold liquids at meals retards
digestion. chis the body, and has been known TO
induce the most dangerous internal congestion
If ice is put in milk or in butter, and these are
not used at the time. they lose their freshness
and become sour and stale; for the essential ma.
ture of both is changed, when once frozen and
then thawcd. Halls Journal OF Health
A FINE VISEYARD--Some time last year we
alluded to the fine young vineyard our enter
prising fellow-citizen, John Bradley, esq, had
planted in the immediate vicinity of Holly
Springs. Last fall the gentleman, Mr.. Shultz.
who had the management OF this vleyard, was
unfortunately killed in our town, and we were
fearful that it would not succeed SO we'll as was
anticipated: but brother of Mr.. S., who thor
oughly understands the cultivation of the vine.
has taken charge OF it, and Mr. Bradley in
forms US that the young vines are doing ad-
: mirably well. The quantity of land planted in
: this vineyard is about six acres, and the catcu-
lhtOu is LldL tdCn dCES, dIteI ASAL Scdi1 WiIl
produce 500 gallons of wine, Worth from two
dollars fifty cents to four dollars per gallon
Where is there six acres of land in Marshall
county that will begin to pay as well as this
six acre vineyard, even allowing the yield of
!. J. wine to be but one half the above esGmate?2-
y Two hundred and fifty gallons to the acre. equal
= to $500, at the lowest price for wine, is about
> equal to twenty five acres cultivated in cotton.
. Tie trouble of pruning and cultivating the vine
is less than the cultivation of cotton crop, and
{ the yield is twenty FIVE fold. Should not this
. cultivation put some ot our small farmers to
: thinking of raising wine instead of toiling from
tho Hrst OF Januhrr TO Deeoneborr ;r1 the7eelsi-
'1 walton and securing OF . cotton crop? Thou
a sands of acres of the poor Hill sides in Marshall
j., county, where neither cotton nor corn will grow
viii suit admirably for the grape. There arc
several varieties Of the grape that are we'll adapt
ed to our soil and climate. and we should be
well pleased to see hundreds of our citizens en-
gagged in the production Of wine. It would not
only add millions OF dollars to our already
II 1ourishing county, but the universal use of the
$ : pure use OF the grape would soon Danish drunk
Il enness and its thousands of accompanying
! evils, from our delightful land
r [southern tHoly Springs Herald
GRASS CULTURE IN OUAcHrA.-We were in
e formed by col. holland near this place, who has
e been for many years q resident farmer of Ken
If tucky that he has now on his farm as tne grass
,e as he ever saw grow in that State Herds grass
s and Musquite are the. varieties, and the yield
of of hay is as great and of as good quality AS
II Kentucky can afford We have also conversed
with several other farmers of our county WHO
corroborate the assertions of col. holland to the
effect that grass can be cultivated prottabIy on
N our lands The time is near at hand when 1t
,e behooves our planters to take interest in this
Pr branch Of agriculture. Cattle will soon be
s. unable to subsist without this provision for them
,e Natural pastures are rcarly exhausted, and un-
pr less attention is directed to this expedient, stock
ut raising will soon be suspended. More lands
* should be cleared and used for pasturage. The
9 small amount of labor is repaid tenfold. The
n, advantages arc numerous Lands are improv-
+. ed, stock reared with scarcely any cost, and
, the planter invisibly enriched, when neglect o
II this and exclusive attention 10 cotton generally
;c results in slow acquisition of wealth, il in.
n deed any. and total privaon Of all the com
=. forts incident to well conducted farm. The
toll is infinitely greater, and the pleasures and
profits infinitely less. The announcement ot tht
S successful culture Of grasses here should BE-
it. hailed with delight, and each and every planter
r. commence as soon as possible reserving portion
as of his lands for this purpose, [Canden Eagle
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IN is in contemplation to spend several days at {
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is be good deal on steamboats,, to do so with The
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nj best places, the first and best and promptes at
.g tention from landlords, clerks and servants
ID travel with handsome woman. There IS moth
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1t commands everybody, from hostler to host
be You may yourself be nobody, you may have
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20 can't even make respectable waddle; you
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:, it, reader, in our earlier years and later, ant
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