Cheraw Gazette, 1836-03-22

Rule': for wet applied to c the feet i* injurious?flannel? ventl- ]c lation of beds. b From Combe ?n Health end ."Mental Education. Q Great differences in the power of gen. h crating heat and resisting cold exist in dif. b ferent individuals* and it would be absurd b to apply the same rules to those who never r< feel cold as to those who arc peculiarly sen- ti sitive. The former may be benefitted by n cold bathing and degrees of exposure which g would be fatal to the latter. The rule is, \ therefore, not to dress in an invariable way h iu all cases, but to put' on clothing in kind w ^ and quantity sufficient in the individual case u to protect the body effectually from an abiding sensation of cold, however slight. "Warmth, cj however, ought not to be sought for in cloth- 1} ing alone. The Creator has made exercise a essential as a means; and if we neglect this t! and seek it in clothing alone, it is at the risk c or rather certainty of weakening the body, t\ relaxing the surface, and rendering the svs- si tern extremely susceptible of injury from the tl slightest accidental exposures, or variations c of temperature and moisture. Many good c . constitutions arc thus ruined, and many nor- b vous and pulmonary complaints Drought on pi pvictAnro. nn<l to reduce the suf- w

IV *1 IIViUVA ferer to the level of a hot-house plant. a Female dress errs in' one important par- si ticular. even when well suited in material artd in quantity. From the tightness with*, c which it is made to lit on rue upper part of c the bodvv not only is the insensible per- v spiration injudiciously and hurtfully confined tl but that free" play between the dress and the it skin which is so beneficial in gently stimu- s< k lating the latter by friction on every move-; w * ment of t' e body, is altogether prevented, 'i and the actiou of the cutaneous nerves and b vessels, and consequently the heat genera- ai ted, rendered lower in degree than would tl result from the same dress worn more loose- si ly. Every part and every function are n ^bus linked so closely with the rest, that we b can neither act wrong as regards one organ tl without all suffering, nor act fight without v all sharing in the benfit. n We can now appreciate the manner in b which wet and cold feet arc so prolific of tl internal disease, and the crudtv of fitting up u schools and similar-places without making g adequate provision for the welfare of their t! young ocpupants. The circumstances in p ' which wet and cold feet are most apt to ti

oard on his arrival. In tho letter in which j b) aptain Murray communicates these facts, tit o adds, that ever# precaution was used, dr y lighting stoves between decks and scrub- th ing witii hot sand to ensure the most tho- tei jugh dryness, and every me?ins put in prac- ot ce to promote, cheerfulness among the in ion." When in command of the Recruit i to uu-brig, which lay about nine weeks at j be 'era Cruz, the same means preserved the j su calth ofhis crew, when the other ships of j w< ar anchored around him lost from twenty i > fifty men each. fili That the superior health enjoyed by the; ol rcw of the Valorous was attributable chief-! it tothe means employed by their humane j di: ud intelligent commander is shown by j dc ic analogy of the Recruit; for although j wl onstant communication was kept up be- Tl vecn tiie hitter and other ships in which th ickness prevailed, and all were exposed to cli ic same eternal causes of disease, yet no ar rise of sickness occurred on board the Re- ar ruit. Facts like these are truly instructive ol y proving how far man possesses, tlie T ower of protecting himself from injury to lieu he has received necessary instruction su nd chooses to adopt his conduct to his th

ade. The presence of company, the haste pensioned by business or engagements, or >me other thing, induces parents frequently ' break this rule for once, and thus a present is formed, which must be followed, or e bitter crying of the child will invariably iccecd. Children arc not slow to remein:r an indulgence, and when it has been ice .allowed them to break over general lies, there is an end to peaceable and quiet ibmission. The earlier habits of submis011 can lie formed, and the more uniformly icy can be continued, the more eas'ly will ic work of government be conducted. 2. Let government be administered with 1 ;>nstancy. " The views manifested by the irent concerning the conduct of the child lould be ever the same. His good connet should be ever approved; and his bad anduct invariably disapproved. The meajres of the parent should be invariably of ie same tenor. All proper encouragement lould be holden out to obedience, and all itional opposition be steadily made to disbedience. The active superintendence of ie child ought to be unremitted. He should k?1 that he is ever an object of parental at ntion, ever secure, when his behavior mernmvmtnl favor? and ever conscious

TIME FOR PLANTING. In a country so* various in its tcmparalure as this is, thirty years experience has taught me to make two plantings of com. One in March, say about the 20th, the other in May, say about the 1st, longer than this will prove uncertain. It is well here to observe, that I would rather put no manure upon my land, than unfermcntcd manure,' in my May planting. It will cause the com to bum; or if it should not do this, it will cause it to shoot up too suddenly, and thus produce nothing but stalk. Jly selecting these two periods f% planting, I am sure to hit the right season, for at least one half my corn ; and I am clearly of opinion, that, one halfofa field of prime com, is belter than a whole field of corn that has been injured by an adverse season. I have generally observed, that where we have no rains to put die corn forward in March and April, that the reverse is the case in May and June, and vice versa* SELECTION OF SEED. Too muclrattention cannot be paid to this matter. It is an opinion, with most planters that little is to be gained by selecting corn seed ; but the testimony of the vcty best farmers throughout the TT. States; proves

joU climates are now so well understood, lv ;hat in the army and navy its use is co- di gently, and with great propriety, insisted er }n. Captain Murray, late ofH. M.S. Va- b< orous, told mo that he was so strongly im>rcssod from former experience with a sense hi ifthe efficacy of the protection,afforded by cl he constant use of flannel next the skin, a hat when, on his arrival in England in De- w icmbcr, 1823, after two years' service amid j 01 he icerbcrgs, on the coast of Labrador, the ! hip was ordered to sail immediately for the c( Vest ladies, he ordered the purser to ?z traw two extra flannel shirts and pairs of to rawers for each man, and instituted a rcg- ac lar daily inspection to see that they were rc rorn. These precautions were followed by hi lie happiest results. He proceeded to his 02 tation with a crew of 150 men ; visited al- m lost cvety island in the West Indies, and lany of the ports of Mexico ; and notwith- ef tandingtbe sudden transition from extreme .111 limatcs, returned to England ^without the | tic >ss of a single man, or having any sick 011 j ju

gentle stimulus to tne cutaneous vessejs uuu > ** nerves, which assists their action, and main- \ rains their functions in health ; and being at the same time of a loose and porous tex- \ lure, flannel is capable of absorbing the cu- [ taneous exhalations to a larger extent than i any other material in common use. In c some very delicate constitutions, it proves [ even too irritating to the skin; but in such 1 cases, fine fleecy hosiery will in general be \ easily borne, and will greatly conduce to the t preservation of health. Many are in the t custom of waiting till winter has fairly set r in before begining to wear flannel. This o is a great error in a variable climate like j ours, especially when the constitution is not v robust. It is during the sudden changes c from heat and cold, which are so common a in autumn, before the frame has got inured I to the reduction of temperature, that pro- g tection is most wanted, and flannel is most b useful. s The advantages of flannel as a prcscr- d vativc freni disease in warm as well r.? in If: %

wilier, uiuugu ijoi au mrge us our unn mm corn, yields much more to the acre.. Why this fact is so, I shall not stop to discuss; but it certainly appears to me, that corn which will make such a yield, should certainly be in'roduced among us. In the summer of 1828, while at the North, I sent c?q to Charleston ten bushels of this corn, and in the following spring, planted a small part of my crop with the seed; my expectation, as to its yield,was not in the least disappointed. IVlany of the stalks bore six ears; and four and a half was tho average to every stalk. 1 was not very accurate in tho measurement of the produce, but I think from a rough estimate, that, it was near 40 bushels to the acre. My other corn, from seed which I selected, did not produce me, with the same attention, near so much. The year following, I planted my whole crop j from Northern-seed, and made a much bet- J tcr crop than I had ever done before. I v as warned by many of my friends that the corn would not keep. When I gathered it in, I put it up in the shuck, and