h$t$tir gftttiiliiikit by ki.ldf.lt &. bingham saiasiu^lvi tvesda ayiiyst 8 1820 vol i xo $. the wi:sri-".x cinoi.ivi.vs is published eery tues day at three dollars per annum payable at the end of six months agwveylitvuali cf lameness in the shoulder : infallibly liotv to dis the declining years of life too much of the first is apt to engender fastidiousness and ped antry ; of the latter a disgusting insipidity of character but i would must earnestly en treat them to study diligently the human ch tr ader ; to penetrate the motions eif all human actions ; to dive into the secret recesses ol the heart ; to search curiously the roots of all the passions to discover the causes and cure ofthe evil ones and the most wholesome nutriment ofthe good anel where are these things to be learned ? in your own breasts my fair country-women stuelv yourselves if you wish to acquire a knowledge of human nature and the love ancl admiration of men ; foi be assured you are the most interesting books in the world to those who are worthy of that name many of you i hope all will be wives — in this event the importance of self-knowledge and self-government iseit vious without these none can taste those pure intellectual pleasures which were de signed by the author ofour nature to dignify man without these your lives vvill be a tempestuous sea subject to the influence of impetuous passions and ruffled by every breeze that may blow in opposition to tho capricious tide of your inclination with thec conversing we contemplate all that providence bestows to heal our cares correct our errors and refine our hearts farrago thtguish it from lameneaa below xj*no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages arc paid unless at the discretion of tbe editor vi hoover vvill become responsible for the payment of nine papers shall receive a tenth gratia ahvkktisk.i-e.nts will be inserted on the customary terms a horse cannot easily be lamed in the shoul der except from a fall a blow or from running against some hard substance but wise john grooms and the farrier provided they know not where the lameness really lies swear the horse is lame in the shoulder ; whereas the lameness is in their heads and not in the horse's shoulder like the first mortals bleat is he from debts and usury olid business free with his own team who ploughs the soil ll hi eh grateful once confessed his father's toil no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for ir its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity c'/all letters to the editors must be post-paid or they will not be attended tb from thk american farmf.r i vvill j_,ive ycu an infallible method to know whether a horse be lame in the shoulder or not when you trot the horse if he be lame in the shoulder thc muscles arc affected so as to pre vent his extending that leg or stepping out so far with it as he will vvith the other leg ; hc vvill step considerably shorter with that leg when the lameness lies below he will extenel the lame leg as far as the other ; but when he puts thc foot to the ground will shew lameness if the cause of lameness he not very visible t tbe eye you may rest assured it lies in the foot or fetlock joint ; in this case send for a veterinary surgeon ; for to cure it great skill and practice is necessary anel a thorough knowledge ol the anatomy of the foot and fetlock joint i have known several horses totally spoiled by lameness in the feet and never fit for any other use but to draw a cart or waggon where they never are forced beyond a walk the great desideratum to prevent from destroying turnips always choose a piece of f.o-ir land for your turnip patch plough and harrow it until you get it very fine then manure it well with ashes or well rotted stable manure ; sow your turnip seed with indian meal that you may see whether you sow it too thick or too thin then harrow in thc seed with an iron tooth harrow be not afraid of putting them in too deep — if you bush ihem in they are scarcely covered they are up before the root has taken any hold and lying on the sui f ce of the ground they nearly all perish the first dry spell that follows after their coming up and you find it very con venient without further inquiry to cry out — oh ! the cursed fly has eat up all my turnips ; but choose poor bind make hfine and rich and cover your seed deep and hefu will fly away to your neighbors i he advice here given rests on the authority and practice of an experienced cultiva tor on the reisterstown roaei who has not missed a crop of turnips for thirty years for the com mon turnip sow between the 20th and thc last day of july if you want them aweet a week or ten days later will make them so wilkinson & m directly opposite the state ill.yk maix-stb k st s ali h huh r iratouf-d inform the inhabitants of this place and its 7 f vicinity that thev intend carrying on watch and clock repairing gold and silver smith intj — and that tlu-y have procured from the city of new york workmen of the first rate nnd also the necessaries fo manufacturing jewelry and silver-ware flic subscribers return tluir tlianks to the public for favors already received and hope by a faithful applica tion to merit tbc continuance of a share of public pat ronage those who favor them with their custom may rclj on having their work done in the best manner watches clocks and timepieces of every descrip tion carefully repaired and warranted to keep time ii j orders from the country promptly attended to jv ii — a supply of watches jewelry and silver ware constantly kept on hand curtis wilkinson 6tf h horah uvi\x xorlttfe tailok from england t espectfully informs thc citizens of salisbury ___..%. and its vicinity that lie has commenced thc ron the wkrtkhn caii.ilinia.n corsets coa\ai\3nic*\tio«>?fc messrs editors you as men of observa tion must have remarked the predominant influence fashion cxercisi-s over juvenile minds especially of females no sooner is a new fashion announced from the beaumonde than it takes wings and flies away in ev ery point of the compass : it catches like tin der and spreads with the rapidity of wild-lire the yard-stick of the shop-keeper the nee dle ol the seamstress and the scissors ofthe ! milliner are all put in requisition upon the occasion fob tub we stubs tjilori.vg p ustjvess in ehe house formerly occupied by messrs wood anel krider and where he intend carrying it on in the most thshiouable manner in all iis various branches with tiie jrcatest neatness and despatch he pledges himself thai ne exertion on bis part shall be wanting to deserve the public patronage which he respectfully solicits i j orel crs pri)in[)tlv executed salisbury jv ..'. june 20 1820 lvv3 " woman vvith inborn rectitude displays a finer sense of what is right and iit than we by our philosophy acquire with all the aid thaf education lends ihsesvses n horses hovj to treat dry hard and brittle feet tho.vc whose minds have been habitually subjected to the pursuits of worldly gain can seldom derive from the objects of creation any pleasure unconnected with pecuniary in terest ; but estimate every thing as the span iards did die ir discoveries in america only in proportion to the gold it produces i3ut to minels expanded by the genial rays of in tellectual light to hearts susceptible of the finest feedings of our nature the universe teems with pleasures such can drink joys from innumerable fountains ancl luxuriate in those intellectual and imperishable delights which approach the enjoyment of angels — they can meditate with calm solemnity in the mellow beams of an autumnal morn smiling serenely upon the slumbering world beneath or gaze with rapture at her meek but glorious orb the celebrated horse to case pain in a horse's foot or to make a dry hard brittle or contracted foot supple anel expand i know nothing cepial to boiled linseed applied warm to the foot then all the birds of varied feather whom kindred feeling knits together i ily a simultaneous impulse assemble momen tanee to settle the color the quality and the quantity of their new-fashioned eh esses the unconquerable propensity in young people to ape the fashions ol the day often kails them into the most ridiculous and some times very barbarous extremities what can be more unnatural anil cruel than for a heal thy beautiful young lady to swathe hersell up in one of those evil-conceived torturing nine bines styleel cornets tottering about s though she had but one joint in her anel tl it i at the root of her tongue ; or sitting braced land fixed ii on a sola or in a chair so help less anel apparently lifeless that erne might were she noiseless too very nalur illy mistake her for a marble statue fresh from the chisel of the sculptor indeed messrs editors although i have always been very cautious of tone hing these things for fear tiny would break if as brittle as a clay pipe-stem i elid once eir twice actually begin to examine one with the scrutizing eye of an admirer of the fine arts : and even alter it spoke i couhl not convince myself hut that it was a trick of some ventriloquist to deter me from viewing the noble specimen of the sculptor's genius until it moved and i discovered to my no small discomfiture that it was bona fide flesh ancl blood ; anel that the vital spark of life notwithstanding it was confined to a very nar row tube by means of external pressure was still glimmering in its once expanded and glowing socket the rage for wearing corsets once spread with such a contagious sweep that it was not only caught by a herd of non-descript males dubb'd dancliesz but cxtendeel even to the witless slave the untimely death of a poor old female negro in virginia about a year ago who was determined te foilow her young mistresses in the fashion and accordingly laced tight to her shriveled old carcase the handle ofa broken frying-pan in which con dition she was foiinel dead in a ceirn fielel where she had been at work must be fresh in the recollection of eveiy one i feel a peculiar pride and satisfaction in beholding the pleasing contrast most of lhe young ladies of salisbury exhibit te that rick ety tribe who are so marvellously deficient in most of the physical qualifications belong ing tei the human species in fact i believe our ladies never did carry the rage r wear ing corsets to such obstinate lengths ta ha been dune ia some oi tin northern i"wix — . i -••• .••}•••.♦. an acquaintance o mine in one of <_" ii-w 1vj w ' l *"" health and vigor will fh f______t z stand the fall season at my plan \ x tpv^^e a'ion seven miles wis of salisbury y f«k%j«>«ii>jlat tlie moderate price of ffteen dollars th season whicn bum may be discharged by the payment of twelve dollurs if paid at any time within the season eight dollars the single leap and twenty dollar for insur in e ; whiedi vvill be demanded as soon as the mare is discovered to be vvith foal or tlie property is transfevreei the season will commence the 15th of august and end tlie 15th of november pasturage vvill be furnished gratis mares sen from a distance will be kept on mod erntt terms proper care and attention will be paid but not liable cor accidents or escapes of anv kind august 1 1820 michael brown description — js u»olf.o is a beautiful sorrel nine years old 1ms spring sixteen hands and one inch high of most excellent symmetry and possesses as much power and activity as any horse on thc continent ; anel as a race horse stands unrivalled m b pedigree — sly-scraper the sire of napoleon was u 0 ' by col holmes's famous imported horse dare devil who was bred by lhe duke of crafton and got by magnet out of hebe i hebe was got by chrysolite out of an own si i ;• to eclipse hk scraper's elam was the celebrated running mare oracle who was got by obscurity his j'lv.i'.i lam by celar his grand-elani by the imported horse partner obscurity d-lar and partner were all lino bred horses descended from the bcsl blood in kng jand slow-and-easy the dam of napoleon was n'ot by tin iin ported horse baronet ; lur dam called camilla was got by ceplialus herd-tm who was sister to itril liairt and bend's traveller was got by old truvedler i her grqnd-elam bv pear-nought out of col bird's famous imported roare gillistcr signed john alls ton i'l-.-foumfnce — i elo herein certify that napoleon has t-iiii four'rai'.gb which he lias heat with great case ; the fiat over th salisbury turf three mile heals bea'dllg branch's sir druiel singleton's bay horse and jones's i oil branch's and singh ion's horses he distanced lie has in ver i in brought to tjie track since and 1 do recommend him as a sure foal-getter 5vv8 signed john thompson of wounds in the feet when the foot bc wounded by picking up i nail cut by glass or by some other accident in which case gravel may have got into lhe foot it will be necessary to apply a common poultice with venice turpentine to draw the gravel out never grease horse's hoofs but dab them with cliantberlie never on any account grease a horse's hoof which all-wise john grooms do as they say lo keep it from cracking ; grease has a contrary ef fect lake your horses out from the clean straw and dab their hoofs well morning and evening with stale chambe lie wheeling unshaken through die void immense they can exult with gratitude in the prolific glow of a summer sun or penetrate w ith the eye of the understanding the gloomy dark ness eif a wintry night anel read the glories of the most high charactered on the breast of the storm whithersoever their steps are directed they can linel something tei please and to instruct — something which bears the impress of the wisdom anel goodness ol iiim who rules over all they can finel different effects of chamberlie and grease on a horse's hoof take a dry hoof ofa horse cut it in half steep one half for several days in a pot of chamberlie and the other in a pot of grease ; t;ike them out wash them both clean and lay them nsie!c in a short time you will find thc one steeped in cham berlie tough genial and pliant the other steeped in grease will bc hard and brittle : this has been tried you may anoint the coronet of the foot vvith a liltle fresh grease but no other part tnngm s in trees looks in the running brooks sermons in stones and good in ever uiing but in no object of creation is that wiselom anel gooelness su interestingly manifested as in that kitul anel sympathizing soother ofour cares lovely woman mow much our glory and moral grandeur depends upon her influ ence is toe seldom acknowledged from her we receive our earliest most permanent and consequently most important impressions lhc seeds of the intellect germinate under the immediate influence of the mother un der her care the " tender thought is reared ;'• her plastic hand gives direction to the scions of the understanding and the heart and *• as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'cl it is remarked by dr rush that " there have been few great men who were not bles sed with wise anel prudent mother wo man stamps the character of man stimulates him to glory by her smiles or debases him by her frowns : she rules over the destiny of nations ; and in line governs the whole moral world of splints how to treat than provided a splint lies on thc bone of the ice so as not to impede thc action ofthe sinew i re commend by all means to let it alone and elo nothing to it ; bul if it lies near the sinew it must be taken away the best method i am ac quainted with is to rub it vvith a round slick till it feels somewhat soft then piick it in many pla ces with a bodkin or packing-needle moderately hot ; be sure to make two or three holes ejujtc at the bottom a gcr.tlc blister vvill then reduce it ll.-.r'tni .'.'.- jmtig versus lewis ili-urd jonathan merrell mows a locke rr ir depositions e>f thomas todd thomas hartley w cr?orj»e v illis s ii samuel sillamon john clements ni holas simpson john travis and others will be taken ■ i <:,.- twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days of june !, ii john kuwaiti's tavern in salisbury ; and if not ; ii tiikeii on thai day the depositions of the same wit e i or i !' them not taken and others will be taken i-l john howard's tavern i:i salisbury on the twetity i tinel twenty seventh days of july next and if not i •! .."., taken vr-.v depositions of the same witnesses or i thos not taken and others will he taken at john 7.ium i-il's tavern in salisbtu-y on die tvvcntjf-_e(fu and *« :■:,'"-"•. jl days cs august next { and if not all then ' ik ■ ■ . lhe ,:■-, ositions ofthe same witnesses or of them 4 ii in d oil ts i ! i be taken at john howard's '• in '" bury on the t.e uty-sixth aiid twenty-sev ' i ' ■'-.' ol k ;:.'!.. i .. ue i ; anil if not all then taken ••» ' ■ •'. ■',. un ■ v.i tni • e or of them not ta • '•• . • i.ill be ueken u john howard's tavtrii .-. . on die sixth and r,_..mli davs of october . \, im i ih>n(isitions aiv inteudedtoberead ascvi eni i ic trial of this suit : ami when and where ou ..•, i i ci-eiss-e ai_i'..t ii yon mink proper i v ;...'.. _______ ______\ ■ ■■ m i . h of spavins aud ring-bones with spavins and ring-bones i vvill have noth ing to do send for a skilful veterinary surgeon it reepiircs skill and practice to operate on thc vein in blood-spavins and i believe bone-spavins generally incurable . at least the horse will not have the free use again of his joint ; and ring bones are very bad maladies how anxiously how sedulously then should my fair country-women cultivate the faculties of ihe mind anel cherish the virtues ofthe heart i would not recommend a thor ough acquaintance with the abstruse branches ot metaphysics and philosophy nor too much attention to external accomplishments , but a sufficient y of the one to refresh the intervals oi do.t.en.r'businei t:-l of *.'■•.■ • h ♦«• •. 1 t-r of corns corns should bc clean cut out ancl a wide wash extendeel from the hoe in tbe form of two-thirds of a circle and bout two ii.clie broae over the part hc.c the cola v as to guard it from sharp btsnestf gravt'lj i.e i do nut approve of a bar t».i confines v tiirt in the foot ico much vc'm-a v locke uj v r *. u.t s i.snj * - *'.. u •-.':• i "... t.",j i.iv