months, about the month of February, and it is killed about the month of January of the following year. She has gone on, in this way, for the last six years; and the planting the potatoes, and the mode of taking them up, is sufficient to prepare the land for wheat, which she generally sows herself about the middle of October, being careful to sow no more than she can clear of potatoes that day.

OBSERVATIONS.

This mode of culture proves, that both potatoes and wheat can be produced alternately, upon the same land, for a long course of years, provided that a small quantity of manure be every year used for the potatoes; and it shews, that a cottager may procure food from a small portion of land by his labour.

Both wheat and potatoes are considered exhausting crops; but this mode of culture shews, that great crops of both may be long alternately produced, which may probably be imputed to the culture by the spade and hoe, to the manuring every second year for potatoes, to the careful destroying of weeds, to the planting and sowing in the proper season, and to the preventing the earth from being too loose, by the mode of sowing the wheat before the potatoes are taken up.

LOOK AT BOTH SIDES.

How much distress and misery we see in the world for the want of a proper government of the temper and the tongue! Quarrels spring up from the most foolish and trifling causes. We are all apt to be proud and vain of our own opinions, and to think that whatever we say, must be right. A real spirit of Christian meekness and humility, is the best cure for such disputes. We ought to think that other

people may be right as well as ourselves. In most disputes we should cousider that there is something to be said on both sides. Perhaps both parties may be right, if they properly understood each other; or perhaps both may be wrong. Both certainly are wrong in quarrelling about the matter. I once read a little story of two knights of former days, who, in in their travels, met at a part of the road where stood a fine statue in armour. They both stopped to admire the figure, and got into conversation on its beauty: one of them particularly admiring the golden shield. The other said that the shield was silver. The first declared that it was gold: the other again denied it. At length they got from words to blows; they drew their swords, and fought till they were both almost killed. Just then a good man happening to pass that way, and seeing their dreadful plight, and learning the cause of their quarrel, told them, that they would have avoided all this misery, if they had looked at both sides of the question, for that the shield was gold on one side, and silver on the other.

A VERY SHORT SERMON.

A scorner seeketh wisdom and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that hath understanding. PROV. xiv. 6.

OUR Church teaches us to pray that the Lord would enable us to "hear meekly his word." If we go to Church with this meek and humble spirit, and with a desire to learn the way of salvation, and to profit by it, we shall find good. But, as Lord Bacon says, "He that comes to seek after knowledge, with a mind to scorn and censure, shall be sure to find matter enough for his humour, but none for his instruction." But, as Bishop Patrick says, "He who does not

think himself too wise to learn, easily and quickly attains the knowledge of things necessary and useful."

To the Editor of the Cottager's Monthly Visitor. SIR,

ENGLAND contains more useful Societies than any other country in the world. Of those which have exerted themselves for the preservation of human life, none perhaps deserves our attention more than the "Royal Humane Society." Every family ought to keep by them their directions for the recovery of persons apparently dead.-I send you a card containing the directions offered by the "Northampton Preservative Society"-which I believe are the same as those of the Society to which I have before alluded.

By inserting them in your "Cottager's Monthly Visitor" you will be the means of making them generally known.

I am, Sir, your well wisher,

C. M.

Directions offered by the Northamptonshire Preservative Society, for the recovery of Persons apparently dead.

DROWNING.

1. WHEN the body is taken out of the water, strip and wrap it closely in a coat, blanket, or other warm covering; and convey it to the nearest commodious house,-keeping the face upwards and the head and shoulders a little raised.

2. Lay it on a bed, or mattrass, that is well heated by a warming pan, in a chamber containing

sunshine. Dry the body completely with warm cloths, and afterwards rub it diligently, but gently, with hot flannels, all over, and especially about the heart. Apply to the hands, feet, and under the arm pits, cloths heated by a warming pan, bags of hot grains or sand, heated bricks, or bottles filled, or bladders half filled, with warm water, -the bricks or bottles being covered with flannel. As soon as a quantity of hot water can be got ready, let blankets or flannels strongly wrung out of it, be wrapped round the body, and renewed as they grow cool.

N. B. The heat of these applications should not be greater than can be comfortably borne by the assistants.

3. During the foregoing operations, put the pipe of a pair of bellows into one of the nostrils (the other nostril and mouth being closed by an assistant) and blow gently till the breast be a little raised: let the mouth then be left free, and an easy pressure made on the breast, Repeat this imitation of natural breathing, until signs of life appear, and then gradually discontinue it. To prevent air getting into the stomach, let an assistant keep pressing the upper part of the wind-pipe gently backwards.

N. B. If the pipe of the bellows will not enter the nostril, a piece of stiff paper, or leather may be rolled up in the shape of a funnel, and the smaller end put into the nostril, while the other receives the pipe of the bellows. Or if bellows are not at hand, blow into the lungs through such a tube, or through a quill, reed, or other small pipe, with your breath.

4. When breathing begins, touch the inside of the nostrils, with a feather dipt in spirit of hartsborn or sharp mustard; or. blow some pepper into them. A glyster should now be given without delay, composed of a pint of warm water, mixed with a sixth part of rum, brandy, or gin, or with a large

table spoonful of spirit of hartshorn, or essence of peppermint, or a heaped tea spoonful of flour of mustard.

5. As soon as the patient can swallow, give him by spoonfuls, a little warm wine, or spirits mixed with water.

6. When life is completely restored, the sufferer should remain at rest in a warm bed: be supplied with warm wine whey, ale posset, or other nourishing drinks; and gentle sweating should be encouraged.

N. B. These attentions should be continued until the patient is out of all danger, several persons having been lost from being quitted too soon.

No more than six persons to be admitted into the room; a greater number serving only to spoil the air and to create confusion and mistakes.

Shaking the body violently, rolling it over a cask, or holding it up by the heels, and also rubbing it with salt, or spirits, or giving glysters of tobacco smoke, are all strictly forbidden.

HANGING.

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1. If a medical person be present, let him take a few ounces of blood from the jugular viens, or apply cupping glasses to the neck.

2. The other means to be the same as recommended for drowned persons.

SUFFOCATION BY NOXIOUS VAPOURS.

If the body be hot, strip and lay it in the open air, with the head and shoulders raised. Then dash cold water upon it, until signs of life appear; taking care that none get into the mouth or nostrils. At the same time blow into the lungs as ordered in drowned persons. If the body has grown cold, then warmth must be applied.

FROST-BITTEN, OR Frozen.