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have double prices.' Such a performance wag given, 

 and returned large proceeds. When she heard the 

 amount, her countenance lit up, and tears filled her 

 eyes. ' It is beautiful,^ said she, * that I can sing 

 so.' " 



According to the Assessor's returns, for the State 

 of Massachusetts, for 1850, we have the following 

 results : — 



" Since 1840 at least 800 miles of railway have 

 been finished in the State, and many lines of stages 

 displaced ; but the horses in Massachusetts have in- 

 creased from 60,000, in 1840, to 74,000, in 1850. 

 In the same period cattle have increased from 278,- 

 737 to 299,000, while sheep have declined from 

 343,390 to 179,537. The product of wheat has de- 

 clined from 101,178 bushels to 28,487, and Indian 

 corn increased from 1,775,073 bushels to 2,295,856. 

 While cotton and woollen spindles have doubled in 

 number, distilleries have decreased from 78 to 43. 



