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the nostrils of the <iniin;il«, <ii»l chiisos ihnsc 

 'ji-urms, which so freqnenli^' dostroys ihem. Tlu 

 Mechanic's G.izelle recommemis hs a pievni 

 tive, " covering the nostril? ol" sheep with a list 

 of ganzy substance, through which the animal 

 can breathe, and keejiinjril in its place by some 

 adhesive snhstance." We doulit, however, the 

 practicability of" Ucepin": it in its place" by 

 anv " adhesive substance." Another preventive 

 whicli sheep owners tell us is eiTeclnal, is to 

 ki-ep the noses of the sheep constantly smirch- 

 ed with tar, from about the middle of August to 

 the latter end of September. If the sheep swal- 

 low some of the tar so much the belter, ; s it pre- 

 vents or cures the rot, and confirms their health. 

 If the Hy has i)erformed its mischievous Innc- 

 lion, and the seeds of the disonler are already 

 .sown, you may make use of the following:: 



" Take half a pound of good Scotch snulT, 

 pour two quarts of bniling water on it, stir it 

 and let it stand till cold, inject about a table 

 spoonful of this liquid and sediment up each 



to that mental culture which teaches every thing j Florida.— The present fiourifhii.sr condition of ilie 

 but what is vecesson, for liim to understand. I( : t<rnlory of l-loriiia, i-nspi.ts a slriUn- ai.ri patiiying 

 . * ci'iitratt uilli Its iii?Ij;nificanr{' wlun unik-r ilie ?way 



!■< quite time that farmers and mechanics should of .>.pa,|i,h pnw.r: .lui aironts another proni— itan'-th- 

 have the means of ac(piiring knowle<lge adapt- j " wore wanted, of the supiriority oflilit-raf insiitiiiions 



, . . 1. /- 1 over tho.=e of a dispotic cliaiacttr, 



e<l to tl.eir vocations through thejmedia of put- ,vf,|,:„.e and ir..fpriiiy ofa country. 

 lie Seminaries, us well as Divines, Physicians 

 ajid Lawyers. 



A meetinij has been held in London to con- 



ur proniotiv'jr ttie 

 Pit-vic us to the 

 cession of Florida to the United f^tale.i its po) ulaliow 

 amounted to scnirely 15,(J(K). and i!s pcli'ical fsistr-nce 

 was a perfect Iilant^, and so would probatly have tbr- 

 ever remained under ils oppre3ai\e rulers. i>ow on Ihe 

 contrary, from an asltnishinsr rapidity ofgrowilt, ils 

 inhabitants are numbured at 50,U0(1, and ii will prob- 

 sider the propriety of establishing Agricultural ! ably be a candidate at the next session of Congri s: for 



Schools in Ireland ; and two were agreed upon, 

 at Connaught and Munsler. 



CvRRANT Wine. — We learn that the Messrs. 

 Kk-nricks o( Newtiin, have melted down between 

 7 and 8000 pounds of Sugar, and manufactured 

 upwards of 3000 gallons of Currant Wine, the 

 present season, notwilhslanding their vintage 

 was considerably shortened by the drought. 



RAPID GROWTH OF NEW-YORK. 

 A late Albany paper contains an account of 



nostril of the sheep with a syringe. This must I 'he increase of business and the continually aug- 



' menting revenue (rom their canals, which must 

 be gratifying In every liberal and patriidic 

 mind. From this account it appears that from i 

 five to seven hundred travellers, on business or 



be repeated three or lunr limes at proper inter- 

 vals, I'roin the middle ot Octidier to the t'lrst of 

 January ; the grills are then small and are mur h 

 easier destroyed than aftei wards, and have not 



injured the sheep as tb.'y will, if deferred until ! pleasure, c/di/j/ arrive at and depart from Albany, 

 latar. Half an ounce of assafoetida, poun.led >c mediums ol conveyance comprising filly reg- 

 ular stases. a number ol hackney coaches, leu 

 steam boats, and an immense number of canal 

 ' boats, &c.— the sum of ;^G3,832.0() has already 

 been received by t'le collector at Albany, for 



in a little water, and added to the snulT, will 

 make it more effectual. The owner ol the 

 sheep need not be alarmed «hen the operation 



is performed, to see the sheep very drurdi and ,,....., 



apparently in the agonies of death, as ihey will l""-i hetwern the 10th ol April and the Ut ol 



in a tew minutes recover. 1 never knew anv •^"2'='" '225, bemg very nearly equal to the 



bad effects to follow. Dry snuff may be blown ■'^'''"''^ "mount received last season, viz. «;67,231. 



up the nose with a quill, and have a good effect ; 00.-2.687 boats have departed trom that place, 

 but it ii a tedious dirty job. 1 have'tried vine- { '''"•<"? the same lime, lackmg but fifteen ol the 



g' 



ar and blue die with but little or no success.' 



Instead of" Scotch snuff," a decoction of to- , |^^( y^.^^ |,,^^ ,he Canals was gi;oi,o 16,12 ; and 

 bacco will answer the purpose. A Gentleman it may be reasonably calculated that at least 

 who owns a large flock of sheep, informs us ^500.000 will have been secured at the close of 

 that he had used it with perfect success. Spirits, '^i^ season.- These facts speak volumes in fa- 

 of turpentine liave been injected into the nos- 

 trils of sheep, as a remedy for worms ; but that 



substance appears to possess one material disad- ' them in a tub, and pour upon thcin fresh water, 

 vantage, which should preclude its use for that i boiling hot — pour the waleroff when cold — and 



purpose, viz. when thrown into the nostrils it 

 kills the iheep as well as the worms. 



Massactiusetts .Agricultural College. — In an- 

 other column of this |)aper will be found an ar- 

 ticle under the above head, which merits ithe 

 attention of those persons whose talents, wealth 

 and influence enable them to effect improve- 

 ments in society. Institutions similar to that an- 

 ticipated in the article alluded to, have been es- 

 tablished in Europe and America, their utility 

 tested by experience, and their advantages are 

 unquestioned and unquestion ible. Indeed it is 

 obvious to common sense, as well as demonstra- 

 ble by correct reasoning, that ane<lucation par- 

 ticularly adapted to the station and probable pur- 



:idiTiission into the Union as an independent ?'n.le. — • 

 Wiiile thus increasing; in population, it has enif^yed a 

 corresponding; i^npiovemtnt in all the useful arts. 



A Vermont paper say?, such is the increa.'-e of the de- 

 mand for Pig Iron, manufactured at Pwauton from ll.e 

 ore '.vhich abounds in that qunrter, th.il a Ion whi-rh 

 was sold the last year for JiO, now readily rommnnds 

 $7h. The extent of the mineral region is about \J0 

 miles long, by UO wide. 



The baggas;o, and the gold-headed cane, presented 

 by the heils of General V\ ashington to General Lala- 

 yctte have been regained from the sti atu-b' at in which 

 they were sunk, and hopes are entertained lliat the 

 General's trunk o( valuable papers will also be found. 



The sales of the publick properly at facketts Har- 

 bour, produced, it is said, about 50,000 dollars. 



The gentleman employed in examining and survey- 

 ing Connecticut river have in the course of their survey 

 downward, passed i^pringfield. The Springfield Re- 

 publican says, they represtntthe river as being suscep- 

 tiblf of improvement so as to admit of steam boat uav- 

 igatiin a? fnr as Batntt. in Vermont, about two hun- 

 dred miles above the tide water, and at a moderate 

 expense. In this distance, the fall in the river in as- 

 certained to be only 450 f(n:t. 



The Dover, (N. H.) Republican, mentions, that 

 Mr. Israel Tibbets, of Malbury, in that State, was weigh- 

 ed in that town a few days since, and his weight found 

 to be .IfJi lbs. ! 



A company from Tennessee and Kentucl^y, have ob- 

 tained, through Mr. Leftwich, of the Mexican Govern- 

 ment, a grant of 6 or 13 Out"), 000 acres of land in Texas, 

 adjoinin;; Louisiana, tietigned for the settlement of 

 800 families. 



The .\ew-V'oik Advocate considers the good health 

 of that City, this season, under the extreme iTfit ot the 

 weather and the filth of the streets, a prool that the 

 yellow fever is not of domestic origin. 



Ontario coiinir/, New-York, contained only 1,081 in- 

 habitants in 1790. It has since tieen divided into 7 

 .coiuiiies, and their aggregated population in 18-0, was 

 Jl new Recipe for preserving Cucumhcrs — .Place 221,327 ! 



.Mr. Vanghan, the new Btiti=h Mini^^ter. has arrived 

 in the Chesapeake, in the British frigate Fhfflon. 



Covsotaliov. — An article from Madrid confirms the 

 annunciation that the Queen of Spam would shortly 

 make an addition to the Royal Family ; and that tlie 

 Courtiers consoled the King on the prospect, that if his 

 .Majesty was losing subjects abroad, he was rapidly 

 increasing them at home. 



Canal. — We und. rstand that the U. S. Engineers, 

 af|ioiuted for that purpose, have nearly completed the 

 survey olthe route of the contemplated Canal at Sand 

 wich from Buttermilk to Sandwich Bay. 



Phi Bita Kappa. — .\t the approaching anniversary, 

 the Oration will be by the Rev. Mr. Frothingham, of 

 this city ; and the Poem by Mr. Barlow, of the class of 

 1824. 



number that dei)arted during the whole of last 

 season. — The whole amount of lolls received 



vour of internal improvements. 



repeat the process o'" scalding, .\fler the water 

 is cold, and pou.-ed off the second time, pour upon 

 them bniling vinegar — and lellhe whrde remain 

 for after use ; when the cucumbers will be found 

 firm, crispy, and of the liuc^t green. 



Tradt of Boston. — The amount of duties arising on 

 foreign impoitations, during the two first quarters of tile 

 present y. ar. is estimatt-d at two millions, one hundred 

 and eighty thousand, tv.'O hundred a.id tbirty-i ight 

 dollars; exceeding the amount rl the two first quarters 

 of the year 1824, about $150,000. 



A number of the citizens of Haverhill have held a 

 meeting and voted to errploy a skilful engineer to sur- 

 vey the Merrimack, in the vieinity of flaverbill, with a 

 view of ascertaining the facilities afiordcd (or manulac- 

 turiug sites. 



Worcester county, has resulted in the choice of John 

 Davis, Esq. 



c ., , , , , ,. . ■ r .1 The Salem Iron Factory Company has declared an 



luits ot the pupil through lile is to be preferred ^ annual dividend of 10 per cent. 



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