18125.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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same lime i" diivfn veiy cautiously, wilhoui 

 bieaking Ihp grain of the wood, till (he .leplh 

 of Ihe (Ippres'^ion is equal I" tlie suliscquenl 

 prominence ol'thf tiijures. The ground is then 

 to he re-liic'd, liy planin? or films: to ihe level 

 of Ihf' (leprp'isoci jtarl ; after which, Ihe piece 

 of wond Ijein? placed in water, eilh<>r hot or 

 Goll, Ihe pari-, previously depressed will rise to 

 their former height, and will thus form an em- 

 bossed pattern, which may he hiii>heJ by the 

 nsual operations of carving. 



THE MACKKKEL FISHERY. 



This seems not to receive ilnl attention from 

 ©ur pari of the country to whii h it is legitimate- 

 ly entitled. Tins town pocse^es eveiy laciiily 

 for carryinar on this branch of business o;i an ex- 

 tensive scale. We have a number of good har- 

 bours, and the surplus capital of our citizens 

 could not he mere usefully or more protiuibly 

 employed, than in this species of navigation, 

 which would employ so many of our seamen. — 

 The amount of capital necessary would not be 

 great, the voyage short, attended with little haz- 

 ard, and its result generally favorable. In cast- 

 ing our eyes around on other seaports, we find 

 many who are wholly occupied in this employ- 

 ment, who obtain a comfortable support there- 

 by, and in some instances acquire therefrom 

 handsome fortunes. It jiossesses some advanta- 

 ges even over Ihe cod fishery, inasmuch as there 

 is less risque, and it does not occupy so much 

 time : Ihe vessel used need not he so large, and 

 oould be built at a less expense. 



The town of Hing^hain has entered into the 

 business with great spirit and success for a num- 

 ber of years. It not only employs a great num- 

 ber of hands at sea, but is a source of profita- 

 ble labour to many on shore, in curing-, packing, 

 inspecting, sellinj, Sz.c. &c. It also affords freight 

 to coasting and foreign trade. We submit it to 

 those who know betler than ourselves, wheth- 

 er an investment of surplus capital in this busi- 

 ness would nol be better for the public and the 

 owner, than to place it in salt works, which 

 require hut a little labour tor a large amount of 

 CHsh. — Barnstable Gaz. 



staiiily lighted wilh gas. The silualion of' the 

 tunnel is such that no bridge cunld he permitted 

 there on account of the obstruction it would af- 

 lurd to the navigation of the river. The ex- 

 pense is estimated at £l60.U00, a much less sum 

 than VTOuld be required for the erection of n 

 bridge. It is expected that it will be finished in 

 three years. 



TUNNEL UNDER THE THAMES. 

 Considerable progress has been made in the 

 digging of llie tunnel undei' Ihe Thames. Thnre 

 are to he two archways for carriages, and dis- 

 tinct pathways for foot passengers. The width 

 of the tunnel is to be thirty-fire t'eet, its height 

 twenty, and length one thousand and two hund- 

 red. Each archway is to have fourteen feet 

 oletr widlli, with frequent communication trom 

 one to the other. Tbedeplh of the |ialh below 

 the surface of the river is seventy seven feet. — 

 The depth of the water in the ship channel is 

 thirty-lbur tret, and l.esides a bed of several feel 

 gravel and sand. It is compulcd there will be a 

 tluckiie.ss of filteen leet of solid earth between 

 the crown of Ihe tunnel and the bed of the river. 

 A strong arch ol brick v\'ork Is to he built, as 

 fast as the excavation advances. The clay re- 

 moved in the excavation of the tunnel is convey- 

 ed to a neighbouring field, and there convened 

 into hricks, to he replaced, in their new form, 

 in Ihe construction of Ihe arch. The entrances 

 to the tunnel are to be approached by circular 

 descents of easy declivty, not t>Kceeding four 

 feet in a hundred. The lirchwajs are to be con- 



«MALL HOUSES PREFERABLF. TO LARGEONES 



The prarlir:e whicti Farmers bave unatlvistilly fallen 

 into of late, in building too large houses, besides impov- 

 erishing them, is at variance with correct taste. — 

 Til sit down and count the cost of construction is enjoin- 

 ed hy Scrip'lure and the dictate of prudence. There is 

 nothing connected with a farm, consideri d either as an 

 object of taste or economy, that is more pleasing or de- 

 lightful than a small house. V.'e would not be under- i 

 stood by this that it should be contracted in its dimen- 

 sions. The practice now is to erect buildings of an ex- ' 

 tent much beyond what the slender means they possess 

 will justify. The wish to be thought of more import- 

 ance than we really are, and the notion that this im- 

 portance will be estimated from the spacious m:iiJS'nns 

 in which we may reside, is too prevalent among every 

 class of society ; but in no one is the consequence more 

 prejtidicial, or its influence more deeply felt, than in the 

 agricultural community. There are few dwdling hous- 

 es in the country two stories in height, which do not 

 contain at least two rooms, that seldom, if ever, are 

 appropriated to any other use than the solemnization of 

 a marriage or the obsequies of the dead. The expense 

 incurred in the construction of this useful appendage, 

 and the subsequent increase in providing furniture are 

 considerations which seem to be improperly weigh e.d. 

 Socrates once observed on being found in a building of 

 the dimensions which we would recommend, that with 

 good friends, his chance for enjoyment and happiness 

 was greater under such circumstances, than it any wise 

 could be without them in a house however large and 

 spacious ; intimating thereby that the small expense he 

 had incurred in providing him a shelter, the better en- 

 abled him to treat with acceptable hospitality, a nu 

 merous and interesting circle of instructive -nd devot- 

 ed companions. 



Could the wise example of Socrates have been fol- 

 lowed by many who have built too large, instead of 

 now finding them in dwellings so disproportionate to 

 the number of their family, as well as the amount of 

 their property, without paint, without shade trees, with 

 the windows broken, and hats and rags, those unfailing 

 signals of misery and wretchedness, in their place, we 

 should have seen them encircled by many sincere 

 friends, with a competency of this world's goods to 

 make life comfortable, imparting joy and content to a 

 Tirtuous and happy family. — J^ational ^gis. 



ON DOCKING HORSES. 

 We wish to ask any one who is knowing in 

 such mailers, what is the use of cutting off a 

 coil's or horse's tail. We got the practice from 

 the English, with them it is said to he original. 

 Docking, nicking, pricking, &c. are generally 

 tried to improve the beauty of a h' rse, vet the 

 Arabian, the Andaliisian. the Barharv, are either 

 of them handsomer in their natural state, than 

 the trimmed English hunter. But it is cruel. Be 

 tween one and two hundred horse*, all docked, 

 are fastened dally, for hours, to the posts and 

 rails in the vicinity of Ihe slate house square, 

 where ihey are conlinoally tormented by swarms 



of liies iviih no oiher nuaus of getljng rid of 

 Iheni, ihaii by slampiiig on the stones, moving 

 with wagons backwards and forwards as far as 

 the halter will permit, and when they cannot 

 endure it any longer, breaking or slipping iheir 

 bridles, and making the best of their way home. 

 We saw a piece suine time since, in a western 

 jiaper, on this very subject of docking, in which 

 Ihe wriler maintains that il is (bingerous, and 

 that very many line colK have been ruined by 

 it. He recommends the matter to the attention 

 of Ihe Agricultural Society in his part of the 

 country. — May we respectfully ask Ihe notice 

 of ours. — Uanford Mirrur. 



VEGETABLE CHIMNEY ORNA.MENTS. 

 Ill winter, an elegant chimney ornament may 

 be formed by cutting the head or thick end of u 

 cairot, conlaining the bud, and placing it in a 

 shallow vessel with water. Young and delicate 

 leaves unfold themselves, forming a radiated 

 tmi of a very handsome appearance, and heigh- 

 tened by contrast wilh the season of the year. 



Tlie Cliymist. 



AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. 



The season thus far, has proved extremely 

 prosperous to agricultural husbandry. The 

 crops generally, and especially the wheat crops 

 look remarkably fine, and bid lair to produce an 

 abundant and extraordinary yield. In this re- 

 spect the farmers have abiiniiant cause to re- 

 joice and be thankful. — Ontario Repository, 



Method used in Sweden for preserving from 

 Rust any sort nj Iron IVork that is exposed to Jlir. — -. 

 They lake such a quantity of pitch and tar as 

 they think they bave occasion for, and mix up 

 with it such a quantity of the best sort of soot 

 as not to make it too thick for use ; with this 

 composition they paint or besmear all parts of 

 the iron work, for which purpose they make use 

 of short hard brushes, because they must presa 

 pretty strongly upon the iron in order to give it 

 a sufficient quantity, and they always choose to 

 perform this operation in the spring of the year, 

 Isecause t!ie moderate heat of the season hard- 

 ens the pitch so much that it is never melted by 

 the succeeding heats of the summer, but, on the 

 contrary, acquires such a gloss as to look like 

 varnish. This has been found, by experiment, 

 to preserve iron from rust, much better Ihaa 

 any sort of paint, and is as cheap as any that can 

 be made use of. 



A Canal from Norwich (Con.) to some part of Woi> 

 cester county, is again talked about, and a writer in the 

 last Norwich paper says "We hope yet to sail from Nor- 

 wich to Boston through Windham and Worcester coun- 

 ties." At a meeting of the citizens of Norwich, held 

 the 12th instant, it was resolved that the above pro- 

 ject deserved the attention and libiral patronage of the 

 public. A general meeting on the subject was held at 

 Brooklyn, on Wednesday last. — Centinel. 



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The export! from Pensacola, from the IstofJuVi^ 

 18 4. to the 30th June, 1825, consisted of aSOieOO," 

 bricks, 264.000 feet of sawed lumber, 20,41G bales oP 

 cotton, and 1420 cedar logs. 



Sport. — One hundred and thirty PoJphins Tvere late- 

 ly caught in three hours on board of the Light Ship ofi' 

 gaudy UootE. 



