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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Fine F, uit, &.c — We .irc gl kI Id peicpive lli'it 

 certili 1 liorliciil Inns'* in iln- vr^iiily of omsrnoil 

 cifv ot'Boitnn aiP zonlonsly eii^Hijpfl in improv- 

 ing; the iVnits .iil;i|ilp.l tn nrsoil nnfl rljrniite — 

 Tli'^ loiiim'in t^itinii wiih iht" «itrn;Uiiro ' ^. B /" 

 if t'lis (!av"» I' i|ier, will «h">v wiril Mr Prince 

 }i;i- <l''ne. I'lJ »% ii^'t lie is w.lliiig urihpr I" do to 

 iiiirudooe the Sesi vari''fi»"i lo 'nore sjeneral nil 

 tme. Thi« (■(■miiiiinir.ilKin ous'il lo havp bgpn 

 pulii s' P'^ S'' m;' hppUs si: rp. I'l t was dplaypd 

 i>i ciiciiiiisl iiirps iinncCis'^rv to st;itp VV> lidVP 

 ih'Tpovpi', recpi^el *■ w finp specinipns of 

 ppnis frcm irt'liiUni'ii. \\\\<- ivoiiM lip happv to 

 siip<)lv li'i<ls or ffriills, in the propfir st'Rsnn, lo 

 pi ijions vvishina: to makp ii«p ot ihpm. Mr Jo- 

 HON,\oT of Siilpm h;LS spnt to our ofSop, a sninpip 

 oC a kind of nalivp ppar, which he raisp.l, ami 

 whirh was very plpasma^ lo our palate. It is of 

 niKldling sizp with a thin skin, and nipltinpron- 

 sisteiicp ; and has rerpivpd hfnoiiralile notice, 

 ive lielii've, in ilie Mass. A<jr. Rpfiositorv, nnder 

 the name of the yo/iojixoZ-pear. We have also 

 been prpsented with .sami'lps of a fine native 

 pear, raised by Mr E. Karh.ett, of Roxhnry. — 

 These were equal to any we ever tasted, and 

 one of them weighed ii|)wards of ten ounces. 



Mr .loHN I'k.rry. of Sherhiirno, Mass has 

 favmiiel MS with some bottled cider which is as 

 pnod (for onr palate, at least) jis (he best Bur- 

 enndy or Champai^ne. AVe would not give a I 

 fi^ for the jnice of the ^rape, so Ion? as we can ' 

 prnriire such " apple-'duirie'''' as Mr Perry manu 

 fiictures. 



His Excellency GoTfinor I.INC'OI.N, accoaipanird i 

 l>y his ai'ls, Ccloncla Quiiiry and Pavif, ai:d the Hon. j 

 Mfssrs. Ilill and Barnard of the Council, arrived in New ' 

 Bedford on Monday aflf riioou from Nantucket, where ' 

 lu^ had he*n on a visit. The citizens of New-Bedlord ' 

 where to have given a public collation yesterday, for ' 

 the purpose ofhaving an opportunity of paying thi ir res- 

 pect? to him, ! 



Mr. Philander Ware of Franklin has raised, 

 the present season, iVom 9 vines which grew on 

 1 rod of smmid, 13 waler-moloiis weighinfr 

 320 U.S. Thp averasre weight of 10 of the lar- 

 gest was 21 lbs. 2 oz. 



— ^ — 



An extraordinary sized ox is now exhiliiling' 

 in London. His :Mimea';iirpmPnt is as follows: — 

 4)7 inchfis to the top of the slionlder ; 1 71 inrlies 

 from the tip of the nose lo Ihe lip of the tail; 

 40 inches across the hip< ; 41 inches across the 

 back; 41 inches across thp slioulders ; 13.j inch- 

 es in ihegirlh ; and 23 inches between the fore 



Fire. — On Wednesday night 7lh inst. the very val- 

 uable dwellinf-houso ol Col. Valentine, of Hopkinton, 

 wai destroyed by fire, tnj;ether with a large proportion i 

 ol his farnit'Oe. k-c. Col. V. was absent at the time, at I 

 the Springs in JikU town. It will be recnllecled that the ' 

 barn of Col. \silerit;r.e was burnt a few months since. ! 

 'I'hf re is reason lo believe that both fires were the work 

 of incendiaries, 



M^im-rnoth Hns:. — The followin* are the dimensions 

 of a hoj vhlch Messrs. Joseph & George Levers, oi'l 

 Forks township, iVorihampton County, Pa. are pre- 

 paring for Ihe market, ile is now 8 feet 9 inches long, j 

 upwards of i fe;t in thickness, r.nd more than 7 fert in | 

 circu v-ference ; \Tei5h3 upv.T.rus of "00 weight, and is | 

 in a thrivinj- ''ondition. Hij fr?n;e is said to be much 

 larger l^au that of the marr^mnlh hog,xhich lOi-med part 

 of Mr. VVhile's exhibition a f^w years ago in this city, 

 hi., calculated that he will vi-eigh by Christmas be- 

 tween iO and 1200 weight. C.S. Gaselle. 



Tcr:as — Gen. \^'iIliinson, if Rppetirs by Ihe Arkansas 

 Gazette, bs.5 procured a gra'it 'or a '.'rge tract of Idnd 

 in the Province of Texas, and %rish-:s toteltle it v.-jlh a 

 bo.iv of honest and well dispoaed Americans, He con- 

 templates PElabIi>hins: a colony at the Bay of Trinity, 

 flQ the Sabiae river, 45 miles from Natchiteches. 



Sale n^ Saxon Sheep. j 



WITH a view among other things, of relieving onr- j 

 selves from the trouble of prvate applications! 

 and frequent examinations of onr flock for tlie accom- | 

 inodntion of individual purchasers, we propose to sell 

 by Auction, at j 



^■OP,.THAMPTO.'^ (MASS.) on U'Klnesday the 2Glh 

 day of October nert^ I 



(being the day of the annual Cattle Show and Fai.'for 

 the counties of Hampshire, Kra' klin, and Hampden,) 



75 1-2 blood Saxon Bucks, coming two 



and three years old, 



.50 1-2 do. do. Ewes, same age. 

 25 .3-4 do. do. Bucks, Lambs. 



Not having contemplated a public sale and for that 

 purpose taken samples of the wool of these Sheep that 

 we can transmit for the inspection of gentlemen at a 

 dist.ance, ive venture to give them, as a pubstitnte, our 

 assurance and warranty, IhnI llity art fiUIy equal to the 

 Saxon Sheep lately sold at /jri^htmi. 



Our original stock was purchased niany years ago 

 from the best Spanish llnck, and with few exccDtions 

 from the I'aular, Montarcn and Vegrefc, and they have 

 been kept with great care upon Ihe farm and under the 

 immediate inspection of one of the prnprieiorsever since. 

 They are without any mixture of blond with the na- 

 tive sheep, and have been bred to as much perfection 

 as the most careful management was able lo accomp- 

 lish, breeding with reference to the fineness and uni- 

 formity of the fleece. The sheep which we offer for 

 sale are the progeny ofone of Ihe two first Saxon 

 biicks hroiisrht into the U. States, the choice of these 

 bucks and the best that we have seen of any subse- 

 quent importation, and our best ewes. Our object in 

 3' nrting for him was to get a buck of equal fineness 

 with our own sheep and superior if we could, thereby 

 to ol»viate the nerecsi'y of hreedino in and in. The 

 cross has exceeded our expectations and produced a 

 race of Sheep not surpassed in qualily of wool, with 

 evenness of fleece and beauty of form, by any sheep in 

 the country, whether Saxon or not, that have fallen 

 under our observation. It is the finene..ts and perfec- 

 tion of the fleece that is sought, and broedinz in and in 

 is unfavorable to the object. The flock will soon be 

 at a stand if not retrograde. Now we are confident 

 that we can alford lo the projirietors of flocks Ihe same 

 advantage of ti cross breed in all its beneficial results^ 

 which they are now purchasing by imporfatinrts fro'n 

 Saxony, for if Ihe benefit t\fa cross can be secured from 

 equally fine sheep of pure Merino slock, it is of no ^ort 

 of consequence where the sheep come from. The Saron 

 sheciT are the .Merino, some of them bi-ed to great per- 

 fection. Nevertheless many of those wldch we have ex- 

 amined are infei-ior animals and would be rojected by 

 a careful breeder as worthless. And the hi^vt-, price of 

 Saxon wool is more owing to the careful selection of 

 fleeces that are sent to foi-e',^ti markets and the rejec- 

 tion of the coarse locks and great attention to cleanli- 

 ness, tha'.i to any otlier cause. 



\Ve have uo wish to discourage the iimporfation of 

 Saxon sheep, much !e-s to injure pre9'.;nt pi oprietors ; 

 for not \' itb.standing the amount paid hy them, thev will 

 find their account in the purchase ; till the stock nro 

 drtced wiil be as valuable for any fl.ock not immediate- 

 ly of the same origin as their owr^, other things being 

 equal, as the imported sUe-^p tha*. cost hundreds. 



'V*7=*Tiie sheep will U' oumlycrf d, and mav be ex- 

 amined the day befors the sale. Catalogues furnish- 

 ed and sale free, 



1. C. B\TF,S, 

 SOnTLflENSHAW. 



NorthamptOD, Mass. Stpt. J4, 1826i. 



Upv.'ards rf lliirly .litc/iaji/c'.V Imtittitts have been 

 formed in England in a short ptiiod oftinie. Bitivghcvi, 

 Mackintosh,, and other distinguisbi d uiembers of I'ar- 

 liament, exert themselves f .r the extension and ad- 

 vancement of those * stablishments whith ar(> intended 

 for the inslruction of the classes of tradesmen and ap- 

 prentice.", not only in the principles of the mechanick 

 arts but in the various hranchi 3 of moral science. 15y 

 the muLiplication of them, and the foronation of general 

 Colleges in the principal cities besides London, it is ex- 

 pected that a comprehensive and liberal ediication will 

 be ere long common to the midelling as well as bigber 

 and more opulent orders of British society. 



JT^OIX sale ai this olf.ce, a few copies of a work en- 

 _ "titird, 



" A Treatise on the culture, preparation, history and 

 analysis of Pastel, or Woad : the different njetbods of 

 X < 4C'ing the coloring matter, and the manner of U' ing 

 • t a;'d indigo in ilyeing, by C.P.Ue Lasteyrie, lo ■which 

 is aided, information i;pon the art of extracting Indigo 

 from the haves of I'asti 1. Published by order of His Lx- 

 cillency, Mnnlalivet, Count of the Empire, Minister of 

 the Interior." 



rUlCLa Ol- Ctii i\TKY i'HODLCK, &ic. 

 (Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



APPLES, best, 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, ... 



ptarl do. - - . - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, m< ss, 200 lbs, new, - 

 cargo, r'o 1, new, - - 



" iVo 2, new, - - 

 BUTTER, inspect. No, 1, new, 

 CHEESE, new milk, .... 



skimed milk, . . - 

 FLAX 



FLAX sfj;d 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 

 Genesee, - - - 



Rye, best, - - . 



GRAlN,Rye 



Corn - - ... 



Barley - ... 



Oats - . . . - 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, - 



HOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 



LI.ME, 



OIL, Linseed, Pbil. and Northen, 

 PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, Bone Middlings, new, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. • - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover ..... 

 WOOL, Merino, fullblood,wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native - - . do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do Spinning, Ist sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 BFFl', best pieces .... 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - , 



" whole hogs, - . - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POUL"'BY, ...... 



BUTTER, keg & tub, - 



lump, best, . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - . - - 

 Indian, do. - . - • 

 POTATOES, .... 



riLFR, liquor, .... 



HAY, according to qualily, 



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