1825. J 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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U^'eilern Canu/— The follow v,- acrount of some ol 

 the i>rincipal articles transporUd on the canal from 

 April lllh to Aug. 7th. iy25, was communicated tu us 

 bv Joliu Williams, K»q. ol Conway. 



' An account of some ol (he principal articles that have 

 )>as3cd on the canal at Utica from April llth to .\ug. 

 7lh, lii25. 17 weeks. 



128,479 15arreh Flour. 

 6,4j6 do Trovieions. 

 16,4154 do Salt. 

 15,413 do Ashee. 

 310,266 Bushels Wheat. 

 20:!,')64 Gall's Whifkey. 

 55!!K,476 Feet Lumher (b' ardt & scanting.) 

 4406.000 Slaves. 



i!3.>,5iO Cubic J eet 1 imber. 

 3.623 'Ions Gypsum. 

 11,314 do Merchandise, 

 in 3.641 bo.ts. 



S,'JuO boats passed down the canal ; 

 fro.n this place in the same tii.it ex- j 

 elusive of packets — Franktm fast. | 



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The Eniprpss of Germany Hsked n Frpsch 

 officer il'lhe Princess llo)'!il o( France was, us 

 the world re|!orle'H her, the innsi be.iiilii'iil prin- 

 cess in Furojie — "/ thought so i/cifcrrfd^/,'" answer- 

 ed the j)olite Krenchm.ui. 



A yonn» Condor has been oroeght to Baltimore from 

 Peru. This bird is supposed to he the larfjest of the 

 feathered tribe: when full grown its wings exleud 22 f'-et 

 from tip to toe. It is a Toracious bird, and suhsi.sts en- 

 tirely on )irey. and has heeu known to fly off with sheep 

 and young clulilitn — It is found among the Andes only. 



ACCOUNT BOOKS AND STATIONARY, Stewart 

 Hastings, No. 18 Conoress !-'t. clirtelly under the 

 New Knsfland I'airnei- office, keeps constantly on hand, 

 an extensive assoitment of Account Hooks bound in a 

 neat and durable manner. — I'ot, 1 ool6<ap, Letter I's- 

 per, &c. Quills, Walcrs, Ink and Ink Towder ; Ther- 

 mometers, Uodgers Knives ; Brushes, ^c. 



Book Binding of a'l kinds executed al short notice. 



Si III. 9. 



CA.^'.iLS. Tbe project of a Canal from Worcester 

 C'uuty to .Norwich in Connecticet, appears to be pros- 

 eculed in good earnest — Vte have h fore mentioned 

 thai a respectable commilte> hal been appointed in 

 C'on.eclifUt t ' make arra gemenis lor a survey, &c. 

 ofthee.t rp.ize; The foiowing cooperating Committ-e 

 has Of in chosen for the Massachusetts towns, viz. Hon. 

 rtaron lufts, ol Dudley ; .lames Wolcott.jun. of South 

 bridge; Wi lia i. Fosbrof do. F.lisha Hamniond,of Brook- 

 fief. ; lleini n -^lebbins. of do and .lacob Mansfie'd, of 

 Veslern.— Aligeutiemm of cnlerpiizt and respectabili- 

 ty — Ce^i(. 



Afiican Sheep. — Thirleen sheep of the broad tail 

 or 1 unisiau breed, have ri rently beeu imporkd into 

 New York. 1 bey were sent .ut ' by t apt. Creighlon. 

 of the U. S. ship yane, were procurtd. (s~ys the Iv. 

 Post) at considerable expeese and wilh no small trou- 

 ble and sent out lor the purpose of introducing here, a 

 species, which is said to he highly valuable, not only 

 for the wool, but the flesh. The 'tail bas a very singu- 

 lar appearance, being in some instances from eight to 

 ten inches in breadth, forming when il is cooked, a most 

 d.!lirate and delicijus food. A pair of these theep it is 

 wnrlerslooil. are iiiten.led lor Gen. Van Rensselaer of 

 ."Vljany. — Boston Htatesnian. 



Grapt fines. — Several barrel- of grape vines of the 

 6neal kinds to be ni t wilh on the coast of the Miditer- 

 ranean, tog- ther with a large quantity of garden s eds 

 have a so been received at dilTi-rent limes fr' m the same 

 source as th. above. Of th seed, a p^rt were pre-r nt- 

 e I to the llor;icullural Sonii ty of New Y.irk ■, and of the 

 vines, some have been distributed in that vicinity, and 

 the remainder in Providence, U. I. — Ibid, 



JV'eif Ore B:d. — \nother vein of ore has been discov- 

 ered in Saranac, on what is caileil Point Patent. The 

 lot has been purchased by a coiopa'iy in this village, 

 anil a small quantjiy of the ore has been taken to Tur- 

 ner's forge, wher a bar of iron was yesterday made 

 from it, weighing 30 pounds. Th ise who witnessed ; 

 the experiment, pronounced Ihe ore equal to any which 

 has been discovered in this country. If so this discov- ' 

 ery is of great importance; the ore being only about 3l 

 miles from the Saranac. — PatlsbuTgh paper . 



Dull! on Spirits. — It is cnntemnlated by gentlemen 

 in the county of Hainpshirf to send Circulars into every 

 town in that County fir the purpose of oblaiuing signa- 

 tures to a petition to Congress, praying that a duty may 

 he laid on distillers of doineelic spirits— and an addi- 

 tional duty on Ihe iniporlTs of al! foreign distilled liq- 

 uors. The object is to lesse n the consuuiptioo of spir- 

 ituous liquors in our country. 



The deck load of a vessel, owned by George Hoiid- 

 Ictte, Ksq. of Dresden, (Me.) lately took fire. The fire | 

 caught in some bay with which the vessel was in part | 

 laden and destroyed the whole of it, and did consider- 

 able damage to the vessel. Damage estimated at ;J12oO. j 



The members of M. Owen's society have issued propo- | 

 s lis for publis'iing a new paper to be cailed "The Har- 

 mony Gazette ;" it is lo be chiefly devot-d to a devei- 

 oi)emei.l of the principles of the "Social System." 



According to the present census Ihe town ol Bnffalo, i 

 N. Y. contains 5,140 inhabitants, giving an increase of | 

 more than 3000 during the last five years. i 



The Southern and South Western papers complain 

 much of the prospect of 'be rollon crops. It is affirm- 

 ed that there will be considerbly less than the last year's 

 produce. 



A violent earthquake at Jerusalem, has recently de- 

 slroved two monuments, equally Ihe pride ol Mussnl- 

 men and Christians. The first, Ihe Mosque of the Ca- 

 liph Omar ; the other, the Sepulchre built over Calva- 

 ry- 



Harrnrd Cnlle^e. — At the 'ate examination 81 pnpi's 

 were admitted— 71 lo the Freshman class, and 10 to 

 clas-es in advanced standing. 



_ .F.MOIilSot the Pennsylvania Agricultural Socie- 

 _^.B. ty ; with selections fiom the most approvi d au- 

 thors, adapted to the use of Ihe practical farmers of 

 the United fctates ; 1K24. liluslrated with seviral cop- 

 perplate engravings of animals ai.d rnnierous cuts of 

 machines and agrieullural iniplemenls. — I' or sale by 

 CUM.Ml.NGS, liliJjlAP.D & CO. 

 Price $1.25. No. 134 Washington street. 



rB''^HOi-E of our snl.scrilers who prefer paying in ad- 

 H vance, will jierceive that it must be done sooiv, 

 according to the connilions of the paper. |K7°"New 

 subscribers can be furnished witli the preceding nuij;- 

 bers of the current volume. Sept. 23. 



rpo PRINTi;RS— For sale, a fontof Pica, but little 



a worn. Inquiry may be made of the Publisher oi 



the Farmer ; or a line may be dropped to M. H. Boston. 



The snm of 9000 dollars, the profit? arising from the 

 laliour of the convicts in Ihe state prison for Ihe last 

 three months, has been paid over to Ihe Treasurer of 

 the state of New-Hampshire, by the warden. 



In June last, a Russian Giant named Peter Tuchmi 

 died, whos" heisht was 8 feet 7 inches — so that the 

 tail' st of men in general hardly reached his breast — He 

 had no heard, and ..vas a srall e-ii.-r. 



Died, on Saturday- at 'iis 6 ut o, vVatertown, (M«.) 

 Marshall B. Spring. Fsq. aged 33 years. He was a 

 man of tasle and letters, a legislator, and agriculliirist, 

 a mannfaeturer, a promoter of the usfful, and a patron 

 of the fine arts. He lived quielly ill Ihe enjovment of 

 an amjile fortune, disarming envy by liberality, and 

 securing respect and affection by a cnnstanf course of 

 just coediu't and courteous deportment. He died of a 

 fever, but the late loss of a lovely wife was a blow from 

 which he never recovered — the bereavement left the 

 dealh-stii g in his heart. 



The first time the serpent was used in a concert, 

 at whioh Handrl was in the habit of presiding, he was 

 90 disgusted at the powerful hoarsi nessof its tonee that 

 he called out in a rage, " Vat de diffil be dat f" On 

 bei'ig inTor^ned that it was an instrument called a ser- 

 pent, •' O." he replied, " de serpeiiti .aje, butit be not 

 4e serneut vat seduce Kvei'^ 



FOR SAl.F, a full blooded RIMd, eiu'hteen months 

 old got bv Mr Parson"' Aldernev Bull out of an 

 Alderney Cow irnj>orted hy John Hubbard, Fsq. — Fn- 

 q II ire at thi^ office. 



T.) C*PrrAI.ISTS_VVanted.=iOOO dollars for eight 

 or ten years at 5 per cent. f"r whirh anir le ?e- 

 cnri'y win be given on Teal estate in this city. — Inqoire 

 at this office. Sept. 23. 



FOP, sail at this office, a few copies of a work en- 

 titled. 

 " A Treatise on the culture, preparation, history an4 

 analysis of Pastel, or V^/lad: the different methods of 

 exliarling ih' coloring n>atter. ai'd the manner of usins: 

 it a-.'' indigo in dveing. by C.P.I'e I astevrie. to which 

 i.s addert, in formation tipon th- art of.xtraeiing Indigo 

 froi; thi 'eaves of Pastel. P*rt'li".hiH I yorde.rof His 'x- 

 r ]'.< ncy. MontaUvet, Count o/ the £oipire, Minister of 

 the Interior." 



I'KICES OK COUNTRY FKODUCE, &c, 

 [Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



APPLES, best. 



ASHES, pot, 1st Bort, - - - 



pearl do. - - - - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 

 cargo. No 1, new, - - 



" No 2, new, - - 

 BUTTER, inspect. No. I. new, 

 CHEESE, ntw milk, - - - - 



skinied milk, - • - 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 



Genesee, . . - 



Rye, best, ... 

 GRAL\,Rye 



Corn 



Barley - ... 



Oats - - . - - 

 HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, . 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northirn 

 PLAISIER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, Bone Middlings, new, 

 navy, megs, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native ... do 



Fulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 



do Spinning, 1st son 



PROVISION.' MARKET. 

 BEFl-', best pieces .... 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, . . 



" whole hogs, . . - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, ...... 



BUTTER, keg fc tub, . 



lump, best, - . - 



FGGS. 



MEAL, Rye. retail, . . - - 

 Indian, do. . . - . 

 i'OTATOFS, .... 



{'IDER. liquor, .... 



HAY, fcGCoriliDg to quality, 



