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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Sept. 30, 



From the Ncuo-Yorl; diToaidt. 



SCHOOLS IN EUROPE. 

 From a late Fiench Jounuil ne translate the 

 following curiotii tiiiile, exhibiting the number ol 

 SchoUrs that allenil the puljiic scliools in several 

 countries of Europe, log Iher uilh the |in>[>or- 

 tion they bear to llie wli ile [)ii|riilr.tion. li »vns 

 prepared by Mr. Ferniiac, ol Par.-. 



^fo. of schools 



nish specimens Ifss iuhillerated that it will be of 

 exceeding value iinil extensive nt.lily. 



The spot where the C"il i» worked, now pre- 

 sents the smciular appearance <>t' a great mjning 

 establishment. Shafts are sir.lihig in ditlereni 

 places n\ ihe vic;nily, ihe sounds of inihislry com- 

 ing up t'remlienoalh the surface of ihe earth and 

 echoed tVnm iho hilh add inuoh to the interest 

 of the scenery around — H'orctiter Jli^is. 



„-^"- ".'" I '■"'"/•■•''^'< '» The Dispase called Bulmina, or Rarcnn„s F. 

 Population. Schuiars. Fofjuldlton 



E i:i!<i-:nis lr',m Ihe neslern counties of New 

 York ai;; iasi peoplin.^ ihe TerriK'ry "' Meld, 

 gan. Tiie Pioneer arrived at Delrr 

 li!lii insl. from Bijffuhi \vtih aboui -Ciii, \ 

 scngers. Ste.im i>o,ils and jchnoif r- Me.e . ..;i. 

 iiiiu.ii V arriving ihere wUh passengers li„iu ihe 

 easlvi ard. 



Empire of Geniat) 



CiTCK- ol Gralz 28tJ.050 32.000 lto9 



Bobemia :i,93D.142 284.721 



Mor.iviaSiSilesJa 1,73:3,319 149.482 



Aoslria 1,810,797 134.709 



Sivriu 7f;5,Li60 41.u42 



Prussi,! 1,401,000 80.000 



Britain, Scotland 1. 86.^)000 18S,.303 



England 10.488,000 644.282 



Ireland 6.801,000 37 1.813 



France 30,43 !,000 1,07 J, 500 



P„Und 3,585,834 45.920 



Portugal 3,130,000 39.000 



Russia 40.067,000 42.712 



Tbe number taught in Spaiti has not 1^ 

 c-ured, and in the case of Holland '- im, 

 known. In (he laller country ti., proportion is 

 supposed about 1 to 12 of the population. 



If we must judge ol the civilization of each of 

 these countries by Ihe number ofcliildren who re 

 ceive in them primary instruction — who learn to 

 read, write, and cipher — of all Europe, Russia 

 will appear most barbarous, which is uudouhted 

 ly true; but the English will appear less civil- 

 ized than the Germans, which is entirely false. 

 Industry, the iirls, and commerce, are among 

 the most powerful moans of civilization. It is 

 less the number of scholars who freijuent the 

 schools than the [irinciples and doctrines pro- 

 fessed in those schools, from which results the 

 instruction of the people. 



From the last report of the superintendant of 

 Schools in the stale of New-York, it appeared 

 that the number of scholars was one to six of 

 ihe whole populalion, a much greater propor- 

 tion than in any of the Nations comprised in the 

 above table. 



ELLIOT'S WORCESTER COAL. 

 This imporiant mineral treasure is now obtain- 

 ed from the bed, opened a long lime since, in 

 greater purity than iieretofore. We have had 

 numerous opportunities of witnessing its applica- 

 ' lion to the piocesses of the arts in situations 

 where a strong current of air can be made to act 

 upon this combustible, and ro<-.ently have seen 

 an experiment of it« utility for domestic purposes. 

 A small quantity of the mineral was placed in ( n'' 

 ofthe little portable furnaces, as lliey are cnllcd. 



osposed for sale by our merchants. This vessel The Shaker? at Watervliel manufaclnred last 

 was deposited in a common house stove. By the year 1469 yards of fulled cloth, 194.5 .^f tJannel, 

 addition of charcoal the mine coal was ignited | ;„„1 44C4 of linen and cotton. They shake iheir 

 with great facility, and produced a strong and fingers as well as feet, 

 (jur.ible heat for m.iny hours. Some care or skill 

 i.s rcqusile for burning Ihe substance iii small por- 

 tions. If suitable gr.ites were provided, little doubt 

 CHU be entertained, that it would furnish cheap 

 an I pleasant fuel lor our winter fiio", and even 

 in its [iresent Slate of mixture wilb olhcr miner- 

 ■•als, and still loss, that when the (k'()Osit shall 

 ■have been explored to a sullicieiit dejith (o fur- 



Theie was a Polish sold er, nam 'd Chailes 

 Dow.Ty, in the service of tne French, on hoard 

 ihe HoVhe frigate, which was cap'und by the 

 -qoadron under the command ot Sir J. Boilace 

 Warren, oli' Ireland, in 1799. He was 21 years 

 of age, and staled that h.s t'alher and brolhers 

 had been remark.ible for their voracious appe- 

 litcs. He began when he was 13 years of age. 

 He would devour raw, and even alive, cats, rats. 

 and dogs, besides bullock's liver, tallow candles, 

 and Ihe entrails of aiiinials. 



One day (September 17, 1799,) an experi- 

 menf was made oi how much tins man could eat 

 in one day. This experiment was made in the 

 presence of Dr. Jobnson, a commissioner ot sick 

 and wounded seamen, ,\dmiral Child, and Mr 

 Foster, agent for prisoners at Liverpool, and 

 several other gentlemen. He had hreakfast at 

 4 o'clock in the morning on foui pounds of raw 

 cow's udder: at half past 9 o'clock, there were 

 set before him 5 lbs. of ra»v beef, and 12 tallow 

 candles of one pound weight, together with one 

 bottle of porter ; these he finished by half past 

 10 o'clock. AI 1 o'clock there were put befoie 

 hiua'' 'pounds n)ore of beet, one pound of can- 

 dles, and three bottles of porter. He was then 

 locked up in tbe room, and sentries were pla- 

 ced at the windows to prevent bis throwing a- 

 way auy of his provisions. At 2 o'clock he bad 

 nearly finished the whole of llie candles, and a 

 great jiart o( the beet. At a quarter past 6, he 

 had devoured ihe whole, and declared he could 

 have ate more ; but tbe prisoners on the outside 

 having told him that experiments were making 

 upon him, he began to be alarmed. iJoreover, 

 the day was hot, and he had not usual exercise 

 in tbe yard. 'Ihe whole of what he consumed 

 in the course of that one day amounted to, — raw 

 cow's rudder 4 lb; raw beef UK'lbs ; candles 2 

 lb — total 16 ; besides 5 bottles of porter. 



Slate coal, which buros easily and produces 

 a grc.it degree ol hfat, i= fomid in Hninc'ise 

 qu;intitics on the wesietn shorp r ! Lake li:n.'n. 

 Tbe shore for many m.les is ircaj 12 to 25 .eet 

 hij'li and composed of this maleiial. Tlic His- 

 every of ibis useful mineral in the vicinlv of 

 Deiroil will probably lead to Ihe estabhshment 

 of factories in that qu-irti-r. 



hi one year, Pensacida, the capital of Florida, 

 has exported 898,0'.)0 br cks, 264,000 l.-el of 

 saued lumber, 20,416 bales ol' collon, and 1420 

 cedar logs. 



Beautiful AJinmilion. — The Hindoos, in bap» 

 tiz'ng tboir infants, address to ihem this beau- 

 tiful admonition: "Little babe, tliou eiiterest 

 tjie world weeping while all around smile ; con- 

 tinue so to live that you may depart in smiles 

 whili't all around yon weep." 



"I am glad. Sir," said a lady to Dr. Johnson, 

 that you have omitlfd all imjiroper word* from 

 U)ur dictionary." '^i hope I have, ftlid.im," 

 answered the surly s.iu^p, '-but I see you have 

 been lookintr for them." 



OHIGINAZ, COMTOEUSTICATIOI^S, 



AVtiJ .Mode of Building. — A new method of 

 building small bouses has been invented in Eng- 

 l.md, which is represented to be a» durable as 

 brick or stone, and to cost but one fourth as 

 much as brick «ork. It consists of beating clav 

 into wooden conipartments ; the wooden boxes 

 being removed, the wall remains hard, firm and 

 subEtanlial. 



Tjfgid Prisnrnption.- 



IJaldus a very eminen' 

 lawyer of the 1 4ih cei!urv, and Menochius, who 

 wrote on legal prfsumptioii in the 16lb<:ent'iry. 

 b.illi lay it down as clear law. that " if it bi- 

 proved that a certain mni's head bas I'oen cut 

 oil", a violeiil pre«!imi.ti< n mil lollyvv iiom 

 ihencej Uial tluit man w dead.'''' 



T. G. Fkse.ndcx, Esq. 



Kditor of llie J\'iw England Farmer. 



Philnddjilua Count;/, Sep/. 17, li>25. 

 Sir, — A? an officer ofthe Pennsylvania Agri. 

 cultural Suciely, I cannot but feel some interest 

 in theit '' ftlemoirs," lately published by John 

 S. SkiiiDer. Esq. of Baltimore; and perceiv.ng 

 tiiat the Editor is accused by Col. Pickering of 

 partiality, and interested views i« their arrange- 

 ment, and in the stdeciinns from English writers, 

 1 take the liberty of enclosing to you a letter 

 for publication in the New England Farmer, and 

 of requesting that the impartial tesUnmny ot the 

 distinguished Editors <d the .Massachusetts .'\ifri- 

 culiural Repository, may be presented to your 

 readers. 1 am very truly, sir, 



Your ot.ed'l. serv't. 



JOHN. P, MILNOR. 



Rfc. Stc'y. Fenn. ..i^nc. Soe. 



From Ihe Massachutrllx A'^ricuUural Rcjiosilury faf 

 Jmnuiiry, 1!J'i5. 



ME.MOiRS OP THE PENNSYLVANIA AOIUCILTIRAL 50- 



01 err. 

 '•A very interesting little volume under liiis 

 title. ha« been published by the intelligiiil, in- 

 ijeffitigable and manly editor of the American 

 f'-irmtr.*** The book i< beautifully printed, and 

 ihe plates are superior 1o any thing of ihe sort 

 ill any agricuilnral work. 'Phoy niusi b.ive been 

 expensive. It is not ourpuipose to review Ibis 

 work in tbe modern style ol reviews, which is 

 to insert the title page, and then to proceed lo 

 .1 dissertation, in which nothing or very lilllo is 

 ssidflftbe nnrk itself. Our purpose is to e- 

 cooitueud it to the notice ol the reading cla 



