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NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



[Feb. 24, 



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The following^ curious epitaph was copied by iMr. 

 Carter, from a pavement ia one of the cliurches in 

 the interior of England : 



London bred mee — Westminster fed mee, 

 Cambridge sped mee, — my sister wed mec. 

 Study taught mee — living sought mee, 

 Learning brought mee — Kendal caught mee, 

 Labour pressed mee — sickness distressed mee, 

 Death oppressed mee — the grave possessed mee 

 God first gave mee— Christ did save mee, 

 Earth did crave mee — and heaven would have mee. 



From Ihe A'al tonal Journal, 



Having often heard oflho heavy crops that 

 Frederick Wadjworth, Esq. of Edinburgh, Ohio, 

 had raised from the same piece ol' ground for 

 tivo successive years, we were induced liy curiosi- 

 ty to inquire of that Genlieman. whether the 

 facts had been correctly staled. — Mr W. politely 

 favored us with the following — He stated, that 

 from forty-two acres which had been accurate- 

 ly run by our Counly Surveyors, he raised in 

 1824, 1030 bushels nf'Wheat ; and in 1825, 2114 

 bushels of Corn; 375 bushels of Potatoes; and 

 5 bushels of Beans. Making in all from 42 acres, 

 in two years, the enormous quaniilv of 3574 

 bushel*: Who after this will doubt thai our soil 

 is proliiic or question our skill in cullivation. 



A few weeks since. Mr Ahraiiam F. Miller, 

 the head butcher of Walnut township, made a 

 sausage for Abraham Miller, Esq. living on the 

 canal line in Walnut township, which measurerl 

 19 yards in length, out of one entire gut, vvilh- 

 eut a single twist or hole in it, except at the 

 ends, and weighed ojibs. 



A cow, 6 years old, owned by Z. Fitch, Esq. 

 of (Warren Ohio)and fattened w'holly upon pom- 

 kins and jiolatoes, was hulchered a few davs 

 since, which weighed as follows. Fore q'.iarteVs 

 458, Hind quarters 509, Hale 113, Tuilow 105; 

 Total, 1,185. 



IVow, 90 tons will load six boats — each of| 

 these boats will be a day in performing 20 miles; 

 therefore, 52 boats, with 52 horses, 52 men, and 

 52 boys, will be required to execute the trans- 

 fer of 96 Ions 175 miles in one day ; each horse 

 will cost weekly one guinea, each man a guinea, j 

 and each boy 12s. forming a total weekly charge j 

 of 140(. 8s. in lieu of 19/. 17^. 6d. The 52 boats I 

 and horses will he worth 10,000/. and requiring i 

 a considerably greater amount to keep them in ; 

 repair; throwing a balance of full 7000/. per 

 annum in favour of every locomotive engine! 

 that may be used. How many may evenuially | 

 be at work it would be difficult to conjecture ; , 

 but as 40 would be required to work the London, ; 

 Birmingham and Liverpool and Manchester, and 

 Stockport lines, in all probabilily not less than 

 500 would he employed ; and as the saving on 

 every live engines would be equal to the in- 

 terest of one million, the 500 would put the 

 pi'ople yearly in posses-ion of a sum as great as 

 the interest of one hundred milhons sterling, in- 

 dependent of the advantage of speed, and of 

 the great saving of tonnage, the rail road lines 

 being one-third shorter than Ihe canals in use. 

 Finally, 10.000 jjersons may be conveyed one 

 mile, or one person 1000 miles, by locomotive 

 engines, at the rate of eight miles an hour, at a 

 cost of something less lh;';n rive pence. 



Old Wewilzer was joking and laughing at 

 rehearsal, instead oi' minding ihe business of the 

 »cone. Raymond, who was then slage manager, 

 took him to task for this, and said, "Come, Mr 

 Wewilzer, I wish you would pay a little alton- 

 tjon^' — '•Well, Sir," answered Wewilzer, '-so 1 

 am — I'm I'ayiag as little as I can." 



A subscription has been Eet on foot in Frederick 

 county, Virginia, with a prospect of success, for the 

 purpose of erecting a marble monument to the memory 

 of Gen. Moi'gaji, the distinguished warrior of the Rev- 

 olution, whose remains lie in the Presbyterian grave- 

 y.ird, Winchester, of which place, or its vicinity, he 

 was a native. — -V. Y. Obs. 



A man froze to death in Montreal on the night of the 

 Jlst ult. which was the coldest day espeiieticed lor 

 \'ear3. Many persons had their faces frozen while 

 walking through the streets, 'ihermometer 32 degrees 

 below zero. 



One hundred and fifteen Aliens, residents of the 

 town of Patterson, N. J. a few weeks since, reported 

 themselves and declared their intentions of beco.ming 

 citizens of the L'nited States agreeably to the acts of 

 Congress, upon that subject. 



Spain. — .\ conspiracy has been discovered at St. 

 Sebastian, in Sp;dn, the extent and object* of which 

 were not fully ascertained, but in which the French 

 gai'iison was concerned, as a Colonel, Adjutant and 

 Captain of that nation had been arrested. It was be- 

 lieved thht their object was to obtain possession of the 

 fortress as a point rf' appui fur an insureclion. .Most of 

 the conspirators escaped in the boat of an F.nglish ves- 

 sel which they seized. 



Siiicidf by Rum. — .A young man named Andrew T. 

 Fyck, was lound dead in a field near Boundbrook, N. 

 J. on Thursday last. lie had started to go across the 

 fields a short distance, being in a slate of intoxication, 

 and had not proceeded far before he fell and froze to 

 death. 



From a London paper. 



1?\1L l!OADS.='' 



The s!ridi!S which steam is making in Ihe e- 

 conomy of the country, are -more gigantic and 

 surprising than those who are domeslioaled at a 

 distance (Vom its imm-'di ile operation imagine ; 

 but Ihe capability aiid safely with a weight of 

 ninety tons in its train, at the rale of eight miles 

 an hour, having been proved by the opening of 

 the Darliuglou and Slocklon rail road, it be- 

 comes our <ltily to submit a mni'e detailed state- 

 ment of its (lowers ami .idvantages, than wo be- 

 lieve has yet appeared in print. 



The engine will travel o\er 25 miles 7 times 

 a day, making 175 miles a ilay's work, xvith 90 

 tons, consuming 7 tons of small coals each day, 

 or 42 tons per week ; which, at an average 

 cost of 7-. will lie 14/. I4s. One man and a boy 

 in consla.iit attendance, supposing Ihe 24 hours 

 equal lo 3 davs, will he 3 men and 1,3 boys each 

 day, at 10s. 6il. will add 5/. 3.s. 6d. — making the 

 total weekly exp.-'nse 19/. 17s. 64. The engine 

 will cost G00/..f-80 waggons 900/. giving 1500/. 

 for the entire set out. 



* - e u N. E. Farmer, vol. iii, page 313. 



Winter Grasulioppcrs. — During the lale warm weath- 

 er, some days ol whicli appeared more like June than 

 .laiuiary, a gentleman in \\'arv,ick. H. I. was walking 

 through his field, when he was surprised by tlie appear- 

 ance nf multitude? of grasshoppers who sprang up a- 

 roand him, and appeared to he of the size 9rd to pns- 

 = C'SS i\\p animation which he has observed of those in 

 SI cts in the month of .Tune. This fart is slated upon 

 tiie anlhoritv of a gentleman of uiiquestitiuable veraci- 

 ty. — Pror. pap. 



Sinaul'ir C.immerce. — Mr. IJrooks, an anatomical 

 ieacher in London, has in consKpifnce of Ihe great 

 scarcily and high price of subjf-cls in London, formed a 

 regular contract with the hosjiilal phyisicians of Paris, 

 to supply him with as many hor"! -s as be may require 

 for hi? rooms. He is lo pay two guineas for each one 

 furnished him, a price very advaulagcnns to both par- 

 ties, as bodies are worth, in Paris, five francs each, and 

 in London, fourteen or fifteen i>onnds sterling. The 

 English govern nent feared that, under the pretext of 

 iinnorting subji'cts for anatomical studies, smuggling 

 nii::ht be carried on extensively, but upon the repre- 

 si-ntation and promise of Mr Erooks. tliat all cases with 

 subjt cts coming to his address, should be opened at the 

 cuslo.n house, the rrovprnnient consented lo allow him 

 lo engage in his new branch of commerce duty free. 

 Boston Medical Intelligencer. 



James B. Gardiner, recently expelled from the Le- 

 gislature of (;hiu, for promising, lAheri a candidate, to 

 pay jialf his compensation as a member, into the County 

 1 reasury, was immediately re-elected and returned by 

 his constituents. The House of Representatives, how- 

 ever, decided on the 6lh inst. by a vole of43(o25, 

 that the provision of the constitution undir which he 

 was previously expelled, disqualified him from holding 

 the same office for the space of two ytars. 



The wolves have increased in a dreadful manner in 

 Croatia, (a province in the south of Hungary) and 

 pursue the human species as well as rattle. The 

 magistrate sent 400 men against lb<m, armed with 

 muskets, hay-forks, Sec. YU'Xy fiorins are offered for 

 female wolves and only one for males. T hey were long 

 unsuccessful, till tlu-y placed lOne children on an emi- 

 nence in the wood, and when the wolves approached, 

 sonic of lliem were shot by marksmen placed in am- 

 bush. 



/;i_/?Hfn;a.— Accounts from Ihe South represent the 

 ravages of the disease, known here in a milder form b^ 

 the name of Influenza, to have been very extensive.— 

 Whole families are prostrated by it and many have died 

 of it. In some of the parishes near (.Jharleston. it has 

 universally prevailed, and has been jiarlicularly fiital ) 

 to the people of color. In one village, we have heard, ; 

 eight pel sons died of the disease in a single day. Lan- i 

 o-uage is scarct-ly strong enough lo represent the dis- 

 tress on some of the plantations, where, white or; 

 black, tliwe is not one individual able to help another. 



The Full Blood iilwrt Horned Bull Diskley. 

 FOR SALE. 



HE was imported from England, in Ihe ship Magnet, 

 and arrived in New York, May l,5lh, 1G23 — was 3 

 years old last .March — is a beautiful mahogany colour 

 with a U w white spots — is a sure calf getlei — has 

 earned over .^00 dollars a year — calves by him Irrm 

 native cows have been sold for over 100 dollais each. 



Pedif'.ree. — lie is of the short horned Durham b'eed, 

 bred hy Mr William Smith of Dishley, Leicesft rshire, 

 England, was got by Lancasic r. (who sold at Mr I'.ob- 

 ert Collings' sale, in the year lill!!, forfii!! guineas) 

 out of Ch.irry ; Cherry v.-as got by a son of the cele- 

 brated bull Com. t, (who sold at .Mr C. Colbng's sale, 



the year 1810, for the sum of 1000 guintas.) dam by 

 Morsk ; Morsk was got by Favourite, the sire of Comet, 

 Lancaster was got by Wellington, Wellington by Com- 

 et, &c. fcc. Lancaster's dam l\loss Rose out of Red 

 Rose dy Favourite dam by Favourite, grand-dam by 

 lien, great grand,-dam by Foljambe, great-great-grand 

 dam Hubbock. — For further larliculars see Hird Book. 

 JOHN BRE.N'i'.NALL. 



Rabw,-.y, X, J. Jan. 30, 1S'2G. 



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