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dollars a piece, and are so much superior to our 

 best merinos, as to liave led f.Ir E. Dupont to 

 import several fine individuals direct from Ger- 

 many, to improve his well known flock, are but 

 merinos improved by German vigilance and 

 care. JOHN HARE TOWEL. 



Frem Carler''s ^' Letltrs from Europe.''^ 



ENGLISH SHEPHERDS. 



The tract between Windermere and Conis- 

 ton, and indeed the whole region around the 

 English lake?, comprehending parts ol" Lanca- 

 shire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, which 

 here corner upon one another, is strictly a pas- 

 toral country, where the shcpherd''s pipe is still 

 heard, and Arcadian simplicity still resides. All 

 (he villages are small, consisting of little more 

 than assemblages of she|)hcrds. The face of 

 the country exhibits few marks of agricultural 

 improvement, of which indeed it is [lot snscep- 

 til>le to any considerable extent, being uniform- 

 ly broken, and composed of continuous ranges 

 of mountains. Flocks of sheep cover the sides | 

 of these, as far up as verdure has crept, and all j 

 beyond is naked rocks, or crags slightly shaded 

 with brown heath and grey moss. So bright is 

 sometimes the colour of the former plant, added 

 lo the orange complexion of decayed fern, as to 

 appear among the clouds like gleams of sun- 

 shine. 



Such a region must necessarily have a sparse 

 population. The inhabitants are plain, simple, 

 unsophisticated, kind and gentle in their man- 

 ners, in the course of our ride, we fell in with 

 several shepherds, who were driving their nu- 

 merous tiocks to market. They were intelligent 

 and Communicative, entering freely into con- 

 versation, ami cheerfully imparting information 

 respecting their employment. In every instance 

 they were accompanied by their faithful dogs, 

 a beautiful speckled animal with erect black 

 ears, and so well trained, as lo relieve the mas- 

 ter of all trouble in keeping his sheep in the 

 path. If one of the tlock happens to loiter or 

 stray the watchful dog instantly observes it and 

 attends to his duty without bidding. 



Every step of our travels about these lakes 

 reminded me of the interior and mountainous 

 districts* of New England. Although there is 

 n'jt So much general intelligence and hardy in- 

 dustry in the inhabiiants, tliore is in many re- 

 spects a striking similarity ol" manners. Along 

 the road are to be seen groups of children, neat- 

 ly clad, with school-books in their hands, who 

 seldom lail to salute the [lasscnger by a bow or 

 courtesy ; and the men whom we chanced to 

 meet on the way, generally made a slight mcli- 

 iiilion of the iicad, with sometimes a t'riendly 

 good morrow. How dil'lerent is this decency of 

 manners from the wild and vacant stare of the 

 Irish peasantry, or the clamorous rudeness oi 

 the lower classes in the more southern parts of 

 England ! 



From Letters from Ireland, published in Ihe Proridtnce 

 Jiiumul. 



STATE OF AGRICULTURE IN IRELAND. 

 The fields of grain on the road side appear 

 Bs luxuriant as those of England, and the coun- 

 try around Belfast presents a complete English 

 landscape of hedges and green meadows. In 

 this par' ol Ireland there are many Scotch and 

 English farmers, who manage their farms upon 



the most improved plans of agriculture. The 

 modern implements of agriculture are not gen- 

 erally introihiced into all parts of Irelaml, the 

 inhabitants still pursuing the old modes of culti- 

 vation. Rude indeed are some of their imple- 

 ments, and the modes in which- they are used 

 in Ihe iields. 



During a short walk in Lisburn I observed a 

 cluster of persons sealed in front of the door of 

 an ale-house, engaged in conversation relative 

 to emigrating lo tlie United Slates. This is as 

 1 am imformed a favorite iheme of conversation 

 among the lower classes of laborers ; many of 

 whom are stimulated to industry by Ihe hope of 

 accumulating the necessary outfit for the voyage. 

 From the statements that are made of their 

 crude notions of the spontaneous fertility, and 

 the freedom and plenty, that prevail in the U. 

 States, it would appear that the poor laborers 

 iniagine they have only to cross the ocean to 

 arrive at a terrestrial paradise. 



From the United Slala Ga:c'le. 



GREAT THINGS. 

 We copy from the Bridgton (N. .J.) Whig, 

 the t'ollowing account of Hogs killed there on 

 last Monday. 



J\lr A~o}-toii Harris'' s Hogs. 



No. 1 792 



" 2 660 



" 3 612 



« 4 597 



" S 575 



'•'■ 6 544 



[irovee fatal) by administering a dec;oction o' 

 Cedar Berries and Louuhs — He was induced to 

 make the ex[ierimsnt by reading in the papers 

 a receipt prescribing a tea made of Ceilar Kcr- 

 ries, but not finding the berries of siilficient 

 quantity, the small boughs were used as a sub- 

 stitute. The cure w.is speedy .and complete. — 

 Farmers will do well to bear this in mind. 



American Rep. 

 [The reader will find Ihe eificacy of cedar 

 berries in the Murrain, confirmed, in a papet 

 by M. B; Harrison of Berkely, Va. in the 5th 

 vol. of the iMemoirs of the Philadelphia Society 

 lor Promoting Agriculture, published by Mr 

 Small.] 



Total, 4940 



Mr Harris's hogs being from one pen, as to 

 weight and number, we think the account stands 

 unofpialled. Mr Johnston's according to its age 

 IS still more uncommon. 



It would be idle for us to make any comments 

 on (he merits of these gentlemen for the inter- 

 est they have, i'or several years, taken in the 

 improvement of these valuable animals. To 

 Mr Johnston we are much indebted ; the stock 

 was imported by him, and he has used much in- 

 dustry to propagate the breed ; as a proof of 

 this, we will stale the t'ollowing, as the weight 

 of a number of other Hogs killed in this town: 

 —610— 612— 494— 490— 480— 474— 446— 444 

 42G— 425— 400.— Taking the average of the 

 whole above mentioned, we find it to be about 

 540 lbs. 



We mention this not merely to show the in- 

 creasing pride in this business of husbandry a- 

 mong our townsmen ; but for the satisfaction and 

 interest of the Agricultural Society, which has 

 since its institution, manifested a spirit of emu- 

 lation, industry and enterprize highly worthy of 

 the character of Agriculturalists. 



VALUABLE DISCOVERY. 



Bloody Murrain. — An intelligent young man 



informed the editor, a few davs since, that a 



valuable steer belonging to bis father was cured 



of Bloody Murrain (a disease that generally 



SILK WORMS. 

 At the late session of the Legislature of Del- 

 aware, a law was passed to incorporate a com- 

 pany for the purpose of planting mulberry trees 

 anil raising of silk worms. It appoints three 

 commissioners, in each of the counties of the 

 state, to open books and receive subscriptions 

 lo Ihe proposed company, the capital of which 

 is fixed at g20,000 ; but it is provided that the 

 comj)any shall go into operation as soon as 

 !^5.(W0 shall have been subscribed, aod fifteea 

 per centum of that amount paid in. 



FINE WOOL. 



Some of the principal mannfa<;turers and woo?- 

 growers, assembled at Washington during the 

 present session, exhibited specimens of wool 

 irom various parts of the United States ; a sam- 

 ple sent by judge Pendleton, of Dutchess county, 

 was pronounced lo be the finest exhibited. \l 

 was of the Sason breed. 



NOVA SCOTIA. 



A subscription has been opened at Halitay, 

 N. S. for a Canal, 8 feet deep, and from that 

 harbour to the Basin of Mines. The shares are 

 ;pl00 each. The Governor subscribed g2000. 

 Mr Jeffrey and Mr Cunard g4000 each. Sura 

 subscribed the first day g24,000— and the sub- 

 scriptions have been since carried to ^40,000. 



A Committee has been appointed at Halilay, 

 to promote a Steam Navigation between that 

 place and (JJ^iiebec. 



The Commissary at Halifax, has advertised 

 for ^20,000 in specie, to be paid for in Govern- 

 menl Bills of Exchange on London. 



The Legislature of Nova Scotia has resolved 

 on a new emission of $240,000 in Provincial 

 ?iotes, redeemable in 4 years. It is presumed 

 they bear ititercst. 



A cure for the drtj-roi in Timber., 

 Has been found in submersing timber in sali 

 water ; and the British Commissioners of the 

 .\dmiralty have directed the submersion of ships, 

 and timbers and planks, after they are prepared 

 I'or ship-building, both as a cure and preven- 

 tive of the dry-rot. — See Rep. of Arts. 



By a statistical view of the monied institutions 

 in the city of New York, it appears there are 

 12 banks, whose capitals amount to 17,450,000 

 dollars; 12 insurance companies, with capitals 

 of 5,300,000 dollars ; 20 Fire and Inland Insur- 

 ance companies, capitals 11,900,000 dollars;™ 

 making the whole amount of public stock in tb.-€. 

 .city, 37,000,000 dollars. 



