98 



(Ll)t iTanncr'ci iHout!)ii) llisitov. 



Iiiilveiiziiif,' rlotls of lienvy sliff I.ilid liiiiied np 

 l)v ilie |)|iiii','li ill llii; oiiliiiiiiy «aj, llii-ic is no iin- 

 iriiiiieni, (I isjifak tVoiii iicismml (ilisuvmidii) K' 

 he roiiip.iii'il lo ll.al !-iiii|iliSt iinil i-licaiirtt ol'.ill 

 ronlrivam-i'f, iilrc;iily iiu'lidiMi), Inn loo lillli- 

 luiowii,— /Ae (lra<! lofi;. To iiiuko it, yon liiivi; Inn 

 to seliM-t II tree 18 inrlii-s or nioie in di.niii'icr, 

 mill of tliiit I:ikc' a sorlion of iilioiit 4 1-^ ficl in 

 leiiMili— ilic cm is llicii nianlcd in two, and nut of 

 one liuir of it this i-lficicnt insliiinii-iit is lorim d 

 hy leltiii)^ in two piei-i's of ^ranllin^' on the ll.it 

 to|) snrfiK-e, iieiu- the cuds of the lo-, ii>in;.' s'liMlts 

 oi- a tongue, as hoises or oxen me to he eni|iloy- 

 ed ; the hiltor the helter. Tlie adviiiiliijie of 

 usiii'ja hiifje tiee is tliiit the log nuiy slide sniooth- 

 Iv over the siirfaee, without ,dis|ilinin!.' iind car- 

 rying I he earth along hefore it. 'I'he inventor of 

 this triilv valnahle iiii|ileinent (honor to "hoin 

 honor is'diie) is Tlioimis 15. (Jray, a most intelli- 

 gent and industrious fanner in Virginia. — Skin- 

 ner's Address. 



The Shoe Busieiss i.v Natick— A corres- 

 ))ondent of the Lowell Conrier, writing from N'a- 

 tick, IV1.S., gives the following account of the shoe 

 inannfiictiiring in that |i|easiint low n, this hiisi- 

 iicss lieiiig largely carried on hy the iiiliahiiants : 



"From the 1st of April, If'-lJ, to the Isi of 

 April, !S45, tliere were iiiannfarliired in this 

 town'(ii4,'.^00 pairs of sliees and l!l,150 pairs of 

 boots, valued in all at ahoni 84-:;0,0()0. The mmi- 

 her ol' males einployed, .'i.'iT ; iininher of females, 

 425; niaUing in all' 100-> persons— all of tlieni, 

 however, do not reside here. The amonnt paid 

 lor labor, thonirh not .-.seertained hy the assessors, 

 cannot be less' than !<li!»,000; so ilistribnlcd as 

 to make about ,$108,000 to the inah-s, anil ahoiil 

 $31,000 to the females; being 8iy!» average to 

 all engaged, or about ?187 to each male and .$49 

 to each leiiiale. 



This brimeli of busines.s, serond to none in the 

 Stale in importanre or iimoiint, has increased 

 wiih sireat rapidilv during the last lew yeais in 

 this place. In 1S33 only four persons were en- 

 gaged as iiiannfaetnrers; now nearly tiny are so 

 eiigaL'ed; then less llian TO.OOiJ pairs of boots 

 and siioes were maniilactmed ; now more than 

 (i:30,000 pairs are maniiraelined. In I83(;-7, w In n 

 the statistics were collected, about ^.'•0,000 pairs 

 of boots and shoes were m.innliiciined, valeed at 

 alKMit s;-i00,OU0, and about 400 persons were en- 

 gaged in the inaiintaelnre ot'lhein. 'I'he business 

 wa's introdneed here about 1830, so yon see what 

 b.-is been done in the short space of lifleen years. 

 In 1830, onr populalion was less than nine hun- 

 dred; in 1840, about thirteen hundred, and is now 

 supposed to be more than seveiileiMi hundred." 



The 'Ipswich Fight.' — The, following extract 

 from iMr. Joshna CofHii's ' History of Ne« bury,' 

 contains an aeconiit of an incident that will be 

 read wiih interest : — 



"The light at Lexington, the skirmish at Con- 

 cord, April iiineleenlh, and the battle of Hunker 

 Hill, June ."icventeenlh, piecliided all hope of an 

 amicable- settlement of the controversy. The 

 spirits of the iiiople ro^^e with the occasion. In 

 the iiiiiUl, however, of their excitement, an event 

 occurred, which, whelher arising from accident 

 or a reuilar preciniceried plan, it is inipnssible lo 

 say, occasioned lor a lime great anxiety and dis- 

 tre.ss aiiioii'^' I 111! people, and In which, on are- 

 view of all the ciicninslanees connected wiili il 

 there appeared such a curious connninMling of 

 the comic, the hidicrons and the distressing as 

 would attiiid ample materials lor a volnine of 

 amnsement. Those who witnessed the scene, 

 can never forget it, and those who did not, can 

 have lint a liiint idea of it from any description." 



" 1 allude now, lo what has been usually called 

 the 'Ipswich Fight' which happened on tins 

 wise : 



"On p'riday afternoon, April twciily-lirst, the 

 second day alter the I.exiiiglon li^bt, the people 

 of Newbiiryport bidil an informal meeting at the 

 townlioiise,"and just as the reverend Thomas ('a- 

 ry was about opening the meeting with prayer, a 

 tnes.sengcr rushed up stairs in breathless haste, 

 crying out, ' fiir God's sake tinii out I (inn out! 

 or voii will all be killed! The regulars are 

 marching this way and will soon lie here. They 

 are now al Ipswich, culling and slashing all be- 

 fore ibem!'" 



The niesseiigiM- proved to be Mr. F.benezer 

 Todd, vvho stated that ho had Iticii sent from 



Kowley, to warn the people of their hiipeiiding 

 oesiriietioii. The news spread like wildfire, and 

 heing ;;enerally credited, the consternation be- 

 came al I oat univer.-al, and as n large part of the 

 milnia bad inaiched to the .scene of action, early 

 llie in:xt moiiimg alter ihe ll:;blal Lexington, the 

 leiror and iil..riii among the woinen ami children 

 «as piopoilioiially increased, especially, as from 

 all ipiariers uas liearil the cry, 'the regulars are 

 eummgl They are down at Old Town bridge, 

 ciiiiin^ and ^lashillg, and killing all before them I 

 They'll soon b.; here !' 



"It is remarkable that the same btory, in suh- 

 slaiice, was siinnltaneoiisly told lioiii Ipswich lo 

 Coos. 1 1 every place, the report was, that the 

 regulars were lint a few miles liehmd them, lii 

 INewbury-Newtown, it v\as said they had advan- 

 ced as liir as Arlieboke river; at Newbiiry|iori 

 they were at Old Town bridge ; there they were 

 said to be al Ipswich, while at the lailer place the 

 alarm was the same. Mr. Klipbaht H.de, of Ex- 

 eler, was at the latter place and wailed to ascer- 

 laiii Ihe renorl. Learning that it »as uiihoiit 

 loniidalion. In.' made haste lo unileceive the peo- 

 ple by riding from Ipswich to Newbury in liUy 

 miiinles. In ihe niiaiilime all sorts of hidicrons 

 ibiiigs were done by men and wouieii lo escaj e 

 impending destiuclion. All sorts of vehicles, 

 tilled with all sorts of people, togelherwiih hun- 

 dreds on ioot were to be seen, moving with all 

 possible speed, liiilher north, somewhere to es- 

 cape Ihcleirihle 'regnlar.s.' Their speed v\ as ac- 

 celerated hy persons who rode at full speed 

 through the streets, crying ' llee lor your lives ! 

 flee for your lives! the regulars are coming I' 



"Some crossed ibe river for .safely. Home in 

 .Sali.^bury went to llamplou and spent the night 

 ill houses vacated hy their owners, who had gone 

 on Ihe same erraiul liirtber iiorlli. The houses 

 at Turkey hill were filled with women and chil- 

 dren, who spent the night in great trepidation. — 

 One man yoked up Ids o.xcii, and taking bis own 

 lamily, and some of Ins neighbor's children, in 

 his carl, drove olf to escape the regulars. Aii- 

 ollier, having concealed all his valuable papers 

 niiiier a gieal slone in the field, fasiened his 

 doors and windows, and having loaded Ins iniis- 

 ket, resolved to sell his life as de.'uly as pos...ible. 

 One woman having concealed all In-r pe«ter and 

 silver ware in a veil, hlied a bag wiili pies and 

 olher edibles, and set off with il and her lamily 

 liir a saler pl.u'e ; but having travelled some dis- 

 tance, and deposited her bag to make some iii- 

 ipiiry, she lonnil on her reliirn, that there had 

 heeii cutting and slashing, not, indeed, by the reg- 

 nlar.s among the people, but by the irregulars 

 among her provisimis. 



'■.\iiother woman, as I am informed, having 

 run liiur or live miles in great trepidation, stop- 

 ped on the steps ol iheReveiend Mr. Noble's 

 meeting bouse, lo nurse her child, and found to 

 her great horror, that she had brought olf the cat, 

 and left the child at home, lii another instance, 

 a l\lr. .1. L. seiing Mr. II. II., a very corpidenl 

 mall, staiuling al his door with his musket load- 

 ed, iiiipiired <d' him if be was not going. '(>o- 

 iiig ? No,' said he, "I am going to stop and shoot 

 the rascals.' I'roposilions were made by some 

 persmis to destroy Thoila's and the river I'.irker 

 liridi.'es, while many acted a more raiioiial part, 

 and resolniely refused to move a step or credit 

 the wlioh? of the flying stories without more evi- 

 dence. How, or by whom, or with what inoiives 

 Ihe report was fust started, no one can tell. It 

 Ia.>led ill Newbury and Newburyport, but one 

 I ni::lit, and in the moitiing all w ho hail been In- 

 furneil that the rnmoi was willionl fomidation, 

 '■ Kellinieil safe home. ri;^lit ^l:ul to (.u\e 

 Tlicir pitiprrlv rnini pillage ) 

 And all ai;rct-[1 In bl.ime tlie man 

 Willi tiri^l ahinncd Itle village." 



The follow iiig staleine.iit shows tlie iitipnrtunuc 

 of scienlilic knowleilire in direcling the opera- 

 tions of husband I J — also the prolils of well-limed 

 expeiiments imdi'r its auspices. The ariicdu is 

 from the Southern Cultivator: 



".\l a meeting of the Farmer's Club, Mr. iMeigs 

 slated that Mr. Pell, of Ulster county, made a 

 staleineiit at the Ueposilory rilaliviMo bis experi- 

 menl.'d fanning, from wliicli it appeared that be 

 found benefii from the use of oyster shell lime, 

 iisiii;; ;!()() bushels to the acre. That in addition 

 he had employed '^."1 busliels of charcoal per 

 Hcre. Thai on Ibis charcoiil dressing ho obtained 



I last sunnner scwn/^y-eig-/!/ Imshets, and Iwenttj /on'' 

 ijutiiis of uliciil per acre. That he had 20,0U0 ap- 

 I pie trees in full liraring. That in dry weather be 

 I had applieil lime freely at the roots — found that 

 I this presi-rved Ibe verdure and growth, when 

 jibe nei.diiioi'hood was iniich injured hy dronf;lit. 

 I That he bad cut wheat two or three weeks .somi- 

 I er than his nei;;libors; and when the root of the 

 j straw began lo turn brown, and when, by liie 

 I pressure of the tin;;er and tbiiuib on llie grain, 

 the milk woiilil fly out. Thai bis wheat weighed 

 fi4 fHiimds per bushel, 'i'liat be sold il for seed 

 at sL when ordiii.iiy wheal was 87.i cis. That 

 he cut clover and housed it ini the same day — 

 sprinkling Hboiit a bushel of salt overe\eiy loail. 

 That this retained its };reeii color, and "as pre- 

 ferred by cattle to that Siived the old way. That 

 in: dipped a spoiigi! in ammonia, and apjdied it tu 

 the «orin nests on his trees and b:ini>lie(l tlieiii 

 complelely. That he lias sent 4000 ban els of 

 apples lo market, iiiaiiy of which go to L'ttidon, 

 and lliere sell I'or .•*!) per barrel. Tbiil be em- 

 ployed a man from \'eriiiont 10 engr.ili 10,000 ap- 

 ple trees, fm' .Jl.iO : that ibis iiian hron^ibt a com- 

 pany of men of whoin two sawed oil' the proper 

 limbs, two made the proper incisions (two of 

 them) in ibe branch, two more inserted tlie;;rafts 

 two more applied a compost of w.ix, tallow and 

 ro-in. That out of the 10,000 grafts not one fail- 

 ed." 



Since Ihe fiireeoing was in type, we found the 

 following in ihe Alhany Ciillivalor: 



" ExPKniMENT WITH ChAUCOAL. 



"Messrs. Editors: — I inentioneil 10 you last 

 sprint', thai I had sown 5"2 bushels of charcoal 

 dust to the acre, on wheat, and would give yon 

 the result of the expeiiinent. In order that my 

 promise might be liiKilled, I selected a corner of 

 a '2.5 acre lield of w heat, coiitaining by survey 

 two rods. The grain was harvested while in ihe 

 milk, on the 17tli July: tlirashed, cleaned, and 

 measured on llie '21st, yielding 31 quarts and I 

 pint, or 78 bushels and "24 ipiarls lo the acre. .As 

 the above fict may appear incredible to many 

 wheal growers, I eiicluse ihe survey, and certifi- 

 cates of twii of my men, who measured it. 



"I have grown ciillings of the Caineba japoii- 

 ica, soft wooded geraniums, cactus, war plants, 

 &c., in pure charcoal dust, without any adiiiix- 

 ture of earth : likewise corn, beet, carrot, and oili- 

 er seeds, and believe it to be the most valuable 

 substance now known as a manure, being pir.e, 

 incorruptible and Listing. 



" ^'oiirs respectfully, 



Robert L. Pei,'™ 



Pelhain, Ulster co., Nov. 20, 1843." 



Set oi'T Trees. — Ueailer, do yon own real es- 

 tate situated in our village? If so, let us entreat 

 yon to beautify yout property, and thereby the 

 village, by setlini; out shade trees of seme kind, 

 ill front. Nothing lends more lo render our 

 streets lieaiililid, and in summer pliasanl and 

 comfortable, than to have them lined with shade 

 trees. .\iid we arc! happy lo notice that oureili- 

 •zeiis generally are paying more altention lo Ibis 

 matter than formerly . 



('t-rrcspondence of the Alb.'uiy ('ulttvator. 

 Pro/'. Johii.ttoit's Lectures — S'olch Fiirmins — Creiit 



Crofts of ll'heal, Oats and Turni/is — Stiljifturic 



.'Irid, llitiiis, Sfc. 



Labmiiloiy of .\g. Clieiii. Association, ) 

 Edin"biirgh,".\pril 2.5lh, 1845. ^ 



L. Tucker, Esi|. — .\s I promisi'd in my last n 

 report of the second moiillily mi eliiig of ihe .As- 

 socialioii, I was happy to Iind iliat the subjects 

 loiiched upon wirre such as are likely to he pro- 

 fitable to larmers in our own coimlry. The 

 meeting look place on the !)th of .April, and was 

 alteiided by u large iimnber of geiilleiiieii liom 

 various parts of tin' cotiniry. 



Alier the usual preliininaiy business. Prof 

 Johiisloii made some reniaik.s, suggested by 11 

 visit he had lately made to the lariii (d .Mr. .Ailch- 

 ison, of Diuininore, near Miisselbiir;;li, uhout ten 

 miles .""iiih of this city. The liuni consists of 

 at least 800 acres, iiiid lie.« upon the coal iiieas- 

 lires, llie soil produced hy the dec■otnpo^i^loll of 

 which is generally considered vi ry poor. In iliis 

 inslance however, art has oveicome nature. — 

 Nearly ihe whole liinii is now drniiied, anil sub- 

 soiled lo Ihe depth of 14 to 15 inches, .'daiiiirc 

 is ndded judiciously lint nmst liberally, mid the 



