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11 



At this office, <;/' anij colour or qnulily." It iiiiiy 

 be reijiarkcd, that from tlie qii;ilit_v and complexion of 

 the paper on which the copy of the " Herald " hi our 

 possession is printed, some ol" these "rags" were 

 probably used in its manufacture, without going through 

 the modern process of bleaching. 



.Mr. Hough vviis also Postmaslcr. In copying llie 

 following advertisement we would remark that the U. 

 S. .Mail is now conveyed daily, each \v:iy, on two dif- 

 ferent routes between Concord and Hanover: — 



"MAIL POST.— Po.s/ 0//7oc, CoiicorJ, Aug. 10, 

 1792. — A Continental Post being established from 

 Poriamouik to Hanover, through this town, informa- 

 tion is hereby given that the .Mail of the l.'nited Stales 

 will arrive "at this Oliice every Friday evening at 

 .si.v o'clocU, and will be closed ,it nine. .All lelleis, 

 &e. intended to lie conveyed in the JMail, must lie left 

 ■M the I'ost-otlice half an hour before ibe .Mailis elnsed. 

 " Gko. Jldvuii, I'ostmaster." 



It is furllier advertised that " The third volume of 

 the Rev. Jeremy Belknap's History of Newhampshire, 

 may be had by subscribers and others, on application 

 to the Rev. Israel Evans, in Concord." Also, " iMr. 

 Woodman's Sermon for Sale iit this office." 



.'\ir. Hough also advertises a 



" Proposal for Printing by Subscription, a Pamphlet, 

 entitled 'Sprinkling, a Scriptural Mode: ,\nd the In- 

 fants of I'elievcrs proper Subjects of Baptism, asserted 

 and proved ; and Objections examined and answered. 

 In Several Discourses. By Joseph Lathrop, a. m.. 

 Pastor of a Church in Weslspringfield. To which is 

 added .An .Appendix, Containing the History of the 

 Origin of the Ani'.baptisis; in three Letters to a Friend 

 who has some Scruples concerning the Divine Richiof 

 Infint Baptism. Written by particular Kequesr, by 

 >iathan Perkins, a. m. P.istor of aChurch in Harlford.' 

 Terms — The work will coui.iin eighty pages Crown 

 Oeta\(i, printed on good p::per, and ufibrded to Sub- 

 s.-ribers for one shilling and fourpeuce per book," &.C. 



Under the caption of "Regiment.m, Orders," 

 dated " Canterbury, Sept. 3, 1792, and signed " John 

 Beanc, Colonel," we have an advertisement notifying 

 the annual muster of the "Bloody Eleventh" (as it is 

 now called) regiment. The coniniauding officers are 

 therein informed in the following words, to wit : 



" That the regiment is to meet in October 1792, as 

 follows : the couipanies of Bow, Ailcnslown, and 

 Pembroke, are to meet at Pembroke the lOth d.iy of 

 October — three conip.mies belonging to Concord, are 

 to meet at Concoi'd the 1 Ub of October — the couipa- 

 nies of Canterbury k .N'orthtield, are to meet at C;'n- 

 terbury the IClh of October — the Loudon companies 

 are to meet at Loudon the 18th of October— at ten 

 o'clock in the morning of each day." 



We would sabaiit the following to the attentive con- 

 sideration of all delinquent new-sp:iper subscribers, «/ir/ 

 pariicularhj to nur own. It would seem that the dis- 

 fa-ie of taking p jpers and ne;rlecting to "pay the prin- 

 ter," prev:iiled in 1732, as well as at t!;e present day: 



"To Newsp.vper Dectoss. — To'.'un, is an irk- 

 some task; but when long decays requiie it, submission 

 is a dutv. — The subscriber feels himself under a ne- 

 cessilv of requesting all Ihos • indebted for one year's 

 jVewspnpers, or more, to make immediite paynieat — 

 and tliey will oblige their humble servant, 



" Uno. Houf.M. 



" Printing Office, July 11." 



tncrelv Irom llie wniU of (brethoii_i;lit and plaii- 

 iiiii". — A". E. Fanmr. 



The Heat Lightning M.tfL. — The tejc! 

 lines alrendy tugnuized and in riinrso of 

 pletion, on IMorse's Elt-ctro JMaiZiieilc, sy 

 niiiouiit 10 idnioKl llirue. iIkhisuiuI miles, u 

 lows :— 



New York to PHifTalo, via .Mlxiny, 

 New \'oi'k to Pliila., via Smnerviile, &c., 

 New Vorl; to lioston, via Siiringlield, 

 Loekport to Uiidido, in operation, 

 Oswc'ijo to Syraense, 

 Aulnirn l<i liliue:i, 

 Pliiladi'lpliia to lialliinoie, 

 Pliil.idelpliia lo H;irrislnn-;;li, 

 Now York Ciiy to the Offiiij;, 

 IJiistdii in the Oliilig, 

 WasliinL'toii 111 New Orleans, 

 Hosloii 111 Lowell, 

 Baliimoit; to Washington, 



Pi.AN.MNii. — Tlie s.-i'.'neioii.-', sysleiiialic (jiniier, 

 will avail liini.s»-lf of tlie <i|i|iiirliiniiy nfliirded by 

 tlic leisure wl winter, tii |il.iu npi rations lo lie 

 i-nrried out lii.,' coiMiii;; stasun. In liiis |ira(;lie« 

 lies llio seciPl of many n tiiniici's tlirid, as well 

 as nuniv ii liirnit:i's lot-llirill 



Tlie .lKvi:~iii;.' and |M-rlcr,liii:; of (ilalis liefon- 

 allciii|>lin^ iinderinkiii^'s, is ns iiiiporlaiil and as 

 usefiil lo llic Ihiiner in Ids hiisiiii^ss, as lo the 

 inililary eliiefuiin in Ids, and is as sure, lo condnce 

 lo the prolit of llie I'oniier, as id llie siu'oess and 

 fjinie. of the laller. 'I'he chaiaeleristics wliieli 

 made VVasJiington u great General, made liiiii, 

 also, a good r"ai'i)iei', — and foreniosi of these were 

 eiiercy and i'orellionglil. — llie head to plan, .and 

 llie arm lo exeeute. 



riaiis tor iiii|irov(;nieiiison llic firm shonld iiol 

 only he devised in season (if leisure, luii roinmir- 

 led to paper — considered, re-emisidried, and per- 

 t'eeled — ;iiid plaeed in (lie order of time at which 

 lliey will have lo lioe.Neeiiled. 



'J'liis practice, if nnivers:illy n<lo|;ted, would 

 tend to the accompli.slirneiit of many iinprove- 

 inents which from year lo year are unatleinptcd, 



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 This syslom of iransminiiig inlf lligenco, lu- 

 fjether wilh railroads, will do iinniense service ill 

 preserviiifj llie Union, by anniliilalin.'; sfiace, as ii 

 were, and in eOla't, rendering a coniiiientas easi- 

 ly iiil'urnied' of vvli.at lakes pl.iee in either ex- 

 treme as if it were Init a eomity of (.lil"n times. 

 — Maine Fanner. 



Colman's Tour in Europe. 



We ;ii"e indeliled lo the ISoslon piililisheis liir 

 llie fo'-'ilh part of tlieir inlPiestin;; work. Mr. 

 Colinan seems lo take to heart some strictnres 

 that have been sent liim tiy a "good natnred 

 friend," in wlileli it is eoinplained that his work 

 is not eliouuh niatler-of-lael and praciiral in iis 

 eharacrer. Il is very true, that any one who lakes 

 up these numbers with llie expeelaiion of lind- 

 injr a dry, professional detail of die mode of 

 English inishandry, will he disappointed. In- 

 deed, we nre liee to coiifes^s iliat we do mx think 

 IMr. Colmaii is a man of deiii'i, ami we have 

 sometimes regretted that his work was not a lil- 

 lle more dry and statistical ; Imt his style is very 

 ea.sy, raiherloosenliinenial, perhaps; Ids sketch- 

 es are e.xlreinely gr.iphie, ihe intiirniation con- 

 veyed is ileeply inleresliiig, and ihe whole w<irk 

 exlremely readable for ils iigrieidinral, moral, 

 poliiieal, reli'iioiis and senlimenlal disqnisiiions. 



We shall take the libei'ly of making for our 

 readers a .synopsis of, if not llie mnsi aniusin;:, 

 llie miisi iiistrneiive inalli.T ol' tlie present nnm- 

 lier. 



FARM ACCOU.NT.S. 



Spi'akillg of llie nniver.-al neglect of Imok- 

 keeping amongst the agiicnllnrisls of America, 

 Mr. Colman says : 



•'ll is .said — niid it is perlaiiily nnicli too bis 

 honor — lliat a liisiingnislied iiidlvidii.d here, pos- 

 sessinir immense esi.ites, liiit who hud become 

 sonieuliat perplexed, not Jo .say euiliarrassiM. in 

 his pecuniary ;d!!iirs, and whose education had 

 not hi.-en, in this matter, of a eharaeler to enable 

 him lo manage bis aliiiirs to advaiilai:e, employ- 

 ed an ; urate .-iceo ntant io his hiiuse for some 



lime, for the sole purpose of learniii:;' from him 

 th(^ science of liook-kiM-ping; liy double eriiry. 

 Willi a nalnral hive of order, ami a lirm resolii- 

 lion, having acipiired lliis knovvled-_'e, he w;s 

 soon enabled lo bring order out of confusion, 

 and rescue hiniseU' frinn emliarrassment, and ils 

 allendant and ineviuilile morlitica lions. Sneli 

 an ex::inph; as this is rerlainly worth recordiii'.'. 



'■Many (aivners, more sysiemalic than otheis, 

 keep nut cndy an aeeonni of cost and expendi- 

 liire, ;'.!id ihe ainoiniL of sales and prolits, in l!ie 

 lorm of a cash aei'onnt, lint likewi.se a regular 

 aeconnt wilh every field and every crop, and I 

 h.'id .-dniosl said wilh ecery animal, taking, as 

 every careful trader and merrliaiit will do, a 

 ye:irly .•leeoimt ol'sioek at a fiir valnalioii. lOve- 

 ry lliing is aceonnled for: not so much as a quart 

 of milk is used in ihe family, but ii is charged at 

 ihe current price. 1 should he doing great in- 

 justice not lo say that I know many examples of 

 such earefidness in my own country. Resides 

 die gre.-it satisliiction springing from this exact- 

 ness, llie sense of secnrily and integrity, wdiieh 

 it liriiigs wilh il is invaluable.'' 



WEIGHT OK AMIlAI.S — TO ASCERTAIN. 



To ascertain the dead weight of a beef by 

 measuring the living: animal, Mr. Colman ^ives 

 lu llie following rule : 



"The girih of an ox (for it does not apply lo 

 cow.* as well as !o oxen, as their shape is much 

 less regular,) is lo he lakeii direclly beliihd the 

 shoulder, and the length is to be measured frmn 

 ihe front of the shoidder-bone lo iIk^ end of llie 

 hone on llie romp, where a line dropping down 

 at right angles w iili Ihe line on ibi' li:ick would 

 just clear the thigh, or Imliock. 'I'ben, accord- 

 ing to a rule given me by l^ord Spencer, 'reduce 

 the feet into inches ; nndliply the girth by the 

 length, and that p'rodnct by the fiaeiinn 00194, 

 which will give the weight in pounds.'" 



But Mr. Colman adds ihat experienced men 

 prefer rather lo rely upon the judgment which 

 long practice has seemed them, in making pur- 

 chases, than upon any rules of the kind, and lliat 

 after hiiniUing, jnrLing by llie eye alone, a Rmilh- 

 lield de:ilerwill i-ome within twenty four pounds 

 of ihe weight of an ox, and wilhin two pounds 

 of the weight of a sheep. Onr own graziers, it 

 is f::iid, will slake llieir repntalioii upon not being 

 out more than l\vo per cent, in guessing llie 

 weight of a bullock. This is a very desirable 

 accomplishment bolh for iIk; buyer and seller oi" 

 cattle upon the hoof Mr. Colman lliinks that the 

 flavor of onr meats is far superior In Ihe English, 

 notwithstandinq: iheir extraordinary latucss and 

 the care that is taken in raising ihem. 'I'his 

 superiority he altribiiles in ilie first place In iheir 

 lack of Indian corn for faileniiig, and in iho 

 seconil to the greater malnrity which oiiranimal.* 

 are pennilled to attain. The English slieep is 

 killed at fifteen months, and the beef at tv.-.i year.s 

 of !ige. 



E.NGLISH LABORERS. 



Mr. Colman, who is a very imparlial observer, 

 remarks, wdiat we have ofieii heard bellire, that 

 the Eii:;lish does not ;icconi[dish near so much 

 in the same space of lime as tlie American la- 

 borer. 



MUTTO.N AS A DIET. 



The English miitlon is parlicularly fat and 

 aliimdant ; he says: 



"Mmion is always the prevailing meat, for ihis 

 seems to be the liivorite dish on English tables. 

 Il is a remarkable liicl, that mutton is the preva- 

 lent dish at llie piililie sclionls and colleges. At 

 the Bine Coat Schoiil in London, for example, it 

 is the sole meat 't'i>r ibe eiglii hundred bo\s, lour 

 or five days out of sevini. The same is llie ease, 

 I am lold, at liaton ; and lliis not as I supposed, 

 from its cnmparaiive cheapness, lint from exjieri- 

 ence, and the opinion of medical men, that it is 

 the most wholesome diet, and least likely lo in- 

 terfere wilh inlelleelnal application and nealili." 



We are a I'ood deal astonished lo find Mr. 

 Colman s|ieaking of a ".saddle of mmion " as a 

 ihiiig he never heard of before lie saw il in Eng- 

 laiiil. 



EAR1>V POTATOES. 



Afler ilelailing some of lie; inellioils practised 

 by the English ganleners lo procure early poia- 

 loes, not vin-y ilifferent from those in vogue 

 amongst us, he nieullons the liillowingjof which 

 we never heard : 



"Aiiolher mode of oblainiiig eaily potaloe.s, 

 not ntw potatoes, which is, I am lold, somelimes 

 practised, is to pi. nit polatoes nnly .so early in 

 the season, as they shall be about half groivii at 

 the nsnnl lime of taking lliem \iu. These may 

 be taken up in the auluinn, and replaced in the 

 earth : and early in the sneceedinj; spring ihey 

 may he sold as new poialoe.s." 



GRAt'E VI.NES — DIRECTIO.XS EOR l'ilU.M.\G. 



Mr. Colman says he oliiained from "ne of llio 

 best gnrdiMieis in I'jigland tlie follow mg tiirei*- 

 tions for pruning grape vines: 



"\Vilh regard lo liie best WAy to manage ihe 

 vine, when fruiting, 1 invariably stop the shoot 

 one eye above the bunch; and il is the |;raciico 

 of the besl gardeners in England. 1 gcuierally 

 leave one shoot nol stoppinl without friiil, and lr> 

 fruit ne:a season, and cut the sliools out iliat have 

 borne frnii ibis year. On the sborl-spnr system, 

 every shoot is slopped an eye above ihe huncll, 

 except Ibe lop <iiie, and Iben il nnisi be nrinaged 

 like the rest; all the laier.d sliools ;;it(.9/ 6e s/op/Jc/ 

 one cije above aii'ilher, milil lliey cease groAiiiir, 

 a.s, the more leaves yon gel, ihe fruit \mII swell 

 larger." 



Potato Disease. — " We give it as our decid- 

 ed opinion lliat 'potato disease' and 'potato 

 mm rain.' are nierelv idle terms llial bi;ar no di- 



