132 



«II)C iTanncf's illontl)!]} lUsitor. 



Printpd and ci'Iitred 35oMI5 



Win IP 2,;'7 j 019 



Twjsl, yarn, ;inil thread 57 31 ^ 



All iiilu;r m.inul'icturf-ii ol. .. 232,774 

 t'lax ami lieiii[) — 



Bi„'sar)dall nianuractui'es of 326 



Wean 111! apparel 2R.S-4-5 



Combs and bullous 23.2^7 



Brushes 4.')67 



Billiard taoles and Hn|)ar>UU8. . . . 413 



Utubrellas and paraM)ls 4,6.^4 



Leather and ntnioco sl<ins, not 



sidd per pnurid 26.782 



Prill tine: presses and type 2i' 530 



Mum cat inslruuients 6 6B4 



Boi^lis and maps 23.643 



P.iper and stationery ol .391 



P lints and varnish 28.yyt 



Vincjar 7.555 



Kartheru and stone wi-re 2 907 



Manuf.ictures oi gl.isf 25,318 



- Tin :. 5,(125 



' Pewter and lead 7 121 



JVlarblo and stone 8.515 



Ciold and silver and gold leaf 1.^05 



Gold and silver coin 107.429 



Arl.ficial (lnwers and jewelr}'..., 3.769 



Molasses 1.317 



Trunks 2.072 



Bricks a ltd lime 3 r.P,.3 



Domestic salt 10 2G2 



Articlos not ennmeratod-^ 



Manufactured -i "'0.201 



Oiiier artic les 575,199 



3,630,647 



1.0J5.560 



577,793,783 



Guano. 



\Yr copy ilip sulijoii.oil I'oniiiiiiiiiitation iVoin 

 the Biistnii Daily Advertiser. It is iiiteie.-itiiig iit 

 tlie present time, aiul runiaiiis vuliiabie iiittuma- 

 lioii : 



Havins,' lately visited the different I^'lands on 

 the Wfst ruasi of Afrir;i, at wliirli Lni.iiio is oli- 

 taiiied, penult me, throiiiih the iiieihiiiii of uiiir 

 viilnahlH culuiiiiis, to inruriii my lountrymen of 

 the extent to wliii-li |Nis trade is carried exclu- 

 sively hy the Rii^ilisli iiierrhaiit.-^, (ri-iiliziiiii spee- 

 dy and ample Ibrlmits.) Gn.uiu is iiou a lievv 

 nrticle here, jrenerally t,nppo.*ed to he the exi-re- 

 nienl of hiids. Such, liouever, is not the lari ; 

 it is I he decoiniiosiiinn of animal matter formed 

 by the seals in iheir pciiodical visits to reefs or 

 rocks slightly elev.ited ahove the surface, from 

 lime immemorial, liir the purpose of sliediliiiu 

 and pnppiiifr. 'I'ue peniiiiiii iias also made it "a 

 rockery. Nature heiiig frail, in the oidin.ir\ 

 roiirse of evc^us, the carcasses of holh have liren 

 deposited there, ai;d 'ayer npoi: l,i_\fr has h.'eii 

 accmniilalini;, and decompofiiinii takim; place, 

 until on oi.e pariicul.ir island il is found ioii solid 

 mass, of ninely ieet i/i dopih and three-loiiriiis 

 of a mile in circumference. 



Speculators and iheoiist.s iiave maile four or 

 five kinds and aiveu dilftrent appearance loeacli, 

 as interest swayed them. Thert; are, however, 

 hut two kinds, the pme and im|inre, hoth siroiiii- 

 iy im|)ie^nj;iled with ammoni.i ; the former moisi 

 ah<l, .idhesivp, of the color and coiisislency ol 

 r(mimon citiy, which i.s not decomposed— the 

 latter of a li;j;lit hrovvn, perlectly ilecomposeil. 

 and appearing like pniveiized iiii.'ilar. The iufi- 

 cle, in Us pmii_\, r;in only iio o!ii;iined in those 

 pHiallels of iaiiin.ls wiiere il liover rains, and the 

 iiirm.siion of the ish.nd mils; l-.t- (icv-nli.ir, as it re- 

 quires a unilhrm and tervid hcii to act n))oii it. 

 ]ls uses are vaiioiis, both for chemical and afrri- 

 cnltural pinposes, and appears as thniich desi^;ii- 

 ed hy an all-wi>e Provideiii-e lor the purpose ol 

 resuscilaliui: worn out and exlitmsted soil. But 

 to the islands; the lirs' in order is Po.ssession, a 

 Imrren waste of s.Uid, ils arid sinliice strewed 

 with the lioiips of seal, and pre.-cuiin<r every ap- 

 pearance of having been lately visited for" the 

 inirpose of irnano; the ne\i iu order are iho is- 

 lands of Shark, .'^eal and Penpoin iu .Aiiifra, Pe- 

 queua Bay — at ihefnimerof which we saw some 

 six British vessels lo.tduifr; the article, however, 

 was impure, heiiiR obtained in the chasms and 

 fissures of rocks, conseipiPiillv not decomposed. 



We next proceeded to Ichahoe — here a scene 

 met our view, fijr which v\e viere [lerfectly un- 

 Jjrepared; .-i hirjre fleet ofEiifilish shipping, thir- 

 ty-six ill nuuiher, of t)ie I;u>;es! class, cliistcrinj; 

 about a moniid of earth, isolatod in its position, 

 barren C'li its surl;ice, hut teeming' with ibis nev\' 

 substance, tjuHiio, in all its purity. The appear- 

 once of the i.-^hmd is similar to I'l ipm cup inver- 

 ted, as to nai;:;-,"! po.sillou. Tiic forest of masts 

 would iiicliiie the slratiger to suppose he was 



wendiujr his way to a thiivinf» commercial sea- 

 port; but ibe eye wanders iu vain tiir the cheer- 

 till, quid abode of man. Oesohttion bciunds llie 

 prospect on one side, and the broad eXpanse ol 

 ocean on the other; one little spot ahuie appears, 

 a linman bee hive, ihe ceiure of all ibis attrac- 

 tion, the island of lcli;iboe. It presents the ap- 

 peai.-itice of a huL'e fortre.ss, with all its ramparts 

 and obninK nt.s — each paily, as llxty work in, le.iv- 

 imi till ir v alls perpeiiiiicnlar ; ami so loud is tho 

 substance, it is necessary to use not only tiie pick- 

 axe, but il e beetle and wpdi;e. 



Tbion;di the sides of tlie pit.*, as they are 

 termed, ;l e remains id' both seal and fowl an- 

 lound [iKitrudiug, and the wi iter of Ibis article 

 b»s taken peiignin eijit.s, iu a perfect stale of pre- 

 servation, seventy feet liom the surface. Upon 

 (•iir ariivil here, a stran»er, the fiisi unliililiUi; 

 the stars and stripe.s, some difficulty occurred in 

 loadiui; ; this, however, w.is speedily remeibed. 

 and we started homeward liouml, via the Wesi 

 Indies, ; s per advii-e of consul at the Cape ol 

 Good Hope, to ascertain the cmisuuipiiiiii of ii 

 amono- ihe islands, and it was ;iscert,iined thai 

 the pi. Iters were usiuirit extensively. American 

 vessels, liowev er, are not allowed to houl it ir 

 either ihe Hi|o|isli or French WVsf liidii;s, hm 

 plan'.i IS can readily be Ibiind who will charter a 

 vessel and follow her to a D.niisli p<nt, and then 

 receive her carijo at .a hij-h price. The (act is 

 that John Bull lias cauiiht Brother Jonathan nap 

 puio-, (iir the last year, in this new article of Iraf 

 fie — aiirl in one year's time llie pure article wiil 

 be exhausted. 



GuASO. — Si. Helenn, Jultj iift There were sev- 

 eral Eiiolish vessels at .*t. Helena, from Icbaboe, 

 loadi d with guano, for En»land — a vessel nceiit- 

 ly arrived fioin there repoits eighty sail o(" Eii- 

 jllisb shipping procuring cargo, anil that ihe is- 

 land was iiearK half gone. 



Kroui the llnion .^grioulturist. 

 Time is Money. 



De.\r Sir, — 1 begin to fear that yourself and 

 others ma\ think tliai 1 do noihing butwiiie: as 

 I send you souiethiug for every nuuiher of yom 

 paper. Woll, suppose that should be tin: coii- 

 tdusioii,— if I h.iil nothing else lo do all wonld b ■• 

 well. But far^ners have sometbiii!; to do, besides 

 wriiiiig for iigri. cultural papers. This all know ; 

 how then, uiaiiy will inquire, does C. find time n> 

 write. Jf 1 in.iy answer the question myselh I 

 shall say, that I am tronbleil to dispose of my 

 spare lime — o.' the long winter evenings — of the 

 stormy <lays, :o.tl a great many hits and ends oi 

 time. 



I may be answered — teach your chihlren ; make 

 niul mend such iirtides as you can that you need ; 

 read the new^pjipers, and such books as yon 

 have or can get; this J do and yet there is spare 

 time. 



My \vli'e and self manage to leach seven child- 

 ren ; anil during the winter, keep them at iheii 

 siudies more hours than if they were at school. 

 I make and re; air all the wood part of my tools, 

 and S(mie of tl-te iron, and repair all our bnois 

 aiidsho,;s; i,.y wife and dauglii- rs, the oMesi 

 sixteen, work up our wool, aboni seventy pounds, 

 both spill liiiil weave it: myself and boy, thir- 

 teen years oli', till about forty acres, .■ind provide 

 for stock thai require Ibrty lon.s of hay, besides 

 all the co.irsi" bidder th.il we can innster; this, 

 be-ides all the iiii-ideutal work iibout the house 

 and fa. Ill, we do without hiring. Books and pa- 

 pers are liierally worn out by beiiig read. 'Ihe 

 Cbicaoo Den oerat or Union .'ViiiiiMihuiist, is 

 hailed with as mueli joy as an idd frieud : anil if, 

 as we freqiie itly do, we receive a paper frimi 

 tlistant friends, nothing could give greater 

 pleasure, except the appearance of iliose friends. 



A siteat Winder with me i.s, how men anil fam- 

 ilies S|ienil t~eir lime, without even a paper or a 

 book, or an\ thing else of the kind. Even iheir 

 Bible mivhi as well be made of wood, bomul ,iiid 

 :;ilt to s.ive ; pjiearaiice, as to be filled wi:!i ilie 

 Word of God. 



Never haie I written, except iu the evening ; — 

 and then g.norally Inive some ledf dozen eliiid- 

 reii about t! e same time at their studies. Some 

 with stalls, some with book.", ami some with mcjie 

 mischief thru study. Even now, one lillln one 

 pops np her head with, "Faiber, how much is 

 eleven tim s six ? Set tlow n eleven and innltiply 



sixty -six." Now niulliply 7, 8 and 9 in the same 

 way: .so I write, teach and rest myself; at Ihe 

 same time kill lliree birds with one stone. 



Now to my reasons for wriliiig. Iff say I write 

 lo benefit oiber.s, none will believe me iu these 

 selfish times; well then, 1 write to amuse my- 

 self, to kill lime. 



A. CHURCHILL. 



Avon, March, 184]. 



Hold this pii'ture up aiifl see if in aiiv of its 

 main features your own liu- ami habits can be 

 trai-ed. i\lr. C is undouhieilly one of the hap- 

 piest id" mortals. No sort oli/uc rf«yi7s can ever 

 •ipproach such a man, and there is no lisllesPliess 

 or heaviness of spii iis for w;mt id' company or 

 ■iiniisetnenis — no self-reproaches (or misspent 

 lime. Change of occupaiioii is his res/, anil hi.? 

 c«'/)'o^mfnMs the true ' spice of lite" — ibe grand 

 secret in all that relates lo unvarying enjowiieiit. 

 rine, some of the most pili.ible specimens of 

 bniiian nature are lo be found among the most 

 laborious; — harrl winking eternal grumblers — 

 peiuuinus, selfish, mean, iniseily. 'J'hev toil for 

 money; and their spirits are continually com- 

 pressed by ilie weiohl of their accuniulaied iiias.s. 

 Not so wiib him w lio rightly divides bis limi' be- 

 iweeii the labors of his tiirm and his duties, as a 

 moral and accountable being. The pxp;ilisive 

 principle of active benevolence pervades his bo- 

 som, and proportions Ins gratiricalioii lo the good ' 

 ihal is coi.ieii pi, led, even if he he not entiiely 

 successful in all his plans lo promote the happi- 

 ness of others. Every thing aiTnind him wears 

 an air of cheerndiiess — bll0^ant spiiils — inind 

 elaslic .iiid snsceplible, exhibiiing a lovely con- 

 trast with the sordid, plodding persouitication of 

 selfish;, CSS. But we. are getting olT the track, we 

 wished lo call the atlenlioii of our renders loiho 

 iinoimt of kilior, .iiid parlicularly '/te great 

 (f mount of time \\\.\r\\ this nr.'w Jinds for oilier 

 purposes Ibaii tlie out-door labor of the farm.— 

 Read the letter atiaiu and note ihe various iiem.s, 

 enumerated, uiid then remember that Time, ill 

 amoimi, is mi.-illerahle. Il is ihe only giftorconi- 

 mnd ly of which every man who live.s has just 

 die same share. The way to Jind time is never 

 lo lose it, and our only power over il c-ousists in 

 ihe manner of spendiug it — we may give it for 

 something or noiliiii!.'. — Conn Farmer's Gazelle. 



it b 



'vv.ii', s'x tunes eleven?" no six iimes 



one, aiid U.en six tituc-s one again. " O ! i see : 



Caledonia County, Veimout. 



\\c have been furni-hed by Hemiy Stfvens, 

 Esq., Biiiiet, Vl., with several papers iu leliuiou 

 lo the Agriciiltur,-d pioihiets of Caledonia couiily, 

 Vt., ofa vin'V ililereslii.g character. This county is 

 situated ill li.e nnrll.'ea^-lern pail of the si.ile, its 

 norilieri) boniid;ir\ being ouh' about tv*eut\-five 

 miles south of the 45th degree of nortli laiitude. 

 In siz"! it is Hboiil equal to eiuhieen lowiiships of 

 six miles sqii;ue. About four-fdlhs of its whole 

 uoriiory yet remain a wilderiie».s, there being but 

 l'U,45(i acres of land improved. From the table 

 of stati-iics I'urnished us, we learn that the number 

 of "polks" — tliat is, we suppose, male i.hisous 

 over 21 years of aiie — in the connij, is 3,7.'j(3. — 

 This wi.uld give 24 acres of improved land to 

 each poll. The products of the coniiiy, as care- 

 fully asceri.iiiied by lie; persons who look the 

 cci'siis, would give each male in'iabiliuit over 21 

 \i ars ofiiue, more llian one \ okc ofoxeii and nine 

 lie.-id of oilier caule — over ti(] sheep, five swine, 

 nearly two hoisis— more than 226 bushels of 

 ^iraiti — iiearix 50 lbs, of wool, 284 busheis poia- 

 |nes, about 18 tons of liay, and over 177 Ih.-". of 

 maple sugar. The value of dairy piodocls to 

 eacdi poll, is §57.35, and to (amily good.s, $22,72. 



This st;itmeiit of actual tads speaks volunies 

 for ihe credit of the hardy .sons of Verinonl. — 

 There is probably no slaie iu tl e Union where 

 pio|ieily is more equally divided than in this,and 

 hpip, with a hiud soil :ind a eiimate of great se- 

 verity, we find on an average e^ery man of 21 

 years, has 25 acres of impioved land, fioiii which 

 bo produces an ahnndauee of all ihings iieeessii- 

 rv fill" his siibsislence ah'l cumtoit, 



iVJr. Stevens says^" ( have carelidly couipared 

 the agricultural staiislics of Caledonia coimiy 

 with other coniilies, not only of Ibc New En- 

 glaiitl, hut of Ihe several olhtr slates, and I give 

 it as my honest opinion lliat, when yen lake into 

 cnnsideraiion ihe number of acres of improved 

 land, ils appnised value, and the number of iii- 

 h.-ibiianis, there is no comity in the Uiiiled Stales 

 that produces so iiiucb a.s.lhi.s. 'i'hat portion of 

 the population who are engaged in agriuulluial 



