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^l)c iTarmcr's iiloittl)hj btBttor. 



dealers at $30 a tliousand — ihe)' \veigli three 

 pounds each. The sand is not quite so white as 

 tlie brick, whicli contains a portion of white pipe 

 clay to give it adhesiveness. The ijreat secret of 

 the manufacture, for which the §1,500 was paid, 

 is a process of making tlie mixture rise similar 

 to biead, and reiidering it porous. A brick 

 weigliing one pound and one weighing four 

 pounds, may be made of tlie same size and in the 

 same mould. 



The sand is about four feet deep, andjcovers a 

 little more than an acre of low land on the Pow- 

 ow river. It does not need sifting; and the pe- 

 culiar quality of it is its e.xceeding sharpness 

 without grit. Viewed through a microscope, 

 every particle e.xhibits a perfect diamond form. 

 We believe no geologist has ever been on the 

 spot, and not knowing the address of Dr. Jack- 

 son or professor Hitchcock, we shall send a spec- 

 imen of it to the editor of one of the Boston ag- 

 ricultural papers, who, after satisfying his own 

 curiosity, will please send it to one of these gen- 

 tlemen. 



Mr French was a silversmith by trade, and is 

 now 66 years of age. Though reputed to be 

 quite wealthy, he makes no display about his 

 premises; but is pleased to receive visitors, and 

 treats them, as we can bear witness, in a respect- 

 ful manner, answering all their enquiries in a 

 frank and affable manner. On asking him what 

 be would take for his lot, he offered, as be had 

 got nearly to the end of life's journey, to take 

 $50,000 and a mortgage on the lot for $50,000 

 more. This seems to be a pretty high price for 

 an acre of sand, but we do not know but it might 

 be made a good bargain even at this, should no 

 more be found in the country, as there appears 

 to be no obstacle to manufacturing it to an un- 

 limited extent, and after supplying the home mar- 

 ket, which requires a large and steadily increas- 

 ing supply, shipping it to foreign countries, as 

 the Bristol works now have the entire monopoly 

 throughout Europe. 



(U** A revolutionary patriot of Woburn, Ms. 

 has sent us the following, composed at the time 

 of Burgoyne's capture, and then sung and re- 

 peated by many a son and daughter of America. 

 He believes there are now no printed copies of 

 this song extant ; and We are gratified to extend 

 its reading to a second, third and even a fourtli 

 generation after the great event which it records 

 has transpired. It is worth at least a hundred 

 of the modern sentimental poetical compositions 

 which now appear in some literary publications 

 of established merit. 



On the capture of Burgoyne, October 17T7. 



Go, see the sons of Freedom niarcli 



With joy and stately pride — 

 Six thousand of" their dreadlul foes 



A!l prisoners by their side. 



How grand and noble is the sight ! 



We vrtsh king George could see 

 His great Burgoyne led prisoner, 



With all his whole army. 



See them disarmed and led away 



To famous Boston town, 

 Which George did vow in his great ^\Tath 



He'd bring its grandeur down. 



And sent his mighty men to si-ourge 



All those who misbehaved, 

 Who would not promise on their knees 



To be his willing slaves. • 



The great lord North command gave forth 



That 'twas his mighty will. 

 That they submit at his great feet 



And there they should sit still. 



To stoop so low Bostonians scorned, 



For this was still their cry, 

 " To glorious freedom we were born, 



And free we'll live and die." 



" Your men by thousands you may send, 



Vour power in vain you'll try ; 

 Your money you in vain will spend 



For free we'll live and die." 



When first Burgoyne to Boston came 



He much lamented then 

 That the king's troops were kept so close 



By fancied rebel men. 



" I soon," says he. " will set them free, 



My life for it I'll stake, 

 A way for them shall open be, 



And elbow room I'll make." 



Now let Burgoyne a warning be : 



His tiue instruct us all. 

 When we see him and his army, 



That pride must have a fall. 



Let each glad heart the praises sing 

 Of Heaven and Earth's eternal King, 



Great Governor of land and seas. 



Who gives the victory where he please. 



The honor is, let all confess. 



Who gives our armies such success j 

 Due praise be given and honor done, 



To our great General Washington — 



Who was raised up by Heaven's command, 

 To preserve the freedom of this land, 



Our great Deliverer, temporal Saviour, 

 His fame shall ring through America ever. 



Sing brave Washington, and the deeds he has done. 



His name shall be great in history ; 

 Do honor to him, and long, long, may he live 



To see great America's glory. 



Let's not forget our valiant General Gates 



Who beat Burgoyne and drove him to such straits ; 



He could no farther fly, and what was worse. 

 Had no provisions lelt for roan or horse. 



" Horse flesh " said he, " my men is hearty food. 

 Then kill them up while they are fat and good, 



Horse tlesh to starving men is dainty meat;" 

 And great Burgoyne was glad of some to eat. 



The hero now'was in a woful case. 

 He must submit or die upon the place ; 



For through his army ran this general cry. 

 " Better submit to General Gates than die." 



" For here alas ! we must have bread to eat. 

 Let's go to Gates, he, 11 give us bread and meat." 



" Must X submit V the hero cries, " 1 must 

 Submit to Gates, and to his mercy trust; 



To that rebellious man that i so scorned, 

 1 must submit, l>, woe that I was born. 



To see this woful, this unlucky day ! 

 My glory's gone, and what will king George say V 



From the New Hampshire Sentinel. 

 Messrs. Editors: 



I have tried the mode of making manure re- 

 commended by Dr. Danaof Lowell ; that is, mix- 

 ing ashes with swamp mud in the proportion of 

 eight bushels of the Ibrmer with a cord of the 

 latter — and found it nearly if not quite as good 

 as stable dung. I mixed it last fall, shoveled it 

 over and used it this spring. Moi-e ashes woidd 

 have made it bettei'. It was used on sandy 

 land. 



A year ago last spring, on two pieces of land 

 in my orchard— sandy, diy, and yielding but little 

 glass and that s|)ear grass, each a rod square — I 

 spread on each a pound of glauber salts. Last 

 year 1 perceived no change ; but this year each 

 jdece was covered with a good growth of red 

 clover, the boundaries of each being well defin- 

 ed. 1 shall not try this experiment again ; but it 

 shows that sulphates promote the growth of one 

 species of plants. 



Lastyear and this year I planted potatoes on 

 dry, sandy land ; and each year sowed, on a small 

 portion of the ground, half a bushel of cheap 

 coarse salt, at the rate, lastyear, of four, this vear, 

 of six, bushels to the acre. The salt had evident- 

 ly a beneficial effect in both cases, the product 

 being as four from the salted to f/i?TC (iom the 

 unsalled portion. In both years, barn-yard ma- 

 nure was spread over the whole piece and plough- 

 ed in. At this rate, salt returns, the fii'st year," at 

 the rate of almost three dollars for one paid out. 

 Six bushels may be as good as more, as long as 

 •it lasts, for probably the |)lant can take up but a 

 small qu,-iiitity. 



Last summer 1 purchased a few pounds of gu- 

 ano, and tried it, in very small quantities, on on- 

 ions, cabbages and corn. It had a very good ef- 

 fect upon the onions and cabbages, but none up- 

 on the corn, probably fiecause it was applied 

 too late. 



Of my potatoes this year those on one field, not 

 that where, on a small portion of it, salt was 

 sown, were effected with the pi-evaleut disease. 

 I closely examined a few that were rotten, and 

 found, in the decayed parts, very small maggots, 

 of nearly the same color and consistence as ihe 

 soft, rotten substance, and hardly distinguishable 

 from it. Did these insects cause the decay, or 

 result from it ? S. Hale. 



Keene, Oct. 1844. 



teaching — that ip. In lie sus|.icious. Ob! cast from 

 you forever the IkiIi-IuI lesson. Men do run think 

 how much of their inuocciicy tlicy are laying 

 down, when they uissunie a clothing w hose tex- 

 ture is guile. Beware of this mock protection i 

 for you can hardly use it wilhoiit pruclising de- 

 ceit. 1 do not afk you lo trust always; but I 

 would have you ihiiik well of men until you find 

 them otherwise. When you are oiice ilcceiveri, 

 either by an acted or spoken falsehood, trust that 

 person no more. 



. 1 had it once laid down to me as an axiom by a 

 very dear friend (and am so satisfied of the pre- 

 cept's truth, as to make it a rule of niy life) that 

 peisons rarely suspect otheis except of things 

 wiiich they are capable of doing llieinselves. — 

 Yes ; these shadows of doubting are generally 

 flung from some bad realities williin. V'ou are 

 looking at your own image when you see so much 

 vileness in your neighbor's face. How much 

 better might not we ourselves become, if we us- 

 ed more lai'gely to others that lilessed charity 

 which thinketh no evil! — JV. Y. Evangelist. 



The Porcelain Tower at Nankin. — X British 

 officer obtained some particulars and a printed paper from 

 a person in charge of the above edifice, of which the fol- 

 lowing is a translation. It e.xhibils in a striking manner 

 the gross credulity and superstition of- the Chinese. Sub- 

 joined is an extract from the literal translation : — 



"After the removal of the imperial residence from Nan- 

 king to Pekin. this temple was erected by the bounty of 

 the Emperor Vung-lo. The work of erection occupied a 

 period of 19 years. The building consists of nine stories 

 of-variegated porcelain, and Its height is about 3J0 feet, 

 with a pine apple of giit copper ai the suinuiit. Above 

 each of the roofs is the head of a dragon, from which, 

 supported by iron rods, hang eight bells, ami, below, at 

 right angles, are 80 bells, making in all 152. On the out- 

 side of the nine stages there are VIS lamps; and below, 

 in the centre of the octagonal hall, twelve porcelain 

 lamps. Above they illuminate the thirl^-tlircc heavens, 

 and below, they enlighten both the. goud and the bad 

 among men. (3n the lop are two copper boilers, weighing 

 1,200 lbs., and a dish of 600 lbs. weight, placed there in 

 order constantly to avert human calamines. 



'•This pagoda has been the glory of the ages since 

 Vung-lo re-built and beautified it; and, as a mnnu-nicntof 

 intjierinl gratitude, it is called the ■ Temple of Gr.itituile.' 

 The expense of its erection was 2,loO,-lul Chinese ounces 

 of silver, equivalent to £150.000 sterling. 



'• There are in this pagoda, as a charm against mali^^- 

 nant influences, one carbuncle ; as a preservative trotn 

 water, one pearl; from fire, one pearl; frnm wind, one 

 pearl; from dust, one pearl; with stver.il Chiuesc trans- 

 lations of Sanscrit books relating to Buddha and Budd- 

 hism." 



Lecomptc, in his .'ourney through China, says — '-The 

 wall at the bottom is at least twelve feet thick. The 

 staircase is narrow and troublesome, the steps being very 

 fiigh ; the ceiling of each room is be:iiitified with paint- 

 ings, and the walls of the upper rooms have s<!veral luclies 

 full of carved idols. There are several priests or bonzes 

 attached to the building, to keep it in order, and illumi- 

 nate it on festival orcasions. This is fcifeclcd by means 

 of lanterns made of thin oysler-slr^lls, used by' the Chi- 

 nese instead of glass. These are placed at each of the 

 eight angles, on every siory, and the effect ol the sub- 

 dued light on the highly reflective surface of Ihu lower is 

 very striking and beautiful." 



Be not suspicious.— One thing you will learn 

 fast enough in the world, for it is potent in such 



From the New England Farmer 

 Transplanting Trees. 



Tlie season for fall planting has now arrived, 

 and we recommend to our friends, JvJio design 

 to set out trees, to be abinit it — tl>e sooner the 

 better. Some are opposed to doing this work in 

 autumn, but we believe it is equally sale to plant 

 in the fall as in the spiing, and to establish us in 

 tliis beliefj we liave the experience of the last 

 twenty-five years, having tor tlie gieater part of 

 that time been extensively engaged in transplant- 

 ing at both seasons. 



It is, perhaps, not so safe to |iut out trees at 

 this season on very wet soil.s — but such locations 

 are not to be recommended for an orchard at 

 any time. No kind of fruit trees shouM be 

 ]danted in a situaiion wheie there is a cold, wet 

 sulisoil. Where the ground is naturally dry or 

 well drained, we say now is the time for plauting. 

 If the business i.-i deferred this tail, jiei-liaps the 

 press nf spring work will prevent it being done 

 at that time, and for this reasor, if no other, if 

 the ground is well prepared, we think best to 

 plant in the tiill. The business should be done 

 when the .^^oil is so dry that it will work well and 

 pulverize fine ; and on no account at any season 

 of the year when the ground is wet and heavy. 

 The week ending on Saiuday last, was as fine 

 tor transplanting as could be desired. It is high- 

 ly important to have the soil ilceply pulverized 

 and enriched. If the planting is on a small 

 scale, the ground should be trenched, if on a 



