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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



OCTOBER 10, 1S33. 



this quality is of less importance, as the comple- 

 tion of the rail road will give a different direction 



to our pork. 



We understand that Mr. Smith intends to ex- 

 bibit a few of his hogs at the stock fair next Mon- 

 (lav Agricola. 



wool-. 



Large quantities of Wool continue daily to pass 

 through this village from the " hill towns" to the 

 manufacturing est iblishments in Worcester county. 

 One load from Worthington last week, which con- 

 tained upwards of 1900, was purchased at 70, 65 J, 

 55A cents the different grades. One individual 

 alone in Middlefield, has sold, during the past sea- 

 son, eleven hundred fleeces, at 70 cts. per pound, 

 averaging $2 each fleece. This gives an income 

 of $2200 for one fanner from Sheep alone, drawn 

 out from soil which is unfit for every other pur- 

 pose but grazing. Au individual familiar with 

 these matters has said to us, that in most of the 

 towns west of Northampton, more Cash would he 

 obtained for Wool this year, than for every other 

 commodity raised or manufactured there put to- 

 gether. 



Washington county, Penn. The sales of 

 Wool from Washington county, Pennsylvania, the 

 present season, arc estimated at two hundred and 

 Jijlij thousand dollars. Some of the large flocks 

 are in charge of shepherds, whose sole business is 

 to guide and protect them with dog and crook — 

 the only instance in our country, so far as we 

 know, where this primitive occupation is followed. 

 — U. S. Gazette. 



acter derived from this circumstance. We know 



gome of these drainage grounds which have been 

 employed as building lots, which it has been found 

 impossible by any contrivance to render dry ; 

 while other spots, situated at smr.ll distances from 

 them, and having actually a less elevation above 

 the sea, have been easily drained and kept dry. 

 This, however, is not the only circumstance to 

 which the difference in question is to he attributed ; 

 for in many of the elevations noted as being un- 

 healthy, the earth was dry — and in others, although 

 the ground was moist, that in the valley was yet 

 more so. There is no doulit that the sides of hills 

 and rising grounds serve as points of attraction to 

 fogs and vapors, and that to this circumstance, 

 their unhealthiness is often to be attributed. The 

 few observations which have yet been made on 

 litis interesting subject cannot be considered as 

 possessing any great 'importance, or pointing at 

 any distinct conclusion ; but should farther obser- 

 vation go to confirm these facts, they may here- 

 after form the foundation of some useful theory. — 

 Boston Medical Journal. 



time and labor to the industrious citizens of Jar- 

 visville, a name given to the factory village in 

 honor of Mr. Jarvis, the agent above mentioned. — 

 Barnstable Patriot. 



MONTHLY STRAWBERRIES. 



Mr. P. Furey, gardener, corner of Sixth Aven- 

 ue and 17th street, is now exposing for sale in 

 front of the Exchange, a great number of the 

 monthly strawberry plants. The culture of this 

 delicious fruit has, within a few years, received 

 the attention of gardeners in this vicinity. We 

 are acquainted with one individual who devotes 

 bis whole attention to their culture — has several 

 acres of vines, and notwithstanding the unfavora- 

 ble season, sold upwards of a thousand dollars 

 worth of berries, the produce of his own garden. 

 We hope Mr. Furey may be well rewarded for 



his attention to this description of plant. — AT. Y. 



Gazette. 



MORTUARY HOUSES. 

 In several cities and towns in Germany and 

 Prussia there are institutions, or offices of inspec- 

 tion, where persons, thought to be dead, are de- 

 posited for a week, to ascertain the decomposition 

 of the body, and consequently the impossibility of a 

 revival. The Mortuary House, however, is no un- 

 comfortable residence. Warmed by stoves, the 

 apartment is always kept in a moderate state of 

 temperature ; the windows, hung with curtains, 

 diffuse a gloomy light ; but the door, which is 

 shining with wax, would grace the scene of a wed- 

 ding ball. There are about twelve beds, placed in 

 a row, as in a dormitory in a boarding school. 

 Near the room, as at the Morgue in Paris, a person 

 is constantly watching to see whether there be any 

 signs of life among the bodies deposited there. 

 He is surrounded with every thing necessary to 

 assist in recalling animation. Precaution has been 

 carried so far as to tie a bell string to the right 

 foot of every corpse — by which means the guar- 

 dian, even when in bed, is instantly apprised of 

 the least movement of any one reviving. Houses 

 of this kind have existed for the last forty years in 

 the states of the Germanic Confederation. 



DISCOVERY OF INDIAN CORN. 



Previously to the settlement of the Puritans 

 in New England, they formed parties for the pur- 

 pose of exploring the country. Captain Miles 

 Standish, who may be called the " hero of New 

 l'ngland," commanded one of them, consisting of 

 sixteen men. In their progress they met with sev- 

 eral small hillocks, supposed by them to be burial 

 places for the Indians ; but, as they advanced, 

 finding many more, they closely examined them, 

 and discovered that they contained Indian corn. — 

 Being buried in the ear, it excited their curiosity, 

 and by some of the party was thought a valuable 

 acquisition ; while others who ate it in a raw 

 state, did not relish it, and thought it worth little 

 or nothing. They secured, however, some for 

 seed the ensuing spring. Squanto, a friendly In- 

 dian, instructed them in the culture of it ; and it 

 was, probably, the means of saving them after- 

 wards fiom famine. 



SITUATIONS FOR HOUSES. 



We notice some speculations on this interesting 

 subject, contained in the papers of the Provincial 

 Medical Association, which lead to the result that 

 elevated situations generally do not possess any ad- 

 vantage in regard to healthfuluess over those on 

 the adjacent plains. This fact is mentioned as 

 having been proved in regard to country houses in 

 England. The same thing, however, has also 

 been repeatedly observed here, both in the coun- 

 try and in cities. Localities situated on the sides, 

 or even on the summits of hills, and thence pos- 

 sessing the apparent advantage of a free circula- 

 tion of air, are found, notwithstanding, to exhibit 

 their full proportion of the diseases, endemic and 

 epidemic, which infest the valley and plain be- 

 neath. The cause of this anomaly is probably 

 various. In some places, it would seem that in 

 the original conformation of the soil, lands situated 

 as we have mentioned were drains to the ground 

 above them, aud retain even now the marshy char- 



SANDWICH RAILWAY. 



The enterprising Glass Company of Sandwich, 

 under the superintendence of Mr. Jarvis, a gentle- 

 man well worthy the trust reposed in him, have 

 just completed a Railway about half a mile in 

 length, extending from the Factory at Jarvisville, 

 to a wharf across a marsh, hitherto impassable by 

 carriages. This railway is constructed upon bil- 

 lets of wood, which are driveu into the earth at 

 short distances, forming a very firm foundation j 

 upon this the rails of wood are laid, the grovins 

 being of iron. There are now but two cars at- 

 tached to the railway, one for the transportation of 

 passengers, and the other for baggage, goods, &c. 

 These are propelled by horse power, at the rate 

 of twelve miles an hour, but capable of moving at 

 a much greater rapidity. Trial was made of the 

 cars upon the railway on Saturday last for the first 

 time, which we had the pleasure of witnessing. 

 Every thing succeeded beyond the most sanguine 

 expectations of the proprietors, and the railway 

 promises to be a great auxiliary both in saving of 



From the Buffalo Bulletin: 

 V. S. MINT. 

 Fros an article credited to the N. Y. American, 

 it appears that the total amount coined at this es- 

 tablishment since the year 1793, is $37,000,000. 

 It was bunded in 1787. The land which it oc- 

 cupies, together with the buildings and machinery 

 employed, have cost about $190,000. The coin- 

 age in 1830, amounted to $3,155,620. Of this 

 sum, $62,175 were in half Eagles, $11,350 iu 

 quarter Eagles, $2,382,400 in silver half Dol- 

 lars, $5'.,000 in Dimes, $62,000 iu half Dimes, 

 and $1 1115 in cents. 



In lS'd the coinage was larger — in each kind 

 amounting in all to $3,923,473 60, among which 

 there wai $99,500 of quarter dollars coined in 

 silver. Ii 1832 the amount coined was less than 

 in 1831, being less than three millions and a 

 half. 



Of theimount of gold coined during these three 

 years, abojt eighty thousand dollars were derived 

 from Meico, other parts of South America and 

 the West Indies ; twenty-eight thousand dollars 

 from Africa; six hundred and seventy-eight thou- 

 sand dollars from the gold regions of the U. S. ; 

 and twelve thousand dollars from sources un- 

 known. 



" E is estimated that the quantity of gold de- 

 liverel at tin Mint within the last year, from the 

 gold Egion of the United States docs not exceed 

 half (f what is produced from the mines — nearly 

 an eqlal amount is supposed to have been export- 

 ed unoined, or consumed in various works of art. 

 It wen Id seem, therefore, that the production of 

 gold ii the United States within the past year, has 

 been »t less than a million and a quarter of dol- 

 lars, <r about one 6th of all the gold produced 

 from he mines of both Europe and America with- 

 in thesame period. 



" Tie Mint is supported from the funds of the 

 publicTreasury, for the general welfare and the 

 honorof the national character. Depositors of 

 gold o silver bullion receive without expense, an 

 equal 'eight of gold or silver coins, for that which 

 they dposit. The coinage of both these metals 

 have ben, invariably, free of charge." 



