NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



EDUCATION IN COLOMBIA. 



"Scarcely the capital town of a province," says 

 the Constitutional, " is now without a school estali- 

 lisheii on the Lancasteriaii systi-m : and the benefits 

 which cannot fail to nsult from such a system of 

 instruction the best a^iaptcil, inasmuch as it is the 

 choaprst method, for the diffusion of knowlcdje, af- 

 fords us well grounded hopes of the important chan.'c 

 which through its agency will be effected in the 

 morals and habits of our iacnorant population." 



A PATRIARCH. 



There is now living in Letart township, Meigs 

 county, Ohio, an old gentleman named David Sayre, 

 who was born in East Jersey, June 10, 1736, and 

 was married at the age of '22, to Hannah Frazee, of 

 the same state, five years younger than himself, by 

 whom he has had eight sons and throe daughters. 

 The olfspriug of this venerable couple are as Ibllows, 

 viz: 



Children, . - - . 



Grand children, - - - 



Great grand children, - . . 



Great grand children's sons, 



11 



73 

 101 



2 



Total, 

 To which may be added. 

 The old gentleman and his wife, 

 Children's companions, 

 Grand children's do. ... 

 Great grand children's do» 



187 

 2 



n 



30 



2 



232 



Making a Grand Total of 



All of whom were living on the 15th of April, 1823. 

 The old gentleman is able to say — ' Arise, son, go to 

 your sou's ; for your son's son has got two sons.' — 

 This is believed to be the largest family in America. 



The number of cotton spinners in Great Britain, is 

 said to be 280,000 persons. Anit these are enabled, 

 by the improved machinery of Arkwright and others. 

 to spin as much, as 33,600,000 could by the old 

 mode. It is calculated that it would require the 

 working part of a population of more than one hun- 

 dred millions of human beings, to produce on the old 

 single wheel as much cotton thread as 280,000 

 workers aie enabled by the improved machinery to 

 manufacture. 



MONTREAL, SEPT. 8.— We have been favored with 

 a copy of the following manifest of the cargo of the 

 big sJiip Columbus, which lately sailed from Qitebec, 

 and lay it before our readers as the largest cargo 

 ever shipped in one vessel since the time of Noah. 

 41 pieces of Oak, 

 425 do. yellow pine, 

 2,800 do. red Pine, 

 54,000 Staves and Heading, 

 35,000 Deals. 



An es-g.plum from a tree of Dr. Rodney Starkwea- 

 ther, of Chesterfield, measuring seven inches in cir- 

 cumference, and weighing three ounces, is now in our 

 office. — Hump. Gas. 



Humane Acliov. — .\ midshipman, by the name of 

 Kid, observed a man drowninir near one of the 

 wharves in Philadelphia, on Thursday last. He 

 plunged into the water, seized the drowning man by 

 the arm, and held him till a boat came to their relief. 

 This is said to be the third or fourth instance of Mr. 

 Kid's intrepid humanity. He saved a boy from drown- 

 ing in the harbor of Boston in the winter of 1821, for 

 which the Humane Society of Massachusetts present- 

 . ed him their gold medal, this medal was in his pock- 

 et at the time of his last perilous advenlure.-Coam.-. 



Mad Dogs.— We are informed that a Mad Dog, 

 which had previously bitten several doirs ia the Mar- 

 ket-place, was followed to Picarville this mornin..' 

 and killed, tt is also said that a child has been in- 

 jured by the same animal.— £/. C. Herald. 



T^e population of France, according to recent ex- 

 iCt inquiries, amounts to 30,616,000 iubabitauts. 



ROME, JCI.Y 10 The Pope has lately purchased 



the library of the Marquis Cicoguara, of Venice, es- 

 timated at 35,000 Roman crowns, (about 200,000 

 francs.) When the genius and taste of him wlio 

 made this immense collection is known, a collection 

 in which his own works hold a distinguished place, 

 an idea may be formed of the value it will add to the 

 magnificent library of the Vatican. iVI. Troui w;is 

 charged with this negotiation at Venice. His Holi- 

 ness is employed in the distribution of the waters in 

 which Rome is so rich, the construction and repair- 

 ing of canals. A canal has lately been uncovered, 

 (running ahmg the street Condotii) made in the time 

 of Agrippa, and which bears evident marks of having 

 been made at that time ; it has leaden pipes of im- 

 mense size. The expense of uncovering this canal 

 will exceed 40,000 Roman crowns. 



A quantity of acid earth has been brought to Lon- 

 don from Persia by Col. Wright. The Inhat)itanls u?e 

 it in making sherbet: it contains sulphuric acid. 



The South-Carolina papers report the crops of the 

 present year in that state to be uncommonly fine and 

 productive. 



NURSERY. 



THK Subscriber, for a few yi ars past, hasbeen cul- 

 tivating an extensive Hil'IT NUllSKRY. He 

 now h;i8 h large assorrment of Peach Trees, budded 

 from the In st Fruit in the country, native and foreign, 

 in the best order for transplanting. liy another season 

 he hopes to offer Pear and Cherry Trees of the 

 first quality. O. FISKE. 



fVarcesler, Sept. 24, 1824. 



REMOVAL. 



THE Agricultural Fstablishment is removed from 

 \o. 20 Merchants How to No. 5, north side of (he 

 Old Market, up stairs, where is for sale, a general as- 

 sortment of the most api>roved Farming Implements, 

 log( ther with Willis's improved Straw Cutter and Blind 

 I'asleuings. Sept. 25. 



PPRENTICE WANTED.— A lad of about 15 or 



16 years of age, of good education and habits, may 

 hear of an eligible situation for learning the Printing 

 business, by applying at this office. Sept. 11. 



Mammoth Musk Melon. — A musk melon was lately 

 offered for sale at Richmond, which measured three [ 

 feet six inches in circumference, and weighed 25 1-2 

 pounds. 



The Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, appeared before 

 Tjafayette, and welcomed him with the following 

 beautiful motto — "Our hearts/ceZ what our country 

 speaks,^^ 



A Quaker in Philadelphia, addressing a Bostonian, 

 said, " 1 rejoice that thy' people did not illuminate 

 their houses ; if they had, I believe that our citizens 

 would burn theirs." 



Increase of territory. — The Quapaw Indians have 

 agreed to cede to the United States, all their lands in 

 the \'icinity of the Arkansaw Territory, with the res- 

 ervation about ten miles square near the Red Bluffs. 

 This will give to the United States a valuable tr'act of 

 land, containing from two to three millions of acres. 



Boa Constrictor. — \ snake of this species has lately 

 been brought to England from the East Indies, which 

 measures twenty-one feet in length, and two feet in 

 circumference. He is very tame and is supplied with 

 a fowl onge in two weeks. 



SAXON SHEEP. 



filHE improvement of the breed of .Merino Sheep 

 JL having at length been seen to be important by 

 farmers generally, we are induced to offer for sale some 

 of our best stock Bucks. And that the proprietors of 

 flocks, living at a distance, may know something of our 

 sheep, we state that for the original stock, from which 

 the most of our present stock is derived, we paid from 

 $70 to $175 a sheep, than which none better were 

 brought from Spain. They were of the Paular, Mon- 

 lacho, and Negretti flocks. They have been kept and 

 improved with great care ever since they were pur- 

 chased, under the immediate attention of one of the 

 owners of them. With a view to a favourable cross, 

 we imported in the year 1822, a buck from .Saxony, se- 

 lected by a good judge, and bought without limitation 

 as to price. He was one of the first two imported, and 

 the choice of those two. From a cross of this buck 

 with our best Merino ewts, — not ewes matured into 

 what are called iaW bloods, — we have fifty bucks, com- 

 ing two years old. In the autumn of 1823, we import- 

 ed another buck and three ewes, selected by the same 

 agent ; and from these ewes we have three ram lambs, 

 about eight months old. We have also seventy-five 

 half blood Saxon ram lambs, the cross of last year. — 

 The half bloods — the full blood Saxon lambs — and ei- 

 ther of the full blood Saxon bucks we offer for sale. 

 I. C. BATES, 

 SAMUEL HE.NSIIAW. 

 Northampton, (Mass.) Sept 24, 1824. 



N. B. Letters addressed to I. C. Bates, Northamp- 

 ton, or g. Henshaw, Boston, will be duly attended to. 



Oc5= Subscribers to the Farmer, are informed 

 that they can have their vohnncs bound on reasona- 

 ble terms by leaving them at this Office. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[Revised and corrected everv Friday.] 



APPLES, best, new, 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, - - - 

 pearl do. - . . - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. - - - 



cargo. No 1, - - - - 



" No 2, - - - - 



BUTTKR, Inspect. No. 1. new, 



CHEESE, new milk, - - - - 

 skimed milk, - - - 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, How.ard St 

 Genessee, _ - - 



Rye, best, - . - 



GRAIN,Rye 



Corn - - - . - 

 Barley - . . - 

 Oats - - . - - 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort - - 



HOPS, No 1, luspectioi 23 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 



PLAISTER PARIS - - - - 



PORK, Bone Middlings - - - 

 navy, mess, 

 Cargo, No 1, - - - 



SEEDS, Herd'sGrass, 1823, - 

 Clover . - - . - 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,wash 

 do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native - - - do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 



BEE!', best pieces 



PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - - • 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, new, - 

 lump, - • - 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - - - 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, new, - - - 

 CIDER, liquor, new - - - 

 HAY, according to quality, 



