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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



[April 15, 



iWtsccUauifs. 



/Newspapers. — From a long and interesting lit- 

 erary article in the Charleston Mercury, bear- 

 ing the impress of a finished classical scholar, 

 we hope to find an apology lor extracting the 

 following eulogy on newspaper reading, taken 

 from the Westminster Review, and appended by 

 way of note to the essay alluded to. Although 

 it may seem designed to favor "• the crafi," we 

 believe it will be found to contain some truth ; 



"Newspapers, of xhich the circulation is thus 

 extended, are the best and surest civilizers of a 

 country. They contain within themselves not 

 only the elements of knowledge, but (he induce- 

 ments to learn. There is no one so instructed, 

 no one so ignorant, as not to learn from them 

 something. It seems impossible that any people 

 within whose reach good newspapers can be 

 brought, can resist the temptation to letters. — 

 In America, where alone the thing has been tri- 

 ed, a native unable to read cannot be found. It 

 is thus that the miscellaneous character of a 

 newspaper makes it more valuable than if it only 

 contained political occurrences and pol.lical dis- 

 sertations. The understandings of it- readers 

 are led on, by degrees, from the sim|)!Lst dom- 

 'estic occurrences to those which affect their re- 

 motest interest, or appeal to their noblest sym- 

 pathies ; from the overturning of a conch to the 

 overturning of an empire. It is impo<<il-!e that 



a man, however narrow 



may be his views, can 



lories in Manchester, where from 3 to 500 of 

 both sexes were employed, I could not help 

 being struck with the cleanliness of their ap- 

 pearance, and their satisfied heallhlul count n.in- 

 ces. What pleased me most was, that upon en- 

 quiry, 1 found the greater part had been educat- 

 ed, principally by means of the Sunday and l.an- 

 casterian schools, and that, whenever this was 

 the case, their moral character was good. 



What would make the deepest impression 

 upon a person who had been long absent, is the 

 intellectual growth of this country. Nothing 

 but personal observation can give you any idea 

 of it. The pen would fail in the attempt to de- 

 scribe it. 'i'here is an acuteness and intelli- 

 gence pervading every cliis=, which is totally at 

 variance with what I saw when last in England. 

 Among the merchants, there is a vast improve- 

 ment — formeily all »vas trade ; morning, noon, 

 and night ; now it is confined to the Exchange 

 or Counting house. The moment you enter the 

 dwelling, other subjects, and those ot' the most 

 inteliectiral kind, employ the attention. Polit- 

 ical economy, general policy, poor laws, great 

 national questions, or some interesting literary 

 discussion, are the constant subjects of conver- 

 satioB ; and so ably handled, even by men who 

 seem to be otherwise employed during the day, 

 that, unless a person comes with his mind full 

 of matter, he must of necessity hold iiis tongue. 



cast about in such a mass of information for that 

 which particularly concerns his own objects or 

 pursuits, without stumbling on something which 

 enlarges his ideas, or exercises his reason. It 

 is necessary to have seen a people among whom 

 newspapers have not penetrated, to know the 

 mass of mischitvous prejudices which these pro- 

 ductions instantly and necessarily dic-sipate. — 

 We may instance the belief in witc.Sicraft, and 

 the rage which, on the approach of scarcity, 

 was formerly directed against all the dealers in 

 provisions. No man accustomed to watch the 

 state of crops and markets ; the speculation on 

 the adequacy or deficiency of supply, can for a 

 moment suppose that scarcity or plenty depends 

 upon the bakers or millers of his district, or that 

 yiolence towards them can produce any other 

 than a bad efl'ect. This is an example of the 

 general effects of newspapers. The instruction 

 is conveyed not liy the direct inculcation of opin- 

 ions, but by tlie habit of looking beyond the nar- 

 row circle of a man's personal observation to 

 the results of a m»re enlarged view. A news- 

 paper is, in fact, the instrument which enables 

 an individual to avail himself of the experience 

 ef the v»hole community." 



Extract of a Letter from England. — I hardly 

 need to say to you, who hear so much about 

 this country, that you would with diiEcnlly re- 

 cognize it as the same. The increase of its 

 population in the manufacturing districts is such 

 as to present to the eye of the traveller one 

 continued town. As you approach Leeds, Man- 

 chester, 'He. by night, the scene is wonderfully 

 striking. Numerous manufactories, from 6 to 

 9 stories high, and presenting sides ol'l,:300 win- 

 dows, all lighted with gas, can be likened to 

 nothing but a general illumination. The indits- 

 try, the activity of the fixed or moving popula- 

 tion, meet you every where : all are employed, 

 and as 1 passed tln-ough some of the larnesl fac- 



A tourist in Germany gives the following 

 description of the industrious habits of the Saxon 

 ladies : — " The ladies are models of industry ; 

 whether at home or abroad, knitting and needle- 

 work know no interruption. A lady going to 

 a rout would think little of forgetting her fan, 

 but could not spend half an hour without her 

 implements of female industry. A man would 

 be quite pardonable for doubting, on entering 

 such a drawing-room, whether he had not stra^'- 

 ed into a school of indusliy ; and whether he 

 was not expected to cheapen stockings, insfeail 

 of dealing in small talk. At Dresden it is car- 

 ried so far, that even the theatre is not protec- 

 ted against slocking wires. I have seen a lady 

 lay gravely down her work, wipe away the 

 tears which the sorrows of Theckia, in Wallen- 

 stein's death, had brought into her eyes, and 

 immediately resume her knitting." 



The Bis; Wahiuf. — Three milps south of the Cattar- 

 aiig;us creek and about five miles from the Council house 

 of the Walnut creelj, is a black walnut tree,-whoEe un- 

 common and gigantic dimensions have excited the cu- 

 riosity and arrested the attention of travellers, ever 

 since the first settlement of the country. The road lea- 

 ding from IiulTalo to Erie passed directly over its roots ; 

 and the injury it sustained from the influence of the at- 

 mosphere, from their exposure and from the wheels of 

 carriages, lias been such, that a few years tince in a se- 

 vere gale of wind, tliis giant of tile lorest was prostrat- 

 ed. The trunk within a (evr feet of the ground, 

 measured 10 feet in diameter ; its length I could not 

 ascertain with any degree of accuracy, hut I shonld 

 judge that it might be between 250 and 300 feet. While 

 standing it had the appearance ofbeing perfectly sound ; 

 but after iis fall it proved to he hollow ; and the person 

 to whom it belonged, tor the purpose of making the 

 mo^t of it, has cut off 16 feet of the trunk, raiseil it up 

 ou end, and noiv uses it for a grocery. On one side is 

 a door, and in the other is inserted a window 

 with six lights. The inside is hollowed out and made 

 perfectly smooth. It is furnished with seats, and is sul- 

 licieutly large to accomodate fourteen person.i. In the 

 centre is a circular table loaded with the choicest pro- 

 ductions of thecountry. Above you areslielves cover- 

 ed with most of the articles usually fouud ia th.s kind. 



Fresh Imported Seed. 



JtjST received from Holland, and for sale at No. 4, 

 Central Wharf, up stairs, an invoice of garden 

 seeds, selected and put up by Van Oukerkc en Van 

 Emmcrik — consisting of Mangel Wurtzel; Red Beet; 

 Early Peas •, String Beans ; Short Top scarlet Radish ; 

 Red and While Tnrnip do.; Ruta Eaga ; white and 

 silvery Onions,; early and late Cauliflower ; Red and 

 White Brocoli; Early York, Sugar Loaf, Red & Green 

 Savoy Cabbage ; 'I'ennis ball ; White and Dutch Let- 

 tuce, tf. April 8 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 



OR sale, as usual, at the Kenrick Place, 

 near Brighton. The Nurseries have 

 been much enlarged, and contain a variety of Pears, 

 Apples, Cherries, Plums, Apricots, &c. Also, the finest 

 variety of budded Peach Trees known in America ; con- 

 sistingof a choice collection of about 40 of the most ap- 

 prcvcd kinds in our best gardens, CT seen in the 

 markets ; the Peach Trees are from five to eight feet 

 high, and sold at the moderate price of 3U cents each, 

 of good sized ornamental trees, the flowering Horse 

 Chesnut, flowering Catalpa ; European Mountain Ash ; 

 Weeping Willow ; the Evergreen Silver Fir, and the 

 Larch; English Walnuts and Butter Nuts, both of 

 which are justly admired for their fruit. 



Currant Bushes of the large prolific red kind, of all 

 sizes, by the dozen, hundred, or thousand, on moderate 

 terms. Also, the black, white, and Champaign do; 

 red and white Roses ; Lilacs ; English Grapes, itc. 



Orders addressed to JOH?; or VVILLIA.M KENRICK. 

 and sent to the Brighton Post Office, or to the Office of 

 IJAN A & FENNO,Brokers, in State-street, Boston, will 

 be duly attended to. 



N. B. Trees will be packed in clay and mats for ship- 

 ping, and conveyed to Boston when ordered ;but gen- 

 tlnmeu at a distance should employ some agent to re- 

 ceive and pay for them. 



On Wednesdays and Saturdays, trees will be de- 

 livered in Boston, free of charge for conveyance, ha 

 one year's growth is often lost by greatly diminisbiug 

 the roots, if the trees survive, special care will be taken 

 for their preservation. Feb. 25. 



ACSRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



Ko. 10!; State Street, up stairs, sign of the Golden Plovgh 



JR. NEWELL, Proprietor, offers for sale an exten- 

 • sive assortment of Garden and Agricultural Im- 

 plements, viz. 



HOWARD'S Improved Cast and Wrought Iron Pat- 

 ent Plo'ighs, with cutters and rollers, and an extra 

 wheel between the inould-board and land side, which 

 facilitates the run of the plough, and is considered a 

 great improvement. 



TICE & NIXON'S Improved Patent Cast Iron do. 

 with a general assortment of common ploughs. 



HOWARD'S Improved Cultivator, an instrunicnt of 

 the first utility for the purpose intended, operating as a 

 Harrow and Scarifier. 



BEVTSON'S Scarifiers and Cultivators. 



BENNETT'S Broad Cast Machine. 



JAQUITH'S New Invented Corn Shelter, operating 

 with a perpendicular cylinder and horizontal n^heel, 

 and is a most perfect machine for the purpose. 



GOODVEAR'S Patent Steel Spring Hay and Ma- 

 nure Forks. 



BISBEE'S Improved, Warranted, Cast Steel Hoes 



MEARS' Improved Patent Ox Yokes, for which a 

 premium was given at the last Csttle Show at Brighton. 



WILLIS' Improved Patent Horizontal and Perpen- 

 dicular Straw Cutters; Salford's, do. with a great va- 

 riety of other Hand Cutting Machines. 



WILLIS' Patent Window Blind Springs, which were 

 highly recommended by the_^ Committee on Agricultur- 

 al Implements, and have proved far superiour to any 

 invention of the kind. 



Garden Hoes, Rakes, Scythes kc. March 4. 



TO let. a good room in Congress-street, suitable for 

 a printing office or a bindery. Inquire of John 

 Rogers, Central street. 



(C^j- Published every Friday, at Tniii.fc Ijoi.i.ahs 

 per annum, payable at the end of the year — but those 

 who pay within sijtty days from the time of suhscribir J 

 will be entitled ti» a deduction ci Fiti vXe.vtS. 



