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THE GEK. WARRSIJ HOUSE-ROXBTJRY, MASS. 



We have published from time to time, views of 

 a few of the modern-built residences in the neigh- 

 borhood of our city, as specimens of what taste and 

 care may accomplish in the improvement of our 

 New England homes. The general remarks with 

 which these engravings have been accompanied, 

 were made more for the purpose of inculcating a 

 desire for improvement, than for presenting any 

 rules for the guidance of such as have the intention 

 of erecting new dwellings, or rebuilding old ones. 



It would be perha'ps useless to repeat those re- 

 marks here. Without enlarging upon the subject 

 •at this time, therefore, we will only say that the 

 above eng-raving is presented for a double purpose. 

 It serves admirably as a representation of the ef- 

 fect of taste and judgment, in the arrangement of 

 a dwelling and its surroundings ; and will be pe- 

 culiarly interesting from its occupying the site of 

 the old house in which Gen. Joseph Warren was 

 born, and where his earlier years were spent. We 

 remember well the appearance of the old house 



not many years since, but in the picture above, we 

 recognize no features of the familiar scene, except 

 the noble elms which overshadow the mansion. 



Important to Agricultukists. — A gardener at 

 Glasgow practices a mode of destroying caterpil- 

 lars, which he discovered by accident. A piece of 

 woolen rag had been blown by the wind into a cur- 

 rant bush; and when taken out, was found covered 

 by the leaf-davouring insects. He immediately 

 placed pieces ol' woollen cloth in every bush in his 

 garden, and found next day that the caterpillars 

 had universally taken to them for shelter. In this 

 way he destroys many thousands every morning. — 

 BdVs Weekly Messenger, 1819. 



White Teeth. — The famous Dr. Nicholas Saun- 

 derscn, although entirely blind, being one day in 

 company, remarked of a lady who had just left the 

 room, and who was wholly unknown to him, that 

 she had very white teeth. The company were anx- 

 ious to learn how he had made the discovery, for it 

 happened to be true. "I can think of no motive," 



