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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



by Jabez Bri^hnm, of Worcester. Had premi- 

 ums been oflerec) for these articles, they would 

 Jiave been cheerfully awarded. 



In awarding the foregoing premiums, your 

 Committee have urtquestionably disappointed 

 many, and probably done injustice to some 

 but when competitors consider the extra diffi- 

 culty of bilancing the claims in many instances, 

 ive hope disappointment in the present instance 

 "ill net prevent future competitors. 

 Per oiider. 



BEZALEEL TAFT, jr. Cliainnan. 



From llie Old Colony Memorial. 



agricultur.il. 



As one who feels a deep interest in the success 

 of our Agriculture, I cannot hut regret the ill 

 success ubifh has attended the experiments of 

 "Plymotbeus" in attempting to investigate "the 

 natural history; the habitudes of life ; the char- 

 acter, the change, the metamorphosis," &c. of 

 fhe Grub-Worm, whose devastations for several 

 years past, have excited the attention offatmers 

 in this section of (he country. With due de- 

 ference however to the opinions of Plymotheus, 

 I cannot agree with him in supposing, " that 

 the devastation of the three or four last years 

 may be intimately connected with the character 

 of the seasons, which being peculiarly arid, may 

 have driven them to the necessity of seeking 

 moisture from t'le vegetable creation, to pre- 

 serve their existence," if liy this statement he 

 means to infer the probability, that their de- 

 vastation will accompany every dry season, or 

 that, if the present season had been similar to 

 the last, similar injury would have been sustain- 

 ed from the worms. 



The summer of loi!! was not so arid by con- 

 siderable as that of IBS."} ; yet in this vicinity 

 the devastation by the worms in tlie former 

 was very great, while in the latter there was 

 not, so far as my observation extended, any in- 

 jury done by them. My opportunity to observe 

 was not very limited; in other towns ! observ- 

 ed their devastations, particularly in Plymouth ; 

 but in this town 1 saw none; though, in the 

 year previous, the grass, in many places, was 

 wholly destroyed ; the corn was much injured ; 

 and earl^' sown winter grain was spoiled. The 

 year lo'15 was not, if my recollection is good, 

 a very dry season ; yet from about three 

 fourths of an acre ofgood land well tilled, I har- 

 vpstod oidy lour bushels of corn in consequence 

 ol' the ravtiges of the worms. JIuch of the corn 

 did not ear at all, and some of it never reached 

 a foot (Vom^the giound. Winter rye sown on 

 liie same land, was nearly all destroyed in the 

 latter part of the season, and most of the piece 

 was not worth harvesting. Grass was much in- 

 Hired, and potatoes were nearly spoiled. The 

 same damage was evident on many other farms 

 ill this vicinity. During the succeeding year, 

 131G, no injury Avas done to tlio^e farms which 

 suilVred the year bel'ore, though the worms were 

 frequently seen near the suri'ace of the land ; yet 

 this was not remarkable for being a wet season. 

 Fi 0(11 these facts I am led to the conclusion, 

 that the worms do not commit their ravages, ex- 

 I'Ofit at fixed times, even though the season 

 should be arid ; otherwise, why were not the 

 tields of.Middleborough ravaged in 1822, which 

 was remarkable for drought. I would not be 

 'tindcrstood by this, to maintain that the pecu- 

 Jiarity of the teason has no effect upon the 



worms: I admit that a dry season may increase 

 their ravages, or a wet one prevent them, 

 should they happen on those years in which 

 the worm is in its period ibr committing its de- 

 vastations. MiDDLETON. 

 Middleborough, Sept. 9, 1823. 



Domestic Manufactures. — The .Sleubenville 

 (Ohio) Factory, established for the purpose ot 

 manufacturing woolen goods, has recently com- 

 menced the manufacture of carpeting, and it is 

 said that the fabrics produced are as handsome 

 as the Scotch or Venetian, and superior to the 

 English carpeting. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SATURD.-VY, JANUARY 3, 1824. 



Gardiner Ltcf.um. Iq our last, page 17"2, we 

 published the " Address of the Tr ustees of the Gardi- 

 ner Lyceum," but were compelkd from want of room, 

 to omit some observations, which we inten ded should 

 have accompanied the publication of that Address. 



The plan is novel in the United States, altho' institu- 

 tions in some degree similar, have been for some time es- 

 tablishcdin Switserland, and some other parts of Europe. 

 The course of education, pursued at our colleges can be 

 of little use to those whose pursuits in life are destined 

 to be agricultural, or mercantile, or to those who pro- 

 pose to devote themselves to the useful or ornamental 

 arts ; or indeed to any not intended for what are styled 

 the learned professions. I3ut, let a man's pursuits be 

 what ihcy may, ^^ knowledge is power.'''' Still that kind 

 of knowledge which has the greatest affinity to a per- 

 son's vocation will generally prove most useful, and 

 give him the most power. 



It is understood that the expenses of an education at 

 the Gardiner Lyceum are moderate ; which will give 

 an opportunity to many to pluck the golden fruits of 

 science, who could not otherwise attain them. The 

 course pursued, by combining ;7)ac/!ce viHh Iheori/, must 

 hoof inestimable advantage to a person whose object is 

 to make his knowledge useful to himself or to the com- 

 munity. We wish the institution may be as successful 

 as it promises to be beneficial, and that the dews and 

 sunshine of public patronage may prevent a bud from 

 withering, which promises fruU of great value to the 

 comniuuity. 



Cause of the Gref.ks. A general sympathy with 

 the distresses of the Greeks, and a disposition to aid 

 them in their arduous struggle appears to pervade the 

 U. S. and is highly honorable to our citizens. If the 

 war in which the descendants ofEpaminondas, and Le- 

 onidas are engaged was of a common character, their 

 claims would be less imperious. But with the Greeks 

 there should seem to be no alternative between deulh and 

 vielnry. They must conquer or the adult males will be 

 cvterminated, and the women and children reduced to 

 a slavery of the most horrible description. The apathy 

 with which the Great Powers in Europe remain spec- 

 tators of this struggle is disgraceful to them, and a stig- 

 ma on human nature. Should the Emperor Alexander 

 alone, merely raise his voice, he might secure freedom 

 to the Greeks, even without lifting his hand. But the 

 cause of the Greeks, is connected with that of iificW?/, 

 and absolute monarchs attach ideas to that sound which 

 cause them to tremble, and their thronesto tott< r. But 

 surely a /rff yeo;)/e ought to assist a people determined 

 to he free; and it is hoped that no petty calculations 

 relative to the saving of cents will close the hands, or 

 harden the hearts of a liberal and high-mindid com- 

 munity. Besides, if we consulted our TiiteresiaXoae we 



should render the Greeks all the assistance in ourpo 

 er. If they fall or their chains are again riveted, \ 

 alliance of absolute power will be strengthened, a 

 the United States will be exposed to contend sin^ 

 handed with a Coalitioyi which appears to be det' 

 mined that Freedom shall not exist and a Republic 

 Government be known only in theory, and t 

 records of abortive attempts to improve the conditi 

 of the human race. 



The committee of the Greek Fund, have acknoi 

 edged the following donations : 

 J. B. Yates, Esq. - - - $100 



H. Rutgers, Esq. . . . lOO 



G. C. Verplanc, - - - 30 



Soph. Class, Columbia College, - 64 



Citizens of Skaneatelas, - - 24 



New-York Fencibles, (11 swords), - 56 



Whitehall, N. Y. - - - 102 



Servants of City Hotel, - - 14 



I. Macauly 100 pair drilling pantaloons. 

 Students of Yale College, - - 5O0 



J. P. Grant, Philadelphia, - . - 50 



Dickinson College, ... 50 



Gen. Cadwallader, - - - ino 



Mr. Booth, of the Theatre, - - 50 



Three Church collections, - - 703 



Union Academy Hall, . . - 50 



In the London papers the Society of Friemls 

 said to have raised and expended a larger sum for 

 succour of the Greeks in their present struggle, t 

 has been furnished by all the other denomination 

 Christians together, in the British dominions. 



Composition for rendering Boots and Shnrs imprm 

 ble by Water. — Take one pint of boiled bust < d r 11 ; 

 a pound mutton suet ; six ounces of beeswax ; Inure 

 ces of rosin ; melted, mixed, and stirred while mo] 

 [^Coiitrnvniculti 



FOREIGN. 



Eate ofRiego — The Spanish Chieftain, Puu-f., 

 been condemned to death, and txfxuttd at I\,ai 

 The following is a copy of his sentence. 



" D Rafael del Riego is condtmr,rd to the ordij 

 punishment of hanging, and he shall be draw. ( 

 hurdle to the place of execution — his propnly tha 

 contiscated and he shall pay the costs of suit. 



Independence of South America. — The Lon 

 ricr of Novcmbi.r 10, contaiijs an article cf some Ic- 

 on the subjict of Great Britain's acknovkdg 

 independence of the South American States, 

 concludes as follows : — 



" We have sent Consuls and Commissioner 

 powers may and probably will do the same. We 

 this a de faefo arknowledgment of the t!o\ trcign 

 the ."Imerican States — and we may expect further 

 a higher diplomatic character will either be sent 

 or that some one of the Commissioners has or will! 

 the power of taking upon himself that chaiactf< 

 soon as tVe different consuls have made their re 

 upon the situation and feelings of the states to ^^ 

 they have been respectively sent." 



Spanish Affairs. — A London article of Nov. 10 s 

 that the capitulation of Barcelona was signed by ( 

 Mina on the 1st November and the French tool 

 sion on the 4th. Lerida was occupied ty the 

 on the 2d Nov. The garrison(5000) to be prison! 

 war. Eadajoz capitulated on the 2Pth Oct. A" 

 Constitutional Chiefs have submitted with the exci 

 of the Empecinado, and he is actively pursued. 



From Spain latent. — Capt. Winser has arrive 

 Malaga, which place he left on the 15th ult. Hi 

 that Ceuta had been taken possession ol by the Fi 

 who had openly declared they would never gi 

 so long a? the English held possession of Gib: 

 and that on the 13th of Nov. news was receiv 

 Malaga of the surrender of the cities of Alicant, Cj 

 gena and Barcelona to the French and Spanish 

 AulliOTities. — Boston Centinel. 



Tunnel under llu Thames. — A plan l«s bcfn] 



