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•cmarkably cheap, — from ^1 to §1,25 por 

 vcck in private I'amilies ; — the climate is 

 lealthy ; the surrounding counti'y is dclighl- 

 iil ; the phicc is retired i'rom the bustle ot 

 usiness and the inre.ativcs to idleness and dis- 

 ipalion, and vet there is ready coniniunioation 

 rith all par(s of JNevv-Cng-land. A mail stage 

 asses through the centre of the town, on the 

 ortheni and southern rout ever}' day in the 

 eek, (the Sabbath excepted ;) and another 

 lail stage passes, four times in a week, on the 

 astern and western line. Besides these, an 

 conimodation Stage passes every day in the 

 eek, (the Sabbath excepted.) 

 3d. hi every thing, but in law and in name, 

 ere is already a College at .\mherst. The 

 lildings and other accommodations for stu- 

 nts, are far more extensive, than any Col- 

 ge in our Country could offer, at the time of 

 ncorporaiion, or during the first years ol 

 existence as a College. Two excellent 

 ck buildings, each 100 feet in length, and 

 ur stories high, together with a President's 

 use of the same materials have already 

 en erected. The Philosophical and Che- 

 ;al Apparatus is very respectable ; and a 

 3rary of nearly 1500 volumes has been I 

 Dcured. | 



4th. The funds of the Institution are be- j 

 .'ed to be far more ample, than belonged to 

 of our Colleges, for years after Charters' 

 re granted. The interest of these funds is j 

 h, as to enable the Tru?tees to give tuition [ 

 room-rent to a large number of charity ! 

 Bents, of different denominations ; which, 

 ether with the Term Bills of others, will, 

 ■5 hoped, support a competent number of 

 ■.hers in tiie beminary. 



th. The tjualilications for admission, anJ 

 course of studies, are the same as at Yale 

 ege ; anct oi' course, far more elevated and 

 ■nsive than they have been, in any New- 

 land College, not merely at the time of its 

 rporation, but lor many years after. The 

 ents, therefore, are likely to be -worthy 

 oUege honors. 



h. The present number of students, in the 

 classes, is 128; which the Trustees 

 've to he unexampled, considering the 

 cy of the Institution, and that it is without 

 iriviieges of a Charter, 

 ith all these things in view, and unrJer a 

 titution which requires the Legislature to 

 Hish the interests of literature and the 

 cos and all Seminaries of them," it can 

 e doubted, that gentlemen of enlightened 

 iences and libeial feelings, after a full 

 rstanding of facts, will extend to it the 

 ion praj'ed for; which will cost the 

 rnment nothing, but which will be of 

 .mable value to the Institution, 

 the ibregoing is on a subject of public and 

 al interest, the Editors of Newspapers in 

 i: ent parts of the Commonwealth, are ros- 

 ally requested to give it an insertion. 

 In behalf of the Trustees, 



HEMAN HUMPHREY. President. 



From the New York Evening Post. 



THE QUEEN BEE. 

 Saturday, the 22d of November, the Ed- 

 h Wernerian Society met for the first time 

 lason, and we were happy to see a nume- 



rous meeting. The first paper that was sub- 

 mitted to their notice, was " on the conversion 

 of the iarvaj of a working bee into a queen 

 bee, by the Rev. Mr. Dunbar, of Applegarlh. — 

 Mr. Dunbar states, that he noticed the opera- 

 lions of a hive, on the loss of a queen : for the 

 first day all was noise and confusion, when the 

 loss was discovered. After this hfld a little sub- 

 sided, in consequence of the loss being ascer- 

 tained, the bees, to avoid a state of anarchy, 

 laid the foundation of five royal cells, and of 

 four more the next day, and placed the larva; of 

 (what is supposed to be) the working bee in 

 them. At the end of fourteen davs, a new 

 queen issued forth from one of the cells, and 

 with an instinct equalling Turkish wisdom and 

 policy proceeded immediately to tear open the 

 other royal cells, no doubt with the determina- 

 tion of destroying what was likely to produce 

 a rival to her power. The working bees re- 

 belled against unconstitutional exercise of au- 

 thorit}', and hauled her majesty away from her 

 job. — They succeeded in protecting the junior 

 branches of the royal fami!}', and were reward- 

 ed for their loyalty by the birth of a princess. 

 But it was of no avail ; for the Czarina, who 

 I had, as it should seem, a preferable claim, in 

 virtue of the priority of her birth, killed her 

 fair and uufortunate rival. 



Mr. Dunbar, in corroboration of the above 

 fact, of the formation of an artificial Queen, 

 narrates an instance of its having been done 

 by an artificial swarm also. K number of bees 

 (not an uncommon circumstance) depended in 

 a large cluster at the door of the hive; he sud- 

 denly removed the hive from their sight, and 

 placed another in its room, containing empty 

 cells, haying previously taken the precaution of 

 putting into it about three inches square of 

 pure honey comb containing larvae and honey, 

 and the astonishment of the bees was very 

 great when they entered the new hive and mis- 

 sed their rich stores and their beloved monarch, 

 the fair and stately Queen ; they bustled about 

 in every direction ; but the next day, finding 

 that the royal family had removed, and had tak- 

 en away the treasury, they began to lay the 

 foundation of royal cells, and in the course of 

 lime made to themselves a new queen. Mr. 

 Dunbar has repeated this latter experiment 

 with great success. 



FOR THE NEW EKGLAND FARMER. 



MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PRO.MOTING 

 AGRICULTURE. 



Letter from Hon. Col. Perkins, udh a cask of Flax 

 Seed, dated 26th Feb. lii'i-l. 

 When in Ireland last summer, I conversed 

 with some of the venders of Flax seed, from 

 whom 1 learnt that the growers of flax prefer- 

 red the seed from Riga, to that of any other 

 country, after that the seed from Holland, and 

 last of all the seed from the LTnited States, of 

 this the seed from the Slate of Acw Yrirk had 

 the preference. L'jion enquiry 1 found the 

 Dutch seed was preferred from being more 

 clear of tares than ours, and thit the inspection 

 was more attended to in the State of jXc-j!) York, 

 than in Massachusetts — the whole importation 

 into Ireland was 54,666 casks, of which 41, S.')! 

 came from the United States, 10,882 from 

 Holland, 2000 from Riga— the Riga seed 

 commands in ordinary seasons 20^. to 30s. 



sterling more than the Dutch seed, and the lat- 

 ter 10s. to 15s. more than ours, an experiment 

 had been made of sowing in the Autumn, in 

 place of the spring as had been usual. On the 

 6th of July, 1 saw Hax at Belfast which had 

 been sown in October, four feet and an inch in 

 length. This 1 understood was fiom Riga seed. 

 Believing that it might be of some importance, 

 to test the advantage of using the Riga seed, i 

 requested the American Consul, Samuel Luke, 

 Esq. to send me a cask of Riga seed, which has 

 arrived at New York and is ordered here — It is 

 at the service of the Massachusetts Society lor 

 Promoting Agriculture, — I wish however a por- 

 tion of it reserved tor my friend Gen. Derby, 

 who resides at Londonderry, where I under- 

 stand flax is extensively cultivated, the remain- 

 der is at your service for distribution and 1 hope 

 it may prove a useful experiment. 

 Respectfuly, dear Sir, 



your friend and servant, 



T. H. PERKINS. 

 Hon. Richard Sullivax, 



Cor. Sec^y of the Mass. Society for 

 promoting Agriculture. 



Jit a meeting of the Board of the Massachusetts 

 Society for Promoting Agriculture, held March 

 13,1824 — Voted, {\\-AXthP: thanks of the Socie- 

 ty be presented to the Hon. T. H. Perkins, for 

 his gift of a cask of Flax seed from Riga, and 

 for his repeated attention to the Agricultural in- 

 terest of his country. 



Attest, BEN.TAM1N GUILD, 



Jhsistanl Recording Secretary. 



Gentlemen desirous of making experiments 

 with this seed will be supplied with it, by calling 

 at the Assistant liecording Secretary's Office, 

 81, State Street, and if the Agricultural Socie- 

 ties, to whom a quantity of flax seed was some 

 time since distributed, will report their success, 

 they may also have the advantage of others' ex- 

 perience. 



From the Salem Gazette. 



HORSE LONGEVITY ! ! 



Mr. Andrkws, — Please notice inyournext pa- 

 per an uncommon occurrence in the age of a 

 Horse, which belonged to Mr. John Oldham, of 

 this town. The Horse died a few days since at 

 the advanced age of 34 years. He had been 

 driven into Salem market, constantly, by the 

 owner himself, for 31 years last past ; and what 

 is still more remarkable, his spirits were so 

 great till near his end, that he was generally de- 

 signated by those vvho knew him, as Oldman's 

 Colt. Yours, Sic. A Subscriber. 



Danvtrs, Feb. 20th, 1824. 



Vinegar. — The vinegar manufactured by all 

 the great establishments in London is made 

 from malt. Most of the Vinegar consumed in 

 Paris, and indeed throughout France, is extract- 

 ed either from wood or potatoes. 



Molasses Beer. — Take four quarts of molasses, 

 half a pint of j'east, and a spoonful of powder- 

 ed race ginger : Put these ingredients into 

 your vessel, and pour on them two gallons of 

 scalding hot, sol't clear water; — Shake it till it 

 lerments; and add thirteen gallons of the same 

 water to fill up the cask. Let the liquor fer- 

 ment for about twelve hours, then bottle it off 

 with a raisin or two in each bottle. 



