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AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



381 



r ■ 1 1/ trmle. — We annex nn account, taken tVoni 



roviiU'nco Americiin, of tlie business oftlic 



;[> to tlie close of the lust month. To that 



n- amount is al)out 50 per cent greater than 



ist joar, and the acting commissioner in- 



1-: that the tolls have increased in that ratio. 



.sent month, wc think, will shew an equally 



rvcess over the corresponding month of 



\r, with every indication of its continuing 



tlnUiihihe season. We think the qiiestioti now 



iiileil that iho stock will become ]iorman(Mitly a 



• ok, at least, nt the cost of the canal, when 



n-fit it confers on the community are in 



. ,,.ii.le. 



tioii corresponds, exactly with those which we have 

 seen in this town. The writer says this bird is the 

 CliffSwallow, (calhul by naturalists Hirundo fiilva,) 

 which was formerly confined to the western side of 

 the Alleghanies ; it has found its way over the 

 mountains anil is gradually proceeding northerly 

 and easterly. — Hamp. Gazette. 



1499 828 3-4 



Total 2327 3-4 tons 

 'he following are some of the principal articles com- 

 the above tonnasc : 



l-p. 



,457 bushels Com, 

 '1 do. Rye, 

 ,290 bbls. Flour, 

 415 sacks Salt, 

 .633 galls. Molasses 

 .990 do. foreign and 



domestic Spirits, 2,29S Chairs, 



Down. 

 209 1-2 cords Wood, 

 237 casks Lime, 

 1,G36 bales and boxes Cotton 

 Goods, 

 134 do. Woollen do. 

 26 tons wrought Stone, 



18 casks Wine 

 37 do. Rice, 

 680 galls. Oil, 

 .000 Shingles, 

 ,000 Clapboards, 

 ,000 Laths, 

 ,000 feet Boards, 



71 casks Dyewood, 

 223 do. Lime, 

 ,417 bales Cotton, 

 221 do. Wool, 



20 tons G^'psura, 



12 do. Castings, 

 266 lbs. Iron (wro't) 

 270 casks Nails and 

 Spikes. 



30 casks Wire, 

 ,139 lbs. Sheet Lead, 



12 tons Oyster Shells, 

 714 Raw Hides, 

 165 boxes Sugar, 

 161 bbls. do. 



75 chests Tea, 

 113 bags Coffee, 



22 tierces Rice, 



74 kegs Tobacco, 

 539 Ibst Cheese 



70 quintals Fish, 

 2SS bbls. and boxes Fish, 



59 crates Crockery Ware, 



47 casks Pot and Pearl Ashes 

 145 lbs. Leather, 

 100 casks Hay Seed, 



33 Grindstones, 



14 1-2 tons Coal. 



3,544 ps. Sett Work, 

 11,000 Hoops, 



14 bbls Bl.ick Lead, 

 205 boxes Cards, 

 303 do. Shoes, 



13 do. Hats, 



11 do. Machinery, 

 1039 reams Paper, 

 449 dozen Scythes, 



24 casks Hay Seed, 

 569 empty Casks, 

 21,000 Bricks, 



67 tons Shp Timber, 

 93) setts Measures, 

 495 Pails. 



45 boxes Whetstones, 



60 do. Class 



vallotos. — Some farmers and others in this town 

 vicinity have noticed within a few years a new 

 ;ies of swallow, which builds its nest on tlie out- 

 of barns, under the eaves. The same species 

 3oken of in a paper published in the interior of 

 nsylvania ; it is considered a new and rare bird 

 nat part of the state. Poulson's Philadelpliia Ad- 

 iser describes the bird and nest, and the descrip- 



.^ncient.lgncullitre and Horticulture ui .Ifrica. — 

 M. Champollion, now in Egypt, has sent homo a 

 number of drawings, copied from the tombs. 

 .\niong these are the following : — Tilling the 

 ground with oxen, or by hand ; sowing ; treading 

 the ground by rams, and not by hogs, as Herodotus 

 says ; five sorts of ploughs ; the use of tlie pickaxe ; 

 the reaping of wheat ; the gathering of flax ; the 

 putting these two kinds of plants into sheaves; the 

 carrying to the mill ; the threshing, measuring, stor- 

 ing in the granaries ; two drawings of large gra- 

 naries on different plans ; the flax carried by asses ; 

 a number of other agricultural operations, among 

 them the gathering of the lotus, the culture of the 

 vine ; the vintage, its carrying home ; two presses, 

 one worked by the hand, the other by mechanism ; 

 the putting the wine into bottles or jars, carrying 

 it to the cellar, &c, &c. Horticulture ; the gath 

 ering of figs, &c ; The whole with explanatory 

 hieroglyphic inscriptions ; also, the intendant of 

 of the country-house, the secretaries, &c. — Le 

 Globe. 



From tlie Ma 



I E R S DI A K 1 



3 Journal and Tribune. 



5 BEST PUBLIC MEN 



In a very clever little book for young people, called 

 Lomsa and her Cousins, we find the following remark : 

 * Good farmers have always been held in high estima 

 tion. I came across an anecdote, the other day, which 

 proves that this was the case in very ancient times ; it 

 is related by Herodotus, who is called the Father of His 

 i.Ary. The inhabitants of the island r.f Miletus, in the 

 Ionian Sea, having been for a long time afflicted w 

 internal dissensions, at length solicited the interposit 

 of the Parians, inhabitants of an adjoining island. Wlien 

 those, whom the Parians selected to perform the office 

 of arbitrators, arrived at Miletus, finding the whole state 

 involved in extreme confusion, they requested permis- 

 sion to examine the condition of the lands. Whenever, 

 in their progress through the island, they found any 

 lands under good cultivation, which, by the bye, did not 

 happen in many instances, they wrote down the name of 

 the owner. On their return to Miletus, they called an 

 assembly of the people, and placed the direction of af- 

 fairs in the hands of those, whose names they found on 

 their list of good cultivators ; because, as they said, those 

 who took the best care of their own business, could be 

 most safely intrusted with the public interest. These 

 officers were appointed, and tranquiUity restored.' 



This anecdote struck us particularly, because it ex- 

 actly coincided with our ideas of the "true principles on 

 which the privileges of citizenship should rest. In fra- 

 ming our own government, and under the new order of 

 things in France, it was an important question what 

 should give a man a right to vote. A certain, though 

 small income, was decided on by our legislators, as the 

 necessary qualification ; and this test has much of rea- 

 son and justice in it, because a comfortable income is the 

 visible representative of industry and good character-— 

 for it is certainly true in this happy country, that all who 

 have health, can obtain a decent maintenance, except 

 the lazy and the dissipated. 



So far therefore as this principle merely extends to 

 excluding vagabonds, it is a good one ; still it does not 

 touch all cases; for wealth may be inherited by the lazy 

 and the dissipated, and thus the privilege denied to the 

 vicious beggar .may be bestowed upon the equally vicious 

 rich man. 



It appears to us that the proper qualification for voting 

 is to have some regular and constant emp]oyment--to 

 perform a decided use as a citizen, in the way of some 

 permanent trade, business or profession. 



This shuts out bf^th extremes— those who ,\re idle be- 

 cause they are rich, and those who are poor because they 

 are idle. 



sria^^jy au^iLiiii?ii> is>4iaaa2jJ3» 



DOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE IS, 1831. 



BEE MOTH. 



Frieno Editor — I have been a constant reader 

 of the New England Farmer, and have read various 

 communications about the management of bees ; 

 but the right subject has never been discussed. 

 I mean, what is the best means to guard against 

 the Bee Moth ? If any of your correspondents 

 woiilil be so kind its to give the information I want, 

 they would merit the best thanks of society. 



I kept bees tweiityfive years; but at length the 

 Bee Moth fotmd ils way into the hives, and have 

 destroyed all but one ; and that I am afraid of los- 

 ing the present season. I have become almost 

 discouraged about the raising of bees, and, as a 

 last resort, have appealed to some e.xperienced per- 

 son for information on the subject, to know wheth- 

 er anything can be done to guard against so des- 

 olating an insect. 1'. C. 



Remarks by the Editor In Dr Thacher's Trea- 

 tise on Bees (which our correspondent may procure 

 for a trifle of sundry booksellers, as well as at 

 the office of the New England Farmer,) is a valu- 

 able dissertation on the bee moth. This suggests 

 sundry remedies against the insect complained of 

 and proposes ' a plan fijr an Improved Bee-house,' 

 intended to guard against it. We shall not reprint 

 this article, because the copy right of the work 

 is secured to its publishers, and its republication 

 by us would trespass on their property. 



Mr John Stone, of Sudbury, Middlesex county, 

 Mass. in an application for a premicim, to Mass. 

 Agr. Soc, states in substance that he had kept bees 

 for ten years last past ; that for several years his 

 bees were nich iujured by the bee moth — that 

 he lost two hives of bees which were wholly de- 

 stroyed by the insects. ' In the spring of 1824 or 

 ISio, about the first of April, I raised my hive 

 about I of an inch by putting a small block of that 

 thickness under each corner of tlie hive ; immedi- 

 ately the bees commenced the work of destruction 

 upon the moth-worm anil entirely cleared the hive 

 of them. I have followed the practice ever since 

 and have never received any injury from the bee 

 moth, the worm having been invariably destroyed 

 by the bees, and brought out of the hives. The 

 hives have remained in this situation till the month 

 of October, when I have taken away the blocks- 

 and let them down.' 



The late Dr Low, of Albany, recommended the 

 suspension of hives a few inches above the floor- 

 boards by cords, and to have the floor-board move- 

 able up and down, according to the weather. Mr 

 David Chandler of South Hadley, Mass. recom- 

 mends (N. E. Farmer vol. vi. p. 321,322) plac- 

 ing the hives on the bare smooth ground about the 

 first of May, or perhaps earlier, at some distance 

 from the bee house, and placing back, late in the 

 fall of the year, the hives which are to be kept 

 over winter. The objections to these remedies are, 

 that tliey expose the bees to be annoyed by rain, 

 dust, wind, toads, and other reptiles, cobbers from 

 other hives, &c. 



Dr Smith, in his Essay on Bees, (anotlier cheap 

 and useful little v.'ork, printed by Perkins and Mar- 

 vin, Bostoii)in treating of the bee-moth says ' A 

 very simple plan, and sometimes it is eminently 

 successful, consists in placing a burning lamp in a 

 pail near the apiary. I have been quite successful 

 in taking prisoners by this device, in the early part 



