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Mf..Gi'i!!i:rrt Xow VVork on Americans. 

 AMERCCAX BOYS. 

 All American ol ten or twelve y(.;;rs of age, is as 

 Ujiicli of a joiiiig man ;is an Eiiropeaii at sixKx-n ; 

 mid when an-ived at tliat a;,"', lie is as nsefiii in bus- 

 iness, and a>i nuicii io lie relied on, jis a Geri'ian al 

 "M, or a Freneliman at 50, t5omeihin<.' similar to it 

 may also ha found in En^dalid: hut neither climate 

 nor education promote it to the same extent as in 

 America. From the earliest period of his life a 

 young American is aci-nstoined to rt'ly upon him- 

 self as tiie jirincipai artificer af his fortune. What- 

 ever he learns or studies is with a view to future 

 ai)plication, and the moment he leaves school he 

 inimorses into active life. His rejmtation, fioni the 

 tune he is ahle to think, is the object of his most 

 anxious care, as it must affect his future standing in 

 society, and increase the sphere of his usefulness. 



AMERICAiV LOVE OF OCCUPATION. 



• There is probably no people on earth witli whom 

 business constitutes pleasure, and industry, amuse- 

 inent^ in an equal de<rree with the inhabitants of 

 the Ijnited States of America. Active occupation 

 js noi only the |)iinci|)al source of their happiness, 

 and the foundation of their national frreatness, but 

 they are absolutely wretciied.wiihout it, and instead 

 of the " <lolce tar mente/' know but the horrors of 

 idleness. Business is the very soul of an Ameri- 

 can ; he [Hirsutts il, not as a means of procuriuf^ lor 

 Inmself and his family the necessary comlbi-rs of 

 life, but as the fountain of all human felicity. From 

 the earliest hour in the morning until late at ni^dit 

 the streets are thronged by men of all trades and 

 jirofcssions, each following- his vocation like a per- 

 pelnum mobile, as if he never dreamed of a cessa- 

 tion from labor, or the possibility of becomin"' a- 

 tigiied Neither is this hurry of liusiness confined 

 to the large cities — it communicates itself to every 

 vdj.ige and hamlet, and extends to and penetrates 

 tne western forests. It is as if all America were 

 but one gigruitic workshop, over the entrance of 

 winch there is the blazing inscription, "Ab admil- 

 tance here except on business.''' 



•Meadow Land," .sold last week in Northamp- 

 ton, accor.fnig to the Courier, at prices almost un- 

 exampled m that town. Four acres in Old Rain- 

 bow, which IS overflowed by the Connecticut river 

 treshets, leaving a luxurious vegetable deposile, 

 f'f.d for $193 per acre. One acre sold at $169. 

 1 liree acres at flGi per acre. Seven at $1.53 eacli 

 Three and a quarter acres in Venture's fields at 

 $13b pm- acre. Foui; an.l a half acres on middle 

 Meadow Hill, at $117 per acre. Two and a half 

 acres, at $125 for each acre. 



Caue of PouLTfiv.— ihe agriculturalist, Ar- 

 thur Young, says "the poultry house should con- 

 tam an apartment for the general stock to roost 

 HI, another for setting, a third for fattening, ami a 

 fourth forfood. If the scale is Iarger,thore should 

 be a fifth for plucking and keeping feathers. If 

 a wom.-ui is kept purposely to attend them, she 

 would have her cottagecontiguous, that the smoke 

 of her chimney may play upon the roosting and 

 '"tting rooms." 



Ai'PLE Pork. — Friend Holmes.: — I here give an ac- 

 count of a s.r.:.ll ;,p,iie porker <.f 1836. He was fifieen 

 montiis (lid ; oCtlie Newbury wliiteand Bedford breed; 

 weighed .312 Uis. The h-aves w.'.igbed ^2 1-2 pounds; 

 the Roundabout weighed 12 1-2 pounds ; head 21 1-4 

 lb:.,; bone of tin- hend 3 1-4 lbs.; feet and legs 8 3-4 

 lbs. I have iieietofore given my metlmd of fatten- 



Ssuid pig was weaned upon npples, and kept upon a 

 very small quantity of grass, with two quarts of raw po- 

 tatoes per day throuj^h the summer. I h:ive no doubt 

 that we can make our hogs as large and as fat upon ap- 

 ples as any thins-olse, only it requires longer time than 

 It would to latteii them upon corn. VVe cannot spare 

 t!ie corn, especially durin;; the present season, there- 

 fore we use that whicli will yield the greatest profit. [ 

 have been thus particular in the weight of the hog, in 

 order to ascertain the comparative weight of offal, and 1 

 knni\' of no otner way to come at tiie facts, except by 

 weight and measure. I also wish that other fiirmers 

 wouhl communicate the results of their experiments in 

 the Farmer, that the public may know what is the mo.-t 

 economical method to pursue, for I think we are rather 

 deficient in actual experiments, although we h.ave plen- 

 ty of tiieori-s. Paul Wingate. 

 llallowell, 3d month, ISth. 



N. 13. Perhaps it would be well to just mention that 

 the pr)rk was of uniform thickness, generally about 3 

 indies; in the very thickes: parts it was four inches. — 

 Maine Far. 



Effect of Carpets.— A German traveller complain 

 oi the universal custom of covering floors with carpets 

 in England. He thinks they occasion diseases of the 

 lungs. " Observe," says he^ « a beam of light which 

 falls into a carpeted room, and ynu see the whole at- 

 mosphere loaded with numberless minute hairs, which 

 retain all their own cliaracierisiics when inhaled, and 

 must therelore act as foieign bodies. The F.nghsfi, ea- 

 ger adr.iirers of cleanliness though they be, constantly 

 breathe this air, rendered impure by tiiese millions of 

 little shreds mechanically suspended in it! It is almost 

 impossible that this should remain without injurious 

 consequences, more particularly where there exists a 

 morbid tendency in the air passages." 



iMisTAKE CotiREcTED.— The Dedliam Patriot of the 

 6th iiist., contains a quotation from Fessenden's Silk 

 Manual, which is attributed to the Editor. But the 

 Editor's notice is a distinct article, immediately follow- 

 ing the " PvhUshcr's Notice," from whicti the Patriot 

 selected*a specimen of our supposed address on biddino- 

 adieu to the Manual. The passage quoted, was writ- 

 ten by Mr Charees Bosson, a young gentlemen, who 

 is interested in the concerns of the office of the N. E 

 Farmer, and has on other occasions, proved an able 

 coadjutor to the Editor of the JV. E. Farmer. 



. Chkxese Cakvijng. — In carving wood and ivory 

 and other substances, the Chinese have no rivals. 

 VVe cannot approach them in their ivory work" 

 baskets, fans and oiher articles ; no European ar- 

 tist, we believe, has ever attempted to cut out 

 from one solid ball of ivory, seven or eight inte- 

 rior ones, each separate from the res t,^ and as 

 beautifully carved as th.; exterior one. These 

 are all cut by the means of the several circular 

 holes that are, in the first instance, bored through 

 the solid ball.— QMa;^ Review. 



