v.— No. aa. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



J 75 



ur yarj thereof, instead of the present ndvu- 



l lllitV. 



ic following gentlefnen are authorized to re- 

 payments and subscriptions on account of the 

 England Farmer : 

 tt Benj. Poor, Merchant, No. 27:} Penrl street, 

 •• A'eic York: 

 :oB De Witt, Esq. Montreal, Canada. 

 11. BfELL, Esq. Postmaster, Marietta, Ohio. 



orr Trees. — On Monday, Maj. E. M. Bartlett 

 :ht to our office a piece of wood split from 

 oiy of one of his decaying pear trees, two 

 ircp tl'Ot from the ground, in whicii many 



holes were pierce 1 to the depth of an inch 

 )re, and in tliose were great numbers of larva: 

 iggots about one siKtoenth of an inch in 

 h. .Mjj. B is of opinion that these larvee are 

 ic 1 from ejufs deposited by the species of in- 

 loticed ill o>ir list, [See N. E. Farmer, vol. v. 



l<>7,\ and that his pear trees have boon des- 1 

 d by the deadly needles of these winged in- j 

 . — liamp. Gaz. 



.Vavsj)(ipers. — The Newbiiryport Herald, in 

 mentioning the decease of the Free Press, states, 

 that, since the year 1600, thirteen attempts have 

 been made to establish papers in Newbiiryport, 

 and although ita readers wore not permitted to see 

 thi; htixinning of them all, they liave seen their 

 end. J 



It is stated in the Lynn Mirror, that 575 news 



cspects equal to any 



tlie best materials, and in 

 tast ill this country. 



ORNAMEN'lAl, LETTF.R, in a great variety. 



FLOWERS, CUTS, Newspaper Titles, and cm- 

 bellishmtnis, Brats Rule, Comijosing Stick!, Chases 

 rrinlers' Furniture, Type Cases, Galleys, Ball Stocks' 

 Skins, Harchmenl, PBlNTI^(i Ink, and every article 

 used ()y I'rinters, of the best quality. 



Tlioy aIso_^ar_ry on, in a distinct department, the 



^ . „ , , , ,. partnient to a large amount, and specimens of the 



Lanada Road— A public meeting has been held style of execution may he seen in a numiier of hand- 



at Bath, Gen. King presiding, at u hich resolutions '°^,<* works lately pul)lisbed, and now publishing, 

 were passed in favour of the proposition of mak- ' hey have generally for sale, at a discount of from 



ing a road to Canada, and pledgin - the exertions ''"? '° '"?'^ ''" "^""l^ ''y'^" «''''=*• >'=»'''= '"'«^° "'^d 



of the meetin. to accomplish the object. ^l^^^i::::^^^''"''''''''- ""= ^'"^ ''^^"'''''^ 



is stated that Nos. 26, 8, 15, 9. have drawn 

 )00, in a Rhode Island Lottery. If printers: 

 publish the nuiny tlinusanJ.t ivhich draw 

 ■!«, the charm would bo broken, and men 

 J be left to acquire fortunes by honest and 

 II industry. 



lilst in the United States every mail brings 

 innouncement of half a dozen new journals, in 

 da we perceive that tliey have a less rapid 

 'entation. Two papers have been diseontinu- 

 ithin the week (the .^rgus and Minerva) for 

 of patronage. 



rida Lands. — A traveller just returned from 

 Ha, being asked his opinion about the fertility 

 a country, observed — "that it was the most' 

 ! country he ever saw, for the lands general- 

 iduced about forty bushels of— frogs to the 

 and alligators enough to fence it!!" — Salis- 

 JV. C. pa. 



iSylvanus Harris, of Vernon, Vt. states, that 

 This apple trees in each of the si.x months 

 eding April, blossomed, and had .sir growths 

 des. The first crop" came to maturity ; the 



I had no seeds in them, but gre.v as fast as 



apples. 



The Penobscot rirer was entirely clear of ice on 

 tlio 13th inst. The wc.ithcr was pleasant, and 



rir.ers were busily engaged in the fields with 

 titeir ploughs. 



Letters — 44,000 free letters were mailed at the 

 I post offiic-e in Washington in the week ending on 

 Tuesday, 12th inst. 



The Portsinoutli Journal says that true gymnas- 

 tic exercises are becoming fashionable in that tov/n, 

 and that many citizens now split and saw their 

 wood, much for the benefit of their health and 

 purses. 



The receipts for toll on the Erie and Champlain 

 Canals during the present season are estimated at 

 $700,(,00. 



The lighter schooner Mobile, having a cargo of 

 lead for the shot lower, was sunk near Hellgate 

 on Friday. It is expected she will bo got up. Mr 

 Sheffield, one of the pilots of this port, rescued 

 two of the men of the Mobile, who were near 

 tlroa'jiingi making 14 men whom he has pickei' 

 up within 15 months past. 



A cunning attempt was made by some smug- 

 glers to introduce about £('00 of French silks into 

 England, in the same vessel Mr Canning came, and 

 mingled with his baggage, in the hope they would 

 so pass detection ; but they were discovered and 

 seized. 



A decree of the Colombian Government was 

 issued to the Officers of the Army and Navy, di- 

 recting them to wear mourning as a tribute to the 

 memories of Mr Adams and Mr Jefferson. 



carcely percepii 



They have just completed specimens of a part of 

 their ] ype, and a complete collection of specimens will 

 he prepared in a few months. 



(C5=Order3 received at the Foundry Salem Street, or 

 at their Counting and Ware Room, corner of Water 

 and Devonshire Street, or addressed by letter to their 

 Agent. JoHM GoRHAM Rogers, Boston Deer. 22. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



Corrected every Thursday evening. 



Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry. 

 The proprietors of the Type and Stereotype Foundry, 

 establishment in Salem Street, Boston, by Messrs. T. 

 II. Carter, & Co. have for the purpose of extending 

 the concern, obtained an act of incorporation. Having 

 united the Foundries of Messrs. T. H. Carter & Co. 

 with that of Messrs. Edwin & Charles Starr, and having 

 secured the services of Mr Edwin Starr, (who is be- 

 on Thursday evening 14th. and a committee j lie^ed to ho the best and most experienced mechanic 



nted to draft a constitution and code of by- | ^■"S^'S^'tl '"/''^.^"""f' '".u^^^'^u'^ •'^'^'"f ''''"'i"" 



, „ , , ■ 1 IS constantly devoted to the mechanical department, 



or the government of the proposed society. | ^,^^ ^^^^..^^^^ ^,^^ procured experienced and faithful 



chool was sometime since opened in tins city, , workmen in all the other departments, in which they 



^hanic Institutions. — A meeting of gentle- i 

 favourable to the formation of an associa- 

 ar mutual instruction in the arts and scien- 1 

 •nd such other branches of knowledge as are 

 lated to promote the best interests ofme-i 

 :s, and, render them more extensively tise- 

 socicty, was held at Concert Hall in this 



e instruction of carpenters in the principles 

 hitecture. 



tection. — The Concord (N. H.) Patriot men- 

 that deer are growing plenty in the north- 

 ection of that state. Several have lately 

 Ukilled near Bath, in Grafton county. " It is 

 pised the increase of wolves at the north of 

 HJla has caused them to flee south for protec- 

 'i To escape the jaws of the wolf they run 

 • 3t the rifle of the hunter ! 



have spared no expense to place the establishment 

 the best possible footing, they are prepared to offer to 

 Iheir customers, a greater variety of modern letter, 

 than is probably to be found in any other Foundry in 

 the United States. They promise, with confidence, 

 that all articles furnished by them, shall be of the 

 first quality, and that orders shall be promptly execut- 

 ed, and on terms as favourable as those of other found- 

 ries. They will furnish at short notice, TYPF.S of all 

 sizes from Pearl In Fifteen Lines Pica, and in the 

 sizes most used of a great variety of cut, as exhibited 

 in their printing specimens, vrarrented to be made of 



APPLES, best, 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, - - - 



pearl do. . - - . 



BEANS, white, - - . - . 



liEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 



cargo, No I, new, - - 



" No 2, new, - - 

 BUTTER, inspect. No. I. new, 

 CHEKsE, new milk, - - - - 



skimmed milk, - - 



FLAX 



TLAX SEEO - - . . - . . 

 TLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 



Genesee, - - . 



Rye, best, - - - 

 GRAIN, Rye 



Corn - - ... 



Barley - ... 



Oats - - . - - 

 HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, - 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Fhil. and Northern 

 PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 rORK, Bone Middlings, new, 

 nav}', mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover . - - . 



WOOL, Merino, full bIood,wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native - - . do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 



do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISIOJ^ MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces - . - - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" ■whole hogs, - - - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POflTTRY, --".... 

 BUTTER, keg & tub, - 

 lump, best, 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, . - - - 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, - - 



CIDER, liquor, (new) - - 



bush 

 bbl 



iHisb 

 bbl 



bush 

 lb 



