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orsulion, and reading. Whnt we obUin by ; Indian tribes to the Mississippi, &c. Tlie spealcer 

 lint;, may, liowcver, include every other mode , hiid before the House a communication from tlie 

 iformaiion. Thus, A finds out by experience, i Secretary of the Treasury rehilive to the allow- 

 y tiie result of divers experiments the best | ance of the imi»irt:itioii of Sheep's Wool on tlie 

 e of destroying bugs or caterpillars. A ob- skin free of duty, &c. The Secretary slates that 

 bis knowledge from the fountain head, his , the skins were, but the wool v/as not so entitled, 

 experience. A, observes one of his neighbors [ and that letters of instruction had been sent to the 

 e successful practice of a process for destroy- , Collectors to that eflect. 



bugs or caterpillars. In this ease he obtiiins : 



I'ul knowledge, by means of ob.servalion, from .Evening Parlies.— Wc copy with uiKjualified 

 "f experience of another. A cominur^i.ates this approbation the following sensible remarks from 

 "'l 'ess to B, by word of mouth. D then obtains the B.dtimore Patriot :— 



""< portion of said useful knowledge by means of Tl'cre is one view of the manners and customs 

 ''■'■: vcrsiUion. Thus far all goes on swimmingly. : "t Marseilles, presented by Mr Carter, [in his in- 

 ■ i A, or B lakes it into his head to write down fercsting Utters from Europp.,] which we think 

 '«■: particulars of said process for destroying bugs niight be advantageously imitated in the United 

 "'•■( calerpilllirs ; posts it off to the printer, who States, and wbich contrast strongly with our fash- 

 '' Jls it (lying all abroad on newspaper wings.— ionablc customs in that particular. There, even- 

 thing now begins to look a little suspicious, '"g parties are mental banquets ; here they arc 

 many w!io wou'ld believe the verbal statement f'e gormand's festival. There,music, dancing,and 

 armer A, or farmer B, have tlieir doubts about conversation, form the objects of the social circle; 

 matter wiien they see their reuiarks in print, here, eating and drinking, loaded tables and wine 

 3 .nformation which has been subjected to the : '''^^'''•s »>'e '■''e grand attractions to an evening party. 

 IS, bei/ins to appear too much like hook farm- i T''e consequence is, in Marseilles, a gentleman 

 ; and" C like a blockhead, as be is, refuses to may entertain a party in the highest style of fash- 

 il himself of the advantages it proffers, because , ionable life without being a franc the poorer next 

 does not believe in being taught by a print; r morning ; while in this country, it requires a hea- 

 an Editor of a newspaper, how to manage a -^T sum to get up a genteel party. The wine 

 iness he was brousbt up to. nicrchant,the confectioner, the victualler, will pre- 



sent you a bill next day, that will be very likely to 

 y=VVe have received, too late for insertion in make you — wisli yourself at Marseilles. This is 

 week's paper, the Report of tlie Committee on not all; our parties encourage and foster habits of 



JUST n'ctivi'd a supply of the Oemtuic Farmem 

 Almanacks, by Kobirt U. Tlinmas Esq. for sale in large 

 or suiall quantities at tlie lowest prices — Also just re- 

 ceived, a fresh supply of Stationery — I'aper—Kanoy 

 Gonils — Account Hooks— .School Books aud every ar- 

 ticle perlaimu!; to the stationery liae, which includes 

 as great a variety and as good an assortment as can be 

 found in any <!toiK in Ibis Oily— wholesale and Retail by 

 JOHN MARSH, No's 96 & 98 State street. 



([^Sportsmni 

 Will find at COPr.t.ANIJ'S I'OWDKR STORE, 65 

 Hroad Street, a complete assortment of I'owder, Sliott, 

 Balls ,Klints, and Percussion Caps. 'J"he Powder war- 

 ranted uperior to any which can be had in the coun- 

 try — price 624 cents and S7.i cts. per lb. Shott, Caps, 

 &c. at the lowest prices— wholesale and retail. 



6t Nov. 21. 



(U^r/ie subscription price wilt be allowed at 

 this of/ice for the l«i, 2d, or Sd volumes of the JVet« 

 England Farmer, in payment for the paper,— .if 

 returned soon, in good order. 



For Sale. 

 SIX superior Saxon Rams, imported in the Brig Oc- 

 lavia, Capt. Russell— also, seven fine Merino Rams, 

 and ten pair Bremen .Geese ; also, three New Milch 

 Goats, with their Kids. Apply to THOMAS WIL- 

 LIAMS, Noddle's Island. 



ricnllural Kxperiments, of the Massachusetts 

 iety for the Promotion of Agriculture. 



excess. This alone should induce the leaders of 

 manners and customs to abandon the, at best,gross 

 practice of feasting at parties, and to adopt the 

 jfirge vegetables. — The last season, Mr Erastus more refined mode of entertaining company as 

 ives. of Sunderbnd, raised a beet that weigh- practised in the south of France. 



•20 pounds ; another gentleman in Sunderland -, 



sed a radish that weighed 13 pounds ; and Mr Markets. — We rejoice to learn by the New 

 Igustus Baldwin of Blr.ody Brook, (Deerfield,) York papers, that their markets are bountifully 

 ed a winter squash that weighed CO pounds. supplied. And we can add, that on Saturday last, 

 A Carrot was raised the past season, in the there was on one of the stalls of Faneuil Hall 

 den of Dr .^sa M. Holt of East-Hampden which market, excellent grouse, canvaslade, white breast 

 lighed 10 pounds. '[ and redhart ducks, venison, bear, mongrel geese, 



partridges and quails, besides the usual large sup- 

 ply of turkies and other poultry. — Bost, Cent. 



CONGRESSIONAL. 



'Senate. — Resolutions have been passed in rcla- 

 a to the relinquishment of a debt due by Cohim- 

 coUege to the U. S. And for inquiring into the 

 oediency of making the old laws regulating 



" HORSES FED WITH MILK. 

 Mnj- Denhain relates that the Tibboos, in cent- 

 un processes applic°able to the States admitted ; '='' Africa, keep their horses entirely on the milk 

 o the Union since 1789. Mr Hayne, from a se-ior^'e camel, grain being too scarce and of too 

 t committee, reported the " Bill to establisli ani'"gh!i price to be employed for that use. The 

 iform system of Bankruptcv," which was ruiide >"»"' '^ g'^'""" '° "lese aaimals sweet and sour, 



and this traveller says he never saw horses in a 

 better condition. [Hamp. Gaz 



I special order of the day for the 20lli iust. 



House. — The motion of Mr Bartlett, that the 



assachusetts Claim for military services, &c. be 



ferred to the Secretary at War was taken up, 



bated, and decided in the affirmative. A Mes- 



ge was received from the President transmitting 



itracts of a letter from Mr Gallatin relative to 



slate di-cussion witli the Government of Great 



ioain, concerning the Colonial Trade. A reso- 



tion passed that the Secretary of State be di- 



Icted to inform the House whether tiiere lias 



en any neglect or omission to record the pat- 



,ts, which have issued from the Patent Office, „ ^^ ^.^^ ^ocks on the Blackstone Canal, be- 



c. A resolution was adopteo for directing tne u^^^^ Blackstone Village and Providence, excpt 



3cretary of War to communicate to the PliuseUi .„ • i ,„j l .• I 



/ „ .„ , . , ,,,..,_. three, arc completed, ami preparations are made 



e number 01 lopographical and (,ivil Engineers f„, n, „ . »• 41, ^i ., , ., 



, , . ',= ' 4 ,, ^ , wr the constructing the other three early the next 



C-. employed by the Government. Also for ob- ., ■' 



% ■ , • • ■ [Season. 



' inlormation relative to the emigration of 



Paper. — There are six paper factories in the 

 town of Lee, Berkshire j:ounty, which consume 

 annually 500 tons of rags. The largest factory is 

 expected to produce 20,000 reams of paper annual- 



ly- 



In this county there are three paper factories — 

 one in this town, one in Amherst, and one at 

 South Iladley Canal. That of Messrs. Lathrop 

 & Willard, at the Canal, is very extensive, and 

 gives en.ployment to upwards of .50 persons. Ihid. 



