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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 90, IPS 



2M£ISGS]:.Z.ASI2£S. 



A very severe storm of wind accompanied bj' a ! 

 ■ — I heavy Ml of snow, was experienced at Quebec, 

 When 'Dr. Sheridan called one morning on Miss j g,, tj,g j^gt ^jy of December and the first day of 

 M'Fadan, to take his leave of her for a few days, i January. Several houses were unroofed. The 

 the young lady asked, in a tone that well express- ^oof of one building was covered with ]eB.t\ ; the 

 led more than the words which accompanied it, ' sheet weighing 2.300 pounds, was rolled up and 

 how long he intended to stay away ? To which he } carried into the street by the violeace of the wind, 

 immediately replied — 



You ask how long I'll stay from thee: 



Suppress those rising fears : 

 If you should reckon time like me, 

 Perhaps ten thousand years- 



A man was frozen to death near St. Rock's sub- 

 urbs. [N. Y. Dai. Adv.] 



IVashivgton City. — The National Intelligencer 

 Tontains a minute statement of tlte present popu- 

 lation of the Federal City, and of the improvements 

 This reminds us of an elegant and complimenta- ' made within the corporation during the past year, 

 ry tctrastic attributed to the Doctor's illmtrious , -pj^g population is estimated at l(),t;77. The num 

 poetical namesake, the late R. B. Sheridan, who 1 ^er of buildings is 2632. The improvements made 

 having on one occasion, staid — not away, but too , ;„ ^pgg consist of 02 brick buildings of two and 



long tvith his fair one, exclaimed at pai ting- 

 Too long I've staid — forgive the crime. 



Like moments flew the hours ; 



How lightly falls the foot of time. 



Whene'er he treads on flowers. 



three stories, and 03 wood Buildings ; shewing a 

 total of 125. In 1820 the popul,-\tion of the city 

 was J 3,474. The number of deaths in 1820 was 

 327, in 1826, 283. 



Sealskins. — Since 1819, fifteen cargoes of fur 

 Shocking. — Dr. Franklin endeavoring to kill a I seal skins, taken within the southern Arctic cir- 

 turkey by an electric shock, received the whole i cle, have been brought into the port of Sloniiig- 

 discharge of the battery himself, when he good ' ton, Con. and sold for .§277, .507. Four vessels 

 naturedly observed, ' that instead of killing a tur- j from Stonington are now engaged in the sealing 

 key he had nearly put an end to the existence of a ; business. 



-From the Palladium. 



Ornamental and Fruit Trees, Sltnibs, Pi 

 D. &; C. LAN'URE'I'II. 

 J^'ursenj, Seedsmev, and FloHsIs, 



I'hii.adki.imi.' 



M.WF constantly on hand for sale, a very i xt 

 rolli-ction of Fruit Trees.Hardy Ornamental Trei 

 :-hriibs. Green llou?c Plants, Bulbous Koots, C 

 .~teds, &c. fcc. not exceeded by any similar est 

 nifnt in the United States. 



I:, thi-ir selection of FRUITS for cultivation, 

 care and attenlion has been paid, and from an i 

 1 y with the subject of many years, they belieTe 

 juriicionslv. 



'Ihe OilN.^MF.NTAL PLANTS, both tendi 

 hardy, which Ihcy are now cultivating, are somi 

 mo-t esteemed aud admired .of both native and 



The GARDEN SEEDS, of which a large am 

 ral assortment is cultivated, are exclusively o 

 own rearing, for which put pose a number of ac 

 tached to the establishment are appropriated, a 

 the moment they are planted, through all the 

 stages of their growth and ripening are under thi 

 mediate care and superintendence, consequent" 

 are enabled to assure purchasers cot only of the 

 but quality. 



' Persons ordering any of the articles on their 

 logue, m ly be assured of having them well and 

 packed, and of every attention being paid to the 

 (hat thev will give satisfaction. 



Orders received by Messrs. PARKER & TO 

 .\o. 9 Congress-square, near the Exchange' 

 House. B^'ston, of whom pricid Cataloj 

 whole mav be had gratis. tf. Dec, 



Cross Examination. — A witness lately examin- 

 ed in one of our courts, (Illinois) upon a trial con- 

 cerning a horse trade, was asked by tlie counsel 

 for the defendant how the plRintifTgenerally rode ? 



H'iiness. — He ger.erally rides a straddle, sir. 



Corinsel. — How does he ride in company ? 



Witness. — If he has a good horse, he always 

 keeps up. 



Counsel. — How docs he rido when he is alone ? 



Witness. — Really, sir, I cannot say, for I never 

 was in company with him when he rode by liim- 

 lelf. 



Counsel. — You may stand aside, sir. 



Jf'aste of Time. — "It has been discovered," says 

 President Lindsley, in an address lately published, 

 " It has been discovered at length, what indeed 



was always sufficiently obvious, tliat a boy need 1 property, in case of need 

 not be kept at school eight or ten years, to learn 

 to read his primfcr, write his name, cypher to the 

 rule of three, and to hato hooks and learning for 

 the rest of his life. It has been discovered that a 

 boy may in three or four years, be taught a hun- 

 dred fold more, by skilful teachers in a skilful 

 way, than their fathers dreamed of learning at all. 

 This is the grandest discovery of our age. It will 

 do more to meliorate the moral, physical, political 

 condition of mankind generally, than ail other 

 means ever yet devised." 



It is said that the Tobacco of which Cigars are 

 manufactured in Havana, can be cultivated to 

 great advantage in Florida. The quantity of Ci 

 gars and tobacco imported into the U. S. is sup- 

 posed to amount to about four millioni of dollars 

 annually ! 



The Russian American Company are fitting out 

 an expedition to explore the vrestern coasts of 

 North America, towards the Frozen Sea, and to 

 Hudson's Bay, for the purpose of adding to the 

 discoveries which have been made by Capt. Parry 

 and Capt Franklin. 



Our government has ordered a vessel of war to 

 proceed forthwith to the eastern coast of Colom- 

 bia for the protection of American citizens and 



One thousand tons of iron are annually manu- 

 factured into Chain Cables and other work at the 

 Dover Manufactory, N. J. The Morris Canal, 

 which passes near these works, will, when com- 

 pleted, introduce tko Lehigh coal at a cheap rate, 

 and open an easy communication with New-York. 



The Charleston Patriot says the cold has been 

 greater at the South this season, than at any other 

 period since the year 1780. Tlie Savannali river 

 was frozen over, and there was good skating at 

 Augusta. The Fayctteville paper says that the 

 thermometer there was at 18 degrees below ci- 

 pher. 



in 1825 there were 261,1 13 barrels of Flour im- 

 ported into Boston— In 1826, 284,822— -Increase 

 23,709— in 1820, 119,080 from Bait. The impor- 

 tations of 1826, at .f6 per barrel, amounted to 

 .$1,708,932 — to be paid for in Massachusetts pro- 

 duce and manufactures — principally the latter. 



It appears from statistical accounts, collpctod by 

 M. de Cabrol, Prefect of the Seine, that Paris con- 

 sumes annually 78,000 oxen, 380.000 sheep, and 

 8,000,000 fowls and other kinds of birds. 



Despatrh. — According to a new arrangement of 

 the Post Master General, letters will go from 

 Boston to Cterleston in nine days, a distance of 

 1044 miles. 



Godfrey King, a Canadian, perished at Albanv 

 lately. King, in company with another, becominrr 

 fatigued by walking throu,iTh a snow storm, laid 

 down and got asleep. They awoke in about two 

 hours, when King's companion went for assistance 

 but on returning found him dead. 



A correspondent of the Boston Stategm.Tn, siys, 

 there have been during the last year in this i ity, 

 27 fires, and 22 false alnrms ; the estimated loss 

 by all the fires is .«!a],400. 



Wools. 

 WHITNEY, CABOT & CO. Xo. 12, Cfnlral| 



offer for sale, 

 75,000 lbs. inspected or stapled Wool, comprij 

 sorts, which is recommeniled to the msf 

 turers. — and orders for the same v/ill I 

 cuted on fair terms. 

 15,000 do. Eastern and New York washed Lad 

 26 hales Peruvian .^ 



IS do. -\drianople I 



9 do. Spanish \ WOOL, 



1 do. Saxony i 



22 do. coarse spinning ' 

 Particular attention given to the selling 

 CAN FLEECE and FOREIGN WOOl 

 signment. and advances made thereon wb- 



WANTED— A man with his wife to t»ke 

 a valuable dairy and vegetable Farm, wilhi 

 of the centre of Salem. To one who can produd 

 doubted recommfndstions, liberal terms will be < 

 None other need apply- E. HERSEY DI 



Salem, 5th .lanuarv 1827. 



TO FARMERS— To let, a farm containing 

 ofland, a large and comfortable house, ham. &(| 

 land is of good quality, and of easy cultivation^ 

 are on the place a variety of choice young fruifi 

 which are just brginuing to bear ; also 10 acres j 

 meadow, on which could he cut enough fuel 

 family, and is an excellent manure. Said farm ] 

 ated in Cambridge, about 4 miles from Boston : 

 The terms will be on a lease fr«m six to ten yea 

 first year's rent to be expended for manure, andl 

 afti rwards to be laid out in the same inenne 

 year. — The above offers a desirable opporlunilj 

 intellifent, thorough and enterprising farmer, 

 but who can bring recommendations as being si 

 apply. THOiMAS BREWER. .^16 Washingtd 



E. PUTNAM No 12 Washingfon Street, has for 

 I'atrhf s, .lewelry, Combs, Fancy Goods, Gold B 



for cash. 



Spoons, (warranted) which he will sell 



/■-Puhlished evirv Friday at Three Dollars pift 

 num. payable at the end of the year— but those 

 pay within sixty days from the lime of suhscribfp° 

 entitled to a deduction of Fifty Cents. 



Gentlemen who procure /ire responsible . ul srril 

 are entitled to ^sixlh volume gratis. 



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