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THE GENESEE FARMER 



June 11, 1831 



From the Rochester Daily Advertiser. 



THE HURON COUNTRY. 



This is situated south and south-west of 

 lake Superior, west of lake Michigan, north 

 of Illinois and east of the Mississippi. By late 

 treaties with certain Indian tribes, the In- 

 lian title to 6,000,000 acres of land, situate 

 within this Territory has been extinguished. 

 The great lead mines are on the south part. 

 These mines have been worked only about 

 three years, by comparatively few persons, 

 under everypossible disadvantage and almost 

 thirty millions of pounds of lead have been 

 made there ! The mineral used by the mi- 

 ners is a sulphuret of lead yielding from 5C 

 to 87 per cent, of pure lead. It is found in 

 veins invariably tunning from north to 

 south, or from east to west. There is one 

 vein, twenty rods long and sixty feel wide, 

 and extending downwards to an unknown 

 depth, which is filled with ore that is nearly 

 pure lead. 



The lead ore occupies about one hundred 

 miles square of surface, except about twenty 

 miles by four or five of copper ore, included 

 within the aforesaid one hundred miles 

 square. Thirty millions of pounds of lead 

 have been made in the mineral region, and 

 not more than one mile square of surface 

 has been opened for ore! Without opening 

 one new mine, 30,000,000 pounds more of 

 lead might be made there. 



The country now ours by the late trea- 

 ties, will forever affoid lead enough for this 

 nation, at as low a rate as can be desired. 



A strip of land, 20 miles by 4 or 5 miles, 

 in which Mineral Point is situated, is filled 

 with a sulphuret of copper, 170 tons of which 

 had been dug, on the first of September 

 last. Not having been smelted, its value is 

 siot yet tested, though its appearance indi- 

 ates a rich copper ore. 

 Besides these mines, the only broken and 

 sterile part of this Territory adjoining lake 

 Superior, is known to possess copper mines. 

 The great mass of pure native copper, it is 

 said, lies in the bed of the river Ontona- 

 gon, which empties into lake Superior on 

 the south. 



The climate of Huron is beyond the influ- 

 ence of the lakes, and is remarkably fine 

 and pure, (remarks Mr. Caleb Atwater, who 

 accompanied the negotiators in making the 

 Indian treaty before alluded to.) The table 

 ami, east of the Mississippi, is about 2000 

 feel above the level of the sea. The streams 

 of this region, copiously and briskly gliding 

 over pebbles of cornelian, topaz, jasper, ag 

 ates, opal and quartz, are as pure as crystal 

 Originating in springs, they are cool enough 

 fir drinking in the hottest day in August. 

 The Mississippi, from Rock Island to the 

 month of the Ouisconsin, a distance of two 

 hundred miles and upwards, and which 

 forms the western boundary oft he ceded ter- 

 ritory, is on an average, about three-fourths 

 of a mile in width. The fish are abundant, 

 of fine flavor, and furnish food for the In- 

 dians on the western shore of that beautiful 

 river. 



The Ouisconsin is about half a mile in 

 width, and at a low stage of water, is shal- 

 I w and full of islands and sand-bars: as- 

 cending 90 miles from its mouth, the whole 

 surface appears covered with wild rice, 

 ; (when in its season.) Rock river is a beau- 

 tiful stream. It has various branches which 

 from their swift currents, must furnish sites 

 .for mills in abundance. Sun-flowers and 

 osin-weed (from the position of its leaves 



theN. and S. points of compass can be as- 

 certained,) abound, as also numerous flow- 

 ers, shrubs, &c. 



The soil of the immense prairies is fine for 

 growing grain, iitc. The prairie-wolf, be- 

 tween the black wolf and the grey fox, in- 

 fests all parts of the prairies, and is a very 

 mischievous animal. The musk-rat occu- 

 pies the lakes and streams. 



The trees of this region are confined to 

 the banks of the water courses, and to rough 

 places, and oaks, red, white and black, are 

 the most common growth in high grounds, 

 while in wet ones, the botany is richer. 



The mounds are lofty piles or rocks, in 

 their natural position, except such as have 

 fallen downwards from their summits. — 

 These piles lying in horizontal strata, are 

 very elevated, and may be seen in any di- 

 rection. 



Upon the organizing of the territory of 

 Hurou, the seat of government will doubt- 

 less be at Green Bay : but the spot designa- 

 ted as the future seat of government in that 

 territory, is somewhere near the Portage, 

 between the Ouisconsin and Fox rivers. 



Some have entertained fears that our ter- 

 ritory was too extensive and that we should 

 be in danger of dismemberment ; but all ex- 

 perience shows this argument to be weak 

 and fallacious. So long as the old states 

 can swarm so easily into the new territories ; 

 having such facilities too, as the New-Eng- 

 landers have, there will be no fe tr of dis- 

 memberment. 



Feelings of consanguinity would forbid 

 the entertainment of such opinions. The 

 people of a new state have generally enough 

 to do, in clearing up their lands, without in- 

 dulging treasonable designs against the gov- 

 ernment. 



poison bt ivr. 

 The poison of ivy is said to be of an acid 

 nature, and alkalies are recommended as an- 

 tidotes against it. Lime water, lye obtained 

 from wood ashes, or weak solutions of pot- 

 ash or pearlash will therefore be good appli- 

 cations for poisons by ivy. It has also been 

 recommended to hold the part affected as 

 near the fire as can be well endured for 

 twenty or thirty minutes. This remedy, 

 however, should be applied during the first 

 twenty-four hours after the poison has begun 

 to operate. Soft soap and cold water is 

 likewise said to be a good application. 



SPAVINS IN HORSES. 



There are three sorts of spavins. First 

 the bone spavin : this is a bony excrescence 

 formed in the joint, which impedes the mo- 

 tion of the joint, and is seldom curable 



Secondly, the wind spavin : it commonly 

 comes in the horse's ham. Prick the swel- 

 ling with a phlegm knife, but take especial 

 care not to injure the nervous cords, for this 

 will often bring on the lock jaw. Upon open- 

 ing the swelling you will often find a gela- 

 tinous humor to issue from the opening ; ap- 

 ply a turnip poultice for a few days to draw- 

 out the humor ; then strengthen the part by 

 bathing it with brandy. 



Thirdly, the blood spavin. The coats of 

 the vein being ruptured, the blood extrava- 

 sates, and forms a protuberance in the 

 vein. 



Cure. — Take up the vein with a crooked 

 needle and tic it above the swelling ; then 

 let blood below it, and apply cow dung fried 

 in goose grease and vinegar by way of poul- 

 tice. 



REMEDIES FOR THE STINGS OT BEES. 



The application of laudanum gives imme- 

 diate relief, and a strong solution of salt ic 

 water is also recommended. It has been ob- 

 served that bathing the part in brandy has a 

 good effect. Sweet oil is a good applica- 

 tion. Care should be taken, however, in 

 the first place to extract the sting of the bee, 

 with a steady hand, for if any part of it 

 breaks in, remedies will be much less effect- 

 ual than they would otherwise prove. 



POISON BY DOGWOOD. 



The poison of dogwood, (piscidia) is said 

 to be of an alkaline nature, and of course its 

 best remedy would seem to be something a- 

 cid. A strong solution of copperas and wa- 

 ter has been recommended as a wash for the 



parts affected by the poison of dogwood. 



A medical gentleman of our acquaintance 

 stated that a decoction of hemlock bark will 

 cure the poison of dogwood. Likewise he- 

 affirms that bathing the part with new rum, 

 is an efficacious remedy against this poison. 



THUNDER FATAL TO GOSLIN3. 



A writer in the American Farmer says.in 

 a late thunder storm the ligtning descended 

 in a field, within less than half a mile of my 

 dwelling, and killed two laborers, and laid 

 prostrate and injured three more. But the 

 effect in my fowl yard was truly remarkable. 

 I had two broods of goslins, one nearly a 

 week old, on the ground, and another, two 

 days, in a basket in a house. At the instant 

 when the thunder fell, which it did with the 

 most astounding force, the woman who had 

 the care of the fowls, happened to be look- 

 ing upon those in the basket, and saw them, 

 at once, all fall over upon their backs and 

 expire. Those in the yard, halt" an hour 

 after, were found dead also ; a nest of eggs, 

 under a goose, then in progress of hatching, 

 were all killed. You may rely on the cor- 

 rectness of this statement. Though goslins 

 are easily raised and live more than a cen- 

 tury, they seem to be endued with nerves of 

 uncommon sensibility, or to have systems 

 peculiarly liable to electric impresssions. 



GREAT NATURAL CURIOSITY. 



The brig Hardy, Capt. Shirley, which 

 arrived here yesterday from Batavia, has 

 on board a living female Ourang-Ou* 

 tang. She has suffered much on the 

 voyage, and is very sick. She is greatly 

 affected by cold, and keeps a blanket 

 constantly wrapped about her. She has 

 been visited by Dr. Smith, the Quaran- 

 tine Physician, who examined her, felt 

 her pulse, and ordered milk to be given 

 her, which occasioned a temporary revi- 

 val of her spirits. She is still able to 

 walk, although she totters from weakness. 

 When she slands erect her hands nearly 

 touch the ground. She eats, drinks, and 

 spits like a human being. 



This is the only successful attempt ev- 

 er made, to introduce oue of these re- 

 markable animals alive into this country. 

 Some years since, an Ourang-Outang was 

 brought into port, hut died in the harbor. 

 The skeleton lias been frequently e.xhibi 

 ted by Dr. Smith, at his annual Anatomi- 

 cal Lectures. — Bost. Transcript. 



The Wheat in Lycoming county is satt . 

 to promise a very abundant barvcsN 



