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THE GENESEE FARMER 



September 24, 1831. 



FACTORIES AT TROY, Fall River, Ms. 

 From a communication^ the New- York Amer- 

 ican Advocate, we compile the following informa- 

 tion, respecting the factories at Troy, Ms. The 

 river falls 128 feet in 150 rods, forming 9 dams, 

 with about 14 feet fall to each. This place is at 

 the head of Mount Hope Bay, and near Taunton 

 river. The harbor will admit any ships which 

 plough the ocean. 



Cotton Factories. 



spindles looms hands lbs. cot'n 

 TroyMan'gco. 3892 

 Pocassettman'gco. 2000 

 Buffingtons' factory 500 

 Hawes & co's. do. 700 

 Chase& Luther's do. 1536 

 A. & J. Shove's do. 1500 

 D.&J. Olney's do. 900 

 Massasoit do. 10,000 

 Fall River do. 3250 

 Dexter, Wh.&co.do. 600 

 T. Shove's do. 1000 



Shove&Slade's do. 



Annawan company 5580 



Total, 31,458 1041 1276 2,290,000 



It is a safe calculation to estimate 4 yards of 

 cloth from a pound of cotton, which would make 

 9,160,000 yards, amounting at an average of 10 

 cents, to $916,000 00 



Deduct cost of the cotton, 229,000 00 



which leaves the sum of 687,000 00 



produced to the country by the labor of 1276 oper- 

 atives, aided by machinery. 



In addition to the above, there are at the above 

 village, — 



S Shove & Co's. sattinet factory, employing 

 150 hands, value of goods manufactured per year. 

 $195,000. 



A. Robeson's print factory, where 16,800 yards 

 are bleached and printed daily, employing 260 

 hands. 



Fall River Iron Works company, manufacture 

 1000 tons of iron yearly 



O. S. Hawes & Co's machine shop, employs 30 

 hands. 



Brayton, Slade & Co. machinists, employ 25 

 hands. 



The water power which moves this quantity of 

 machinery, rises in a pond, only 3 miles distant : 

 most all the investments have been made within 6 

 or 7 years. The village contains about 5000 in- 

 habitants — and 7 places of public worship. The 

 hands employed in the factories are jths females, 

 who are represented as well dressed and well be- 

 h.ivcd. — Roc. Dai. Adv. 



PATERSON, N. J. 



It is stated this place is fast rising in wealth 

 and manufacturing importance : all the dwellings 

 in the village are full : the following new facto- 

 ries are now in progress or completed : 



2 for cotton goods ; 



I for cotton goods and making machinery ; 



1 for cotton goods and mill-wright work; 



I for woollen goods ; 



1 for gdt buttons and other articles. 



We should say that Patcrson was in the full tide 

 of successful experiment.— rft. 



A man at Boston died from touching the flesh of 

 fipsisor.ed cow 



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CATARACTS. 



As a statement of the height of the various cata- 

 racts on the Globe, which have been ascertained, 

 may be amusing and instructive, we propose to 

 trnscribe, relying on various authorities, a brief 

 one : 



Falls of Niagara, width of River } of a 

 mile; fall of the rapid 57 feet, grand falls 

 164, total, 



The Montmorency river, 9 miles below 

 Quebec, 50 feet in breadth, falls 



Chaudiere, near the Montmorency, 



Mississippi, above its junction with the 

 Ohio, 700 feet wide, falls 



Missouri, 500 miles from its sources, de- 

 scents in 18 miles 360 feet ; the river is 

 1000 feet broad ; one cataract is 87 feet, 

 another 47, and another 26, the other 200 

 feet are rapids, 



Passaic, N. Jersey, stream 150 feet wide, 

 falls into a chasm only 12 feet broad, 



Genesee, in 2 miles falls feet 1 of 



96 feet 1 of 



Mohawk, at Cahoes, near its junction 

 with the Hudson, 



Tuccoa, Ga. stream 20 feet wide, 

 | Ache, in Bavaria ; river falls in 5 steps 



Tcquendama, S.America; the river Bo- 

 gota,rises in the mountains9000 feet, above 

 the level of the sea, and is precipitated, 

 thro' various gorges, chasms, and preci- 

 pices, until it plunges into an immense 

 chasm, 



Nile, at Lyene, falls 40 feet, and is des- 

 cribed by Bruce, as, reuniting with the 

 wildness of the scenery 



Golhea, in Sweden, falls at Trolhatta, 



Lallin, in Swedish Lapland, J a mile 

 wide, falls 



Maamclven, in Norway, as related by 

 Mr. Esmark, falls in three places 



Schaffhausen, in the Alps 400 feet wide, 

 falls 



Oreo, from Mount Rosa, in Italy, de- 

 scends in one continued cascade 



Staubbach, in Switzerland, a small 

 tream falls 



Temi, 45 miles north of Rome, the 

 river Evelino falls over marble rocks 



Trvooli, 18 miles north east of Rome, the 

 Anio, a branch of the Tiber, falls 



Notwithstanding falls of water, more or less re- 

 markable abound in all parts of the world, there 

 are none which attract the attention, more than 

 those of the river Niagara. Besides the great 

 many attractions to the notice of strangers, which 

 abound on and about the frontier of Niagara ; 

 there are other inducements to an European ; the 

 canals and villages of New- York: the watering 

 places of Lebanon, Saratoga, Ballston and Avon ; 

 and the great Lakes; all these possess an in- 

 terest which leads the traveller, or the emi- 

 grant, from curiosity to curiosity until he reaches 

 the far west. — Roc. Dai. Adv. 



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An agriculturalist of France, by the name of 

 Maitre, has made the discovery, that the dried 

 stalks of corn and of clover, when ground make 

 an excellent fodder for sheep. 



A molting sermon being preached in a country 

 church, all wept but one man ; on being asked why 

 he did hot cry with the rest, "Oh, paid he. 1 bo- 

 long to another parish," 



A Novel Mode of Sfieep Driving. 

 A late English paper says, that a butcher's boy, 

 of York having been sent on Sunday morning 

 to fetch up two sheep from a field near Bootham 

 Stray, resolved to try an experiment on the habits 

 of that patient animal, in order to drive them with 

 greater ease to himself. He had seen hounds run 

 in couples, and reasoning by analog}', why might 

 not sheep ? The youth, therefore, took a cord, 

 and with it yoked his fleecy charge together, never 

 dreaming that (Reunion might produccan agita- 

 tion, which would compel its repeal. Experiment, 

 however, has overturned many a plausible theory ; 

 and so it did in the present instance. The parties 

 not being exactly agreed, began to pull different 

 ways, and, feeling the unusual restraint which 

 was imposed upon them, they commenced a sort 

 of steeple chase in search of their wonted libertv 

 A cow was just lying at her ease on the green 

 sward, directly in the line of their hurried flight, 

 presented a little obstacle, which they attempted to 

 surmount in their sheepish way, not by turning a- 

 side, but by leaping over it. One of them made a 

 spring, and was fairly over the mountain of beef, 

 but the unlucky cord happened to rest across the 

 cow's back, up she sprang, roused by the sudden 

 liberty taken with her person, and found hereelf 

 in possession of two fat sheep, as nicely ballan- 

 ced as ever were panniers on an ass, or the famed 

 bottles which dangled at the saddle-bow of Jonny 

 Gilpin. Away ran the beef with the m 

 whilst the astonished lad joined in the pursuit, will) 

 the prospect before him of his experimental chord 

 anticipating the knife of the butcher. The cow at 

 length began to be fatigued with her load, and this 

 enabled the pursuer to come in time to prevent the 

 catastrophe, and, suddenly cutting the chord, the 

 tioo fleeces fell to the ground, and they were driven 

 to the city in the usual way, the youth being satis- 

 fied that, though dogs may do well yoked together , 

 it is not exactly the same with sheep. 



Caution to Rogues and Trespassers. -It 

 is probably not generally known, that the. 

 Revised Statues have provided a proper 

 punishment for the common offence of rob- 

 bing gardens of melons and fruit, and the 

 wanton girding and destroying of shade 

 trees. These offences are very common 

 and deserve severe punishment, which we 

 are glad to say the Laws have now provi- 

 ded ; and trustthat tresspassers and rogues 

 will take warning. We are glad that an 

 example has been made in a neighbouring 

 village, which will serve to prevent others 

 from similar trespasses. A young man is 

 now in jail in this place under sentence of 

 ninety days imprisonment, for robbing a 

 garden of melons in the village of Vienna. 

 i'he offence of girding ornamental trees, 

 planted for public as well as private use, is 

 so base, that no one can feel any sympathy 

 for the oilender when Buffering the severest 

 penalty of the law. We hope the Trustees 

 of this village will detect the miscreant who 

 has recently beencommitted such depreda- 

 tions in our streets, and for which they offer 

 a reward. — Ont. Repos. 



BULBOUS ROOTS. 



ROSSITER & KNOX have received a few 

 Crown Imperial, and Tulip Bulbs, which 

 are said to be choice varieties. aug 30. 



