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THE GENESEE FARMER 



October 29, 1831- 



Hudson and Ohio Railroad. — We 

 are happy to lay before our readers the fol- 

 lowing extract of a letter i'rom De Witt 

 Clinton, esq. U. S. Civil Engineer, to a 

 gentleman ol this city, announcing the re- 

 sult of his examination of the contemplated 

 route of the Hudson and Ohio Railroad — 

 a distance of about 500 miles.-ibwr. Com. 

 Buffalo, \Uh Oct. 1831. 

 Dear Sir, — I have now time to look a- 

 round me, and hasten to announce that I 

 have completed my examinations of the 

 country for the Great Western Railroad, as 

 far as my instructions carried me, viz : to 

 the Portage summit of the S *hio canal ; and 

 it affords me the highest gratiication to be 

 able to assure you that the work is not on- 

 ly practicable, but apparently of easy con- 

 struction, — as the country presents no im- 

 pediments which cannot be easily over- 

 come, and the route passes through hands 

 unrivalled in minerals, in water power, cli- 

 mate and soil, which must render it one of 

 the most productive improvements of the 

 age 



I am supprised at the little interest appa- 

 rently felt in our city relative to this under- 

 taking. For it cannot be that our citizens 

 do not appreciate the benefits which must 

 result to them from its completion. Their 

 apathy must proceed from not correctly un- 

 derstanding its bearings on their prosperity, 

 and the uncertainty respecting its practica- 

 bility and cost. That this great work would 

 be beneficial to the interests of the city, no 

 person will, I presume, dispute. 1 there- 

 fore sincerely hope that a spirit of inquiry 

 before long may grow up among them, on 

 tins subject, which so deeply concerns their 

 prosperity and business. 



It is well known that a majority of our 

 citizens opposed the Erie canal ; but in 

 the end they were convinced of their error, 

 and nobly sustained what they had for years 

 condemned Is not their present prosper- 

 ity in a great decree to be attributed to 



those works, — which have populated a wil-i hair brushes of different sizes made on a 

 derness, and made an empire tributary to i new plan, invented by Mr. H. Aikin of 

 their wealth? Can they, therefore, with: Lowell, Ms. The bristles are twisted in 

 their experience, refuse to consider what so wire, and stick on all sides much like the 

 deeply concerns them? 1 cannot imagine, i hair on a catterpillar. The wires are bent 

 for one moment, this to be the case. i round and fastened in a convenient handle, 



I have been at times much amused, dur-|| and the bristles appear to be applied to the 

 ing my examinations, and at others have|, surface at bet,er advantage, and in such a 

 suffered much from bad roads, bad weather manner as give them better play. It ap 

 and other inconveniences; but I do no t pears that this improvement will prove to 

 believe that any other individual can boast '"' as important as it is ingenious.— JV. 



sentenced him to an imprisonment of seven 

 years. 



THE THREE HOMES. 

 " Where is thy home, %" I asked a child, 



Who in the morning air, 

 Was twining flowers most sweet and wild 



In garlands for her hair. 



" My home," the happy heart replied, 



And smiled in childish glee, 

 " Is on the sunny mountain side 



Where soft winds wander free." 



O! blessings fall on artless youth, 



And all its rosy hours, 

 When every world is joy and truth, 



And treasures live in flowers ! 



"Where is thy home V I asked of one 



Who benl, with flushing face, 

 To hear a warrior's tender tone 



In the wild wood's secret place ; 



She spoke not, but her varying cheek, 



The tale might well impart ; 

 The home of her young spirit meek 



Was in a kindred heart. 



Ah! souls that well might soar above, 



To earth will fondly cling, 

 And build their hopes on human love, 



That light and fragile thing ! 



" Where is thy home, thou lonely man V 



I asked a pilgrim grey, 

 Who came, with furrowed brow, and wan 

 Slow musing on his way. 



He paused, and with a solemn mien 



Upturned his holy eyes, 

 " The land I seek thou ne'er hast seen, 



My home is in the skies !" 



O ! blest ! — thrice blest ! the heart must be 

 To whom such thoughts are given, 



That walks from worldly fetters free; — 

 Its only home in Heaven ! 



Jiikeii's Patent Spiral Brushes. — We 

 were shown yesterday several cloth and 



We were presented a day or two since, 

 by the Hon. . ■. . iVdhams, Prresidentof the 

 I tica Horticultural Society, with two large 

 and ri hlycolo ed apples, plucked from a 

 tree in his garden, one weighing seventeen 

 and a halj and the other sixteen and a half 

 ounces. The appie is called the Gloria 

 Mundi anil is a m ust excellent fruit. The 

 tree, we understand, was obtained from 

 the exc lient collection of Dr. A. Coventry 

 in Deertield. — [bttca Ob. 



Tru Christian Religion. — Patrick Hen- 

 ry left in his will the following testimonv 

 in favor of the Christian religion : " I 

 have now disposed of all my property to 

 my family ; there is one thing more I wish 

 I could give them, and that is the Christian 

 Religion. If they had that, and I had giv- 

 en them nothing, th. y would be rich, and 

 without it, if I had given them all the world 

 they would be poor." 



of having travelled directly from New- York 

 through the southern counties of New- 

 York and the northern ones of New-Jer- 

 sey, Pennsylvania and Ohio, to the Portage 

 Summit of the Ohio canal. Be this as it 

 may, my journey west is ended, and I look 

 towards my return to the cast with great 

 pleasure. 



A man named William Parker, was tried 

 a few days since in Philadelphia, and found 

 guilty of tiring a pistol at his wife, with in- 

 tent to kill. The prisoner addressed the 

 :Iury, and endeavored to induce them to 

 believe that ho fired by accident. The court 



Dai. Mi 



The rats which feed on horse flesh at 

 one of the " Abattoirs" in Paris, are so 

 numerous, that the Council of Health, in 

 which we suppose the jurisdiction in such 

 cases is vested have determined that the 

 offal should be removed to a greater dis- 

 tance from the city, lest a countless host 

 of those destructive quadrupeds may make 

 an incursion on the good people of Paris. 

 Some idea may be formed of the number, 

 by the fact, that on one occasion, 6000 

 were killed by some men and dogs in a ve- 

 ry few hours. 



R \ E VINES. 



1/ftk 4\ £h Ck 'rape vines of choicest va- 

 "•('•"'""i™ rieties both of Americm 

 and European for salt in line condition and at 

 reasonable pri tne Alitor. Persons wishing 



to plant either forth) table or vineyards can be 

 supplied. '■ -rders directed to t 'lie office post paid 

 will be attended to. Also a general assortment of 

 peach, plum, apple and other fruit trees, 

 oct 15 



T O "EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. 



A Gentleman, residing in the country, prac- 

 tically engaged in husbandry and having 

 some knowledge of science, literature and 

 politics, wishes to engage with some publish- 

 ers of our Periodical Works, in supplying ar- 

 ticles and papers for the public press. He 

 has been for many years, a pretty liberal con- 

 tributor, but always voluntary and gratui- 

 tous, in which he has probably done his part. 

 He now asks a reasonable compensation for 

 the fruits of his leisure and experience. — 

 Reference,?}. Goodsell, Editor Gen. Fanner 



STATE OF NEW-YORK * Albany .Sept. let' 

 Secretary's Office. \ 1831. 



Sir — I hereby give you notice, that at the next 

 General Election, to be holden on the first Mon- 

 day in November next, and the two succeeding 

 days, a Senator is to be chosen in the eighth sen- 

 ate district, in the place of Timothy H. Porter, 

 whose term of service will expire on the last da> 

 of December next. 



A. C. FLAGG Secretary of State. 

 To the Sheriff of the County of Monroe. 



N. B Members of Assembly, Sheriff and 

 Clerk, are also to be chosen at the General Elec- 

 tion. 



53f Proprietors of the different public newspa- 

 pers in this eounty, will please to publish this no- 

 tice once in each week, ntil alter the Election, 

 and forward their bills to the undersigned. 



J. K. LIVINGSTON; Sheriff. 



REDEMPTION OF LANDS SOLD FOR 



Taxes 



State of Sew- York. Comptroller's Office. 



NOTH 'E is herein given, pursuant to See. 7i> 

 of Title 3, of Chap. 13, of the first part of 

 the Revised Statutes, that unless the lands sold 

 for taxes, at the general tax Bale, held at the cap- 

 itol in the mi- ol ! Ibany, in the months of April 

 ami. Max. I — ■ : < * . shall be redeemed, bj the pay- 

 ment into the treasury of the state, on or before 

 the- fifth day of May next, after the date hereof of 

 the amount lor which each parcel of the said 

 lands was sold, ami the interest thereon, at the rate. 

 often per centum per annum, from the date ofthe 

 sale, r> the data ofthe payment the lands so sold, 

 and remaining unredeemed, will be conveyed to 

 the purchasers thereof Dated Albany, 12th 

 Oct., 1831. 

 oct :» SILAS WRIGHT, Jr. Comptroller 



