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THE GENESEE FARMER 



November 5. 1831. 



From the Commercial Advertiser. 

 The III tie Green Boat, of Fort Gratiot 



LAKE HURON. 



Oh ! hie thee on my little boat, 



Hie back o'er yon blue sea ; 

 Since thou hast borne beyond my sighl 



All that is dear to me. 



Thou't fair upon the mirror 'd lake ; 



Thou glid'st in pride along ; 

 Leaving behind thy rippling wakes 



And the sound of the boatmen's song. 



And a9 thy fading form is view'd, 

 Fond mem'ry seeks the past; 



How painful now the solitude 

 O'er my existence cast ! 



But blessings on thee, little boat; 



Blue sky and placid sea ; 

 Fair breeze, befriend thee when afloat, 



No tempest trouble thee ! 



Glide on, glide on with rapid oar, 



Back to the far, ' far west,' 

 And moor thee on our sunny shore, 



For a season there to rest. 



And I will greet thy graceful form, 

 When seen on yonder sea ; 



For thou art pledged to bring again 

 All that is dear to me. 



which casks will be better, and neater, than 

 any made in the usual manner." 



The communication is accompanied by 

 engravings of the machinery, and attached 

 is an advertisement intended to induce per- 

 sons to form associations, for purchasing 

 the right of use aud enjoying the advanta- 

 ges of tt for a certain term of years ; and 

 he binds himself to require the payment of 

 no sum, until this machinery has been seen 

 by the subscriber, to perform what he sets 

 forth. The instruments, he says, will cost 

 from 1,000 to 1,300 dollars, according to 

 the size of casks required ; persons wish- 

 ing to engage in the speculation,are direct- 

 ed to address the inventor himself M. de 

 Mamieville, at Troussebourg, near Hon- 

 fleur, in the Department of Calvados, or 

 his agent in Paris, at No. 8, Reu des Jen- 

 eurs. Troussebourgh is near Havre. 



He appends the certificates of a M. de 

 Bruyne, who ..ad purchased the right, and 

 had, before paying the price agreed on, 

 seen one man complete 80 casks in seventy- 

 two hours of work ; of which only 32 were 

 employed in performing what was done by 

 the aid of machinery, the rest being taken 

 up in putting together and hooping. 



The same article contains similar pro- 

 posals with regard to an invention by the 

 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. jsame person, which may be ofgreat impor- 

 Accordingto the statement contained in' tance here; namely, for sawing, smooth- 

 the Bulletin of the Paris Society for the' ing, &c, planks for flooring. Forthis.it 

 Encouragement of National Industry, late-|' would seem, that a power is necessary, 

 ly received at the Department of State, a 1 such as that of a dam or water, by which, 

 set of machines have been invented, by the with but little manual labor, an immense 

 aid of which, any person, with but little in- supply of flooring maybe produced incom- 

 struction, may prepare staves and headings' plete order for laying. This latter may 

 for casks with a degree of celerity hitherto 'perhaps be worth consideration here, and 

 without example. j the former likewise, especially in the east- 



Making a cask is indeed almost as nice ern States, whence staves, at present, are 

 an operation as making a watch ; the staves] a large article sf export, and much would 



require to be bent and hallowed, and their 

 edges curved with the utmost exactness ; 

 the difficulties attending which are such, 

 that it is said the Chinese, certainly a most 

 ingenious people, have never yet produced 

 a barrel capable of holding water, without 

 covering its interior with pitch. Now the 

 inventor promises that all the more difficult 

 parts of the process may be accomplished 

 without requiring probably greater skill 

 than the manufacturer of ship's blocks by 

 Brunei's machine. 



The communication states, that, " Any 

 person, without being a cooper, may, in 

 six days, prepare the stuff for one hundred 

 thirty-gallon casks — cut the staves of their 

 proper length — croe, trim, notch and 

 smooth them, completely — cut out, plain 

 and peg the headings for the same, and in 

 fine, render all the parts fit for putting to- 

 gether, when required, by hand ; and even 

 in this latter process a secret will be taught 

 by which time may be saved. The staves, 

 and all the corresponding pa ts of the head- 

 ing, will be precisely alike, so that any one 

 piece, without choice, can be taken and 

 employed indiscriminately. Thus it will 

 appear that six men may, in one day, pro- 

 duce one-hundred casks, ready for hooping 



be gained 

 Globe. 



by sending them dressed. — 



Extraordinary formation of Peat. — We 

 'h n .ve recently visited a bed of Peat,of great 

 size and importance, the working of which, 

 upon an extensive scale, has just been 

 commenced, and which promises to be of 

 high value to our city. The formation to 

 which we allude is upon the property of 

 Mr. William Woodworm, about two and a 

 half, or three miles East of New Bruns- 

 | wick,and less than half a mile from the Ra- 

 ritan. The depth of the Peat formation is 

 about eleven feet, and its surface so broad 

 that is estimated that five or six millions of 

 chaldrons could be extractedjper annum, for 

 twenty-five years ; and as peat turf gener- 

 ally renews itself once in twenty or twenty- 

 five years, this bed may be considered as 

 nexehaustible for any quantity that will 

 be required. As an article of fuel it is of 

 rare quality. It is very solid, and seems, 

 from its texture and appearance, io have 

 been almost chaired by some chemical 

 property in the soil. We understand that 

 the Gas Company ofthis city, has contrac- 

 ed for a large quantity, to be used as a 

 substitute for coal. — JV. Y. Com. Adv. 



TO EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. 



A Gentleman, residing in the country, prac- 

 tically engaged in husbandly and having 

 some knowledge of science, literature and 

 politics, v. Mies to engage with some publish- 

 ers of our Periodical Works, in supplying ar- 

 ticles and papers for the public press. He 

 has been foi 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.N. Goodsell, Editor Gen. Farmer 



old cu> i;se. 



Iiund 

 Cutler's superior. W, WHITE &. Co 



"f T7"E have on hand a lew hundred pounds qf 



