Vol. 



-No. 2 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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weather they may be subdued. The grass among 

 wliich they grow, and which may be cut with 

 Ihem will soon start again, but tlio flags will be 

 quite destroyed root as well as top. 



Pine .ipple Cheeses— 'i\\e Litchfield Post says 

 MrTimolhy Collins of Goshen, (Con.) makes 12 

 pine apple cheeses daily, weigl'.ing 7 pounds each, 

 which will sell for from 12 to 20 cents per pound. 

 These cheeses are called pine apple cheeses, from 

 the great resemblance they bear to that fruit. — 

 The processes of pressing and drying are novo! 

 and interesting. Cheeses of the same kind are 

 made at other dairies in Goshen. They possess 

 no advantage over the common kind, e.xcept that 

 Mf keeping longer in warm climates. — Hump. Gaz. 



For II years past, the average proportion of 

 deaths in Boston has been one in 41 ; New-York 

 one in 38 ; Baltimore one in 35 : Philadelphia one 

 in 32. In New-York one in 5 of the deatlis sre 

 by consumption ; in Boston one in 5^. — Ihid. 



Defeat and Butcheri) of the Greeks. — The last 

 Paris papers contain melancholy tidings concern- 

 inn- the poor Greeks — two thousand five liundred 

 of whom had been put to the sword ! The Com- 

 tnercial Advertiser says — 



"The Greeks, it seems, had assembled 10,000 

 men for the relief of Athens. Four thousand had 

 marched in the direction of Asomato, at the nortli 

 of the Pyreus, for the purpose of attacking the 

 Turks in the rear, who occupied a fortified posi- 

 tion among the olive groves, while the other troops 

 were to attack thern in front. On the 4th, Karias- 

 kaki commenced the attack on the Turks and was 

 killed, with 300 of his men. On the 6th an en- 

 ^at^ement took place between the Turks and those 

 Greeks who had effected a landilig from the fleet. 

 Two thousand men, sent by Redschid Pacha, at- 

 tacked them, and the defeat and slaughter of the 

 Greeks was horrid. Out of 22 Philhellenists, 18 

 were killed. The total loss of the Greeks in kill- 

 ed was 2,500 men. Lord Cochrane with difiiculty 

 succeeded in taking on board the fleet the rem- 

 nant of the Army, and General Church in rallying 

 liis troops, narrowly escaped being made prisoner. 

 The expedition is said to have been well planned, 

 and the defeat is attributed to the superiority of 

 the Turkish cavalry. The Greek.s, however, tho' 

 defeated with great loss, still continued their ef- 

 forts for the preser.'ation of Athens. At the re- 

 ceipt of the last intelligence, GeneralChurch still 

 kept possession of the heights of Phalermo vv'ith 

 3000 men, and on the 16th of May, that is ten 

 days after the defeat, the Acropolis held out. On 

 the 13th, Lord Cochrane was scouring the Archi- 

 pelago in search of reinforcements. 



The garrison of St. Spiridion, manned by a few 

 hundred Turks, had been taken by the Greeks, 

 who massacred their infidel foes. This movement 

 EO incensed Redschid Pacha, that he caused all 

 the Greeks in his power to be beheaded. On the 

 25th of April, it is stated, upwards of 2000 Greek 

 women and childten were massacred ! 



At Ballston tho celebration of the 4tli was pe- 

 culiarly interesting and appropriate. Tlie revolu- 

 tionary veterans of the vicinity were assembled, 

 and proceeded to the battle ground of Gates and 

 Burgoync. The different spots and positions dis- 

 tinguished by the most remarkable events and 

 scenes of that memorable campaign, were visited 

 and brought to tho recollection of tho spectators 

 by the recitals of these living witnesses and actors 

 of the day. 



A fine corvette, of J8 guns, briilt at Marseilles 

 fortlie Pacha of Egypt, was said to have been 

 captured by a Greek brig. 



Nearly all the national vessels at Toulon, France 

 were preparing for sea with the greatest expedi- 

 tion. Various rumours were afloat on the sub- 

 •ocf 



A new Catholic Church was opened at Opelou- 

 sas, Louisiana, on the 10th ult. .'Vbout 1000 per- 

 sons were present. The church is calculated to 

 contain between 1 and 2000. Tiiis is a further 

 proof of the grov.th of the country — which will be 

 great and happy, if people will restrain their 

 passions, and not auffer themselves to be e.xcited 

 to violence for imaginary or small evils. 



The late Mr. Windham was at a country ses- 

 sions, at which applications were made by six per- 

 sons for licenses to preach. Out of the six, four 

 differed in their mode of spelling " Minister of 

 the Gospel," and not one of them was correct. — 

 Of the other" two, one could road, but not write ; 

 but the other " preacher of the word " could nei- 

 ther road nor write. On admitting this fact, one 

 of the magistrates asked, in amazement how he 

 could " preach the word," without the facility of 

 some little reading ? " Very well," was the reply ; 

 " Mother can read, and I can 'spound." — Duhlin 

 Monihig Register. 



The Haverhill Gazette states that two enterpris- 

 ing individuals of that town have purchased a 

 new steam engine, and are now preparing a boat 

 to run as a regular packet on the Merrimack, be- 

 tween Haverhill and Newburyport. The boat will 

 probably be in readiness for passengers in all 

 next month. 



The Newburyport HeraUi states that tho boats 

 which have returned to tliat port from mackerel 

 fishing have not landed fish enough to pay their 

 outfits. The fish are said to be very scarce in the 

 Bay this season. 



Patterson, a manufacturing town in New Jer- 

 sey, contains 6236 inhabitants. 1453 persons are 

 employed in the factories, whose annual wages 

 are 221,000 dollars. 



A jury in England has returned a verdict of 

 manslaughter against the Engineer of a steamboat 

 for the bursting of the boiler, by which a person 

 got scalded to death. 



A Leap. — AVe hear that some rude, unfeeling boys, 

 a few days since, took a Dog and threw him into the 

 rapids of the Niagara river, just abore the Falls, and 

 that the poor animal, in despite ofhis exertions, was 

 precipitated over (he sdipendoua precipice : when, 

 stranjfe to record, the Dog was discovered in the tumb- 

 ling flood, by the ferryman, pulling for the shore ; up- 

 on reaching which be was found to have sustained only 

 a slight injury on one ofhis legs. [Black Rock Gaz.| 



A letter from an American gentleman in Paris, says 

 that Mr Warden, former consul of the U. S. has met 

 with a book, 100 years old, which contains a theory of 

 the earth similar to that of captain Pymmes. 



It is reported that the venerable Charles Carroll, the 

 only surviver of the Signers of the Declaration of In- 

 dependence, has given $70,000 towards the Maryland 

 and Ohio Rail Road. The Rail Road Scrip is at 100 

 per cent advance. 



Wool. 



On Thursday, t|,e 23d of August, at the lower divis- 

 ion of the hall over the new Jlarket House, under the 

 direction of the A'ev- Knf^land }iociely, will be sold a 

 large assortmtnt of American fleece WOOL. Woo' 

 growers and others, wlio wish to benefit by this favour- 

 able opportunity for disposing of their Wool, are inform- 

 ed, that we are prepared to receiTC it, any time previ- 

 ous to the 17th of August, at which time the catalogue 

 will be closed. COOLIUGE, TOORi I]EAD,^«cVf. 



Boston. JulyTl, 18S7. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52 North 

 Market street, two of Pope's improved hand or horse 

 power Threshing Machines. Satisfactory proof of the 

 utility and operation of this Machine may be had on 

 application as above. 



Yellow Locust Seed, — Turnip Seed, ifc. 

 For sale at the New England Farmer office, a few 

 lbs. Yellow Locust Seed, superior scarlet short top Rad- 

 ish, White Mulberry, 13 varieties of Turnip, Girkin 

 or pickling Cucumber, tc. with a new assortment o! 

 ornamental flower seeds. 



Subscribers to the jYetv England Farmer are in- 

 formed that they can have their volumes neatly half 

 bound and lettered at 75 cents, w'lich is as cheap as 

 they can be done in this city — by sending them to 

 this office. Subscribers who began after the last 

 volume commenced can be supplied with the de- 

 ficient numbers. 



A communication from Smithfeld, R. I. will ap- 

 pear next week. 



