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NEW ENGLAND FARTvlER. 



SEPTEMbF.K 5. l«iS'. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 





net, and in scviral townships all the lots upon "'«/"••" ; ,7;' ;'"",,i;"forests wl.icli will furnish an abundance of 



with Indian meal, is excellent food for t.rkics. The ,ow„Blnps under the conda.on of the " -'^^^^ ^-^ , „„, i„^,.„„y „f1,,e farmer and ■-a';^"^-';-'^;,, j,, ,,,„ 



turkies raised by this process are more hardy,J^ess | he^f^-^f ^y -;„'^ ^^^^ ' sLoufd anTcon.puny offset- \ . By an i-P-non of .he map of M-ne, .t w.U be^se . 



liable to perish from the cold storms 



er, anil acquire their growth at an _ _ 



than tliose that are reared ujion the ordinary iood. 



Pedagogical Wrx.— A class was reciting a 

 lesson in Metaphysics— the chapter on motives op- 

 erating on the human will— a mackerel vender went 

 by, vociferatinfT senatorically. " Mackeral, fine fat 

 Mackerel I" Snd'dcnly disturbed by the noise, the 



t tne map oi ..lumc, ....•■•••-- ----- 



y one hunurcd townships ot land si - 

 ook river and its tributaries, one halt 



nore hardy, loss be from fifty eenls to one ''"J " Pf ^ ""^J," „„. „r ^et- i By an inspection o 

 ..r-A wPt wpath- tl'eir siwation and quality. Should any '^°" P" ^ ^ , Oial there are nearly 



aiid wet «eat!i unsurveyed township '"»'"■• P'^''^ l,^e <^n the Aroostoo. . , 



earlier period, g „„ ^^^J, ,hey should wish to erect ■'""^ ""^f ""^ TlZh belongs to the State of Maine and is now open 

 " ^ provisions of the new land law, the ^"'^f.y"^^,^^^.''"*^ ^'^'i'e ^nd seulement under the new land law. Con- 

 Luld proceed as soon as practicable m the «"'^ «y "M'^^^^f^VL remarkable ^^ 

 such township. . .i,„. .,.„„„•,. ,mdthl hiL'h price of produce, and the ready nujrket 



uch township. . ,. , .,.„..tl,attheDur- and the high price of produce, and the ready nujrKC 



The settling duties required by law, are «•«'"''« J"' •^',°,.,^ ^^ g.^js among the lumbering people on the Pen 

 chaser ofeach lot shall clear in a proper {"^^"^XVn laid Ubscot a^^ St. John rivers, and the advantages of the 

 acres thereof, ten or more of which shall ''^^«" '^f I "^^j now making by Maine and Massachusetts into this 

 down to grass, and build a house thereon, withm f°'"^ I ^^^fj;"]; ™ ,,elieve^ that an uncommon opportunity is 

 vears from the time of the purchase. J ;,. j ,„ „^ „i,o may feel desirous of obtain- 



• The board of Internal I„iprove„em for thStat^^^ , ^^^__^^ P^ ^ 



DV, vociierac nir stMttioiicii.j'. ^.^uv,... , ,ca.o i.^... ....-...-.- - , „„„„ont fnr thi« State have now ouereu .ij 1^^.=""' •■••. -j 



l^lckerell" Suddenly disturbed by the noi^.e, the , Tl.ebo^^^^^ 



master inquired of the class what moiilie the man J^^st^d in the Aroostook country in reference to their ^J^e hUd^notes^ot^ U.e J^^^ inspection of every 



had for making such a noise? No answer being r^.jj,^„,^„,^„di,ulu,ral capabilities. Thissurvey wii ■' ^ ^|, infonnation that may be received here, 



■ _^_ , :j .1 „ .f h^ .Unf «s hnMncks and i,„ .n,„mpnred forthwith under the charge ot Ur l,zeKiei per , uroffress of surveys, and the 



Realities.— A person being asked what was 

 meant by the " realities of life" answered— real 

 estaja, real money, and a real good dinner, none of 

 wh^ could be realized without real hard work. 



iriiion hp Slid tliPV inust be (leaf as haddocks and i i,e commenccu lor.iiwii.. u.iu>,. .... -•— o- , 



ir:^ ):i;;:o( t: perceive ^as a ,.^.. mo- Uhnes,o^^^^ 



tive. „fav be expected in the course of the season, and will 



.rive all needful information, to those persons who may 

 feel desirous of making a settlement upon them. 



The following extracts from the second report"/ J^ 

 Jackson on the "Geology of the public lands, ™ad« ° >?« 

 Legislature, and now in the hands of the P""t«^,f°J Pub- 

 lication, show the value of these lands for cultivation. 

 Speaking of the Aroostook country the Doctor says, "the 

 average width of the alluvial region on the Aroostook 

 river cannot be less than six or eight miles and m some 

 it is much wider. It is a well wooded region and 



Certain CURE for the Diarrhiea. — Parch 

 a half a pint of rice until it is Perfectly brown- places^t is mucnw^^^^^ 

 boil it down, as rice is usually done— eat it slowly, '^^^f ^^^'^'^^ggi^.^^ of the Western States, and capable 



Dorson, and all inform'ation that may be received here, 

 From "i^ne to time, from the progress of ^--ys and the 

 reports of Agents, will be cheertully given to all inquir- 

 errand eve?y fu'cility granted withm the n.eans c, this 

 office to secure to ndividuals and companies, all tne 

 bfnefitl and privileges intended by the Leg^lature for 

 acmal settlers under the P^-^ f j{i;:,^,'l!iX' '^ 

 Land Agent of Maine. 



. State of Maine. 



In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 

 • thirty-eight. An act additional to promote the sale and 



settlement of the Public Lands. 



Section 1. Be it enucM by the Senate and f/o«5e 5J 



and it will stop the most alarmin 

 few hours. 



famed regions of the Western States, and capable *^^^7;,^,,;„, ^^ Legislature asserahlcd That all andi 

 «v„.i under a less genial clime, of producing crops ot nj ^^^^^^^ ^^,^ ^^ ^,,„^^ „„ , Up,, 



wheat and other grain, fully equal in abundance with any ^ « ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ,1^^ ^^„,^ ^^ prescribed by law, ll . 



soils of which we have any records. , . , , ■ j nrice to be Sxed by the Land Agent, having reference t. 



"We here found a yellow loam of a fine kind derived P^'^^^'^j"^;,;. J, however at^ a less price than fifl; 

 from the limestone roks -^ luxuriant in its produce the hel^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ °^ ^^^/T i'" ,'LTt' 



and in some places covered to the depth of 4 or 5 inches ^^j^j^jj;" ^^^^^ y^^^s from the ume of said sale in labor t 

 hv a black vegetable mould. ho l.iid out in making roads in such township wliere sai 



^This vellow loam is remarkable for the tall rank grass ^^dtto "old are situated, under the direction of the Lan 

 called blue joint, which skirts the margin of the river una ^^^^ ^maining fourth part to be paid m cas 



and from 4 to .5 feet high and extremely luxuriant. 1 he ^S^ . 'f. from the time ofsaid sale. 



?orest trees are of a mixed growth, but the sugar maples wi|h.n hnir j^e ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ 



are most abundant, and are of gigantic *y^«- ,1^''"*' ^'"'^ „, a less number of individuals, shall each select a lo . 

 birch, black and white ash also abound. The soft wood or a ess ^^^^^ ^^,^^^ .^ any township lo 



grow; mostly on the low lands whi e 'he "P'and^ '" ' H ^ '|/^^",^[,l,,s, the same having no mill within its . in. 



advertise the settling lands in marKet, .mce a year^i. '^^I^^^^^;:^^^^^^^^ 



-" --"1?' i^ :Z i^'^^^.'-l^.t^l^^or^ inX ttarrthrwill ^Z a *Vee , Limumcation between ^^ ^^ ^J- :!:r 1""^ o^er an^ substantia, manne 



saw mill and grist mill, on such lot within said tow 



Soot. — As a top dressing for turnips or grass 

 land there is nothing superior to it. 



STATE OF aiA^INE. 



LaSP OfFICE, \ 



Bangor, April 30, 1838. 5 



The twelfth section of " an act additional to promote 



the sale andsettlementof the public lands," passed March 



24 A. D. 1835, making it the duty of the Land Agent "to 



advertise the settling lands in market, once a year, for 



.. . ■ :„ ,1... ^:»»f nf Rr»«ton. one in 



iwu ii..^..i..o, ... r~r- - . -I f"='""i :■■","■■ I ;■"■" ;;„„,, ,|,„,.„ will be a free communication between 



Concord, N: II. and fn one paper in each county in the two year-- 'heie ^"^ ' « ^^''^j ^ ^ „„„,l,er of enter- 



ftate, describing the quality and simat.on of said land Bangor """^^'he AroostooK . _^ this fertile 



"ndtlie terms "of sale," the Land Agent hereby S'^'^H P"^'»S f "'^b^^ f^ ii^ t,^ ^^^^^^^^^ 



public notice that Township number 4, in the httli range ^^''''y'^""^"^;''™; "become as it is destined bynamre to 



if Townships west from the east line of the btatc, has and that region ^ O"™'"^,?" 



been lotted fir settlers and is now in the market for sale ^e the ^™ oH^^^ On the Aroos- 



and settlement under the provisions of the follovving law '" .=l"°."/f hrremarked that very few if any hemlock 



passed at the bust session of the Legislature. The price took ''"''' hy~^°^^'^^^/^^ is of a mixture 



will be from fifty to seventyfive cents per acre, according 1 trees exist, and the preuommau „_fe ^_^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^_ 



shin as shall be'designated by the Board of Internal 1. 

 provement, the same ^I'all be entitled to a deed of su. 

 lot ; and each individual shall receive a deed from t^ 

 Lai^d Agent for his respective lot, without any turth 

 consideration, conditionell however, for the performan 

 of the settling duties rcqmred by law. 



Sec 3 Be it further enacted, That from and after t 



trees exist, anu tne preuo.i.i.iai...6 fe.- ■- -", , , gj.^. 3. Be itturiner eTUicieu, x nai .i>^u. .. — - 



will ue i.o". '".J w ..^.....j". - — -- !--_ . „" I „f„.,r;™,s IvirH wood trees, the sugar maple, ash ana vei- „f ,|,;„ .Lt nil -icts and parts of acts mcons 



^it;i;r!^r' T;:^::;:;^ t;^::t;;:ns,;t S^M^: 1 1:-^:^ ^:Z„ whU; occuri^uerl^g, some ofjthe | ^^^^^^l^^ll, T^K. j, be and the same . 

 remarkably free from stones, and the land lyn.g in moil 

 orate swells; The location of this township is iavorable 

 for settlement, as the Aroostook road pa.ss.^s within one 

 mile of the western line of the township. 1 here are be- 

 tween 40 and r.O settlers in the adjoining township !\o 

 4 in the 6th Range, and a good saw mill and grist mill 



have recently been built there by Ira Fish, Lsq. only one 



mile distant 'from this township. „ _. , a.i 



Townships No. 3 in the 4th Range, No 7 in the 6th 



Range, and No. 8 in the 7tli Range have been surveyed 



and lotted into mile sectioiiij. Lots of UiO acres will be 



run out from any of these sections to actual settlers, 



where the land is more suitable lor farming than for tim- 

 ber. Townships Nos. 8, 10 and 12 in the r>th Raii«c have 



been ordered to be surveyed, by tlw. Surveyor Oenoral. 



forthwith, and will be open for settlers as soon as the loti 



low birch abounding, wnne ^-'v-.-i.. ^,...^...-(57 



most bfty pine tree^ ever beheld. There are eviden 

 Reasons why this shoul.l be the case, for the "ches so s 

 are always most crowded with a mixed -rowth, and the 

 Aroostoo-k soils a,e mostly of limestone |^l»v.on and are 

 exceedingly rich and good settling lands remarkable lor 

 their heav/ crops of wLat, rye and other grams, and are 

 enainly rlcher'^as an agricultural district, than any o he 

 portion of Maine. The present populaUon on this river 

 fs estimated betwe.j_n 400 and 500 persons, chiefly emi- 

 grants from Maine." „ , , t. .1,0 « 

 Towards the conclusion, Dr .Tackson says •' the re- 

 searches of the present season have brought to light man) 

 important resources in the public domain which were 

 hXreunknown. Beds of iron ore of immense magu.wde 

 favorably situated for advantageous 0P''™"°P''. "'='■"'■,?" 

 the Aroostook, and all the marked characteristics of the 



U .... uir, in.*...^.- 



." , ■ •••■•■•" -i-v , , „ 'j;';:;!"; l regular coal formation exhibit themselves over a great 



can b.. r.in out. The Aroostook road passes directh [f ? ''''J J™' J""?; ,^ the Schools to the Aroostook and 

 Uirough these townships and the soil i.s represented to be ^f "^ ^"""^ j-^^^^^^ t^tbe Temmiscouta lake near the 

 --"-'•^■^^-i^S- :;^''L^^fr J!t'::'t, ^iml^y^/cli^r'u will be at once perceive.!, t at 



and cut out from the'' military roarl loading from Bangor 

 to Houlton, near Mattawanjkcag I'.^int to the Aroostook 

 river, a distance of about li) miles. 



About $17,000 will be expended this year, upon this 

 raa<l by the Land Agents of Maine and Ma.ssachusetts, 

 And with the part already finished the road will be om- 

 joleted about one half of the dislui^a. Ihe whole dis- 



;yl;mh;rof"c;nX"u willl«> at once P"eeive.i, that 

 the coimtry which we have explored is a most ^al able 

 territory, possessing every advantage required by sottl,^rs 

 Heavy tinber ofiers a reward to the enterprising lumber 

 dealer. A rich soil capable of produping an average crop 

 of -20 bushels of wheat to the acre, and in s<jme cases 

 producing from 30 to 40 bushels, offers an ample reward 



l^^^th'tirpr^^l^io;;; o? this ..{, be and the same : 



ln"thl 'jFouse of Representatives, Mar<;h 23, 1838. 

 This bill having had three several readings passed 

 be enacted ELISIIA H. ALLEN, Speaker 



In Senate, March 23, 1838. This bill having had t 

 several readings, I^^-^d to^be, enactod^^^ ^^^,^^^ 



March 23, 1.38. Approved. ^.^,^^^,0 j^ENT 



Secretary's Office, } 



Augusta; March 26, 1638. Ji 



A tnip cony of the original on file. ,,„„ 



A test SAM'L. P. BENSON,. 



^"''''' Secretary of Stat. 



'■ TH1S^«EW KNGI.A:\D PARNEK. 



Is pahlishcd every Wcdnesilay Evening, at S3 per am 

 payable at the end of the ycar-but those who pay wi 

 sixty days from the lime of subscribiii? are enlilled W a 

 auction of 50 cents. 



TUTTLE, DENNETT AND CHISHOLM, PRINTER: 

 n SCHOOL STREtT BOSTON. 



