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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



APRIL 10, 1839. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



ILLINOIS AND THE WEST. 



We have already gratified our readers, as we 

 have no doubt, with some e.Ktract3 from the work 

 under the above title. It is a book, which in a 

 small compass, contains much useful information 

 in an agreeable style; and from the interest now 

 taken in tliis growing empire at the West, cannot 

 fail to attract deserved attention. Being written 

 from actual observation rather than compiled, it has 

 a double value. It contains the actual impressions 

 and observations of an observing and sensible man. 



We extract some general romarks on tiie state 

 of the society and provision for education in Illinois. 



"A very false opinion of the literature and mo- 

 rality, as well as of the opportunities for education 

 at the west, prevails to such an extent among well 

 informed people at the east, that I deem it not mex- 

 pedient to devote a chapter to these subjects, by 

 which I hope to promote juster and more favorable 

 views. I suppose it is generally understood in 

 NeipiiEngland, tliat the large towns and cities in 

 Illinois and other parts of the west, are tolerably 

 wojl supplied with literary men in all the profession.s. 

 But it is as generally supposed that the smaller 

 inland towns and villages, and especially the agri- 

 cultural portions, are exceedingly destitute of tal- 

 ent or literature. Such, I know, was in some 

 degree my own impre.ssion ; and I well remember 

 hearing a fifth-rate lawyer in Boston, who was 

 making arrangements for quitting the place where 

 promotion was beyond hope, speak of his expecta- 

 tions of success here in such a manner as plainly 

 showed that he expected nothing less than a judge- 

 ship or a seat in congress : whereas he will find 

 himself as much a fifth-rate lawyer here as in Bos- 

 ton. The trutli is, there is as fair a proportion of 

 talent in Illinois, as in any other State in the Union 

 in proportion to its population. There are, it is 

 true, but a very few minds of the highest order — 

 men who are marked as the leaders of our repub- 

 lic, or stars of the first magnitude in the literary 

 galaxy of America — but there is an unusual amount 

 of very respectable, clever talent ; there are a large 

 number of men whose literary and classical ac- 

 quirements fit them for every office, and would make 

 them ornaments of any society in North America. 

 Nor are they to be found alone in our larger towns ; 

 they are very liberally strewed over all the soil of 

 this great and growing State. In traveling through 

 the country, one will meet with a well thumbed 

 and select library in the log cabin, and listen to 

 discourse on any topic in that rude homo which 

 would give spirit and life to an assemblage in a 

 Boston drawing-room. Already there is a suflicient 

 amount of literary talent in Illinois to fill with abil- 

 ity and success any chair of professorship in any 

 educational institution, or any office of trust in the 

 gift of the people. But all this talent is not avail- 

 able. Much of it is withdrawn from active life, 

 and is to be met but in the seclusion of agricultural 

 life. Yet there is enough for any present exigen- 

 cy, and as the field of action enlarges itself, the 

 whole ground will be covered by immigration, or 

 the annual graduations from their own literary in- 

 stitutions. 



Indeed, a man of respectable talents, coming 

 from the oast or south, finds here many and power- 

 ful competitors, and will have to work his way to 

 favor or wealth in his profession, much as, he 



would elsewhere. It is true there is less com- 

 petition because there is a wider field, the facilities 

 are multiplied and multiplying, instead of being 

 nearly exhausted, as is the case in the east. A | 

 young man of enterprise and a small capital, wheth- j 

 er in hnv, medicine, engineering, surveying, or in [ 

 the mercantile business, stands a iimch fairer chance ' 

 to succeed in either here, than any where east or 

 south, because not only is his field larger and com- 

 petition less, but new sources of wealth and power 

 are developed every day, and more and more. But 

 the same talent, tact and industry are requisite here 

 as elsewhere. The diflference is, he must succeed 

 here, elsewhere he inatf. 



Let no young man intending to pursue either of 

 the above professions, set his face westward with 

 the false impression that a small modicum of talent 

 or education and a careless devotion to his business, 

 will secure him either a competence or honor. He 

 will suffer sad disappointment. ■ On the other hand 

 let no young man hesitate an instant, who has a 

 fair share of talent and tact, and whose patience 

 will enable him to endure, and disposition to prose- 

 cute, the labors necessary to success. He can 

 but succeed — fame and wealth, with a fair propor- 

 tion of enjoyment, are here in store for all such, 

 provided all this be accompanied with an integrity 

 of purjiose which no temptation can seduce, and 

 persevc-rance which no disappointment can over- 

 come. I intend to devote a larger space to me- 

 chanics and farmers with hints to emigrants in gen- 

 eral, in which will be found some interesting mat- 

 ter respecting labor, produce, prices, travelling, 

 settling, etc. etc. 



Trdb Charity. — One of the most beautiful in- 

 stances of the considerate kindness of true charity 

 with which we are acquainted, is that of the benev- 

 olent Dr Wilson of England. He once discovered 

 a clerevman at Bath, who, as he was informed, was 

 sick and poor, and at the same time oppressed with 

 the care of maintaining a numerous family. In 

 the evening he gave a friend fifty pounds, request- 

 ing he would deliver it in the most delicate man- 

 ner, and as from an unknown person. The friend 

 replied, " I will wait upon him early in the morn- 

 ing." " You will oblige me, sir, by calling direct- 

 ly. Think of what importance a good night's rest 

 may be to that poor man." — Christian Register. 



A Stockholm journal announces that M. Orges- 

 son, a Swede, possessing extensive domains near 

 llelsiTi;xfors, in Finland, has discovered a means of 

 rendering peat as compact and hard as coal, so 

 that it lights with great facility, burns without 

 crackling, throws out a clear bright fiame,and gives 

 as mui;h, if not more, heat than coal. The peat 

 when jireparoi;' teef^s one-fifth of its weight, and 

 throe-eighths of its bulk, butgains the advantage of 

 having tlie whole of its aqueous parts extracted. 



L.lnseed OH Mml. Tecl Seeil Oil Meal. 



For sale liv G. & H. STEARNS, wlio hare removed to 

 No 5 Mercliiuus Row. 

 March 27. - Im 



PEARTItKES POKSAI.IS. 



At the Pomologicul Raiilen, Salem, Mass., a good collec- 

 tion of Standaril Pear Trees, all of whicli have been proved. 

 They conipribc llie choicest of the old and new varieties 

 Also—Scioun of Fruit Tm-s. 



Scions of a great variety of Ajjplcs, Pears, Plums, .tnd 

 Clit-rries, from licarnig Trees, lor sale liy the suliscrilier. 



April 3. ROBEf'lT MANNING. 



UUCK THORNS. 



I''or silc 8t the New England Farmer Office liy 



April 3. JOSEPH BRECIC & CO. 



FRUIT AND ORKANENTAL, TRICICS, 01Ul.Bi:iU 

 KlISS. A.e. 



Nursery of Willium Kcnrick. 



The Catalogue of Eruit and Ornamcnlal Trees for 1839 is 

 now ready, and will be sent to ali who apply. It comprises 

 a nio^t extensive selection of the superior varieties oi Pears, 

 Apples, Plums, Quinces, Gooseberries, Raspberries, (yur- 

 ranls. Strawberries, Grape Vines, &c. The slock of Cher- 

 ries and of Teaches now ready is particularly large. Also, 

 (Jrniirnental Trees, Shrubs, itoses. Honeysuckles, Pseonies, 

 Dahlias and other Herbaccntis Flowering Plants. , 



10,000 CucUspur or Newcastle Tburiis. 



iO.uou Buckthorns. 



Morus Muliicaulis, and other Mulberries ; the trees genu- 

 ine and tine, at prices fair, and yarying with the size, and 

 the qMantily wiiich may be desired. 



Fruit and all other trees, when so ordered, will Fie secure- 

 ly packed for safe transportation to distant places, and or- 

 ders promptly executed, on application to the subscriber. 

 WILLIAM KENRICK. 



Nonantum Hill, Newton, near Boston. 



January 30, 1839. 



PEAR, PLtM, GRAPB VINE.*, &C. 



lono Pear Trees of the most approve<l kinds; 



1000 Plum Trees, of the most approved kinds and extra 

 size— many of ibem have borne the past season ; 



."■.OO Quince Trees ; 



3(100 fsahella and Catawba Grape Vines, from 6 to 15 feel 

 high, most of them have borne fruit — Black Hamburgh, 

 Sweet waier, Pond's ^^eedling; 



30,000 Giant \sparagus Rm ts ; 



5000 Wilmoi's Early Rhubarb or Pi» Plant, lately intro- 

 duced ; 



.•ilso — a good assortment of Gooseberries, Roses, &c. of 

 different kinds; 



A II orders left at this office, or with the subscriber at Cam- 

 bridge-port, or in Mr Lynch's baggage wagon box, at Gould 

 & Howe's. No. S Faneul Hall, will inect with immediate 

 attention. SAMUEL POND, 



March 27. Cambridge-porl, Mass. 



HO! F'»R II,L,INIOS. " 



To iijirst rate man, well acquainted with trade, who can 

 command a leady capital ol Irom S3,000 to S6,000, who is de- 

 sirous of locating himself in one of ihe most beautiful and 

 healthy situations on Rock River, in Illinois, v^-here he can Join 

 a New England Colony, and engage in Mercantile and Agri- 

 cullural pursuits, with a rar»* prospect of success, ti jirat 

 rate opeynvg offers itself, and may he heard ot by addressing 

 a line (posrpaid) through the City Post Office, to 



X. Y. Z. 



N. B. An exchange of Western property, for real estate 

 in New England, a good stock may be effected. 



March 27. 3w 



MAN ANii liOY. 



Wanted a man who is acquainted with vegetable and fruit 

 gardening ; he must be of good moral eharucier, active, con- 

 stantly industrious, and a temperance man— he is wanted for 

 the season, and perhaps he can secure a permanent situation. 



Also — Agood hoy, he must be willing to give his whole 

 time and attention, and he will be thoroughly instructed in 

 the business — he must produce good rccommodations — none 

 other need apply. 



March 20. 



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FARM FOR SAL.K Oi< TO I.ET. 



The subscriber offers for sale or to let, a farm situated on 

 Charles River, in the north port of Newton, and near the 

 Newton Chemical Works. It contains fifty acres or upwards 

 of good land, and bason it n good house and other buildings. 

 Its pleasant situation on the bank of the river renders it a de- 

 sirable place for a counlry seal, or its vicinity to the Wallham 

 Factories an excellent location for a market or vegetable larm, 

 I'orty acres can be added to the above, if desired. 



March 13. 4wis* SETH BEMIS, Walerlown. 



FARM FOR SALE. 



For sale a valuable farm, sitiialed in Newton, half a mile 

 from the Upper Falls Village and ten miles from Boston. 

 The farm comprises about 100 acres of land, one third ol 

 which is covered with a thrifty growth of wood and fencing 

 limber. It has a good well ot water, besides a never failing 

 brook which passes through the farm. The buildings are 

 ol" ample size, and in good repair. A lot of aboiil ten acres 

 of tbejand near the buildings, is on a level plain of superior 

 quality for the growth of the mulberry' tree For particulars 

 inquire of Miss Ann Bent, 214 Washington Street, or of E. 

 F. Woodward, near the premisi s. 



Boston, March 6. 1639. tf 



THIC NE^V I£NGL.A^D FARMKR 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per smnim 

 payable at the end of the year — but those who pay williJB 

 sixty days from the time of subscritjing are entitled to a de- 

 duction of 68 cents- 



TWTTLE, DENNETT AKD CHI3H0LM, PRIKTrKS, 



n SCHOOL STKBET B0SITOH 



