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NEW ENGLAND I'ARMER 



jrNGS, 1840. 



(Continued from ptigt 398.) 

 Maysvillc, I believe, is the oldest town in Ken- 

 tucky : it is reyulaiiy laid out into squares; the 

 buildings are chielly of brick, and the town pre- 

 sents a compact, city-like appearance; but the 

 streets are abominably filthy. It is said to contain 

 iOOO inhabitants. Exactly opposite Maysville is 

 -Aberdeen, apparently a pretty village. The coun- 

 try around is hilly, and the soil does not look a.s 

 good as the average in this .section of the country. 

 Maysville is 60 miles above Cincinnati. ']"en 

 miles below we passed Dover, a pretty village in 

 Ohio ; and six miles further, lligginspnrt. Au- 

 gusta, a very pretty town in Kentucky, contains a 

 considerdhle populaiion, and has a handsome court- 

 hou.sc and college, which "'were pointed out to me 

 by a traveling friend who had sp?nt some ti"ie 

 there. Jen miles further brought us to Moscow, 

 Ohio, where we stopped to wood : this is a small 

 but pleasant village. The soil be.low Moscow and 

 between that places and Cincinnati, appe-i.rs to be 

 of the best quality, and the forests are really 

 magnificent. The first view of Cincinnati as seen 

 from the river above, is not very ])repossessing, but 

 when abreast of the city it appears very well. We 

 arrived at (J o'clock, just 59 hours from Pittsburg, 

 distant by the river about .500 miles. 



Cincinnati, like most of the large towns in the 

 west, is laid out in squares, the streets crossing 

 each other at right angles: the buildinirs are chief- 

 ly biick, in plain style ; the public buildings are 

 few, the most remarkable of which are the Episco- 

 pal and Catholic churches, and the Bazaar, built 

 by Mrs Trollope, and now owned by the Mechan- 

 ics' Institute. The latter building is not large, but 

 is remarkable for its oddity, being in oriental style. 

 Many of the streets are ornamented with shade 

 trees, and the city appears neat and handsome. 

 Order and quietness pervade the whole, and, com- 

 pared with eastern citip.s, the business is not very 

 great for the size of the place : i.n this respect it is 

 not what it is "cracked up to be." There are 

 about a dozen churches in the city, and the popula- 

 tion is said to be 40,000. '! lie hiarket is well sup- 

 plied until J2 o'clock, when ifis closed. The last 

 of May thers were plenty of strawberries, cherries, 

 and green peas in market. The general customs 

 of the place are more like Ni-w Vork than any oth- 

 er place with which I am acquainted. 



i'y climbing a high liillon the north of the town 

 I obtained a fine viev.- of (.'incinnati, Covington, 

 Newport and the river. The two latter towns are 

 exactly opposite Cincinnati, and are separated by 

 the Licking river, which joins tlie Ohio here. 

 These places are surrounded by high ,hi!ls, which 

 hide them entirely from any distant view. These 

 hills at present arc very little cultivated, being 

 chiefly occupied as pasture; but when rich citi- 

 zens shall improve the many fine situations about 

 the town, the environs of Cincinnati will be very 

 beautiful. 



I left Cincinnati by the Miami canal at 5 o'c'.ock 

 in the afternoon of a blustering day, so cold that I 

 was obliged to wrap myself in my cloak and was 

 soon out of sight of the city. This canal is circuit- 

 ous, winding around hills and valleys, through a 

 district of excellent land, producing c n the average 

 .50 bushels of corn to the acre, and other crops in 

 proportion. Farms are valued at 50 to 100 dollars 

 per acre. 



Early the next morning I arrived at Hamilton, 

 the shire town of Butler countv, situated on the 



Miami river, distant from Cincinnati by the stage 

 road 2(5 miles. This is a smart town of conside- 

 rable business. The public square is enclosed 

 with a handsome iron fence and contains a hand- 

 some court-house, jail and county offices. 



In the afternoon I took a walk into the country. 

 In tlie vicinity there are several extensive flour 

 mills. The farmers live easy ; their soil is very 

 rich, easily tilled, producing abundant crops, of 

 which corn is the principal. They keep great 

 numbers of hogs, hut few cattip, pork being the 

 article upon which they depend most for an income. 

 In the opinion of experienced farmers the land has 

 been injured by cropping too much with corn and 

 keeping too few cattle. The hogs run at large, 

 and consequently return but iittle to the cultivated 

 land, which will ultimately become exhausted, rich 

 as it is, unless a change is adopted in the manage- 

 ment of the farms. 



I left Richmond in the stag(^ cit 8 in the morn- 

 ing of the next day after my arrival : cro.ssing the 

 bridge into Rossville, we came upon the turnpike 

 road, and, passing through Sonierville and Camden, 

 at 11 o'clock we came to Eaion, the seat of Preble 

 county, 20 miles from Hamilton. This is a small 

 town, but being upon the gr''at western thorough- 

 fare of land travel, it enjoys considerable business. 

 On the arrival of the eastern stage in the afternoon 

 I left Eaton for Richmond, distant 16 miles, but 

 owing to the bad slate of the road, we did not ar- 

 rive there until 7 in the evening. Richmond is 

 situated on the left bank of the Whitewater river, 

 in Wayne county, Indiana, 4 miles from the Ohio 

 line, in the midst of a fine agricultural district, and 

 the most thriving in the State. A large part of the 

 population are Quakers, who have a very large 

 meeting-house in a fine grove to the northeast of 

 the town, and their influence gives a healthy tone 

 to society. The town is substantially built, and is 

 said to contain 3500 inhabitants. The national 

 road makes the principal street from east to west, 

 which is crossed at right angles by wide streets, 

 ornamented with trees. The banks of the river are 

 about 40 feet high, and the excavation for the na- 

 tional road exposes a very extensive doposile of 

 shells and otiier organic remains in ran' perfection, 

 cemented by lime, forming a bluish conglomerate, 

 easily broken into fragments. In the neighborhood 

 of the town there are large tracts yet of the primi- 

 tive fore.st, containing sugar maple, beech, ash, 

 oak, black walnut, hickory, bass, tulip tree, and 

 some minor plants, among which is the pawpaw. — 

 The trees are of the largest growth, and without 

 limbs for 30 or 40 feet from the ground, and far 

 enough apart to admit of riding : there is no under- 

 brush, and were it not for the fallen trees, a carriage 

 might pass in any direction. The soil is deep and 

 rich, but rather too moist generally: the .subsoil is 

 stiff clay: the water is bad. I remained several 

 days, and on the whole was more plea-ed with 

 Richmond than any place that I had yet seen. Re- 

 turning from church on Sunday, F met a friend in 

 the street who had just arrived in town, and with 

 wlioin i afterwards travelled to Illinois. 

 (To he conlinued.) 



Mind yuur own business. — Every man ha.s in his 

 own life follies enough — in his ov.n mind troubles 

 enough — in the perlormance of his duties deficien- 

 cies enough, without being curious after tlie affairs 

 nf others. If every one attended only to their own 

 affairs, this world would become a much more 

 pleasant place to reside in than it now is. 



SIL.K WORMS EGGS. 



Just received, a few ounces of Silk Worms Eg?s, from 

 Smyrna, saiH lo lie of a supi.'rior variety. Price S3 per 

 ounce, clean seed. JOSEPIi bRECK & CO. 



April I. 



siN\ SICK WORMS e:ggs. 



The Eggs of the celehrated Si.ia ^ilk Wnrm. now offered 

 for sale, were raised in I83'j by M, (Jamdic Beanvnis, super- 

 inlerrienl of the experimental ...ilk I'ann, esiaMi-hed near 

 Pans, liy the govemnieiit of Prance. The Sinn Silk Worm 

 was introdured to France from China liy Louis XVI. in 

 1784, and has been proved iiy M. iieauvais lo he supe- 

 rior to all other silk worms. They are also staled u. 

 possess the precious properly of halchins; simultaneously. 

 Just received, liy ihe suliscrih'er, from the Chevalier Bodiii, 

 who is the only agent for llii'ir sale in France. 



Each sheet contains an ounce ami is signed " Camille 

 IJeauvais." Price Sy. 



WIIJ.IA ;V1 KE^■RICK, Newton. 



Or apply 10 JOSEPH BRCCK & CO 



March Ua. epif 



BROrSSA. MUI/BBRRY S&ED. 



We have recently received 50 lbs. fresh Bruussa Mulberry 

 Seed, which we offer by the ounce or pound. 



March 1,1 JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



BOJTE MANURE. 



The subscriber informs his friends and Ihe puhli :, that 

 alter ten years experience, he is fully convinced that j;roHnd 

 bones form the niosl powerful sliniulant that can he applied 

 10 the earth as a manure 



Orders for Pone Manure or Oyster Shell Lime, left at the 

 Bone Mill, near Tremont road, in lloxhnry, yi the New 

 England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, No 52 

 North Market Street, or Ihrough the Post Office will meet 

 with prompt iiltention. 



March 4, 1,840. NAHUM WARD. 



BO* FOR EDGINGS. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. have for sale 500 yards of Box 

 for edgings, in prime order ; price 374 cents per yard ; Svery 

 yard will make two when reset. 



GARDEN MATS. 

 For sale al the New England Farmer, 100 dozen Garden 

 Mats, of extra quality, for covering hoi beds, Ac. 

 Fell. la. JOSEPH BfiECK & CO. 



ROHAN POTATOES, 



For sae at the New Eiigian<l AgricuturaWarehoBseaiid 

 Seed Store, No. 5i North Market Street, al S4 per barre, S2 

 per bushel. 



October 16. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Wcek^B Treatise oii Bees 



For sale hy JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



April 1.^. 



NEW AMKKICAN GARDENER. 



FOURTEENTH EIIITIOX. 



The New American Gardener, containing praclical direc- 

 tions on the culture of Fruits and vegetables, including 

 Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Grape Vines. 

 Silk Strawl.errif;s. 6;c., hy Thomas O. Fessenden, late 

 editor of ihe New IJnginnd Farmer. For sale by JOSEPH 

 BRECK & CO , 51 and 52 North Market Street. 



May 13. 



BONE .MANURE. 



A good supply of i^rniind bones constantly on htnd, and 

 for sale al William Chace'smill, one and a lialf miles north- 

 west of Providence bridge. 



A sample ni;iy he seen at Remington and Whitman'! 

 store. No 32 .Market St. Providence, R I. 



Also, Buiie Mills on a new and improved construction, for 

 sale at the above place. 



April S. 8t 



goIjD pjshi'S aki) canary BIIIOS. 



For sale In JO.sr.'.rii HliRCK & CO. 52 North Market. 

 Steel. 

 April 21). 



Now is the In 

 for any variety i 

 May 6. 



F It TREES. 



le for transplanting Fir Trees. Orders 

 ; will I e promptly attended to. 



JOSaPH BRECK & CO. 



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 payable at the end nf Ihe year — but those who pay with.n 

 sixtydays from the tune of subscribing are entitled to a ce 

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