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Southport in Wisconsin, 55 miles from Cliicago, 

 is a smart little village, of}' which we stopped to 

 take in passeii'/ers. Thi' west shori' of the l;il;c is 

 generally low and well timbered, but a few miles 

 inland the countrj' is mo.stly prairie. Racine, (J7 

 miles from Chicago, is a small village, very hand- 

 somely situated upon a high bluff. It has a few 

 good houses, and makes a good sliow toward the 

 lake. 



About sunset we came to Milwauliie, the largest 

 toivn in Wisconsin, and the handsomest on Lake 

 Michigan. 'I he town is situated inside iho bluff 

 near the mouth of a considerable river, and cannot 

 be seen upon the lake except from the south The 

 sandbar at the entrance of the river prevents large 

 vessels from going up to the town, and a small 

 steamer is used to put on board and lake off pas- 

 sengers from the lake boats, and also to tow out 

 fiats laden with wood for their supply. The hou- 

 ses are nearly all painted white rnd the town has 

 a fresh and beautiful appearance. The country 

 around is broken and heavily timbered. 



The next morning we were in the middle of the 

 lake and out of sight of land : we saw several large 

 vessels, one of them a ship, and I could hardly re- 

 alise that I was traversing a fresh water lake, and 

 was not upon the wide ocean. About noon w^- 

 made the Manitou islands, where we stopped to 

 wood, and while the hands were engaged in that 

 business the passengers spread themselves upon 

 the beach, which is covered with smooth rounded 

 pebbles, perfectly clean and free from any particle 

 of mud or sand. These islands belong to Michi- 

 gan and are little else than sand hills, which shoot 

 up to considerable height, and many of them are 

 naked peaks, resembling chalk cliffs at a distance : 

 between the hills the land is swampy and produces 

 several species of pine. The water of the lake is 

 of a pale green color, though a small quantity taken 

 up in a glass appears colorless, and it is so very 

 clear that the small pebbles at the bottom of the 

 lake may be distinctly seen at a depth of more than 

 twenty feet. In the afternoon we passed the Fox 

 and Beaver islands and came to the straits in the 

 evening, and about II o'clock we discovered Indian 

 fires, and presently came to the village of Macinaw. 

 There several of our company went on shore: the 

 village consists of 20 or 30 buildings in a little bay 

 on the south side of the island. There is a fort 



The entrance into lake St. Clair is very shallow, 

 and passing over the fl its our boat roiled the bot- 

 tom considerably. The shores here spread out in- 

 to broad wet marshes formed by the deposits of the 

 river and by the same process, the whole lake will 

 at some distant jieriod be filled, leaving only the 

 channel of the river. Lake St. Clair is of triangu- 

 lar shape and about 20 miles long. Coming into 

 the river again, the farms along the shore have a 

 very good appearance ; the houses are generally 

 painted ; there are gcjod barns and thrifty orchards, 

 the whole exhibiting ati air of neatness and comfort. 

 Detroit makes a handsome show as seen from the 

 riverabove: its brick edifices and church steeples 

 give it an imposing :ind city-like appearance, very 

 [ilca.sing to a traveller coming froi.i the west. On 

 our arrival at the wharf I walked up into town : the 

 site is a large swell of land not very elevated, but 

 sufficiently so to make it healthy and pleasant: the 

 streets are wide and paved, the principal ones run- 

 ning parallel to the river, and these crossed at right 

 angles by others running from the river: the build- 

 ings are principally of brick, many of them very 

 stately, and n-ostofthe dwellings have little gar- 

 dens in front ornamented with trees and flowers. 



Sandwich, on the opposite shore, a settlement 

 older than Philadelphia, is a small dull looking vil- 

 lage : the houses are chiefly of wood, and the whole 

 appearance of the town is gloomy, and the senti- 

 nel.^ treading the streets and landing with meas- 

 ured steps, contribute to give a strai:ger au unfa- 

 vorable impression. The contrast between the two 

 places is striking. The ferry boat seems to be an 

 affair of compromise : it is named "United," and 

 displays both the British and American flags. 



Below Detroit the shores are studded with farm 

 houses and gentlemen's seats, and the country ap- 

 pears to be well cultivated, and from the appear- 

 ance of the crops I should judge that the soil is 

 excellent. 



The flag of England floating in the breeze, the 

 extensive fortifications, and the red jackets and 

 gleaming bayonets of Victoria's serving-men, ap- 

 prised us of our approach to Maiden, one of the 

 strong holds of Upper Canada. The town is of 

 small extent and has a crowded and ancient ap- 

 pearance; most of the houses are of wood and 

 without paint : there were no vessels at the land- 

 ings nor any thing about the town which indicated 

 much business. As we passed we caught a glimpse 



warehouses: there are also a few good houses on 

 the bhift" west of the pier and facing the lake ; but 

 the principal village is two miles up the cteek. 

 (To be continued.) 



An attorney named Else, r.ither diminutive in 

 his stature, and not particularly respectable in his 

 character, one day met Mr.Iekyll. "Sir," said he, 

 "I understand you call me a pettifogging scoundrel : 

 have yon done so, sir .^" "Sir," said Jekyll, with 

 a look of contempt, "I never said you were a petti- 

 foirger or a scoundrel, but I said you were Kith 

 Else." 



1 The Philadelphian says, a Mr Day, in an eas- 

 I tern paper, advertises the loss of his dog. We 

 I wish he may get him. "Every dog has his day" — 

 I and evf ry Day ought to have his dog. 



'i'here are 12,000,000 barrels of flour consumed 

 yearly in the United States, which at $5 per bar- 

 rel amounts to $60,000,000. 



BONE RJAMIRt:. 



The subscriber informs his liiciids unci Ikie publi :, that 

 alter ten years experieiiee, he is lully convhiced that ground 

 bones lorm the niusl powerlul siiniulant that can l>e a|ipiied 

 to the earth as a manure. 



Ordei's for Fone Manure or Oyster Shell Lime, left at the 

 Bniie Will, near Tremoiit road, in Itoxliurj, ai the New 

 England jigricuhural Warehouse and .Seed Stole, No. i'i 

 North A'aikel tilieel.or llirough the I'o^^l OHiio will meet 

 willt |>rum)jl attention. 



March .t, IS40. N.liHUM WARD. 



For sale by 

 April 1.^. 



AVeek*« Treatise on Bees 



JO.-EPH IJKKCK & CO. 



and a lighthouse at this place, and a part of the j °- ^ '^''"^ '""'>' "^ soldiers in motion in the princi- 

 stockade still remains which formerly enclosed the 

 trading house. 



The next morning we were at Fresque isle tak- 

 ing in wood, and we were here supplied with trout 

 weighing from 10 to 30 lbs. : the price for fresh 

 trout is four cents per pound, and pickled nine dol- 

 lars per barrel. The land on the shore is low and 

 produces the pine, cedar and other evergreens, and 

 further inland, birch, beech, &,c. The h\\ people 

 who inhabit this place live by fishing and preparing 

 wood for the steamers. The water of lake Huron 

 is like that of Michigan in color and clearness, and 

 both lakes are very deep. 



The morning of the lourlh day we were at a 

 wooding statii n on St. Clair river, seven miles be- 

 low Fort Gratiot. 



The shores on both sides of the river are studded 

 with farm-houses and exhibit considerabis improve- 

 ments. We passed several very neat villages, par- 

 ticularly Palmer and Newport on the American 

 side, and Sutherland on the Canada side. 



pal street. 



Two miles below Maiden we passed into lake 

 Erie. When I awoke the next morniiig we were 

 in the harbor of Cleaveland, having touched at 

 Sandusky in the night. The port of Cleaveland 

 is at the mouth of a creek : on the west side the 

 land is very much broken, and the buildings on that 

 side are scattering: the principal part of the town 

 is on the high table land on the east side, and is 

 not seen from the harbor. The numerous hotels 

 and large warehouses indicate an extensive busi- 

 ness. On pas.^ing out into the lake we had a good 

 view of the upper town, which appears to be well 

 built and shows to good advantage. 



Twenty miles from Cleaveland we came to Fair- 

 port, a thriving little town of considerable business. 

 I he principal warehouses are at the pier, and the 

 most of the town lies snugly ensconced in a little 

 valley a short distance up the creek. 



'I wentyeight miles farther brought us to Ash- 

 tabula. The port like all the others on this lake, 

 is at the mouth of a creek, where are the principal 



NEW A.IIKIilCAN aAKDKKKR. 



FOURTEENTH EniTlOX. 



The New Ameriean Gardener, eonlaiaing practical diree- 

 lions on the culture o! Fruits and vegetables, including 

 Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Grape Vinea, 

 Silk Slrawhernes. &c,, hy Thomas G. Fesscnden, lale 

 editor of ihe New England Farmer. For sale by JOSEPH 

 BRECK & CO., 51 and 62 North Market Street. 



May 13. 



CAKNATH.'N SEB.U. 



The Subscrifiers have received from Rotterdam, a small 

 quantity of extra fine Carnalion Seed, saved from one hun- 

 dred choice varieties, which they offer ai 25 cents per paper. 

 We have Iried it, and find thai it vegetates freely. It cost 

 us 30 guilders per ounce, and from the reprssentation made, 

 tio donht will give satisfaction lo those who may be disposed 

 lo try it We have also vcrv fine carnalion seed at ISj cents 

 per paper. 'Ihe seed may be sown with good success any 

 lime in May or June. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



May 20. 



FUR SALE. 



For sale a fine heifer Calf, Irom one of the best cows in 

 the country, and hv the celebrated Avrshire liull imported by 

 Mr Gushing. Inquire at this oflTice.'or at Wiuships' estab- 

 lishment at iJriehton. May 20. 



HORTICULTURAl. TOOL CHESTS. 



Containing a complete set of Garden tools ofsuperior finish 

 and style, recently received from Liverpool and for sale al ihs 

 New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store. 



May 6.' JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



<jardi-:ners knives. 



JOSEPH BRECK &. CO. have ihis .season imported and 

 now olfer for sale a few very superior Garden Knives, for 

 pruning, &e. manufaclured expressly for Gardeners, and 

 warranted superior to any article of the kind before import- 

 ed. 



Also— a large assortment of Budding Knives, Grape 

 Scissors, &c. &.C. 



April 22 



THE NEW ENGl.A.M> FARMER 



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