1860. 



NEW EXGLAXI) FARRIER. 



369 



tral tint, -with the verge- 

 boards, verandas, Avin- 

 dows and door trim- 

 mings a darker shade of 

 the same color. The 

 whole to he finished in 

 a plain but thorough 

 manner, inside and out. 

 Height of first story 11 

 feet, and of second stovy 

 9h feet. 



Cost, in New England, about $4000. 



G. E. II. 



Iwr the New England Farmer. 

 NE-W ENGLAND. 



Mr. Editor : — New England is a cold, rough, 

 inhospitable region ; the soil is for the most part 

 sterile and rocky — instead of level plains and fer- 

 tile valleys, we behold for its most common 

 scenery lofty mountains and rugged cliffs. Its 

 winters are long, cold and dreary, replete with 

 recollections of drifting snows and frozen limbs. 

 Its summers are hot and scorching ; the tillage 

 of the soil is a continual war between man and 

 nature. It would seem that at some previous 

 time, far back in long past geological epochs. New 

 England must have been the theatre of fearful con- 

 vulsions in nature, which rent its surface into al- 

 most every conceivable form ; even the very 

 streams seem to partake of the same spirit of strife, 

 for instead of flowing smoothly along in their ac- 

 customed channels, they clash furiously above 

 their rocky beds, agitated by a continual turmoil, 

 chafing and foaming in their impotent rage. 



From the nature of the soil and climate, the 

 agriculture is necessarily limited, and is a very 

 laborious occupation, while its mineral wealth is 

 insignificant. Judging from all these circumstan- 

 ces, it would seem that it must ever be sparsely 

 populated, and that poverty, with its attendants, 

 vice and ifrnorance, must ever be the common lot 

 of those few. But how different is the reality. 

 AVe behold a denser population than in any other 

 part of the New World ; a country thickly dotted 

 with flourishing villages and populous cities. And 

 in place of poverty, we find vast wealth, both in- 

 dividual and concentrated ; Avhile a school-house 

 on almost every hill, w \n. high-schools and acad- 

 emies counted by thousands, and numerous colle- 



ges and universities, from whose classic founts 

 have gone forth some of the greatest master spir- 

 its of the age, most effectually refute the charge 

 of ignorance, for a better educated people are not 

 to be found on earth. The inquiry naturally pre- 

 sents itself: 



From what source is all this greatness derived ? 

 Whehce is it that a spot so ill-favored by nature, 

 so insignificant in appearance, should be capable 

 of wielding such an influence, not only in the af- 

 fairs of this great Republic, but also of the entii-e 

 world ? I would answer, that, under God, it is 

 owing to the people who inhabit it ; who by their 

 enterprise and indomitable perseverance, have 

 finally surmounted many of the almost impassa- 

 1)L obstacles which sun"ound them, and have made 

 New England what it is, one of the most inter- 

 esting and important places on earth. I will en- 

 deavor at some future time to state the compara- 

 tive influence which the various classes in society 

 have exerted their various duties, and particular- 

 ly the duties of New England farmers. 



Belchertown, Mass. E. Norckoss. 



For the Ncu' England Farmer. 

 EELICS OF OLD FIGHTING TIMES. 



^Ir. Editor: — Much intercut has been occa- 

 sioned by the discovery not I'jng since, in this 

 town, of certain remains supposed to be those of 

 some of the unfortunate men who composed the 

 celebrated and ill-fated "Rogers's Expedition." 



This expedition, after the destruction of the 

 Indian village which was the object in view, seems 

 to have divided into three parties, all of which 

 perished, with the exception of three men only, 

 who escaped half-dead with hunger and fatigue to 

 tell the mournful tale. 



One party passed on the west side of Mem- 

 phremagog Lake, another on the east side, while 

 the third went farther to the east, and according 

 to certain indications, over the very place where 

 these relics were found. They consist of a gun 

 barrel of an old style called a fusee, with a ball 

 about half way down, the lock of which was brok- 

 en as if in a hand to hand fight ; two or three 

 clasp knives, which Avere open j several bullets of 



