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and 3 rams. Messrs. H. sheared from all, 1,730 lbs. 
wool, which sold at home for 39 cts. per pound, or 
in the aggregate, $674.70. The two-year-olds and 
yearlings, 203 in number, sheared 5^ lbs. washed 
wool per head. They were Merinos. 
Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. —The annual exhibition of this society was 
held at Albany, on the 18th and 19th of September. 
It was the finest display of fruits and flowers ever 
made by the society. Apples, pears and peaches, 
were numerous and fine, and there were several very 
handsome specimens of grapes, both of exotic and 
native varieties. The show of plums was not large 
—there being rather a scarcity of that fruit in this 
vicinity the present season, and it being, besides, ra¬ 
ther too late in the season for many of the best kinds. 
There were many fine peaches, all grown in this 
neighborhood. The principal exhibitors of fruits 
were Messrs. Dow, Prentice, Wendell, Wilson, 
Thorburn & Teller, Aiken, E. H. Pease, E. Cor¬ 
ning, Jr., Elisha Dorr, Denniston, and J. S. Goold. 
The show of flowers was very rich. Norman Briggs, 
of Schaghtieoke, exhibited ninety-five varieties of 
dahlias, most of them very perfect flowers, forming 
altogether the most attractive display of this kind 
we have ever seen. A specimen bloom of the vari¬ 
ety “Princess Radzville,” shown by James Wilson, 
was universally admired. There was a large show 
of roses, verbenas, asters. &c. The collection of 
roses shown by L. Menand, surpassed any similar 
display we have seen at this season of the year. 
The collection of Mr. Wilson was also fine. Very 
handsome collections of flowers of various kinds, 
were also shown by Messrs. Dingwall, Quinn, New¬ 
comb, Corning, Goold, and Pease. There was a 
large show of vegetables, and they were generally 
of a very excellent description. 
A Prize Animal. —The Short-horned bull “'Belle¬ 
ville,” bred and owned by J. Mason Hopper, Esq., 
of Stockton-on-Tees, which received the sweepstakes 
prize of £65, ($325) at the late show of the Highland 
Agricultural Society, had previously taken the high¬ 
est prizes in the class of Short-horns, at all the prin¬ 
cipal shows in the kingdom, viz, the Yorkshire Soci¬ 
ety, the Royal Society, the Irish Improvement Soci¬ 
ety, and the Highland Society. He is seven years 
old. The whole amount he has received in prizes is 
£160, or about $800. 
Leap of a Horse. —A Pottsville (Pa.) paper 
states that a mare, on which a boy twelve years old 
was riding, became frightened and ran away. In 
her course, she came to where a bridge across a 
stream had been removed. Here she paused for a 
moment, as if hesitating to attempt the leap; but 
gathering her energies, she bounded across the gulph. 
Several persons immediately measured the distance, 
and found it to be twenty-seven feet. Neither the 
mare or rider were injured. 
Mill-Tolls in Arkansas. —D. H. Bingham ad¬ 
vertises in the Little Rock Gazette and Democrat , 
that persons wishing to have corn ground, can have it 
done at his mill at any time; that there may be no 
“misunderstanding,” he gives notice that “the rates 
of toll charged, are one-third, or twenty-five cents 
per bushel.” 
Will Fish revive after having Frozen? —It 
has often been said that some kinds of fish would 
revive after they had been frozen entirely through. 
A correspondent of the Cleveland Visitor, states 
that a lot of perch were caught in the winter, and 
thrown on the snow, where they soon froze so solid 
that in handling them, many had their fins broken 
off. After remaining frozen several hours, they 
were put in a tub of w T ater, and on examining them 
after they had been in the water a while, several of 
them were found as lively and active as any fish 
could be. Dr. J. P. Kirtland, in the same paper, 
states that in 1820, he and several other persons 
caught eight or ten bushels of eels, in a stream in 
Connecticut. It was in very cold weather, and the 
eels had been driven from a mill-pond by drawing 
off the water. He says:—“ The eels were taken 
home, and during the night were placed in a cold 
and exposed room, and were literally as stiff and 
almost as brittle as icicles. The next morning a 
tub was filled with them, into which was poured a 
quantity of water drawn from the well, and they 
were then placed in a warm stove-room for the pur¬ 
pose of thawing. In the course of an hour or two 
the family were astonished to find them resuscitated 
and as active as if just taken during summer. The 
experiment was tried with a number of tubs full 
during the day and with similar results.” 
Sagacity and Strength of the Spider. —The 
intelligence and power evinced by the spider in 
securing its prey, has often attracted attention; but 
we have seldom heard of so remarkable a display of 
these faculties as we witnessed a short time since. 
A small-sized spider had made his web on the under 
side of a table. Early one morning, a cockroach 
was noticed on the floor, directly under the web, and 
on approaching to take it away, it was found that 
the spider had thrown a line round one of its legs, 
and while the observer was looking at it, the spider 
came down and lassoed the opposite leg of the cock¬ 
roach. The spider then went up to his web, but 
instantly came dow T n and fastened a line to another 
leg, and continued for several minutes darting down 
and fastening lines to different parts of the body of 
his victim. The struggles of the cockroach, (though 
a „full-grown one,) were unavailing to effect his 
escape—he could not break his bonds, and his efforts 
seemed only to entangle him the more. As his 
struggles became more and more feeble, the spider 
threw his lines more thickly around him; and when 
he had become nearly exhausted, the spider proceed¬ 
ed to raise him from the floor. This he did by rais¬ 
ing one end at a time. He at first raised the head 
and forward part of the body, nearly half an inch; 
then raised the other end; and so continued to work, 
till the cockroach was elevated five or six inches 
from the floor. Thus, ‘ 1 hung in chains,” the victim 
was left to die. The spider was, as before remark¬ 
ed, a small one, and could not have been more than 
a tenth, the weight of his prey. 
Seedling Apple. —We received some time since, 
from Charles P. Cowles, Esq., of Syracuse, some 
specimens of a seedling apple. They appeared to 
have been picked rather too green to admit of their 
quality being fully ascertained, as they were very 
hard when received, and rotted without becoming 
naturally ripe. We cannot, therefore, judge fairly 
of its merits. It is a fruit of fair size and form, and 
handsome appearance. 
Wool Market—Sept. 23, 1850. 
The market is firm for all grades—though less active for the fine 
than for medium and low qualities. The demand for the latter be¬ 
ing greater than the supply the prices of Foreign have advanced to 
an unusually high figure. There is no probability that the quantity im¬ 
ported can be materially increased, and certainly not without fur¬ 
ther advancing the rates. The recent public sales in London, of 
Foreign and Colonial wools, show an advance of one penny (2 cts ) 
per pound, with a very active market. This state of things in both 
the United States and England, gives the assurance that before the 
close of the season, the Saxony clips of the U. S. will be wanted at 
fair prices. We quote, 
Saxony Fleece,. 44a50c. 
Full blood Merino,... 40«42c. 
£ to f do. 30a38c. 
Native to | do. 33a36c. 
