Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-08-20

ers. 4 i supposed y mary, tha, Il. -
nate 70 the west ward ~ much more III
/ SAINT, and consequently healthier tb.n i'eN'
| 'fthe eastern country How Il the III 'e
pc tested If the appearance of tine M i
| liants Is taken for tile criterion. Tic 60,
| sion must be in favdur of the cas-, ma n
| should imagine Gas II the fae,) hat IT.
ale enjoy the most perfect health will ,yi.'
any country was ever blessed. Their -,
| dy countenances and robust bodies p;,a
very different idea, from what ronst ~
rally be conceived from he saiow comnIn'.
| ion and emaciated limps of th- (irag;,"4 =
fortunate IDbabitant ofthe W., ul nil N
tern climate. Il may be very we'll for nv
lids to 90 to sucha climate but aecora;nr
10 the laws 0f nature, which m Nj.
change" it appears poorly adapted 70 ~
duce vigorous healthy people. II IL Iii
posed that the westera inhabitants can ~
cure the necessaries Of life with less lsbrny
This remains to be proved, but for arc,.
ment sake we will grant it--that Il. iIsv
can raise Eore bushels Of corn upon an acrs
than they can at the eastward ano noss;'
bly, more of wheat But what arc these il
ticlcs worth to man, after having enoprk
for his family's use Indian Corn from N
to 90 cents, and wheat from III to Is. are
said 10 be the customary prices II Y
true that whiskey in abundance NAV be de
titled and the indoIent voIuptuarv ende,.
yours to find consolation for the loss "a
health, and the shortness of life, IN the cor
tinuaI exhileration with this high Aayoured
cordial. The cause Of the low price oe
these articles, is evidently the expense il
transporting them TO market Herein The
people ofthe District of Maine have IN ~.
deniable advantage. The whole countrvis
so lntersPersed with nayigable rivers AMI
streams, and abounds with the most safe
and commOdious harbours, that not Al ~.
ticle they have TO spare, but what can euI
ready market even the wood upon their
lands, used either for lumber or flel-thA
ashes from the trees consumed to clear IN
the lands, are valuable, and command nv
cash; and no country possesses within il.
self SO great advantages and supply of M.
teriais for ship building. The productions
OF the soil are similar to the rest u New.
England, and the fertility is as great IS &C
any part, and superior TO most-snd what
in particular they excel in, is the raising AZ
excellent wheat. The culture Of hemC has
not been much attended to, but Judges be-
lieve the soil (Which in many places IS very
deep and rich) j. well adapted to the grow
Ing of this valuable article. Near the ses
coast The soil is not very inviting, and the
country in general has forbddiRr aspect:
but a little way back, the appearance IS most
delightful. The rapid progress made IN
the settlement of tie country within len
years, is truly astonishing where was then
a howling wilderness. tie TRAVELLERS is now
delighted with the view of beautiful fields
OF grass, wheat, Indian corn, peas, fax, &c.
and convenient buildings
Fhe embargo IS acknowledged to have
been peculiarly injurious 10 this country, but
free commerce viii again give yigour 10
The husbaEdmen and should not Tie &C..
mon OF dlscord TOO much seourge them with
Jacobinlsm, and fanaticism in religion, this
country will become the wealthiest and
most important part of the Union. The
people lately have sheHn great public spr-
1t IN making roads /; and stages row run
with great ease and expedition to Camden,-
on The Penobscot, and TO Norridge wock,
upon the Kennebeck. Tea years ago. no
person acquainted with the country would
have believed this would have taken place IN
double tperhaps trehle) The number years.
And the thing would then have been
thought as improbable an event, as il APP
pears now to be that a stage should be run
from Bangor. or Norridgewock, to Quebec,
IN tie course OF Ell years And should the
legislature Afford sufficient encouragement
(and no doubt they viii towards making
the roads now looking out, the writer q
this entertains not the least doubt, that in
less than ten years stages will be run from
those places to Quebec, with the same IA
cllity they now run to Camden, or Nor
" He labor, hos eaas est."
This would be work worthy Of Tie lie
gislature.