Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-10-08
THE. SEASON.


er should be delayed 10 the autumn as long
as it fingered in the spring. But frost has
come before the corn was beyond its reach.
Whether The crop is entirely cut off is some
what doubtful. In the opinion OF some tar.
mers it is. Others think it is not-Nearly
all however, are cutting up their corn IN
order to preserve what is leit.-At.er all
We apprehend no real scarcity OF bread
suffs The crops of rye and wheat were
abundant, and sufficient, We apprehsnd, tor
the consumption Of the people"
II has raired necessarily for several days
and nights past. The Juniata is now high
er by nearly two feet, than it was at tn.
time of the great flood in the fall of 1910.
], is most piiiable sight to see cows,sheep
fowls, bridges, fences, oats, corn, pumpkins,
grass, &c. sc. floating down in one COM
mon mass. Persons owning lands CONT
guous 20 streams OF water, and contractors
employedin building new turnpike bridges,
have, we much tear, suffered severely.
lBedtOsd Penn J Gag
One Of your subscribers noticed an
account in your last paper, of a large Iur-
nip, raised in Acton Mass) weighing i!9
ounces.--Mr. Elisha Daniels raised one
ruis season on Mr.. hicxantlcr Jvncs' farm,
in Milford Mass weighing Iavo Hundred
and Ispelze Ounces, without the top, and
measured upwards Of three feet in circum-
ference.--R. / american.
Ii has been discovered that Cameleons
are very common in North Carolina. In
size and shape they are not unlike a lizard,
heir natu,ai colour is green but they
change Immediately in appearance TO
the colour Of any thing OH which they
are placed.
Travels in Chif.--A lieut.. of marines in
the U. 5. service OF the name OF Johnson.
now on Lake Etie, has JUS. published a, the
borough OF E,ie, volume entitled" Letters
from ChM ~ his gentleman, formerly OF
Albany, after residing more than two years
In Chill, and suffering from captivity, has
ing obtained a release. entered the Essex
frigate on the invitation Of captain Porter,as
acting lieut. Of marines, little before the
sanguinary contest with captain Hillyar
ihs work he has published consists Of rev.
olutioIsry documents, and various remarks
on the population Of Chill. the climolc, pro-
dace, manners and customs Of the people,
their commerce, manufactures, amuse-
ments, &c,
Several persons holding effices under the
United States are said TO have refused to |
comply with the law that requires them to
state where they we're born
WORCESTER, OCTOBER, 2.
EMIGRATION.
ONE writer defines man cooking ansma!-i
another, tsVo-iegged a,umal srithout feathers. |
But II would seem that every definition of this !
sort is incomplete, unless il also be said, thai !
man is roriag antmaf. Like birds OF pas
sage, he keeps moving" though sometimes
to the right hand, sometimes to the left; one
day forward-anolher, backward. He is |
continually in search OF the land Tossing s0ah
MIX and honey,
We hear OF frequent emigrations from Eu-
rope hfIher. and from one part OF our coun-
try to another. In the former case, the EN-
igranls, IN many instances, make a fortunate
fortunate, perhaps, for them
selves than for Us. Yet, in numerous instan-
ces, they are landed upon our shores without
money and without friends +; and speedily
reduced 10 wretchedness, sigh for the land of
heir birth. They learn, too late, that want
and woe are incident TO either hemisphere !;
and that, in neither, are men released from
he condition of " The ssveat Of the brou."
Of emigrants in our own countryside
most are from New England to the west
We noticed, last week, six waggon-loads OF
hese people, and yesterday, as many more
ome Of them considerably advanced in life,
ourneying to the land efpromise. To US it
vas melancholy sight, to behold them aban-
loning their native shores, aud quitting iorev.
II the scenes of their youth, TO spend the
ennant of their days in strange land.