The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-06-01

WESTERN RAILRoAD.-Sixty thousand hogs
are now annually brought 20 Brighton, from the
neighborhood of Albany and Troy. 1t is cal
culated, that this number will be increased from
two to four fold, by the completion of fine West
ern Railroad, and the facility it will furnish to
bring them. The hogs do not fatten until cold
weather, after the North River freezes. The
understandable corn is used for that purpose,
TO great extent. and this is not at hand until
the Hudson is closed by ice.
Thirty thousand head of cattle are slaughtered
at and near Albany and Troy. Most Of this
will come over the Western Railroad. In dri.
wing cattle one or two hundred miles, you re.
duce by the fatigue of the animal, the quality
from mess 10 No. l, besides losing in weight.
This is avoided by the railroad. The animal
can get to Brighton then in the most perfect Or
der, without loss Of weight. Or quality OIL flavor.
SHADE TRREs.-There is a great demand
for elms and naples in this city at present.
Farmers in the vicinity would therefore find it
for their advantage TO bring in few hundreds
of the best quality and with the branches un-
INITIATED. 1t is a mistaken idea which many
unphilosophical people have conceived, that a
transplanted tree grows better for having its
branches Topped off. And it is from the preva.
lence of this idea, that we see so many trees in
our towns and cities scudding under bare poles,
and serving rs eye sores instead of ornaments.
To divest tree of its branches and consequent
" of its leaves, is TO deprive it of the means
whe nee it draws a large portion OF its nourish.
ment. For vegetables derive nourismeni from
tie air as we'll as from the earth. and they de.
rive nourishment from the air through those
curious pieces of mechanism. the leaves
Hence if we deprive them of their leaves, we
deprive them at the same time of one of their
chief supporters.
In support of our position, which many will
doubtless call erroneous, VIC can refer 10 any
modern writer on arboriculture; TO Loudon,
Prince, Kenrick, or Sir Henry Pierce.
! WOODEN Goops. The sale of The English
Wooden at Clapp g. Steels yesterday, went off
with considerable spirit, and the prices were as
| high as could be expected at this Time. The
variety. the newness of the styles and the quail
itv of the goods, were much better than is
usually seen at auction. We are not aware
of the proportion the prices obtained bore to
the cost, but we presume the loss must be Sc.
we're 10 the owners, provided they were fairly
entered at the Custom House.
We hope this is not prognostic Of The au-
tumn trade, for which many of the goods are
suited: if it be, there mus! be severe loss on
those who hold wooden goods, as well as to the
domestic manufacturers. The wooden mills
now in operation have, almost universally sup
norted themselves with difficulty during the
last three years, and have been kept running in
homes of better times. The only exception is
nerhaps. the Middlesex Co. at Lowell, who
produce various styles adapted to the season,
and even they will find it difficult to compete
with these prices.
Our wooden interest never can stand fair
chance of succeeding. permanently, Till some
change, such as that proposed by Mr.. Adams
/ in his bill last winter, be made in the manner
of collecting the duties: the protection hereto
fore has been more nominal than real and the
system of undertaking. has been carried to
such an extent by the foreign agents that the
honest importers have been driven from mar.
ket. A committee has been appointed by the
Government to investigate the proceedings at
,he New York Custom House, and though the
onal6cations of the gentlemen appointed are
No, such as are needed for this kind of service
we have no doubt they will do their duty, and
some important Developments will be made.