The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-09-25

Exuborani, natures better blessings psur
Der every and."
from The feienbuig lnielIsencer.
The Editor of the InlelIigencer viii
obllge a subscriber BY publishing The inl>
loving Justly msriled recommendation ol
q grain whrll has nal alilacled she sllen'
lion of the farming community in q way
commensurate with i,s importance
POLAND WHEAT.
During call al The book store Of Col.
]. e. Swan few days ago. | had the
sight of sample of Wheat raised BY r..
Fuley. Esq. Of Blandlnrd. which certain
Is realized all my conceptions Of the stan
dard excellence &c lhis important crop.
The size. beauty. fnlIness and lusife oI
the grains. a, once commends il 10 the
admiration Of alt who examine il. In COM
parison 10 The Poland Wheat Of Mr.. Foley.
the ordinary kinds produced and offered
in this market Al present are mere trash /:
even The best white wheat that have seen
is thrown Ear in The shade. In this section
Of Virginia. where the wheat crop has
been 50 shamefully neglected and allowed
10 degenerate, the Introduction OF The Pc.
land Wheat would be followed by the
most beneficial results. The farmer would
be richly rewarded for his labor. in most
prolific return both in grain and straw ol
the best qualiiy.-ihe whole community
would be benefited by more sound and
healthy food. would recommend 10 all
interested IN improving The qualify of our
wheat crop. TO Try and obtain eight OF
the Poland Wheat Of Mr.. Foley, and, il
engaged in the cultivation Of The soil, to
procure some OF il for seed.
Guano has been procured by the ma
tive Peruvians, from the Chincha ISL
ands, (where Europe now obtains it,
from time immemorial. Only a slight
impression has been made on the depo-
sit, by the abstraction Of guano, during
half century. Another enormous de-
posit Of guano has. within the last two
years, been discovered on the coast Of
Peru, near Casma, which will probably
serve for future ages.
Lowell. "A friend recently returned from
the NorIh lcIi in our office sheet entitled
"Slaiis,iss Of the lowell Manufactures"
exhibiting a, glance the wonderful ef-
fecis Of inteligenlly applied manufacture
ing industry. The statistics embrace
twelve incorporate | m nufac,uring eslab-
lishmenls. severally commenting opera
tions at various times from 1923 to l645.
The aggregate capital stock is Sl3,2l0,
600; number Of spindes, 3l9,947; looms,
1856; female operatives employed, $500;
males, 3,7lI. Number OF yards made
per week: cotton, 2,ll0,000; woollen.
20,477; carpets, IL 900; rugs. 40. Con-
sumed per week cotton, $50 900 pounds;
wool, $4,000 pounds. The average wa.
ges Of females. clear Of board, is 50 per
week-of males. so cents per day. There
are Two Institutions for Savings. which
together had on deposit, The first Saturday
in Oc,ober. lS49. from 5.265 depnsitors.
$S6s.36s 4l-lhc operatives in the mills
being the principal deposilors. The I.o-
well Machine Shop, included in the
twelve establishments as above, can FUR
nish machinery complete for a mill ol
5000 spindles, in three months. The
several Companies have a Hospital for
the sick. There are three Banks in the
city. And there is valuable Library ol
1000 volumes. belonging 10 the city. OH
or manufactures. besides the above. are
produced in the city, Of the value Of 81,
500 900. employing capital Of 500. 900,
and about 1900 hands. The population
Of Lowell III 1923 was 3.5i2; j, is now
(lS50) estimated al $4,000.
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Getting Insured. The Troy Post re-
lales "good one" OF Jacob Barker, the
Quaker, who. hearing Of the less Of one
OF his vessels which he had omitted to
get insured. wrnle to broker with whom
he had spoken on the subject as follows:
:. Dear Irienl--Ir ihce has not filled up
The pulley which bespoke on Saturday.
thee need moi, as | have heard from the
vessel"
The broker, in fact, had not filled up
the policy, but presuming from The tenor
of Jacobs note thai his vessel was safe,
and tempted by what seemed good
chance 10 clutch his per ceniage without
risk, he filled il up forthwith and sent il
II Jacob with the assurance that II had
been made ready for him on Saturday.
On Monday morning the first thing that
met his eyes on opening the newspaper
was The loss Of Jacobs vessel, which ne
had 50 wickedly insured on Sunday. Then
ais,'. lie discovered the cunning ambiguity
oi iarnb's note" he had heard from the
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