Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-08-26
GBr 9nlg Spp.
PrYMourH. Aug. "a. 1856,

For "a week past, I have been beyond the range
Of Uncle Sans landed domain, and Of course
have been quite unable to enjoy the facilities
which that benevolent old gentleman furnishes
TO his sons and daughters, as common carrier OF
their correspondence to and from all parts of the
country. In short, have been out upon the blue
water and, actuated perhaps by the same motive
that induced the Yankee boy to 60 to the Grand
Bapks-who said that he knew well enough
where all the fresh fish came from, but where
them ere darned salt fish were caught, was
more than he could tell''-I determined to see
for myself So, with this determination fixed in
my mind, went over to the North shore OF the
bay, where fishermen most do eongregate, and,
having little time to spare before the vessel
would SAIL in which proposed to take passage
for the outside fishing grounds
& Where whales and dolphins sportive play,
And cod and mackefel SWIM
I thought it best to improve the time, by looking
about little in Old Essex"
Ny recollections of the town of Lynn. as it was
some twenty years ago, are in striking contrast
with recent observations of the thriving city that
has grown up within that period of time. The
hand Of Improvement has been busy everywhere,
and in some places the changes have been so
great and SO important, that it with difficult
ty that recognized localities once quite famil-
lar. New streets have been laid out, new and
tasteful edifices have been erected, and every
where the wave of population has extended far
ther and farther from the old village limits, to-
wards its picturesque and romantic outskirts, Of
ocean on the one side, and pasture, woodland,
A ,k,,h 4lo is
erybody knows, city shoemakeTs, and the nu-
merous sign-boards of its industrious and enter
prising manufacturers, informing the public
where shoes are made and sold, at wholesale or
RETAIL afford the most constant evidence that the
wants Of the sole are most abundantly cared for.
Al the people seem to be impressed with the idea
that shoemaking is the chief end of man-and
woman, too; and so, wherever you turn, you find
the disciples OF the old saint, who was the first
patron Of shoemakers, and who, believe, was
called St. Crispin, from the knack he had of do.
ing things up brown and crispy, busily engaged
in developing the human understanding, "to the
fullest extent" 1t is quite unnecessary for me
to go into the statistics of the shoe trade of this
place, for who does not know that the mechanl-
cal genius and characteristic energy of the uni
versal Yankee nation, are here brought into con-
slant exercise by the great body of the popula-
ton, from early childhood to venerable age, in
the manufacture of this one article And who,
that observes the prosperous and happy condition
of its people, the snug and cosey cottages of its
working men, and the general well-to-do appear
Of the place, can doubt that it is business
that pays, and one which, although occasionally
subject to reverses and depressions, is after all,
one of the most sure, solid, and substantial bases
upon which to build prosperous and intelligent
community Compared with Lowell and Law
renee, such cities as Lynn and Worcester afford
the most striking illustrations of the more REIN
ing and elevating influences Of business enter
prises, conducted by private individuals, upon the
basis Of private capital, over those which are
managed by incorporated associations, upon the
means of capitalists who have no direct interest
in the people of the communities in which their
investments are made, and to whom the dividend
is the all-important consideration. This contrast
is apparent, not only in the general appearance of
the places l have named, but especially in the
homes Of the people, and in the countenances of
the inhabitants.
A pleasant ride in an omnibus from Lynn soon
brought me to Marblehead, and word from the
driver, informing me of the fact, that pleasant
avenue on my right, bordered on both sides by
beautiful shade trees, and carefully trimmed hedg
es Of buck thorn, was known as 'Ware's lane,''
was inducenent enough for me to alight, without
proceeding any farther at that time. expected
to find in the vicinity of Wares lane two of the
most highly cultivated farms in the State, man-
aged by two Of the most intelligent, wide awake,
and Industrious farmers, and l was pleased to find
that the productiveness of the grounds, and the
practical skin and science, here devoted to agIi-
culture, had not been over-rated. Here, upon
the farms Of two brothers, Horace and Benjamin
Ware, whose lands are contiguous to each other,
and bounded upon one side by the coast of the
bay, was an illustration of the fact that farming
can be made profitable that our common New
England soil and variable New England climate
is capable reproducing, when rightly managed, as
bountiful returns to reward the industry of those
who till with a.&aith enlightened by knowledge,
as the rich prairies of the West. To give the
reader some idea of the farming of the Messrs
Ware, and the results of it, may say, that, last
year, the product of eight of land sown with
OulOnS III the spring, sou IN boston market toE
the handsome sum OF four thousand dollars, or al
the rate Of five hundred dollars an acre. His ap-
pie crop sold for twelve hundred do liars and po-
tato, hay, and other crops we're in proportion
Although his farm is not large, Mr. Ware finds
ample employment for four or FIVE men, in Win
ter, as well as in Summer, and his fields and his
crops show that the diligent hand and the careful
eye Of the master are never withheld, from seed
time to harvest, and from harvest to seed time
again. The crops Of the Messrs Ware bid fair to
surpass, the present year, the products Of the
last, but the example these young farmers have
SET of successful husbandry, is worth far more to
the community in which they reside than to
themselves, for the great want of Massachusetts
farmers is faith in the soil, confidence that good
mother earth win return to them with interest,
compounded, every judicious outlay they may
make, for fertilizers or improved implements OF
husbandry. should be glad to dwell upon this
subject at greater length, but must cut short
here, and reserve for another letter. some items Of
interest, upon land and water, which l have not
time 70 put down IN this. It'd.
RATIFICATION CoSvENrIox.-The call having
been duly made for Convention Of the Young
Men Of Massachusetts,, to meet in this CITY on the