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NORTHERN STAR,
AND FARMERS’ AND MECHANICS ADVOCATE,
VOL. 5.—N. 12,
PRINTED AND PUBLISUED BY |
CHARLES RANDALL,
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t the end of the ) ear. :
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are paid, except at the option of the pul
her.
00~ All communications must be addressed
the publis'.er postage paid.
I Single papers 8 cents.
NOTIOE.
p7= IN conneff‘uence of a Dissolution |’
of the Copartnership heretdfore existing
petween Suuser. P. Cuinp and the sub-|,
scriber, it is rendered mdispensably neces
pary, that all Accounts amr'Notcs due the |
pforesaid Copartners, under the name of '
.. W. Burg, should be speedily cancel-
Jed ; and in order to effectithe samein an |,
amicable manner, he will attend at Hhis
ore until the 25th day of the present |
Fuonth, for the express erpose of receiv-|
ng poyment forjsuch debts, as ray have
een contracted since April 7,1827,whicl |
ebts after that time, will of necessity, be
oft for collection—But the subscriber flat
ers himself, that his former patrons will
onsider the peculiar urgency of the case,
nd make payment within the limited
ihe,
Parroxs—ln conclusion, J»ermit him
rough this medium, to tender you his
ratitude for that liberal support he has re
eived from you since he has commenced
usiness in this place;—and he would il
inform thein, that he has ‘purchased the
ntire interest which his former partner
ad in said concern, and contemplates en
rging his STOCK, n a few days, to an
xtent that will make his nssortmeril com
loto—And asks of his friends and the pun
¢, to grant him such portion of their pat
¥onage as hid exertions mfiy merit,
e . W.BURR.
April 10,
o PAPER HANGINGS,’
g 7 Just recgived by the subsenber,
hiladelphia Paper Hangings of the new
st patterns. Those in pursuit of the the
rti¢le, will please call and sce for them
pelves. | G.T. GARDNER,
. March 27. Water-st
| e e §——— ey sT ST
. REBIBOTVAL,
NEW L BoOT
AND SHOES-B 1 488 STORE:
SAMUEL BLAKE,
(Lale (y‘ the firm ‘i/ Blake & Cole.)
AKES this method of informing his
, friends and the piblic it Warren
nd Vicinity, that he has removed to his
ew Store, in Water street, a few doors!
orth of the Hope Bank, where he has |
or sale an assortment of ' i
Ladies and ntisses cloth Boots and |
Shoes l
Do do Leather Shoes
Gentlemen’s calf'skin Boots & Shoes |
of the best quality, and will be sold on |
he lowest terms. ‘
Also for sale, Bell’s, and Lee & Thomp
m’s Paste Blacking. ,
Ladies Cloth Boots end Shoes of every |
deseription made to éasure, in the most
fashionable style, by an experienced |
workman, at short notice,
| 1e feels grateful for the liberal share of
atronage he has heretofore received, and
olicits a continuance of the same;
May 1.
. BEEF, BUTTER, CHEESE, &C.
guod Butter
First quality Cheese
good white Ileans. Ver anle by
GRORGET. GARDNER.
. April 24th -_Wulcr Street.
OTICE.—AII persons indebted to
the subseriber, prévious to the first
{ Juanary, 1830, are requested to make
nmedinte paymont. :
JOUN LUTHER.
TO SPORTSMEN ! !
O gale by the subscriber, very
low, one double barrel RIFLE.—
vose in want of a good Rifle will do well
all soon,
THEODORE BARNEY,
Tay 1. '
eiaatii R AT e
L CHEESE, &C. 1
1 First quaiity Cheese
Southietie Corn
Durfec’s Hoes, &e, for sale b
STEPHEN MASON, I
Apiit 10. N
TTWARREN ACADERY,
g 7 The Spring Termof the Wageren
A('M:,n'\y:, will _commence on Monday
ext, ‘L'ovinw of Tuition as usual, '
FLIAS MAGOGUN, Preceptor.
Warren, March 27.
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DEVOTED TO NEWS, HECHANIL‘:,‘-’AOIICULI URE, COMMI:ICI:, MANUFACTURES, LITERATURE, lll’J.leON, RURAL ‘ND.DOMEI‘I‘IC ECONOMY, ETE,
THE STAR.
FOR THE STAR,
GRIEF.
Pule wad that once sngelic face,
Painful her dedp drawn sigh ;
dispnir was on ebch feature traced,
And moekness iu Yor oye.
“nch spark of hope alas, did fly,
No change could give relief—
Che tear that glistencd in her eye,
Was that of silent grief.
It came with fell corroding #are,
Destroy:ng licauties bloom :
And wrapt the bostm in despair,
A victim for the tomb.
It shed a deep desponding gloom,
And ¢louds the path with cares,
L ke the paic ténant of the tomb,
The shaft of death it wea:s;
Tho bosom with tumultour swell,
; Doth throb et griefs rude stroke :
Then camly draops and sighs farewll,
The heart itself is broke.
[t slowly sinks unto the grave,
JAund hope can theer ity gloom §
"Tis him whc came the world to save,
He points b-yund the tomb, R.
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Mr. Randall,
“I'nt Report ofthe Bchool Committee
of this town, for the year 1829, never hav
ing been inserted in your columns,you will
oblige a number of your subscribers in
the cast part of the town, by giving the
same a place in your useful paper. W,
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COM
MITTEE—WARREN
l'othe Freemen of the town of Wasren
in Town meeling; assembled on the 3t
Wednesday of April, A. D. 1829, ,
- The School Committee, appointed at |
your last April meeting, beg leave to re
port, as by law required, their procecdings
during the past year, The Scheol Coiii
mittee wonld report, that after being en
gaged according to law, they were duly
organized ny the appointment of a Presi
dent and Sceretary ; and that they pro
ceeded in the-discharge of their duties by
dividing the town of Warren, into three
School Districts, demoninated the West,
East, itd Middle Districts ; that the com
ptict part of said town as far eastward as
the Bridge. cilled Little Bridge, is inclu
ded within the West District ; that all
that prirt of sntid town situate at the South
and East of the following line, to wit : be
ginning at Kickamuet River North of Am
brose Barnaby’s House, and thence run
ning in afforth éasterly direction south of
Benjamin and Jamez Shorte’ liouses, and
iiorthi of the house of Danicl Rounds to
Massachusetts’ line is included within the
East District ; and that all thd remaining
part of said town is meclhded within the
Middle District, The Committee then
proceeded to take a censtg of the white
children, in said tovhi Under the age of
sixteen years, and ascertained that the
whole number, was 616 , that tlie ntniber
of white children it the West District un
der the agé of 16 years was 490; the num
ber between 7 and 16 yéars 267 ; art the
number under 7 years 223; that thé hum
ber of white chi¥ren in the Mifldle Dis
trict under 16 yearswas 87 ; etid the num
ber inthe Eust District 39. The Com
mittee dpproprinttt the sums of two hun
dred nine dollars six centg driwn from the
State’s Treastry, and three hundred twen
ty-five dollars raised by the Town, being
in the whole five lnmdred thirty four dol
lars six ccnts, for the support of Public
Selraols in the several Sclivol Districts in
proportion to the number of ‘white chil
dren in ench Pistrict under the age of 16
years, and w 4 follows, to wit, the sum of
jour hundied twenty-three dollars forty
three cents for the West District ; the
wuin of séventy-six dollars ninety-two cents
for the Middle Distriet, and the sum of
thirty-three dollars seventy-one ccnts for
the st District, Of fhe sum gppropria
ted for the Middle District, thirty-five dol
tars thisty-fovr cents have been expend
cdl for the support of two public schoois
in said District ; each school was kept
ome quarter, one by Miss Moivis ; the oth
ler by Miss Amanda Simmons ; and the
balance of said sum, forty-one dollars fif-
WARREN; R. I. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1830,
ty eight cbnts, has beoh expended for the
support of a public school in suid District,
in the Winter scason, which was kept by
Mr. Simmons Cole. The sutti appropria
ted for the East District has been expend
ed for the suppori of a phblic school there
in, which was kept by Mr. George M. Ran
dall, about one quarter in the winter,—
The School'Committee deemed the sum
appropriated for the Wesl District insuf
ficient td support more than one school in
this District advantageously and in a man
ner which would satisfaetorily test the u
tility of Public Schools. The Cohimitte#
therefore hired and fittetl 2 room which
Wwoltld accommodate from 160 to 170 schol
ars ; and they emyloyed Mr. Seth Peck, a
competent Instructor to teach a School
therein. Thia School was commenced
on the 25th day of August last, and has
been continued since that time, with the
exception of one week’s vacation, at the
expiration of each quarter, This School
was open to the admission of all the chil
drenin the Wesl District of the following
ages, to wit, boys betweeti the figes of 8
and 16 years, and Girls between 10 and
16 ; and about 160 scholars have attended
this School. Tn the support of this School
the sum of $241,48 has been expended ;
and at the expiration of the present fitrs
ter on the 16th day of May, $lOO, more
will be due for theservices and board of
the Instructor and room rent, making the
whole expense for three gnarters of pidl,
17, and leaving a balance from the sum
appropriated for the West District of $Bl,
96 townads the support of a School for a
fourth quarter. ‘The School Committee
visited the Public Schools in the several
Districts, and wei'e gratified to find that
t 1.6 "netructcrs employed under their di- |
rection were fully competent, and faithul
in the discharge of their duties, anll that '
strict attention khad been paid by the Iyt
structors to the discipline and mental im
provement ¢{ their scholars. The im-'
provement made by the scholurs general- |
ly in the public Bchools in this town hnsl
been highly satisfactory to the Commit
tee, but the very riipid advancement in
learning made by those scholars, who had
heretofore been deprived of the means of
education by the pefuniary embarrass
ments of their parants or from other caus
es, has exceeded the most sanguine ex
pectations of the Commiittee, and has con
vinced them beyond a doubt, of the great
}utility dnd importance of this system of |
public education. The Comniittee deem
it a stbject of gra‘slation, that thé citi
zens of ulmost every state in our Union
are bending their exertiofis to increase the
means arid facilities of tdueation, dnd that
at a time whenthe march of rmental im
provement in our o%n country is onward,
the citizens of this State, appear disposcd
1o accelerate its progress.
Our Legisiatare have wisely afopted a
system of public cducation, which needs
only the prompt and efticient aid of the
several towns to carry it into successful
operatiorfy and to render the inhabitants
of this State in few yeirs as distingalshed
for their intelligence and virtue, as they
are for their enterprize and physical re
sources; Nétown in the State, perhaps,
is moré inferésted wn this system than War
ren, and none probably will be more ben
ofitted by its success, We, a 8 a town,
pay in bat A sital} portion of the sum which
we are entitled to receive from the States
Treasury ; but the henefit of that sum in
its application for the sapport of Schools
is extended to a tonéiderablé number of
orphan and destitute children i this town;
and it comés to them like the dew of hea
eon the withering and tender plant, 23
The frequent changes of property and fhé
misfortunes incident to our citizens as a
commercial community, render this sys
(et moré important ar’l move extensively
beneficinl in its operations Mady of our
‘worthy and enterprising citizons in their
hazardous pursuits after wealth have been
et offin the prime of life und before the
meridian of manhood, and theif widows
bave been left destitute and their ehildren
lwithout the means of cducation, By vi
cisitudes of fortunc not within the ken of
human {1 ceight or the control of human
prudence some who mow possess wealth
may becothe poor and pennyless,and thieir
childrefi may be left to grow up in igno
rance and vice, and thertby become can
didates for the prison or the gallows. But
our system of public school is calculated
to remedy hinny of these cvils, and at a
small expense to afford to the cilildrcn of
all our citizens alike, the means of educa
tion without the edious distinction between
poverty and wealth,
By thie Bchool Committée,
‘ LEVI HAILE, Secretary.
b 7 We mtst dbcline priblishing the
commbnication of * *76,” dated Bristol,
April 4th,containing some severe remarks
on the rctailers of ardent spiriis—as they
are altogether teb petsonal. His comiid
nicatiost is destroyed as requested:
The following answer to the Knigma,
published in our last, we copy from the
Chriastiari Ttlescope:
ACROSTIC.
A tribes vet unnumbe:'d ih beauteous form,
Rose from cheos to life and light ;
On the young perch of nature I welceorii’d the
! morn
O'er the garden I rov’d with delignt.
' Some eall me a warr oof exqusité skill,
' l'l'o wound without aitow or steel ;
' E'er [ give o'er the battle, 1 conquer or kill,'
' Redressing cach wrong by the point of my heel.
r' : a.iB e e
' A physician travelling in Italy, waites,
. that in Genon, 2000 persons have recent
, ly fullen victims to the small pox, but not
. one that hud been previotisly vaccinnated
18 among the nuinber,
FPORMEBARS’ & MuCHANICS,
ADVOCATE.
: EARLY POTATOES.
Plant ncar your hog-sty, au early sort
of potatoes on eurly grouud, for feeding
hogs before your corn btcomes ripe. Al
ter your potatoes are planted, it is said,
that strewing quick lime over the hills in
smadl quantitics will preserve them against
both the grub-worm and the wires worm,
Potatoes are better food for breeding
ewes than turnips, which it is said urée apt
to injure the lambs. In small quantities
at a time, they are good food for horscs
and oxen, especially i spring, They will
go fagther it boiledor stcamed, but when
given taw they are useful for physic as
well as food, being of' a cooling and laxa
tive quality, and culculated to counterac
the astringement and heating qualities o
dry tood.—N. K. Farmer.
ELDER.
The expresscd juice of eldet leaves will
kill skippers in chieese, bacon, &e. ; and
strong decoctions of’ the leaves or roots
are latal to insects, which depredate on
on plantg in gerdens, &e, Dr. Willick
obscrves, that'* the leaves of elder are
caten by sheep to which they are of great
seryice, when discascd with the rot ; tor it
placed in a sitiation, where they can eas
ily reach the bark and young shoots, they
will speedily cure themselves.” Dr, Ebk
liot observed i his kissays on Field Hus
bandry, that ¢ elder biishes are stubborn
and hard to subdue, yet | know by expe
rience, that mowing them five tunes a
year will kill them.”’—{lb,
R 3
To destroy insects on Iy it Trees. To de
stroy the bark louse on the apple—wash
with a strong ley on the last o May or
first of June. No one who tries this rem
edy once will relinquuish it, unless he is
indolent or very indigent. Most of our
insect enemics are repelled by vegetable
ofturd. Hence firé eldds; saxsaofras, mint,
e, generally escape their depredations.
"I'ar, mixed with lime, ashes, or carth, at
the base of the peach, is said to repel the
wormi. And ¢ lately saw handreds ol
clim-shells tied to a cherry tree, on which
tar had beon daubed, in summer, to keep
off the apis and other imects. 1t produc
ed the desired effect”
ANOTHER LAMP.,
Mr. Morchoase, of Tompkins colinfy,
has invented & lamp fcr the burning of
lard instead of oil. 1t ditfers from the
common lamp only by its having a copper
wire adjoining the tube which’ contains
the wick, and connecting witfi the blaze
of the lamp at one end, and with the lard
at the other, kecping the lird in .a fluid
state. It i« uni\\’lo emit a brilliant light,
give no oftensive sinell, accumlate no cin
dér upon the wick, dnd may be supplied
“al hn‘l'lho expense of the oil Tanp.
USEFUL INVENTION,
Under this head, the New Orleans
Bee mentions that & machine has been
mveutedby a Mr. Renoir, in that city,
OFFICE NO 2, MARKET-ST
which is to be applied to a gig, and id
ctses of the horse running away ean bé
used to stop the wheels of the w;
and release the animal from the y
in an instant. Thé shafts ofthe do
not fall, but remain in the same i
as when tpheld by the harness ; and that
the macbint is n.{('l to be of simple con*
struction that a child may use it
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS. .
PERSECUTION.
« Then shall all men know that ye &t iy
disciples if'ye love one another.”
«To banish, imprison, plunder, starvt;
hitng; and burn men for their religion, is
not the gospel of Cunisr, it is the gospel
of the Deril.—Where “persecution beginsj
Christianity ends ; and if the name of it
remnins, the spirit is gone, Christ flever
used any thing that looked Uke fort br #lo
lence, except once ; and that was to Hiive
bad wesi our of the lemple,and wol fo drive
them 1x ! How often dobs it happen that
some small differenct in stntiment will
oceasion not only a sitllen dryhess atong
brethren ! but even influence them to
give way to the most bitter quarrels entl
speeches against each other ; often too a<
wong persons in the same communiony
and about matters comparatively trifling
'This is not the characteristic of the lov
ers of Jesus, who ought to * love ohe a<
nother with d trile hbtirt fervently.?
DUTY TOWARDS GOD AND RE-
LIGION.
Thy first homage, thou owest to the
Deity. Adore the Being of all beings,
of which thy heart is fall ; which howev
er, thy confined ifitellects can neither cori
ccive or describe. ;
Off¥r up in shicrifice to tie thost Mgl
thy will and thy wishes: strive to deservé
his animetifig inflabnce, antl obky the
‘commands he has preseribed for thy ters
restrinl carect. L
' Coiifess every where the divinie relige
ion of Jesus, and do not blash to belong
to bim: - s A,
The gospél i¢ the foiindation of aff ihy
duties ; if thou didst not believe in it;
thou wouldst cease to be a christian.
Let every action be distingunished by
an enlightencd dndl active piety without
bigotry or enthusiasin.
Religion does mot consist of speculative
truths ; exert thyselfint fulilling all those
moral duties it prescribes, and then only
shalt tholi be happy ; thy cotemporaries
will bless thee, and with &crenity thod
may est appedr befoie thie throne of the k
ternal,
} Patticularly {hou shouldst k& penetri
ted by the feeiing of benevolence and broth
erly love; the fundamental pillar of this ho<
ly religion, ‘
Pity him in error without hating or pe¥
secuting him. Leave the judgment to
God, but—¢ do thou love and tolerate?”’
CHRISTIANS ! Children of the same
God! Ye who art alietidy brethreit
through the universal faith in our Divine
Saviour, bind closer the ties of brotherly
love, afid banish for¢ver &Il préjtidicies
that might disturb our brotherly union.
RECIPES.
BRAN BREAD.
That our readers may not wccétde tis of
withholdimg all kinds of recipes for won
der'working mixturéas; we give them, sub
joined, the following oné for making bran
bread, whish, to many ol them, is known
us an excellent article of diet in cortgin
cases of dyspepsia.
To four pounds of htst loitséhold Mour,
put t\Xo table-spoonsful of small beer rem
and lalf a pint of warm water ; lét it
stand two hours in @ warm' place, about
four feet from the fire ; then add haff &
pound of bran, and a tvn—s‘!monful of salt
and proceed to make the dough with skinm'
milk, or warin watér ; then cover it up as
before, and }ét it stand one hour more !
then bégin fo heat the ovén, which will
require ome hour, Maike your loaves
an& put thém iito warm dishes, and let
them stand twenty minutes before you pat
them into the oven. This sized loaf wik
take an hour tobaké, When you draw
your brend, turn it bottom pwards j next
morning it will be fit for vse. Yot should'
have it every 4thday. The ¢®iour of the
‘whent is of no importance, nor ‘il'crnen!
yeast, Bread thus prepared is said to be
greatly preferable to that made with flour,
and all the bran kept in it