agricultural from the acadian recorder may 27 plotiffhinff match this trial of skill among the plough men in the vieiuity of halifax which xvas meant to have taken place on the 17th instant but was postponed on ac count of the weather attracted tocay a very respectable company of spectators rot less than three hundred to the north government farm which by an order of the directors and with the concur rence of his excellency the commander in chief was appointed the scene of com petition it was the firi spectacle of the kind which had been made under the direct supeiintendance of the pro vincial agricultural society and the first too ever witnessed on the peninsula of halifax and for these reasons it awak ened a good deal of curiosity and inter est unfortunate it certainly was that so many members of the association who had contributed liberally to its funds and had expressed much good will to wards its objects were prevented from attending in consequence of the unexpected protraction of the busi ness at the hustings and of the warm and lively passions there excited between the partizansof two of the candidates for the town who by the votes of their friends were poised and balanced with extreme nicety this was the last day of the pall and the fate of theelection which that night was expected to determine detained a great crowd who would oth erwise have been present at the plough ing match such a circumstance was bwtf sflticipated zt the fixing of the firm flse respect would have been paid to the gratification of the public curiosity at the close of harvest another opportuni ty will be given and this will in all probability not again interfere with any matter of general interest and excite ment at ten oviock the committee nomi nated at the monthly meeting of the di rectors and consisting of the rev dr inglis peter mnab samuel albro and kufus fairbanks esquires proceeded to the ground with a view to enter on the necessary preparations and to mark out and arrange the lidges in numerical or- der which were to be assigned to the respective competitors by the drawing of tickets on which corresponding numbers were writteu a piece of grass ley sloping gently on the declivity of the hill was selected and then measured off into nine parts of 18 feet each in width and about 275 in length three poles were set up in a strait line in each division for the double purpose of marking it off and of enabling the ploughman to draw his first furrow that by it be might after wards regulate his work at 12 oclock bcveral of the competitors appeared bringing their implements and harness in carts and the spectators at this time began also to assemble there was on ly one pair of the hcrses and those be longing to the hon charles morris which were decorated for the occasion by a white fringe attached to that part of the bridle which encircled the fore head this simple ornament gave a pleasing and cheerful look to the team and seemed to catch and rivet every eye the great end of a ploughing match is the ardour of emulation and to prompt them to acquire a dexterous and expeit use of the instrument but it aims at a less important and secondary object w inch is to bring the art into repute to raise it to some sort of dignity and im portance and a public display of this nature should therefore be conducted with a view to produce a striking effect and this is accomplished by he beauty cleanliness and fine condition of thy horses by a few showy trappings w hie h set them off to advantage by the excel lence of the ploughs and the neatness of the harness besides as it is inten ded that the fair sex should mingle in the crowd and condescend to favour with an approving smile these rustic la bour their tate for elegance should be consulted and the exhibition contiivrd to win their applause a ploughman in the mother country feels in a case like ihis as much pride in his horses as in ike execution of his work and is very apt to console himself if unsuccessful in the acknowledged superiority and fine order of the animals which he drove the committee at half pafl twelve ap pointed two of their own number mcffrs fairbanks and albro and a son of mr mnabs as the judges and requefted them to withdraw from the field during the per formance of the operation tickets mark cd from i to 9 were then put into a hat and correfponding to the figures on the poles the different competitors were de- fired each to draw one and ptoceed imme diately with his team to ftation himfelf fcefide the pole which bore the famenumber- at one oclock eight ploughs ftarted and a little after the ninth fo that the whole were at the fame time in motion and pro duced on the mind a very vivid and anima ting impreflion the manner of opera- on was this every ploughman drew his frft furrow in a line of the three poles which had been fct up for his guidance at the end of his ridge after turning to the left he went back and gathered in his ptighbourfr furrow and by this mcane hr had the power of correcting any departure in it from a right line or other miftake which had been committed he then caft his ridge off into two equal halves and gave it the laft fiuifli by drawing the water furrow in the center by this plan the judges had the advantage of a more clofe and minute comparison becaufe every man8 work except those at the two ext-e- mities could be viewed in contrail with what was executed on the right and left- hand as every ridge was formed by two distinct ploughmen any inequality was very eafily perceptible mr jofeph daw- fon performed his part ixi 1 minutes wil liam shand in 50 walter curry in 51 mr brehm in 52 and the other five in the refpeftive times of 53 of 54 of 5 8 of 5 and of 67 minutes the judges came upon tbe ground a- bout half paft tvo oclock 2nd the only in formation they received was a note of the time in which each divilron had been ploughed after a very long and careful examination they came to the following decision which was communicated to the secretary in order to be carried up to his lordfhipf the governor in chief who ho nored the spectacle with his prefence and prefented the prizes to the victors the firft confitted of a filver medal and five pounds was adjudged to james cannon servant of mr james romans the fecond confided of a filver medal and three pounds to mr jofeph dawfon the third confided alfo of a filver me dal and two pounds to william shand fcrvant of the hon charles mori is and the fourth which to a filver me dal added one pound to walrer curry servant of richard tremain ksq the medals were fufpended by a blue ribband round the neck of each and with this badge of distinction they paraded id left the field- after the didribution of the prizes ku fus fairbanks esq ad art fled i lis excel lency to the following effect my ioij in the tkcutlon of our dtt- tycn judges wc have felt very great diffi cult in corning to a deciion the woik has on the whole been so well performed that with regret we have been obliged to pass over what seemed so much to deceive a reward and indeed all the young men who have entered into this competition have exhibited proof of very considerable skill in their ait if we have erred in our judgment it mud be ascribed to the ex treme goodness and equality of the work and indeed we were under the ueceffity to take every circmnftance both of execution and time into account that we might ar rive at a proper determination this days appearance my lord will i hope encou rage to further efvorts and lead to the im provement of all in a matter of firft im portance to the prosperity of novascotia his lordship replied by thanking the judges for the pains they had taken in forming their opinion and trufted that the events of this day would have a good effect in awakening the spirit ofcmulaiion which would be displayed on the next oc- cafion of the kind with encreased energy and by further degrees of perfections among the spectators were the chief justice judge stewart the hon john black t n jefery charles hill and james fraser several officers of the gar rison besides many tespectable merchants and profeflional men a few ladies attend ed but not the number as might have been expected the softer sex whom nature has obviously fonncd to sweeten the toils of life should race by their presence an exhibition which tends to foder those peaceful pursuits that are allied to tran quility and domedic enpyment and lay the foundation of whatever is noble grafh and muipeiiutui ni society halifax may 24th 1820 from the baltimore morning chrqnuh avc publish the following as a literary curiosity it was recently written by a member of congress whose name we could mention if necessary whether men who can thus tomahawk in cold blood the english language with so much barbarity are well calculated to represent freeborn millions on the floor of congress remains no longer a questionable point in tender benevo lence we hope that um member has not declardcd irrcconcileable hostility to lillworths spelling book and that his animosity to the english does not proceed to such exterminating lengths as to put their language to the torture if this is to be hereafter a fair specimen of congres sional intellect we sincerely hope thatcha rity schools will be employed to instruct the members in the use of the alphabet utterly indeed should we despair of all such benevolent institutions if the most stupid of the pupils should be guilty of such blunders as this a prescription verbatim a literatim pnnc- tuatim a spelhtim from an hon mem ber of congiess for the cure of sore eyes a cure for soar eyes take the white of three new lade egg3 and as much soft spring wather or pump wat her and a but gils of white vittal and as much sugger or led let all be in protion stue it away to about one gil the strane it though a linnen clorth then put it in a small vessel wash the eye 3 rims a day always at going to bed and yon viill find great release 1 persume in 8 and forty hours siberia is an establishment of tlie kind fof t training of teachers who arc sent he j different parts of the empire i the neighbourhood of odes sa in the south of russia there are schools for more than ten thousand rus sian troops the cossacs particularly are said to make extraordinary progress in reading and writing for sale a farm in the front concession of the township of augusta three and a half miles below brockville con taining 150 acres about 75 of which is under improvement there is a large two story house on the premises built of square limber and boarded outide a frame barn c this farm is well wor thy the attention of any person desirous of a pleasant country r will be sold on liberal terms and possession given immediately for furtherparticu- lars apply to a w morris co brocrcille 0h may 1s20 21tf land to be cleared any person willing to undertake to perform the settlement duties on a tract of excellent land in the district of newcastle and to take part of the land in payment for his labour will have au opportunity of making a good bargain on applying at the office of this paper kingston 27th april 1820 17 john martin egs leave to inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened a house of public enter tainment near fort henry uuder the sign of the richmond hotel where he hopes by a strict attention to those who may favour him with a call to merit a bharo of public patronage lie will always have on hand ail kinds of liquors of the best quality kingston i at it january 1820 valuable lands for sale in the midland district county of prince edward ft 1 owofhip of ameuafttirgh lot 23 rn the front conceffion or lake ontario lying to the eaftward 0 nicholion s ihaud lots 22 and 24 in the fecond con ceffion of laid townfhip the whole con taining fix hundred acres for particulars inquire at the office of the kingfton chronicle or of the hnn james baby york n b all pcrfons are cautioned a gainit cutting u dcihoying the timber 0 the above lands as they will certainly fubjeft rhemfelves to a legal profecadoi if drtcfted kingfton march 7 1820 10 tf n b good stablhigfor forces john c morrill esectfully informs m his fronds and the public that he has commenced the boot s shoemaking business in the d p formery occupied by daniel vfalhburi ftq in king street where he intends kcptrg conftantly on hand a gen eral affor tnent of boots shoes likewife leather of every dcfciip tion wlikh he will fell as low as can be j procured w town for cafh ory mav 1 1- 10 notice a ll perfons are hereby cautioned a- jchl am purchafing certain notes of hand piv n by the fubferrber to james he- rf4wng vial ifcfc lyu jvrwfcrj tz one for twenty five pounds payable the ift january rss 1 one for z io pay able iftjarary 1 822 one for i 2 10 payable t ft january 1 829 one for ia lospayablt ift january 1s24 and one for 12 10 payable 1 ft january 1s25 the iour lail bearing intereft as the fa id notesverc riven for a lot of land fold by the faid janes ilenefy to the fubfcribcv and for whici he can give no legal title joseph shearman bcllville 6th may 1820 22 notice tike ccoartnerfhip hereoforeexrftmg between the subfcrfbers under the firm of mcdonald aykroyd io this day diffolvedby mutual confent all pcrfona having demands againft the faid firm arc requeued to prefeot thern for adjuftment to peter mcdonald and all perfons indebted thereto are rrquelled to make immediate payment ofne amount of their icipcaive accounts to the faid peter mcdonald who is duly authorized to receive the fame and grant diicbargef peter mrdonald charles aykroyd kingfton april 20th 1020 16 n b the bufinef will be continued as ufual bv 4 pcr mcdonald valuable lands for sale in the township of hamilton t ots no 6 and 12 in the 3d con- ii a ceffion containing 400 acres ditto ditto 11 and 15 in the 4th con ceffion containing 450 acres ditto ditto 10 in the 6th conceffion containing 200 acres the above lands are all lying in the townfhip of hamiltonnewcaftlc ditlrift and will be fold on the mod liberal terma for further information enquire of elias jonrs efo hamilton or the fubferiber in kindlon thomas s whitaker kingfton may 28 1819 22tf foe sale a t a very low price for cash 3 the south or front bajfoi lot no 2 in the first conces sion of loughborough for par ticulars apply al this office doc 7 i s 9 50 no i ice the ntw system of education the lancastrian is malting givt promrss in linssia a preat number of schools on this plan have hcr vtnlaihct f the children of the eoldiery btcn in anchors fy cables william budden will tceive by the earliert fprlng rffeu and keep cotiftantiy en hand at quebec an aifortment of patent pioved chain cables of rill sizes anchors do well worthy tie attention of thofe enga ged in the lab and river navigation quebec 1 ft april i8iq itf a reward of two hundred and fifty pounds fsrill be paid by the subscriber to 7 any pcrton who hall dirover and give fuh information as will convift the perfoa or perfons who on or about the 29th or 30th of june laft dole from ccorge ridout esq at walkers hotel 5 a parcel containing montreal bank bills of five dollars each to the amount of two thoufand pounds by direftion of the diredtors of the montreal bank thomas markland agent kingston igib nov 1819 47 stolen or strayed from mr alexander mcdonellg near kingfton on the right of the 26th may laft a flout brown horfe four years old about fifteen hands high rather low in condition cut tail and has a white fpeck in the off eye whoever will bring the faid horfe to mr alexander mcdon- ells aforefaid or gwe information where he may be found ball if flolen receive a rewaid of twenty dollars on convic tion of the ofrnder or offenders and if i llrayed fiiall be reafonably rewarded for their trouble alexander mcdonell kingfton jiincift r820 22tf one hundred dollars reward cl olen about four weeks age kt from a room in mr wordens inn a ttunk three feet long and two feet vide covered with a fawn fkin whoev er wil deliver lh faid trunk at the chro nicle office 01 giv information to the editor fulticirut to difcover and convift the thief fimll receive the above reward gallrlel rollltte kingllon 71i1 jdncj lso ijtf for sale a quantity of red cedar plgkets from 7 to 8 feet in length apply to mr john dawson 1 iiior william yerex kingston juh 17 1819 30 persons having books belonging to the kingston library are requeu ed to fend them to the fubferiber at his lioufc adjoining the town of kingfton and with as little delay as pofilble- john ferguson r 2th april i8r 6 watches and clocks repaired in the best manner bit s o tazewell f xorth sirl- oft ho market place kingston who moll refptafjuy informs the inhabitants of kingston and its vicinity that he has commenced the above bufinefs and hopes by paying riri at- tention to buiinels to give the utmoft fat- ibfaon to all thofe who may plcafe to favour him with their employ having had many years experience in london is perfely acquainted with the patent lever horizontal and dvijlex scapcmtnts repeaters c c kingston may i 3 1820 20t d a y martin the fubferiber escpeu in port this week one imndreh c- n f nhniif six duicn each ol day martins real and mod fuperior japan blacking by the curlew skipsie and regent from london which he will difpose of as fol lows largest size iper dozen second eizc 106 per dozen this invaluable composition affords pe culiar nourishment to the leather which no other blacking does montreal 14th may 1s20- benjamin hart apcnt near si paul street in 3 zo on sale eac india carpeting caffimere shawls superfine cloths yarn 400 lbs beaver london bottled port wine c c occ land agency the fubicribcr for many years the junior clerk in the office of the honourable executive council of this province and who has for fome time paft occasionally afted as a land agent hav ing refigncd the fituation he held in the above mentioned office and not being en gaged in any other employment will now transact land bufinefs generally andrew mercer torh 1 18 may 1820 20 for sale a small collection of books jufl received from new- york amongft which are peters letters to his kinsfolk omearas memoirs of napoleon the spectator alfo greek lexicons and grammars lemprieres claffical didtion- aiy and a variety of other school books alfo an excellent surveyors combafs of the mofl approved kind john ma caul ay kingfton may i2th 1s20 19 doctor boyd has removed to the houfe formerly occupied by the late doctor kea ting may 1 6 82c 46 f50r sale feveral acre and two a ere lots on the main street being an exlttifioii of isicrestreet application for price and conditions of payment id be mad- fo the isihfrrber who will give information to peiions deftiing to pun joseph murdock kingfton march 8 182 io tf notice an assignment having been made ti the subscriber of all the laiuia goods and debts belonging to the late firm of james ranhn tv co of ernest town merchants as well as those belong- ing to james ranker individually for the benefit of creditors notice is hereby given to all persons having claims againit the sard iirm or against the said james ranker to present them forthwith duly authenticated and such as stand indebted nrt heiireh to paj thin respective accounti to chr a hagerman esq ofkingi ton on or before the first day of decern ber ocxt john kirby kingston i st september 1819 6 the fubferiber feels it hi duty from the villainous treatment he has receiv ed to guard the public againft any impo- fition on the part of mr solomon jnhns by his offering to fell any part of half an acre lot with buildings thereon in the vil lage of erneft town bounded on the caft by the farmers store and on the weft by the property of the heirs of the late john davy is any title to the faid property held by him was fraudulently obtained by a furrender of a bond that was in my own name for the purchafe made of it in 1806 when johns was at low wages and as can be made appear evidently by various proof taken at the time of the examination of his tranfaftions in 1812 had no fliadow ofa claim peter grant the perfon who is ftated to hold a bond for a deed for half the above property from johns was acquainted with my oft pretention in the firft in lance but any thing to anfwer the purpofe p- g 48 blanks for the courts of request and various other kinds for sale at this office notice books of subscription for the of 8frwtm will be opened at the diredors room in the bank of upper canada on the 24th auguft next and kept open each day from the hour often till three oclock until further notice kingfton 27th july 181 9 3 tkrms ok thf kingston chronicle tweny shilling per annum if sent vi marl twenty four sbiuings snbrcripions to be paid in advance to the 1st of july or ihe 1st of janu ary price of advertisements l ix lines and under 2s gd first in- kj scrtion and 7d each subsequent insertion 10 tines and nnacr 3s ad first insertion and lod each subsequent insertion above ten lines ad per line for the fust insertion and id per line for ever subsequent znsi rlnn aaticrthvintnts without litter direc tions are inserted till so ibd charged accordingly orders for discontinuing advertiic ments to be in writing and delivered bu wednesday noon at the latest no jthcrliscmcnts received after ten octotd on the day cf publication agints henry cnnnil esq quebec edward kill kq three rivers james willinros esq montreal messrs j j dtijiiop lancaster paul glaford ksq matibta alphfos joiic ksq presvatt henry jones ksq brockvitte n b tommas esq perth ii wbitmarsb fsq bicknwnd j k hartwell esq bastard e webster im gananoquc j ranken iq bath allan mcplieion eaqnapanee thomas parker esq betlvitlc joseph a keeler ksq cramakc james g bethnne ksq hamilton john d smith ksq port hope william allan esq york daniel ross esq vittoria john crooks e q niagara t mcconuick ksq queenstan john wilson ksq a m her si bur gh kingston v c pr1ntip 1ojl the imtors