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Rh goods, and rather more than the value of the cotton manufactures, $3,800,000. The dahy produce is very valuable, $10,400,000.

It will be seen that there are a large number of horses in this county; and nearly a hog for every human being, babies and all. One house in fourteen, among those built that year, was of stone or brick. The proportion in the State generally, was one in six.

Wednesday, 2lst.—The following are the premiums allotted by the County Agricultural Society for the best crops, at the last harvest:

Thursday, 22d.—Quite mild again. Cloudy. Soft, bluish haze on the hills.

Walked about the village this afternoon, looking at last summer's birds' nests. Many are still left in the trees, and just now they are capped with snow. Some birds are much more careful