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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



nnd Territories of the West, is not worth at least 

 its equal weight of any itlier population upon tlie 

 known habitable eartli. We have not the vanity 

 to trump ourselves as lirttcr soldiers than those en- 

 joyinij the exclusive friendship of our good typo- 

 Craphical brother : we only say we are as old and 

 have as rrood a right to be here as the very best of 

 them. All we ask from the mercy of our old com- 

 petitor is, that he will he so tolerant as to let all 

 classes of men in the Granite State enjoy unmo- 

 lested their e<]\ial rights and privileges. — -Farmer's 

 Monthly Visitor-I 



"Boston is but little indebted to its native-born 

 citizens for anything that gives it character at home 

 or reputation abroad. New Hampshire furnishes 

 the men who have elevated Boston to its present 

 distinction in all that the stranger admires. They 

 come to the great emporium of the North to seek 

 subsistence, generally with nothing but their head 

 and hands and a good constitution, the chief com- 

 modity furnished by the Granite State. These 

 New Hampshire adventurers are the Scotch of A- 

 merica. While some have gradually crept from 

 table waiters to capitalists, others, well educated 

 in the colleges of the back country, commence the 

 practice of the learned professions — they have noth- 

 ing- to lose and everything to gain, and spurred on 

 therefore by the absolute stimulus of necessiiy, 

 they are truly the life and soul of Boston. The 

 best lawyers, many of the physicians and clergy, 

 an.-l at least one third of the bone and thrift of the 

 shipping interest, came from the cold regions of 

 old Now Hampshire." 



Brick and Tile Machine. 



A machine for manufacturingbrick and draining 

 tile is figured and described in the Farmer's Maga- 

 zine. The brick machine will mould ii bricks per 

 minute, 1,4411 per hour, and, taking ten hours' 

 work, would give 14, 400 per day. A good mould- 

 er, with three or four attendants, will make 4,000 

 bricks perday. The machine, with the same hands, 

 will make Io,000 ; with this advantage, that the 

 latter will not require lialf the time to dry, in con- 

 sequence of the compression whicli the clay under- 

 goes, and that when burnt they weigh three jiouuds 

 the heaviest — the mould brick weighing 5 lbs. and 

 the machine bricks 8 lbs. The tile machine will 

 make 10,000 drain tiles a day, with one man and 

 two boys, and 20,000 flat tiles for the drain tiles to 

 lay upon, both 1.5 incheslong. Under the old mode, 

 a man and two boys made but 1,000 drain tiles per 

 day, 12 inches long. The tile made by machine is 

 also much stronger than those made by the old 

 mode, and they are capable of being made from 

 much stronger cl.ay. This machine promises im- 

 portant benefits, wherever tile draining is practised, 

 and wdl greatly lessen the expense. We should 

 like to see it introduced into this country, with .the 

 attendant benefits of under-draining. Draining tde 

 are manufactured in tliis city, but the price ($1.") 

 per thousand,) is such as deter many from using 

 them. With the machine in question, we are in- 

 clined to think they would be afforded at half the 

 present price. — .ilbiiiiij Cnltirnlnr. 



Re^nlatioii of DM. — .Many shut themselves up 

 entirely in unpleasant weather, during the long win- 

 ter, or whenever ihey find a pressure of business 

 within or unpleasant weather without; and yet they 

 eat just as voiaciously as if they look exercise every 

 day. To say that no attention is to be paid to diet, 

 is madness. You must pay attention to it sooner or 

 Jati.T. If you lire faithful to take regular vigorous 

 exercise every day in open air, then you may eat, 

 and pay less attention to quantity and quality. But 

 if you lake but little exercise, job may be sure that 

 you are to be a severe sutferer if you do not take food 

 in the same p.opnrtion. I do not ask you to diet, 

 that is, to be as difiicull, and as qhangeable, and as 

 whimsical as possible, as if the great point were to 

 see how much you could torment yourself and oth- 

 ers; but 1 do iisk you to beware as to liie quantity 

 of food which you hurry into the stomach three tunes 

 each day, withou: giving it any rest. It is the quan- 

 tity rather than tlie kinds of food, which destroys se- 

 dentary persons; thougli it is true that the more sim- 

 ple the food the better. If you are unusually hur- 

 ried this week, if it storms to-day, so that in these 

 periods, yoH cannot go out and take exercise, let 

 your diBt'be very sparing, though the temptation to 

 do otherwise he very strong. When by any means 

 you have been injured by your food, have overstep- 

 ped the proper limits as to eating, I have found in 

 sucli cases that the most perfect way to recover is to 

 abstain entirely from food for three or six meals. 

 Bv this time, the stomach will be free, and the sys- 

 tem restored. I took tho hint from seeing an idiot 

 who sometimes had turns of being unwell ; at such 

 times he abstained entirely from food for three days, 



in which linio nature recovered lierself, and he was 

 well. This will frequently, and perhaps generally, 

 answer instead of medicine, and it's every way more 

 pleasant. The most distinguished physicians have 

 ever reeommended this course. It is a part of the 

 Mahomedan and Pagan system of religion that the 

 body should be recruited by frequent fastings. "Let 

 a hull-dog be fed in his infancy upon pap, Naples bis- 

 cuit ami boiled chicken ; let him bt wrapped in flan- 

 nel at nigiii, sleep on a feather bed, and ride out in a 

 coach for an airing — and if his posterity do not be- 

 come short limbed, and valetudinarian, it wifl be a 

 wonder. — Todd's Student' sManual." 



The grand Mechanics' Exhibition at Quincy Hall 

 Boston, closed on Saturday, the extensive rooms hav- 

 ing been crowded with visitors for a fortnight. The 

 receipts, at 25 cents each, amounted to ^15,000. — 

 Every Kind of manufactured goods, wares, furni- 

 ture, mechanical and agricultural implements, &c. 

 might here be found. This exhibition will be high- 

 ly beneficial, as proving our present resources, and 

 developing Yankee ability, eventually to compete 

 with Europe. We conversed with a hardware im- 

 porter, for instance, who assured us he was every 

 year striking off his orders for foreign wares, as sup- 

 plied by belter and cheaper articles at home. This 

 is the true policy. Save our resources — pay our own 

 workmen — change the balances of trade. Then may 

 we care but little how the "money market" stands, 

 from day to day, and save our distress at tho rise or 

 fall of exchange on London. — Keeiie Sentinel. 



BA.\]v iNuTE'JACLK. 



From Ihe Boslon Cultivator, Ort. 19. 



^^ The bills nf all the banks in the New Englaiul States, 

 which are in good credit, are received at par, on drposa, by 

 the tnllowlng hanks, vt/.:— .\llas, Atlantic, Coiiiiiiercial, Ea- 

 gle, FreeitKins', Globe, H.iiicock, llainiltnn. Market, iMer- 

 chants', Middling Inteiest, North, Oriental, Stale, Sufiblli, 

 Shoe and Leallier Dealer.*', Tieiiinnt, Traders', Shawmul, 

 tJnion, VVashing'oii and Mechanics. 



The Siittolk Dank transacts all llie business relating to 

 Coiiiilry liiinks, Tor ihe aliove named Itanks. 



The Siifi'olk hank rederin.s Uie liillsof all the banks in R.l. 

 e.vceptthe abode Island Central at East Greenwich, which 

 is 5 pr. ct. disc. Scituate, 10 do. 



Mi'ldling Interest bank bills are not received at the Suf- 

 folk Bank. 



LIST OF BBOKE.t B-tSKS I .M KEW ENGLAND. 



Eagle, N. Haven, (Jonn. 

 r aimers', Belchertown, Ms. 

 Kennebec, Me. 

 jS'ahaiil Bank, Lynn. 

 Pagsama<|"oddy, E.istport. 

 Scituate, It. I 



Iturrilville, R. I. 

 Coinmonweallh, Boston, 

 t'olton " 



Hilby " 



Franklin. South Boston, 

 liafayetle " 



Chel.=fa, (^lielsea, 

 C.tstiue, Me, 

 Derbv, Conn 



VViscasset, ;\Ie. 

 Ro.\I»nry at Itoxbury 

 Norfolk, 



List of banks in New l^ngland. whose charters have ex- 

 ^,il-ed :— Sutton Bank, VVilkinsnnvllIe, Mas-.^.; farmers and 

 jMeciianirs' Pawliickcl, It. I.; Il.itli, Hath, Me.; Wiiuhrop 

 B.mk, M*-.; Keiinebiink Bank, nl .\tiindrl, .Me.; Bangor 

 Hank, Me.; Sarn Bank ; Newbnryporl Bank : Concord, 

 (Sparhawk cashier) N. H. Pheni.v Bank, Nantucket. 



BILLS SOT RECEIVED AT THE SUFFOLK BA.^K. 

 MAINE. 



Oxford Bank .at Fryeburg, fraud. 



.'\gricultnral, Brewer Me. 5 to 



Bangor Commercial, .5 to 



Oldlown, at Urono, 9ii to 



Ilamariscotta Bank, 10 to 



Georgia Lninber Co. at Portland to 5 



Calais, at Calais, .'^ to 



Stillwaler Canal, at Orono, .S to 



Weslbrook a'. Westbrook , 3 to 5 



NEW HAMI'SHIBE. 



Wolfeborough Bank, 50 to 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Middling Interest Bank bills are nol received at the Suffolk 

 Bank. 



in 



.1 



30 



JO 



■30 



to 

 lo 



ISO 

 ?0 



N'orlolk, at Ro.\bnry, 

 Midtliesex, af Cambridge, 

 Fulton, at Boston, 

 Kilby, " 



(,'oinalonwealLh, Poston, 

 Nahant, 

 Chelsea, 



Hoxbnry,at Roxbiiry, 05 to 



l-'armers' and Mechanics' Ad- 

 ams, South Village 75 lo 



VEBMONT. 



St Albans, at St Albans, 2'; lo 5 



Essex, at GilUdhall, ."'U to 



.Manchester, at Manchester, 2^ lo 5 



CONNECTICUT. 



Stamford, at St.imford, 2 lo 4 



Bridgeport, at Bridgeport, 2 lo 4 ' 



frj- Bills of the Frankfort Bank, Me. are again received at 

 the Snilolk Hank. Also, Lafayette Bank, Bang.ir, 



The bills of the following Banks are still received : Old 

 CnmherlanJ Bank, Portland ; Waterville Bank ; Mendon 

 Bank. . ,, 



Baaks in New York City par. to J pr. ct. discount. 



" Slate of N. Jersey, 2 lo 3 



" City of Philadelphia, I to 



" State of New York, I to 



" City of Baltimore, 1 to 



'I Distrlctof Colninhta, 9 to 



Old United States Bank Notes, 5 lo 



Note Since the failure of the United States Bank there 

 is great uncertainty about bank l.ills: the Philadelphia and 

 Baltimore and Rhode Island banks have all reported to have 

 I stopped specie payments. 



FLOUR AND GRAIN MARKET. 



Boston, Oct. 12. F(oiir— Sales of 1001) bbls. Philadelphia 

 on landing at 6 12, GO days, inlerest adiled ; 3ilU do. Kich- 

 inond y.'i, and 2iio do. Fredericksburg same price, 4 inos.j 

 Genesee common brands 6 25, cash. 



fJrrtiH— Yellow Corn 80 aS2c. white 75 a76; and Southern 

 Oats iS a 43. 



NrwYoBK.Oct 7. Koiir— A lillle belter feelingfor Wes- 

 tern; holders are firm. Western Canal, common lo good, at 

 5 75 a $t); Ohio, via Canal, at .i 1**2 a 5 75. Good bmnds 

 Western may lie considered la rei|nrsl at 5 75 a 5 l67, while 

 Ohio is dull (it the above rales Sales IfillO bbls. Georgetown 

 for export, at ahont gfi; showing a reduction of full 12 a 18c. 

 In other descriplions liiile doing; sales small parcels Howard 

 slreel at 9 12 a b 25; Richmond City Mills at C Ii2. Rye 

 Flonr, 4 a 4 25. 



Gram — Rye inactive; Northern, for home use, at 80c, dull. 

 The cargo arrived on 3d insl. is kept out of the market, 

 awaiting the arrival of tlie Liverpool steamer. Corn quiet; 

 Norlhein, for immediate use at8lla82, measure; Southern 

 at 72 a 75c, by weigiil; ol latter, market bare. Oats in better 

 demand, sales Norlliern at 4(ic. 



Phiudelphia, (~>ct. 7. F/orir— Market more animated 

 this .veek, and prices have again slightly receded towards 

 the close. To-day tlleie are sellers at S5 25, cash, while 

 some veliise it. Rve P'lnnr; demand moderate at 3 75. 



RraiJ!— Sales Ilye, Penn.and Soulhern,at7c, dull.— Corn, 

 receipts limited. We quote yellow 71 a 72, while 118 a 69c 

 to day. 



NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Oct. 7, 1839. 

 (Reported for the Journal of Commerce.) 



At market 1075 head of Beef Cattle, lon from the South, 

 and the balance mostly from this Stale, 415 Milch Cows and 

 3t5f) Sheep and Lambs. 



The Beef was of good quality— demand dull. Sales of 

 775 he;id at §7 lo9t avgn 8^. 



Milch Cows— Demand lair— 40 sold at IJtlS to 48. 



Sheep and Lambs continue in good demand. 32(10 sold — 

 Sheep at 2.^ a $5^ and one lot veiy good, at $0. Lambs at !i 

 lo S31 eai-h. 



Haj — Sales by the load, at 56 to 75c, the 100 lbs. 



BRIGHTON C.\TTLE MARKETS.— Oct. 7, 1839. 

 (Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser & Palriot.) 



At market 71,0 Beet Cattle, inSO Stores, 3.500 Sheep, and 

 12BnSvvine. About 250 Swine were repotted last week. 



Prices— Beef Cattle— We quote brst quality at 7 05 a 7 75; 

 second qualilv 11150 a $7; third qnaliry 5. 50 a $0.— Stores— We 

 noticed several lota of iwo year old sold at about $20. year- 

 lings 12. 'lO. We quote yearlings $11 a 15 ; two year old S17 

 a 27. Choice lieifers were peildled at a higher price. Cows 

 and Calves— Sales at $30, 35, 42 47 and .W. Sheep sales 

 brisk. Lots were sold al $1 71, 1 92, 2 00, 2 12, 2 25, 2 42, 2 

 75, 3 O;), and 3 25. 



BALTIMORE MARKET, Oct. 4, 1839. 

 Cattle- There have been about 400 head of Reef Cattle 

 sold during the week, at $7 50a.S8, chiefly al the latter price. 

 Hogs aie selling at >«9 50 per 100 lbs. 



PROVISION MARKET, at Bo 

 Butter, best, per lb. 

 Hams, Boston, per lb. 



Do Weslertl. do do 

 Lard, best, per lb 

 Do Western, per kej 

 Pork, Boston, 

 Beel, ner lb 

 Do Corned 

 Ilo Smoked 

 Pig Pork, 

 Chickens, per pair 

 Miition, per lb 

 Veal, 



Lanil', per lb 

 Criix, per 11) 

 Pigs Feet, per lb 

 Cheese, per lb 

 EsEs per dozen 

 Beef Tallow, per lb 



SEED MARKET, AT BOSTl 

 iMustard seed, brown, per bag, 



" c' white. 



Hemp seed, per bushel, 

 Canary seed, do do 

 Flax seed. Foreign, per bushel, 



do' Ameriran, 

 Clover, .Northern, per bushel, 



do Southern, do 



do Foreign, do 



do White Dutch, per lb. 



do Lucerne, or French, do 

 Timi'thv, or Herds Grass, per bushel. 

 Red Top, Northern, per bushel, 



do Snnlhcrn, do 

 Orchard Grass, do 



Millett, do 



Buckwheat, do 



THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR* 



A MONTHLY NKWSPAl'EK, IS PUBLISHED BY 



WILLIAM P. VOSTY.K, HiIVs Brick Block, 



Concord^ J\'. JI. 



JAMES BURNS, 104, Washlmrton si., Boston, Ms. 



J. N. BOLLES, Xo. 1, Market Square^ Proti- 



dcncc, R. I 



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