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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



Life Preserver ertra. — Our Friend Dr. Howe, of 

 BillericQ, writing to Dr. Smith of the Boston Med- 

 ical and Surgical Journal says, he kept a list of the 

 names of the oldest men, dead or alive, within the 

 circle of his ordinary practice, looking hack 20 

 years, and he finds that of 67 men, from 73 to 93 

 years of age, (average a fraction over 78) 54 were 

 smokers or chewers, 9 were non-comsumers, and 

 4doiihtfnl. 



He never heard, however, of but one case of 

 life prolonged by the use of tobacco, accompanied 

 by satisfactory evidence. At the ever memorable 

 battle of Benning-ton, there stood in the ranks a 

 New Hampshire militia man, by the name of Jon- 

 athan Wheeler. This Jonathan was a man of Her- 

 culean strength, with red, bushy hair, a peculiar 

 squint of the eye, and with fighting propensities 

 strongly developed; he was, moreover, a dead shot 

 — cool, deliberate, and calculating. He was pre- 

 pared for action; in his cartridge-box were twen- 

 ty-four rounds of ball-cartridges; in his canteen a 

 pint of potatoc whiskey ; in his breeches pocket, 

 an iron tobacco box of ample dimensions, which 

 had once belonged to his grandfather, old Adoni- 

 jah Wheeler, of Scataquog. When the heat of 

 the battle was over, and Jonathan found time to 

 take a quid of the tranquilizing weed, upon draw- 

 ing the box from his pocket, he found, with aston- 

 ishment unutterable, the indentation of a musket 

 ball upon the lid. His trusty box had received the 

 charge of some sharpshooter, and, in all probabili- 

 ty, prolonged the life of as brave a fellow as ever 

 swung a knapsack. 



^J' We are of opinion that tobacco has a much 

 more deleterious efl'cct upon the constitution than 

 IK generally apprehended, either when snuffed, 

 chewed, or smoked. 'J'he editor of this paper in 

 the course of twenty-five years became an inveter- 

 ate snuff taker, till a large box full would go away 

 in a day. He found he must leave off or become 

 miserable ; he made trial at first to leave off grad- 

 uallv. This only sharpened the appetite. Six 

 years ago he mentally promised himself (not aloud 

 to anybody, lest he should break his promise to the 

 world) that he would take no more snuff. This he 

 accomplished with less ado than would be made in 

 weaning a common infant. The leaving off dis- 

 covered to him that the tobacco had as bad an effect 

 in unhinging and disturbing tlie whole nervous 

 system as ardent spirits probably might have hid. 



Tobacco die wers and tobacco smokers are worse 

 off, if possible, than snuff takers. They may live 

 longer than the rum-drinker ; and some constitu- 

 tions possibly may not suffer essential injury in tlie 

 moderate use of tobacco. But there is danger that 

 moderate smoking and chewing may create an in- 

 ordinate desire for the weed, wliich is certainly 

 poisonous, and likewise create an irrepress'-ble 

 thirst for 'trong drink. We have known many 

 mea who, though they chewed moderately, leave 

 off; and as a consequence in the course of a few 

 months, gain pounds of healthy flesh. 



Whether used for chewing, smokingor snuffing, 

 we challenge any lover of tobacco to the proof of its 

 having accomplished a greater good in any case 

 than to allay the toothacli for the moment, or settle 

 the stomach after eating: too much dinner. 



BRIGHTON (T.\TT(.R MARKRT.— Nnv. II, 1839. 

 (Krported Tor the Boston Diirly Advertiser & Patriot.) 

 At market MOO Heel Cattle, 850 Storei, 27fi0 Shee[i, and 

 lySOSwinn. About 950 Swine were reported last week.— 

 Prices— Bfef" Cattle— First qualllv atr>25aS7; ^ec.)nd qtial- 

 tty57r. a 2.") ; third qn^iliry 4 50 a ^5 2.5.— BHrrplIins CaiHe— 

 A pulfiiient nuinher v\ ere nut piirihased tueatnblish prices. 

 Stores — r^aies dull ; very few pinchriserp al markei. pmhaiily 

 on oicouni of the election. Wti quote yearlings $10 a 12, two 

 year nldglSaQij ('owa and Calves— Dull ; no sale^^ noiti:- 

 ed. Sheep- Lots were taken at SI -iO, 1 <>3. 1 81, 2 00,2 2.^., 

 and $2 50. .'^witie— Lots in peddle were takf-n at 4, 4^. 4^. 

 for Si.ws. ;ind 5, a 5^ fur Harrows. At retail, 5a 5\for t?ows. 

 and (; a (j^ for Marrow's. There wa-' a lot of Bei ksliire Shuala 

 at market, some of which were ftill blooded, and ---old, but we 

 did not tearn the price. 



Reported for the Jofirn:iI of Commerce. 

 NEW YORK CATTLE :\1ARKET, Nnv. H. 

 At market, \\^,Q head <'r Heef Cattle. inrliidinpSO left over 

 from lust week, and lon from the Souih ; 70 Mildi Cow§,and 

 221)0 Sheep and Lambs. The Snpiilies of Beef being large 

 for the demand, a reduction in prices was submitted to; sales 

 of G50 head at finm $ti to S^. averaue S"? t*'*" 10' tl»- *'"'cl> 

 Cows— Demand rair ; 50 ^o\A a^ SX5 to $40. and 45 to §50.— 

 Sheep and Lambs continue in lair demand, ITOit sold. Sheep 

 at S2to$:i, and 3^ to §4. Lambs at I J to $2. and S'^ to $3;^. 

 Dresffd Hops 5 to J!*^., the 100 lbs. Hay— tiales by ihe load 

 at 57 to 75 cents the 100 lbs. 



PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 7. 

 Beeves — The arrivals at .lohnV Union Drove yardforihe 

 week were about 400 head, which sohl at a shade lieiier than 

 last week, and more brisk We qnote prime ;u $? '"i"; E^od 

 $7 50;"conini..n S'' "0. Cowa and Calves— The arrivnN at 

 Thompson's yard for the week was 230 head, all hot 70 of 

 which were disposed of. The !«ales were doll and at a re- 

 duction from our last report. We quote 22 a $23 per head. — 

 Hots- eoOhead cuiistiintHi the week's supply, all but wO of 

 which were .-Sid d at S~ •'>'*■ Sheep — the market has been 

 pleniifully supplied at prices ranping froni 1 50 to $-1 .'.0 per 

 head. Hay— Goi.d Timothy is brisk of sale at 90 a 100c lbs. ; 

 Timothy arid Clover, &5 a 90 per do. No change in Straw- 

 Rye seUs readily nt former rates. — N. Am. 



BALTIiVIORE CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 8. 

 The number of Beef Cattle offered at market was not so 

 large as ta-l week, but l'nll> equal to ttie deniand. The pri 

 cen at which iliey si-ld jangcd Ironi $8 to 7 50 per 100 Ibe. ac- 

 cording toqualily. 



From the Boston Cultivator, Nov. 9. 



The M arekts.— \o great rlniige of properly, or the pric 

 es, have l:iken place in tin- inatkr^ls. Flour u ill >et be be- 

 low six dollars. There is an abundance of li, and the hold- 

 er- want the money- There Is no probability of extensive 

 »ales of it in England. 



The Meat Market is n liule h.wer. and drovers must take 

 less Ibr grass led beef. Neat stock must bear a L'ood prii e, for 

 there is a real scarcily In the country, bui then there is a scar 

 city nf iMotie\ . 



Park is (loirp Itetter thar in the fore part of last \veek. 

 Good ho-is have been sold readily this week at eight cents. 



Butter is lower than it has beei). Wiih prnper altent on 

 twice as much oiay be obiained for the ic.^f buttt-r , but «e 

 Bactifice more on lhis;.riicle than on our un current bills. 



Meats, at '•etn)!, are not much reiluced ; it m PAceedinply 

 inconvenient to alter prices down ward. Mo.^t hndies descend 

 with more facility than they rise. It is not so with reiall 

 prices. 



The following table exhibits in brief, the im- 

 mense amount of property destroyed by fire, and 

 where located, since the first of October last : — 



Location. Fires. Buildimrs dcsi'd. Loss. 



UOSTON BANK NOTli TABLE. 

 Corrected for Ihe Boston Cliltiv.-ilor. 



{C5- Tlie bills of all llie hanks in the iNew England States, 

 which are in good credit, are received at par, on depasit, hy 

 the following h.inl^s, viz; — \tlas, .Atlantic, Conunerrial, Ea- 

 gle, Freemann', Globe, Hancock, [l:iinilton. Market, Me'- 

 i hants', Middling Interest, .\oilh, (Oriental, State, .-ilffolk, 

 Shoe and Leather Dealers*, Treniont, Traders', bhawinut. 

 Union, Washliigion and Mechanics. 



The Pulfolk Bank tr.insacts all Ihe business feinting to 

 Country Banks, foi the above named Banks. 



S):j- All the Rhode Island Banks, 10|per cent, diiconnt. 



LIST OF BROKEIY BAKK9 I .^ NEW E.VGLArtO. 



Burrilvilie, R. I. 

 (.'oniinonwealth, Boston, 

 Fulton " 



Kilby 



Frr»nHtp. South Boston, 

 Lafayette " 



Chelsea, (Chelsea, 

 Casline, Me. 

 Derb, , Conn. 



Eagle, N. Haven, Conn. 

 Fitiiiicrs', Belcherlown, Ms. 

 Kennebec, Me. 

 Nalialit Bank, Lynn. 

 P.issainaquoddy, Eastport. 

 Scituate, K. L 

 V\'isL-assei, Me. 

 Roxhiiry at Koxhiiry 

 Norfolk, 



Floiir. — A correspondent of the New York Jour- 

 nal of Comtnerce writes from the interior of New 

 York, that fanners arc holdingback their wheat for 

 hicher prices, and he tliinks the amount of flour that 

 will go forward before navigation closes will be but 

 littlc''larger this year than last, notwithstanding the 

 abundance of the crops. 



PoRK throughout the country will be abundant 

 this season. We have seen good pork purchased 

 from our market carts within a few days for six 

 cents the pound. Beef is also reduced in price, 

 and may now be liad at reasonable rates. Poultry 

 is abundant, and good chickens have been purcha- 

 sed wtthin a day or two for six cents. Willi a lit- 

 tle money now one can do pretty well, but the pinch 

 of the game is to get that little. — Portland Jidc. 



Oldpriees returning. — The Dayton Journal states 

 that a contract to deliver 1000 barrels of flour at 

 ^3,62 1-2 has been made by a miller of that vicinity . 

 The Middleton (O.) Mail states that a lot of corn 

 ■was sold in Hamilton last week at 25 cents per 

 bushel, and that another lot could not find a pur- 

 chaser at that price. In the rich corn districts of 

 Missouri, 12 1-2 cents per bushel is now the stand- 

 ing price. — Cleveland Herald. 



The surplus bread stuffs in America fortunately 

 »re large, and will probably all go to Europe ere our 

 next crops are in the garner. What will be the 

 extent of our next crop, who can answer? What 

 then onght to be the policy of the farmers ? 



NEW YORK MARKET— Nov, 9.— ColTeo from 9 to II 

 ctfl. ; cotton 1 1 to 14 ; dry poods, " scarcity of customers un- 

 precedented"— nothing doing Flour: deinnnd for England 



fallins oir — for France continued — Western ."« 0'3 lo 5 T.t, [nt 

 Boston l> 2.'> lo ti :I7.]. Exchange.- Pliilailel|diia 19, Mobile 

 15, and at all r.ltes he'tween. Bank notes— New l-;ngland I 

 only, except Rhode Island, and so up to 2.5 dipconnl. .Mon- 

 et. — .\o grent inijiroventent ; Ironi 2, lo H per ct per nionth- 

 'riie sacrifice of the merchants unparalleled, between the 

 ruinous e.xclianue and the no less ruinous iisiirv . — Silurdny, 

 12 o'clock. Exchange (ui England down to-1\and,'i. Spe- 

 cie continually coming In— more confidence, tirdr rs for flour 

 to England countermanded. Some houses have failed that 

 stood firm for the last :in years. Flour — Genesee down to 

 .^ .10 and 5 ('.'2. Corn— sales at fio— Hats 41. 



BosroN No ntalerial change in inonev market. "i^Inrks 



is much depressei.'." lleie and in New York the mercliaiits 

 ezUl on kojie for the better. — Vfia Hampuhin Seritmet. 



Prices of Beef Cattle. — We cr.py from our files of the 

 last five years ttie prices ol beef cattle on the first of Novem- 

 ber of each year ; — 



Nov. I, 183-1. Prime S'1,'^5 a 5, good 4 a 4,''.n, cows 3,50a 

 4. .10. 



Nov. 1, 1635. Prime $.■> a 5,33, good 4,50 a 5, small cattle 

 :ln 4. 



Nov. 1,1836. 1st quality 5,50 a li,25, 2d do. 5 a 5,50, 3d 

 qiialiiy 3,.10 a 4,50. 



Nov. 1, IR37. 1st quality 6 a 6,50, 2d do. 5,25 a C,7.5, 3d 

 do. 4,25 a 5,25. 



Nov. I/1B38. 1st qualiiy $7,50, 2d do. 0,75 a 7, 3d do. 

 5,75 a G,25. 



Nov. I, 1839. 1st quality $6,75 a 7, 2d do. 5,75 a 6,25, 3d 

 do. 4,.50 a 5,25. 



The price of pork and other meat has gradually risen in 

 the same proportion with that of beef, but ihey all. seem 

 now to be taking a start downward. — .X'alnnial Kn^le. 



The present subseribers to the Farmer's Monthly 

 Visitor icho intend and wish to continue it beyond 

 the year, tcill do the editor n facor by making appli- 

 cation for a renewal of subscription through the 

 same source it iras obtained last year. Gentlemen 

 who may do us the furor of acting as agents in pro- 

 curing subscribers can make remittances through the 

 Post Masters of tkrir sereral towns, which may be 

 done free of postage. Subscribers who wish to re- 

 new will recollect }hat all papers will be discontin- 

 ued until they make application for renewal. That 

 no interruption may take place the reneioal had bel- 

 ter be made before the first of January. 



List of b.mks in New England, whose charters have ex- 

 pired : —Sulton Hank, Wilkiio-oovllle, .Mass.; Farmers and 

 Mecnanics' I'a« tucket, R. I 1 Bath, Ualh, Me.; Wiiithrop 

 Bank, Me.; Kennebunk iJank, at Aiundel, .Me.; Bangor 

 l!:nik. Me.; ^aco Bank ; Newbuiypott Bank ; Concord, 

 (Sparhaivk cashier) N. H. Pheni.x Bank, Nantucket. 



The Middling Interest Bank commenced redeeming its 

 bills under five dollars, Sept. IG. 



BILES NOT RECEIVED AT THE 3CFF0LK BANK. 

 MAINE. 



Oxford Bank at Fryeburg, fraud. 



.\gricultiiral, Brewer Me. G to per cent, discount. 



Bangor (."onimerrial, 10 to 



Oldtown, at Oroiio, no sale 



Damariscotta Bank, 10 to 



Georgia Lumber C«. at Portland to 5 



Calais, at Calais, 10 to 



Stillwaler Canal, at Orono, 5 to 



Westbrook a*. Westhrook, 3 to 5 



Washington Co. at Calais, 15 lo 



City, at Portland, . 5 to 



NEW H.SMP9H1RE 



Wolfeborough Bank, 75 o 



VEHUO>T. 



St Albatip, nt St Alhans, 



Essex, ill GuiJclh.nll, 75 



Manchester, at Maorhesler, 



to 5 



;CO«NECTICVT. 



Slamford, nt Stninfnrd, to 5 



lUiricepori, at Bridzepurt, to 5 



Fairlitld County Bank, lo 5 



^0=- Bills of the Frankfort Batik, M*?. areac'in received at 



llif ^illfrolk Hank. Alsti, Lataytlte n;uik, Ranpor, 

 The bills of thf following' Banks are :^iill rtcvived : Old 



Cuniderland Bank, rurtiand j Waierville Hank j Mendon 



liank. 



Banks in New Ynrk City par. to Jpr. cl. dtscount. 



" Stale of N. Jersev, to 5 \* 



»' City of Phil ulplphia, 15 to »' 



*' Slate of Nfiw York, .5 to " 



" City of Baltimnre, ]'Vs " 



" Districtof Columbia, 15' (o " 



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