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For Hie Farmer's! Monlhly Vielti.r. 

 Stoddard, N. II. 



w»^?h"°.''"'' "^"^ '""""ly called Limnick, and 

 was about seven m,le, square,cnntainin. nearlyfor 



bemj taken oft and adj„,ned t„ Sullivan and i\el- 

 Bon ,t now contains about forty square miles. The 



ougii, iN. H. fjg i,rougl,t the greater part of his 

 provrs.ons for the first year on his baek. This was 

 about the year 1765. About ten years aTr Z 

 Ii>d,ardsons, Copelands, and Toioues be,ran to em' 

 ■grate to ,l„s town ; and many of t+,eir deseendan^s 

 a.e now hv.nff |,ere. There is a house now stand! 

 nj bu.lt by Israel Towne, Esq. about ITSS Xn 

 he first settled here; the water from th^ ves" 

 roof ol whrchruns into the Connecticut river and 

 from the east side „.to the Merrimack river This 

 town, a, most know, is mountainous-beinff a na ■ 

 of the r.dge of land between the above risers - 



i • cept"M:rH ''",' "' '"'"■^'■'^^ C^-'y - l^i^h -- ' 

 , cept Monadnock mountain. Just before a storm 



hins"\"th:u'T ^^'T "^"""'"'"^ <■-'" "-n;::™ 



■wlcf.l "f"n"^^ ""^ '"'"'i^'"'' miles distant. 

 ' is sa^u?,t r ,u" '"'' ^"^^ *■""'" ^^''^" the air 



I oieirrnTi^'LT' ''"'''"' '"^ "^^ '^ -- 



'■ Clfe'shlre"' Vr" r^'''\^'^""^ P^^'^' °^ »"}• '" 



I Beaso but ne r V ""'"'t P^'""' '" ""^ ''"■"'"er 



Beason but people from the adjacent towns and 



over one hundred feet in rieoTl, Ti . P'^ces 

 not gained much in popZttr' mcrTs o"' Tl?: 

 cen.us shewed 1J48 then, and there has been but 

 .Itle .nerease s.nce. The reason is, people are 

 eavmg the "h.llsand the mountains" (an'^ we have 



ndTn°vilh:ri """^rr^^^""""^ °" "- '°""-^' 

 ana m\,i ages. Thirty years ago f attended a 



iC: ::!'"'',]"" ^-y ''"'•^'^ Mou„tstodda d 



there were then eighty scholars :-now the same 



at Ha'lf thfl »ut from twelve to sixteen sdo"^ 



andoi^h ir r^"'''^"?S^ ^"''^ ^'<"' *°™ down; 

 and one half of the other half are tenantless Bu 



ve have something to comfort us forThe desola i 

 tio^is of our hills in the fruitfulne.ss of our valleys ' 



runsU.ought::J-;;^:;- .-S-S--S 



with four or five horses. Now we bring four oi five 

 tons with the same team. But this advantage has 

 cost us much. We are like Issachar, a stron^ff "t 

 couching down between two burde'ns. Thais' 

 the two roads, one from Concord to Kecne rum i^,; 



csTko d^ ;""-^' ''" 'T"' ''"'' "- "ti,:" (iC For= 



on the route^r"'"^;"?'''^ """" '"''<^^ '" "',s town 

 wh.eh r " ^"''°" '° Charlestown, N. II 



Wping'-the^m i:'r;;:air "'°"-"'^ '^""-•> "-^"^ 

 I would just sny, I think public roads throu<rh a 

 poor own like this ought to 'be built by tl e pi blfc 

 tor ,t IS generally, ,f not always the case thai; 

 costs more to build a road through a roc'kv'nd 

 poor town than it does through a^level and^'ch 1 



Stoddard is proverbial for its snows I hivn 

 know many drifts over thirty feet in depth One 



tion sav" e 5tr fV"'^' '"^ ''''" ''"-™ ''"^" C" 

 uon (say tlie oil, of June) to cover a stone will Tnr 



.everalrods of three and i half feet 1 iVh To„t 

 saw over a ton of ice in a farmer's door yard W 

 of ^u?;.*"' had removed some wood on tie fourth 

 Stoddard has the best of pasture land and 

 much good mowing. We raise potatoes o-ts bar 

 ley, rye and wheat. ^Vheat for'three o 'f^^r ^ea^s" 

 past has done much better than it used to Th r . 



SiT-,°°' """-' r"u '" ''■' ^°"'d -<■ "-C one 

 clmnged ThirTv « "'''"'• ■ ^ "^^'"^^ ""^ -■' has 

 the Ir!, r- / ?;'■ l""^ Bince.orahout that tiir.e 

 , u - ^^"^'^'^ ^'^'""''^ ^^-"e seen here in s ,,11 

 patches^ We tried to dig them out, but Tt Lit" 

 good. Some dug, and dun- until tbo„ „ > Vi 

 were satisfied thft they went " h'rou'^ /nd' w^r^ 

 clenched on tother side of the earth'! Some aU 

 ed them ; but salting thistles when the la d vvas 

 worth but tendolkrsan acre, was like «L:in 

 bird's tail to catch it, "cost mo're than ifeo e'To^'"^ 

 When they were m plough land, laying down and 

 mowing would kill them. About 1830, Canada 

 th.B.les ha<l got to tlieir ac^e. They h.7. deorAi 



JlHEj^^imEirsj^ 



ed ever smce ; and now there are but very few 

 Whether Canada thistles have been a benefit 7o 

 our soil or not I know not; but this is true, whUt 

 Ihist'oTr ' '"'^'-"-^'es have decreasld i„ 



STODDARD. 



A white Snow covering near the openbare 

 On Ti, J erouiid. 



^"thursday morning December !.•) t liffl. i 

 I fore day-light » smart north ea"ts,ow'stoncm,r 

 menced : it continued snowing a short tin"e here 

 in Concord, but ,n the course ?f a few hours chan 



the river, and that farther un it R ,,„ j 



the hi,btof land it Jll^ClJ^ClVX ^e^ 



oTstZ'^rulZ'P" '"^V^'hsfor tlJZuTnl 



n5:=:-z";---:'^t:rhr 



no higher source than the sloe. From the sour crab 

 issues the golden pippen, and the pear and cheirv 

 originally grew in the forest. The garden asnarZ 



stony and gravelly situations near the sea when 



discern the least resemblance. Wonders to rJlaT 

 the cauliflower, of which brocoli is a sub variety' 

 derives, together with the cabbage, from the co e' 

 wort ; a p ant, in its natural state.fnd sc^^^^ty feave/ 



tt?s'ThroS^^-'° ^^--^f^^ ^"eSta^luabie^ot 



:ronu:e:uT^.o:fhra:id't[^"al/\rT-^" '"'' "' 

 pie descends from a frui" w ich in fi^' ^"^ {"""'P- 



We need not say that the following letter from 

 sp.rit than for the money it contains ' ''"'''"' 



BiderinsT, from whii 1 u- ° "'-I'liius, ana con- 



such dignosition V,f li; ' ^ « 'II please make 



Egyptian Wheat. 



<3,o M ,'*' ^'''""' "/'/'« '''^''or. 



uHrrs^or-' r- -p— -'-" I ha!.:t:^d 



I last year sowed for the first only three quart. • 

 the yield was one bushel and one peek. The prlV 

 ent season I sowed three and a half pecks on seT 

 u" rb^^stlVir a"p'ecr -' -•^'^o'^'eldedTj: 

 gr^fS;^!^^:'"^""--^'-'' valuable 



tv fo7see7"'"'' T:'''^""Sto obtain a small quanti- 

 ty tor seed, can be accommodated bv droppino- » 

 line to me at this place. " ^'""S » 



On a field adjoining, the Black sea wheat wa* 



XcT^ -L'trTeis^^ ''' ^^^"' -'-'' '- -""" 



Yours with much respect 

 I^ndeb rough, N.„_,,^/OSEPHjbNES. 



Re^Mr' Bon,en"Ih' 'T'^^'' ^^ ""= ^'^""^ "^ 'he 

 nf TLp ^°.'"e".,the editor also received a truss 



of ^ichTe h"7.'7' '" "" ''''^•'' » -'"-" -">P « 



from H 'jv^'1.tt:nnr"'Elr'7" ^'^^"^^^ '' 

 of the P»t,.ni nmn^rV; ^1- <-onimis3ioner 

 ^o Thi, >u ^' ^^•■'^hington, two season, a- 



go_ i his was then planted in our garden-it had 



fofvU iff ""'.'" "" "-^'' ^°''' hutbecLe hepreyof 

 fo« s before it was fit to be gathered. ^^ 



Jone.'i 7ff '^'r ^=^P''='" ^^heat sent by Mr 

 Jones IS difi-erent from the common wheat ■ it ez 

 pands into several rows, and its shape is irregular 

 being nearly an inch through in the cen re^on a 

 fcttened side, and half an fnch the other way in 

 i^T7, ^°" "'" P"'"' ""here the head is^nserted 



Ml he ,: d 1° "^' "'^"''^ ^"-^ ^'-"- de reasmg 

 tiJl the head tapers oft' to a point. ^ 



reslmbl /""' f """ ^Sypt'-.'n wheat very much 



Hon 



Very respectfully, I am. Sir, 

 lour obedient servant 

 rsaacHill. ^MASA STETSON. 



The wonders of UorticHltnre. 



proceeded trom the diminut'^ ^ild W^ '"rTa" 



A.i tbf r ^^^:'-°"',»-^» the ancestor of the filbert 

 •ml the cubaut, while the luseiouB plu« c«« elai« 1 



Things thas I have seen. 



i have seen a farmer walk up to his knees win 



ab!e „l'""7 ""°"°"'' """""'' '" 8-ng to 1°, 

 s able , when for years his garden had been unpro' 



tr;,'!: ^:^r"' "^"^-^ "'-^'^ - "■-•> - hi» 



in lifsTn^-an^dt^e^^ "strp'f ^ ^''"7,''^ " ^^^^ 



putting It off till anoTher": /.ruttrte.;:- t:^;s 



of his crop was destroyed =ieaierpart 



oflriars 'unl'ir ["-"r, P'°"*rhing around bunches 

 ,L,, ""''' ^"' field was so taken with them 



hat he was compelled to abandon and nlve uu o 



'Imor.'""" """"'^ "™ asa blackbeny pate,":': 



aoiareler'" " ''™'"[ P"' "JP ^'^ ^""^k fi,ddar in 

 downit », T""" '¥' ""= '^"' "'ind would blow 

 clo«n the stacks; m which condition they would 

 .emain unt, the fodder was so spoiled that^iirhalf 

 starved cattle would refuse to eat it, and he would 



r;:!:i;iS;^''--"^ ~"-h ';^<!;:;;^::;^ 

 fodV'rbuun fe''r'"r''°^°'' ^'^■^^ ^^-^ "<■ hi» 



the I ' 'n f<^«ding It to his cattle would let in 



beforefh'ev ''"'^P"-'" 'hem from the cattle and 

 the rem^fn^l "^ ™''^"cate half their allowance, 



h,t tl u°^ "^ '■°''''^'' ihout, and so filthy 



H« ^^i^TJ. <-.'r'' "'^" half starved to eat il 

 «e, too, ,« OHSof the '•woBdering" ckss.-.tf„«„, 



