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THE PARMER'S MONTHLY TISITOR. 



wheat when thf* difFerence in price, free on board, 

 amounted to 60 cents per bushel. 



The price of wheat at Dantzic, has for a course 

 of years averaged $1,48 1-2, and the cost of impor- 

 tation in England adds 30 1-2 cents, making $1,79 

 per bushel. — J\*ewburijport Herald. 



Exercise. 



If you would enjoy health, take czcrcisc and be 

 temperate, and if you attend to these things prop- 

 erly, you will liave but little use for either physi- 

 cians or medicines. Temperance, exercise, and 

 rest, are the sure guarantees of sound health and 

 vio"or, if you have naturally a good constitution, and 

 almost the only sure means of amending and pre- 

 serving a weak and deficient one. Persons who 

 take proper exercise, and combine thatexercise with 

 temperance, are -eldom sick ; and those who fly to 

 medicines on every trifling cause of complaint, in 

 nine cases in ten, might relieve themselves by ab- 

 staining from food for a short time living on light 

 diet, and taking as much exercise as will cause 

 perspiration, without impairing their strength by 

 excessive fatigue. Exercise, for the purpose of 

 throwing ofl' the excrementitious or bad matter of 

 Uie systeni,is much better then any medical means; 

 not only because it is the means which nature her- 

 eelf prescribes, but because, unlike medical drugs 

 generally, it strengthens, instead of weakening the 

 system. We are always to suppose, from the fact 

 of the horrible fetor or stench, v/hich arises from 

 the bodies of those on whom fevers have just been 

 broken, that retention of that bad matter in the sys- 

 tem, contrary to nature, was the real cause of their 

 febrile or feverish disorder ; and does it not follow, 

 that by getting clear of that matter by natural 

 means, before it has time to accumulate and pro- 

 duce malignant and obstinate disease, is niixh bet- 

 ter then to force the rilal organs into a d.^structive 

 action for producing the same effect? In other 

 words, do you not know, that when you force the 

 stomach into laborious action, or indeed any other 

 vital organ of the system, that you always weaken 

 and impair its energies, and lay the foundation of 

 many di^eises to which the system under other 

 circumstances would be a stranger. 



There is no icitrhcraft about the diseases to which 

 we are all liable ; they are all matters of plain rea- 

 soning between causes and effects, to the full un- 

 derstanding of every man. Are we not witnesses 

 daily and hourly ofthe beneficial effects of exercise, 

 in the cure of diseases in which both medicines and 

 medical men have failed ? Half the diseases of 

 delicate women, and, in fact, nearly all the diseases 

 connected with hysterics and hypochondria, arise 

 from want of due exercise in the open, mild and pure 

 air. Instead of stewing in a close room, and indulg- 

 ing in moody and gloomy anticipations, and instead 

 of lying in huge feather beds until nine or ten 

 o'clock in the morning, dozing through morbid 

 dreams and vainly courting sleep, the woman of deli- 

 icate nerves and infirm health, and the gloomy 

 hypochondriac, who has probably not sweated for 

 months together, ought to spring from the feather- 

 couch at day-light; view the opening landscapes of 

 nature, jusf kindling into life and beauty under the 

 beams of the rising sun, and breast the pure moun- 

 tain breeze ' 



I have just told you, that exercise will not only 

 preserve your health ifyou have a good constitution, 

 but it will frequently give healthy action and 

 strength to a weak deficient one. Cicero is descri- 

 bed by Plutarch as being at one period of his life 

 thin and weakly ; so much so indeed, from the de- 

 bility of hig stomach, as to be able to eat but once a 

 day, and that a very small quantity. In this debil- 

 itated and weakly condition, he travelled to Athens 

 for the recovery of his health, and so great were 

 the effects of his exercise, that, together with the 

 gymnastic exercises of the place, he became firm 

 and robust, and his voice, which had been before 

 squeaking and harsh, was changed for melodious, 

 deep, and sonorous tones. The same writer, Plu- 

 tarch, describes the great Roman warrior, Julius 

 Ctesar, as being originally of very delicate health, 

 pale and soft skin ; and of very feeble constitution 

 by nature, and subject to fits ; but that,by a milita- 

 ry life, using coarse diet and great exercise, he 

 aotonly became inured to the hardships and expo- 

 sures of war, but healthy, active, vigorous and 

 strong. It is not worth while to give more instan- 

 ces of the powerful influence which exercise has on 

 I the human system ; if you wish to know more 

 about it, look at the brawny arms and strong chests 

 ' of sailors, who are always pulling ropes, and con- 

 ' tend- no- with the winds and storms of the ocean; 

 look at the strong figure of the sturdy woodman, 

 who maV.es the forest bow to the sound of the axe; 

 and indeed all those persons who are engaged in ac- 

 tmj and laborious callings I and then, by compar- 



ing these people with those who are always confin 

 ed to their houses, books and sitting postures, and 

 trades which prevent them from moving about, you 

 will be able very easily to see the effects of exer 

 cise much better than I can describe and tell you of 

 them. I feel confident in saying, that by exercise 

 on horseback for women, and exercise on foot for 

 men, together with some attention to food and 

 drink, this dreadful disease, called ^/ys/^f/j^/rt or indi- 

 gestiony which paralyzes both body and mind, and 

 makes existence itself a burden, together with the 

 whole train of nervous diseases to which we are 

 subject, may be cured completely without the aid 

 of medicine, by laying down and following syste- 

 matic rules of exercise, rest and diet. 



Ahott. 



A short Sermon. 



Iloic to make money. — Do you complain that you 

 have nothing to begin with ? *Tom,' you say *has 

 a farm, Harry has a thousand dollars, but I have 

 nothing.' I say to you look to your hands, and tell 

 me what they are worth. Would you take one 

 thousand dollars for them, or for the use of them, 

 throughout your life.^ II you can make a half a 

 dollar a day by them, would it be a bad bargain, for 

 that sum is the interest of more than two thousand 

 dollars; so that ifyou are industrious and Harry- is 

 lazy, you are twice as rich as he is, and when you 

 can do a man's work, and make two dollars a day, 

 you are four time as rich, and are fairly worth four 

 thousand dollars. Money and land therefore are 

 not the only capital with which young men begin 

 in the world. If he has good health and is indus- 

 trious, even tiie poorest boy in our country has 

 something to trade upon : and if he is besides well 

 educated, and has skill in any kind of work, and 

 adds to this, moral habits and principles so that his 

 employers may trust him and place confidence in 

 him, he may tlu'n be said to set out in life, with a 

 handsome capital, and certainly has a good chance 

 of becoming independent and respectable, and per- 

 haps rich as any man in the countr}'. *Every man 

 is a maker of his own fortune.' All depends up- 

 on the right principles, and they are these: 



1. Be industrious : Time and skill are your cap- 

 ital. 



2. Be saving : Whatever it be, live within your 

 income. 



3. Be prudent : Bay not what you can do with- 

 out. 



4. Be economical : Let your economy be al- 

 ways of to-day, not of to-morrow. 



5. Be contented and thankful : A cheerful spirit 

 makes labor light and sleep sweet, and all around 

 happy, all of which is much better than being rich. 



JJnonijmous 



iiinde ai 



BOS'ION MARKET.— Drc 10,1839. 

 ASHES.— We understand that there hove been larce pur- 

 chases in New York, fiT foreign shipment, which has caused 

 an imiirovemenl. 'Jhere is a small Btnck at prearnt in this 

 market. Fales o( a few Pearls, at .1, nnti Puts, at 41 c iisr 

 lb. - - ' . 4 t 



COFFEE— Sales comprise <4everal hundred bags Rio, 10 \ 

 a lie per lb — yuu loga M. Dominyo. JO a lU^c. and 20U h^gs 

 Poiio Cahello, 11 a 1 l^c per ih. There was an auction eb t 

 of 2UU bags Rio,al 9 a y^c per lb. rash. 



COTTU.N — The advices, per steamer Liverpool, at \ew 

 Vork, are mure favorable than previouB iccounte, A few 

 hundred bales h-ivt- arfived this week from New Orleans, and 

 about ;iOO bales have been eold to inanufactureis at l^aMf 

 per lb. 6mi>s. luO dodo, ^ood fau, al V6\c per lb. 6 mo«. The 

 new cropcnmes to niaihet euitier than usual, and is viioiight 

 to lie 1,700, (Ht« bates. 



FISH — There has been a further decline in prirfu and ttie 

 mar kelconltnufs exceedin-.ly dull. Biilei IJank 2, 311 a 3,5(1 

 — Bay $i a2i, and Hake I :U a 1 33 per qutl. 'i'heie have 

 been sales ot a few faies Mackerel ai r», 9Jand SI I per bbl. A 

 sale of Nova Scotia No. 2 superior in:^pection was n 

 $10 cash. 



FLOITR— During the past week the Flour marker has been 

 very dulland prices have declined about J on all descrip- 

 tions. Sales ron<|irise Cenesee i\ to fig. Fred?rrcltsburs 

 and Philadelphia i-j cash and Ij) on I mos. cr. 



i;ilAI\— From the nori arnval of •xpecled Buppliea, h.ild- 

 eis hive acquired more tiimness, and theie have been ealr^ 

 yellow flat corn old crop 7Uc and White do do, (i4 a (i5c. 

 New crop two to ihree cents less per bitshe!. Little doiiies- 

 tic Rye in maiket, and prices nominally ihe £ams. Son (hern 

 Oati«,33cand Norlhern 4;t a 4oc. per buVhel. 



HOPS— The sales of liie week comprise about 160 bales- 

 first sort from grcAvers at H a 16c cash, and dtnlers for 

 shipping 17 a \^ per lb. on a credit ot tO to 90 dajs. 



IKON— There have been large i.iiporlaiions the past week 

 — and the only sales tn it have conio toour knowledge have 

 been 40 ton PSI old Sable, at a declined on formerquutationt 

 and GO ions Swedes at $90 per ton, 9 mus. cr. 



LIME— During the past week there have been sales of a- 

 bout 100 ) C4dks ;it 9J. per. cask. 



MOLASSES — Sales comprise I.'iO hhds Trinidad 28a 30c 

 — 200 do Cuba Muscovado in lots to the trade 97c 6 mos — 

 and a cargo ol 161 do Havana to a distiller at 23^ per gall tj 



PROVISIONS— Considerable ha? been doing in Beef and 

 Pork, ^vithout causing much change in prices. Lard contin 

 ues dull— Sales by auction of 400 kegi, ul S^c, 4 ino«— 50 bbls 

 do do at 7,5 8c per lb GO days. 



RICE— There has been a sale by auction of 4£) easks Caro- 

 lina new crop, at 3 tiS a 3 75 per 100 lbs cash. 



WOOL— There have been sales the past week to a moder- 

 ate ext«nr, bof Bfrt mifflclpnl t« Pfttthltah prlc^si 



NEW YORK MARKET. 

 From the Journal of Comrneri e, December 12. 

 COTTON. — The market has exhibited no new feature.— 

 The stock on hand conlirities low and prices have been well 

 sustained. 'Ihe enleg embrace 750 liales Upland, at 9 a 1 Ic ; 

 730 do New Orleans, 10 a 12 ; 100 do Florida, io a 11, and 50 

 do Mobile, 9 a 12. 



HOPS,— There is some improvement, and holders of first 

 sort are firm at 17 a 19 cti. About Mi bales of Western, fir«t 

 -ore, have been soldat la a 19cts. The supply in tnaiUet is 

 fhort. 



PROVISIONS.— The demand fur Beel and Pork has been 

 iiiniied, and but litHe demand lor Lard. The inquiry for 

 Butter and rheese has been lair. The sales have bi en of 

 Beef, mes9,$l2a.SI2.'^.0; prime, SS a .'gS 50. Pork, uiey<), §14 

 as 15 ; new do, $i3 a$15 ; prime, $Ul 50 a $11 ; new do §10 

 agll. Lard, new, city reudeted,9 a 10c; Noriiiern, new, 8 

 a 9c i Western, old, 7 a t-Jc. Hams, new, lie ; old do 2 a Cc. 

 Smoked Bref 10^ a 11^ c. Butter, Goahen, 15 a 20c ; Welch, 

 in tubs, 13 a Itic ; Dairy, in firkins, 13 a Ibc. Cheese. dairy, 

 7 a 9c. 



SUGAR. — Supplies of the new crop from Louiaiana are 

 now on their way to this market. Box Sugars are 

 i ct. lower this week. The sales have been 250 hhds. Poito 

 Kico,5,5 a7ci9 ; 100 do St. Croix, 7^ a 9^ tts ; 50 do New Or- 

 lenns, o cts ; 600 boxes brown Havanna, 6J a 8 cts ; 200 do 

 white do, &ia lOi CIS on the usual lime, and 300 bbls. and 

 bags white Brazil, 7 a 7J, rash.. 



TE.AS. — The balance ofthe cargo of the-ship Horatio wai 

 ofi'ered at auction on Friday, and i-fa catalogue ol 6C61 pack- 

 ages, about half were sold, as follows : Hyenn at37Ja47i; 

 Voiini: do, 36 a 62 ; Gunpowder and Imperial at 47 a 55; and 

 Souchong at 27 a 28c per lb, fi mo?. 



MONEY EXCHANGES.— There is no material change in 

 the Hupply of money. The banks discount about all thesai- 

 isfactory short business paper which is offered tliem, and we 

 hear Tery iilile complaint. Money Stocks declined until th« 

 arrival ot Ihe Liveipool. Her news eeni tliem up, but they 

 fell back somewhat on the next day, and the closing pricei 

 were in general lower than a week aco. Bills on Riipland re- 

 mained steady at 9 a 9^ premium, and on France at 5f30a95. 



Wednesday noon. 

 Corn is dull. Northern r ew can be had at about 70 cts, old 

 has been fold ai 66 a 7(.'c. Sales Rye at 70c cash, and 7oc 

 lime, and dull. 



Domfsiic ejichangen continue Improving, the s.ile* are, 

 Philadeipliia and Baltimore ,73a 8 



Rirhtuorid 8 a — 



^.'harlejton 3 a 3i 



Savannah 6 a bi 



Au<:uftla 7 a 7^ 



.Maron 9 a 10 



M.ili'Ie 83sa 9 



Ntw Orleani b a — 



^diNa:85ippi 18 a 2U 



BRIGHTON CATTLE MARKET.— Dec. 9, 1839. 

 (Re[iortcd for the Boston Daily Advertiser Sl Patriot.) 

 At market, 7.50 Beet cattle, 275 Stores, 13D0 Sheep, and 450 

 Swine. I'riccB- Bsef Caiile — We shall quote to correspond 

 with last week's prices winch, however, were liardly fu^- 

 taitifd for a like qiialil V — first quality, $(3 75 ; peciuid quality, 

 fi aS'>-'''l; tiiiid quality 4 oO a $5 50. Barrelling C.itile- 

 >le39 5 50. No. I, $5. SI ores^Year lings 9 a $ 12 ; two jear 

 old, 15 a $21). Sheep— Lois weie taken al 1 ti2, S2and 2 63. 

 Swtnc — A lot of selected Barron r ai-ljc, a lot of large Sons 

 at 3, a lot at 4, and tme entire lot tu close at 3^ and 3^. At 

 retail, from 4 too^. 



Reported for the Journal of Commerce. 

 NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Dec. 9. 



At market, COO head of Beef Cattle, incliidiim 100 leftover 

 from ia/t w^ek, 50 fnm- the Sonlh ; and the balance from 

 line State — 35 Milch t.'ow s, and :)4i;0 Sheep and Lnmbs.— 



'I'he demand for beel continued to be very hiniied, and the 

 prices were from 25 to 50c the cwt. less than last week ; 300 

 were disposed of at from 5,i 10 t^, averaging §7 the 100 Ihjt. 

 Milch Cows — 25 sold at 35 to $4». Sheep and Lambs — The 

 supplies being large for the decnand, Ices price was siibmll- 

 ted to; palkt uf '^000 Sheep al 2 to $4. Laii-ibs at 1 to ^2.^. 



PIIILAnELPHIA CATTLE MARKET, Dec. 5. 

 BeevcB — The arrivals rit John's Union drove yard foi the 

 week were 440 head, the cales of « huh «ere dull f.t a re- 

 duction from laEt vv.ek's rates. We quote Irom $0 to 7 50 per 

 cut. Cows and Calves — Tlie ariivals at Tliompssn's yard 

 E\-ere 130 head ; sales dull nl from $25 to 50. Hogs— Full 350 

 head, which were disposed of at from $() to 7. Diessed lings 

 are Bold from the wagona, at from §1* to 6 75 percwt. Sheep- 

 arn »ery dull of t»akii— maikei full. — N. Anier. 



BALIIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Dec. 6. 



There is iioehangft iu the price ol Reef on the hoofelnee 

 lifJi week. The supply in mtirket wad greater than the de- 

 mand, and of about 450 head that w eie oflV red, 31)0 were sold 

 al $S for prime, and $7 per 100 lb lor Inferior quality. Wo 

 have heard of no purcha.^e of live hogs by the packers. A- 

 Im. lit 5110 were brtuglit to market (his week, neaily nil of 

 « hich have been slaughtered by the droTtrs. Wagon Turk 

 \H pellingat $6 25 to b 50. 



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