THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



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From tlie Genesee Farmer. 

 To cure VVouMds on Horses and Cattle. 



T became a suliscriber at l.ho commencement of 

 the 3(1 volume of tlie Weekly Farmer, and in the 

 first number of that vnliimc I found a recipo to 

 cure wounds on horses and cattle, which alone has 

 been worth more to me than ten years' subscrip- 

 tion, and I think it would confer a favor on thy 

 patrons to republish it in the present volume. 

 SILAS G.WLORD. 



Skancatdcs, 7th mo. 26, \'*'i\^. 



The followlnsr is the receipt alluded to in the 

 above note of Mr. Gaylord : — 



As there are many useful receipts hidden from 

 the public, for the sake of speculation in a small 

 way, by many who would bo thought somcthinir of 

 in the world, I am induced to lay before the public 

 a recipe for making /./»"■ of oil, so called, which 

 perhaps excels any other for cure of wounds on 

 liorscs or cattle, and which has long been kept by 

 a few only in the dark. Feeling a desire to con- 

 tribute to the good of the public, but more espe- 

 cially to the farmers of Genesee, I send you the 

 following very valuable recipe for publication • — 



1 oz. of green copperas, 2 do white vitriol, 2 do 

 common salt, 2 do linseed oil, 8 do West India mo- 

 lasses. 



Boil over a slow fire fifteen minutes in a pint of 

 urine; when alii.^ost cold, add one ounce of oil of 

 vitriol and four ounces spirits of turpentine. 



Apply it to the wound with a quill or feather, 

 which will immediately set the sore to running, 

 and perform a perfect cure. Yours respectfully, 

 STEPHEN PALMER. 



Midillrhurij, Dec. 10,1832. 



Gen. 



the 



Miller's Grandmother and 

 Hand Wheel. 



The Scotch-Irish who first settled Londonderry 

 in this State in the year 171;', were a people dift'er- 

 ent from the comn'ion Irish or Scotch who have 

 since emigrated to this country. They were de- 

 sci-ndants of those Scotch and English who, about 

 the year 1656, in the time of Cromwell, were indu- 

 ced to settle in Ireland on lands f.)rfeited fjr the 

 Popish rebellion of 1741, or by the adherents of 

 the king. Afterwards on llic return of James to 

 the throne, the Catholics who had been driven out 

 were so far reinst.ated as to turn the tide of perse- 

 cution on their oppressors. The Protestants flew 

 to arms and shut themselves up in the fortified 

 towns. Many perished witli hunger — others by 

 the sword. The hostility of the Roman Catholics 

 on the one hand, and the indifferent protection af- 

 forded by the Church of England on tlie other, 

 rendered the position of the Presbyterian Protes- 

 tants in Ireland extremely uncomfortable. Instead 

 of being identified with the Irish, they were a class 

 of peo|ile entirely unlike and opposed to them. A 

 portion of these people determined on removing to 

 America: their first prominent pitcli was the town 

 of Londonderry, N. H. so named for the place from 

 whicli the most of them emigrated. 



From the first settlers of Londonderry and those 

 following them from Ireland went out many of the 

 first settFers of JVeze Boston, .Untrim, Pitcrhorough, 

 and perhaps some other towns of New Hampshire. 

 In some things these Scotch-Irish settlers were in 

 advance of their English neighbors. They brought 

 with them (says Dr.' Belknap) to this country the 

 first little wheels turned by the foot (wlieels for 

 spinning linen) that were used in the country, and 

 the first potatoes planted in New England, which 

 from them have ever since been called Irish pota- 

 toes. 



Potatoes at first made but slow progress in the 

 productions of the farm. Since the recollection 

 of (jur motliers and grand-mothers the laying up 

 for winter use of solargc a quantity as five bush- 

 els of potatoes, was considered as little better than 

 labor lluown away ; they were hardly thought to 

 be an article worth saving. They were not then 

 used as food for cattle, sheep or hogs. Turnips, 

 beets, carrots and parsnips were in much more 

 common use in the preparation of the ordinary food 

 of man. When we consider how great a space 

 potatoes occupy as well in domestic diet as in fur- 

 nishiniT food for various animals, we wonder what 

 then supplied the place of this vegetable. Some 

 neople even entertain the notion that without cook- 

 ed potatoes to accompany it they cannot make a 

 full meal upon meat. 



We wish the introduction of the Scotch-Irish 

 linen hand wheel had been equally successful in 

 its pragress as the cultivation of Irish potatoes in 

 this country. The Londonderry matrons and maids 

 and their descendants had the art of spinning fine 

 llnen'to far greater perfection than [their English 



neighbors. The time was within our remembrance 

 when the fine linen thread of Londonderry was 

 sought for in the various country towns of New 

 England. It was then e.\tensively used in making 

 elegant and substantial articles — in manufacturing 

 beautiful calico and muslin dresses and other orna- 

 mental covering either for the body or tlie bedroom. 

 It probably then occupied the place of much of 

 the silk and. the finest prepared cotton twist that 

 is now used. 



In his Peterborough centennial sermon, Rev. 

 Mr. Morison says: — "Early in our history, the 

 hand-card, the little wheel and the loom with the 

 hand-shuttle, were almost the only instruments of 

 manufacture in the place. Tkr. trrnntl-innt/icr of 

 Govcnwr AlifUr paid for four hiinilrcd mrcs of iand 

 in fine linen, made ciUirclif (except g-ctlinir out the 

 fUu) hij her own hands." Here is an example for 

 the ladies of New England that would be worth 

 following. Affected fe.'Jiale delicacy and refine- 

 ment have si'.rely nursed a race inferior to the first 

 mothers of our land. We know not how or why 

 the linen hand wheel has been thrown aside : it 

 ought to be restored. 



So ought the farmers of New England to keep 

 up the fashion of growing flax. This article, on 

 well prepared ground, may be made a sotirce of 

 profit. Where the climate is too severe for the 

 growth of the mulberry, let the experiment of rai- 

 sing flax be revived. The fitmily manufacture of 

 linen will best indicate the talent and capacity of 

 both male and female. He must be a good farmer 

 who knows how to raise a good crop of flax — to 

 save and secure the valuable seed — to dew rot or 

 water rot it, and finally to break and clean the flax 

 fit for the hatchel. And the young lady, who un- 

 der tlie guidance of a faithful mother, has hatchel- 

 led and spun the beautiful fibre upon the hand 

 wheel, wove and whitened her damask linen table 

 cloths, her twenty pair of sheets, with double sets 

 of pillow cases, her white fringed window curtains, 

 &c. &c. will better recommend herself to a good 

 hu.sband tlian she who has had thousands expended 

 in teaching her the use of the pianaforte, wliich, if 

 she ever had a taste to play, must be tlirown away 

 in a day or a month after marriage. 



We are glad the example of Gen. Miller's grand 

 mother has been put upon record. So far as our 

 sheet goes abroad, we will commend that example. 

 We hope to see the hand wheel again brought into 

 fashion. Young ladies will look more interesting 

 when plying their fingers to the distafl" than when 

 touching the soft tones of the harp, or playing on an 

 "instrument of ten strings." 



Notice to Agents and Subscribers. 



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 scribers. 



[1j= In the course of a few weeks we shall have 

 sets of the volume for 1839 bound in beautiful 

 stamp covers. The price for the volume will prob- 

 ably not exceed one dollar. The same volume will 

 be on sale by the Agent in Boston. 



"Despise not the day of small things." 



Among the letters of the invited guests at the 

 Peterborough centennial celebration we select that 

 of Mr. S.iMUici, Appi.eton of Boston. This gen- 

 tleman is a native of New Ipswich, and first com- 

 menced business by keeping a small store in his na- 

 tive town : he was once connected in a store in the 

 adjoining town of Ashburnham, Mass, in partner- 

 ship with Col. Joseph Jewett, who was for many 

 years afterwards the only trader in that town, and 

 who after our recollection openly expressed his 



deep regret that some of the matrons of the town 

 having got a taste of Souchong in visits to their 

 friends near the seaboard, should be so extravagant 

 as to compel him to keep an article in his store 

 more expensive than plain Boliea tea. 



Mr. Apjilcton for more than forty years has been 

 a successful merchant in Boston : he is now amonjf 

 the wealthy men of the town, paying an annual 

 cash tax equal to the value of a good farm. He is 

 likewise one of the fninders of Lowell. He was 

 invited as one of the proprietors of ^ the Peterbo- 

 rough factories; and if common fame does him jus- 

 tice, he is a man of a million. This gentleman, 

 dovibtless, now looks with no less pleasure on the 

 ^^ nine pence lau.ful money" which he earned by 

 hard lalior in assisting to drive cattle through the 

 woods, than he did at the time it was earned. Hist 

 small exchange of " tea, sugar, coffi.'c, pins and 

 needles," for " fine linen" indicates the same in- 

 dustry and care which are indispensable to assured 

 thrift. Mr. Appleton, until lie started in the world 

 for himself, was the faithful son of an industrious 

 father; and not the least valuable knowledge which 

 he gained in early life was that taught him in per- 

 forming the labors of the field. 



''Boston, Oct. 22, 1839. 

 "Gentlemen, — I|havc received your letter of the 

 16th inst. with a polite invitation to attend the cel- 

 ebration of the First Centennial Anniversary of 

 the town of Peterborough, on the 34th inst. I 

 much regret that it will not be in my power to at- 

 tend said celebration, as it would afford me much 

 pleasure to meet my friends and acquaintauces at 

 that place. 



I have known Peterborough for about sixty 

 years, and observed with pleasure its rapid growth 

 n population, agriculture, manufactures, arts, sci- 

 ences, literature, &c. &c. 



My first visit to Peterborough I will relate, mere- 

 ly to show some of the ciianges that have taken 

 place since my recollection. Fifty-nine years ago 

 last April, a man with a drove of cattle passed my 

 father's house in New Ipswich, on his way to a pas- 

 ture for his cattle in the town of Hancock. Being 

 in want of assistance to drive his cattle, aad seeing 

 a flaxen haired boy at the door, he bargained with 

 m; father that I should assist him on his way as far 

 as the mills in Peterborough, distance ten miles ; 

 for this service to be performed by me, my father 

 received nineprncc, lauful money; we arrived at 

 the mills — a rickety saw and grist mill, standing 

 on the site where the Peterborough Factory nowr 

 stands, about four o'clock. The man of cattle then 

 offered me half as much ns he had paid my father, 

 and a night's lodging, if I would go on with him 

 through the woods three miles to Taylor's Tavern. 

 I readily consented, and pocketed the easli. At 

 that time there was only one house (Dr. Young's) 

 between the mills and the tavern. All the rest of 

 the way was a dreary wilderness. But enough ai 

 mv first visit to Peterborough. — I propose, withS 

 your permission, Gentlemen, the following toast : 



The first Settlers of the toicn of Peterborough, — 

 The Smiths, the Wilsons, the Steeles, the Mori- 

 sons, and many others ; celebrated for their indus- 

 try, perseverance, prudence and honesty. Also 

 their sons and grand-sons whether at home or a- 

 broad ; they have done honor to themselves, to 

 their native town, and to their country. Their 

 virtues and talents have shed a lustre on every pro- 

 fession, political, judicial, ecclesiastical, medical, 

 military and scientific* 



I have the honor to be, most respectfully, gentle-, 

 men, your obedient, humble servant, 



SAMUEL APPLETON. 



P. S. Gentlemen, if you have not on hand more 

 toasts than time, I beg leave to propose the follow- 

 ing; — 



The first Matrons of Peterborough, — Who like 

 the matrons of King Solomon's time, laid their 

 hands to Uie spindle and distaff, made fine linen and 

 sold it to the merchants, f and looked well to the 

 ways of their household. Also, their fair daugh- 

 ters, of the third and fourth generation, who, with- 

 out handling the distaff, by the ahnost magical use 

 of the spinning jenny and the shuttle, can clothe 

 themselves in silks and fare sumptuously every 

 day. • 



* Among" my acquaintances may be reckoned 

 Judge Smith, General Wilson, Doct. Smith of Cin- 

 cinnati, Rev. Mr. Morison, General Miller, &c. 



t Ffty years ago the writer of this kept a small 

 store at New Ipswich, and exchanged tea, sugar, 

 coffee, pins, needles, &c., for homespun fine linen, 

 made by the matrons and fair daughters of Peter- 

 borough." 



