96 



^{)t jTarmcr's iHotitl)hj iJisitor. 



curled iiiid liirds-pje maple have been recently 

 laiidid ill 'I'ro.v li'mi lli« lin' "est, to he shi|i|)eil 

 to Eniilaiid, u'liert; this woofi is in fjreat retiiiest 

 ibi- cabinet timke\-s.—E.icliartge paper. 



The sijoai- tree, whicli^spiinss n|> spontaneous- 

 ly in the fiKiuiitain regions of New Hampshire, 

 Maine and Vermont, as well as in the adjacent 

 Canada township.*, lin-nislics the curbed or hirds- 

 eye wood so lieutnirul in cahiiiet work. Jt is the 

 second growth of this useful tindier tree that 

 produces the ainuially increasing quantity of su- 

 gar and tnola.<s('s in niany of our northern towns. 

 The seeds of the niaplo scattered hy the winds, 

 spring up and take root in the ojien spaces hy 

 the road sitle, and even in the clefts of the rocks 

 where there is a resting place of earth sufficient 

 for the growth of vegetation. I'Aery year the 

 new tree is growing towards the maturity which 

 has made the original trees of the same species 

 vahtahle as timher. There is no part of the Uni- 

 ted States so valualile for its growing tindier as 

 the three New England States in the horder along 

 the northern line. Large forests of the original 

 pine remain as yet scarcely touched : the birds- 

 eye maple, the straiulit-i-i(t ash, the tough white 

 oak, the smooth-splitting beech the mahogany 

 birch and cherry, with abundant spruce and va- 

 rious other timber trees, are all conunon, and of 

 rapid growth on lands which have been consid- 

 ered too rough for profitable cultivation. The 

 chesnnt trees, too, so highly valued and so ex- 

 tensively used for railroads, cover rocky ridges 

 by hundreds of acres ; and these, it is said, will 

 £;row lip from the sprout in nearly as quick time 

 as the ehesnut posts decay in the ground. All 

 these kinds of material required by builders and 

 eonslrnetors of various kinds, from the facilities 

 to market by railroads, will acquire a value of 

 wliichtho:' who first cleared and burnt down 

 our urests liail never dreamed. — Ed. Visitor. 



Profits on Cosset Sheep. 



To TiiK EuiToa OF THE VisiTOR — Dear Sir : 

 1 see you occasionally ro.ice in the Visitor tlie pro- 

 fits on your cosset sheep ; but have seen noiliing 

 yet which comes up to my little flock. In Feli. 

 1814, I piirchas('d a cosset' wether, for which I 

 liaid $4, a mixture of the Saxon and onr coinrnon 

 blood, ami about the same time a friend made me 

 a present of a ewe, a mixture of South Downs 

 and common blood. The e.we raised two lambs 

 (a buck and a ewe,) in the Sjiring of 1844. 1 

 sheared from the wether eight pounds, and li'om 

 the ewe five lbs. of excellent wool. Jn the pres- 

 ent season, the proline! of the old ewe has been 

 two fine lambs, and five lbs. of wool ; from the 

 wether nine lbs. of wool, ami from the last year 

 land's, now about 11 nii-.nlhs old, 9.i lbs. of fine 

 wool; and the young ewe has a lamb about (i 

 weeks old. My" flock, eousisiiiig of a welherand 

 ewe in Feb., Id44, has increased to seven : have 

 produced lilii lb.-, wool, and the bu<-k now II 



sell 



months old, I 

 beals that ') 



Hill, 27tli i\Iay, 1845. 



any day for $10. /fVjo 

 (iEO.M. PHELPS. 



The Romance of Insect Life. 



We take the fullnwiug beautiful extract from a 

 Historical lecture by .ludge (Jharllon of (Jeorgiii: 



"The earth teems with mysteries — the sky 

 shines v\ilh them — they float in the air — they 

 swim in the deep — tiny flash from the dark 

 robed clouds — they whi^^per in the genlle tones 

 of the summer winil — they speak in trumpet 

 tongues, in the voice of the teinpesl and the thun- 

 der. (Jease thy longings for the ancient days, 

 oh, dreamer! Close, thy book and look ahont 

 thee upon the volume ol' Nature. See there, be- 

 fore thee, is a liny insect that thou ('anst scarce 

 distius-Miish from the griiins of sand that siirroiiiid 



it watch it — it moves on willi iin energy and an 



instinct that i.-nables it to overcome or avoid all 

 obstacles. Bee — it has si'ized some ohji:cl larger 

 than itself, and still it goes bravely on — nothing 

 danul.s it — nothing stops it— tread it under (tjot, 

 (if thou canst have the heart to attempt such a 

 murder) and it will ris(! up again benealh the 

 ocean ol' sand and turn once more to its labor. 

 Dost tbon know it? It isthe ant, tli.at lion-heart- 

 ed ant, toiling anfid the heat of summer; and 

 lliongli the season's brightness and its »varmlh 

 are bringing tip and producing ten thousand en- 

 joyineiita for the little iruveller, he is busy gatb- 

 priiiR together its provender for the long winter 



time, when frost and snow and cold shall have 

 locked U|) the granaries of nature. 



'I'lioii wilt tell nie that I am mocking thee, that 

 thou canst see this daily and hourly; and is this 

 a mystery therefore? If thou hadst read in tliose 

 ancient legends before thee, of an insect so cour- 

 ageous, that it would attack an animal of ten 

 thousand times its magnitude ; of industry so in- 

 delatigable, that it would climb house-tops and 

 mountains to pursue its course, of perseverance 

 so unflagging, that though repulsed a thousand 

 times, it would still return and overcome the ob- 

 stacle that impeded it — thy eyes would have 

 sparkled with interest and amazement; it is be- 

 cause it is constantly before thee — because it be- 

 longs to the present time — that thou lookest so 

 disdainfully upon it. When did the knight er- 

 rauts of thy heart do half so much ? When did 

 their bosoms beat as high with valor and deter- 

 mination as this |)oor insect? 'But it has no 

 loves — no burning jealousies — no blood-stained 

 victories !' How knovvest thou that ? I warrant 

 thee, even that tiny breast has grown gentler for 

 some fond one that lived within its little world ; 

 that its path has been stained by the trophies of 

 its uiiuiic battles. 



But thou wilt say why dost thou lure me from 

 my glowing page, to point tne to this moving 

 atom ? Why not show tne the majestic myste- 

 ries of nature ? Why waste tny time with a 

 topic so insignificant ? I answer because it is 

 insignificant. I point thee there to one of the 

 smallest of earth's creatures, to ask thee if the 

 atoms contain such wonders, how much more 

 the noble and lofty works of Nature ? Follow 

 me, if thou wilt. Let ns dive into the caverns 

 of the earth, and mark the sculptured halls — the 

 rocky avenues stretching miles and miles below 

 the busy haunts of men. Let us plunge into the 

 deep, and see the huge leviathan sporting amid 

 the waters; or, the raiiibow-hued dolphin, as she 

 flings back bright rays of the glorious sun. Let 

 us climb into the air, and behold the eagle with 

 his uniiring wing, and his unflinching eyes, the 

 noble image of indomitable pcrserverance and 

 of brilliant genius, soaring proudly and gazing 

 fixedly lowarri Heaven's brightest luminary I Oh, 

 dreamer! if the moinents of thy life were multi- 

 plied by the sands of the desert, they would he 

 all too short to unravel these niysteiies that are 

 around thee and above thee." 



The Snake Atan the Squirrel. — On the lOiYi 

 day of May last, I was riding on a small road in 

 the I9ili district Dooly county, near the Allaga- 

 liaw, when 1 saw a common sized fox squirrel 

 sticking to the side of a pine tree, some si.x or 

 eight inches from the earth. When J got oppo- 

 site the sipiirnd, 1 saw him move a little on the 

 side of the tree. 1 rode some tweni}' or thirty 

 yards past the squirrel, when the idea occurred 

 to me that it might be charmed hy a snake. I 

 immediately turned back in the direction of the 

 sipiirrtl, and when 1 got within eiglit steps of 

 the tree where the squrirel was, at once I heard 

 a rattlesnake commence singing, apparently un- 

 der the feet of my animal. 1 clapt spurs and got 

 offa few yards, stopped and looked back, and 

 saw a very venonions looking rattlesii.ike, nut 

 mure than four and a half or five feet long. I 

 imiiicilialely disiuoiinted from my animal, and 

 took np a liglitwood limb ihat lay near by and 

 gave the snake a pretty heavy blow, which caused 

 him to sing loud and strmig : and at the time I 

 struck Ihe snake the squirrel leaped from the 

 tree, I think tihout three liM't, anil it Seemi.'d to 

 me the squirrel leaped bighi'i- than far. I ^'.ave 

 the snake a second blow, and the squirrel Iciped 

 again and so on, until 1 gave the snake the third 

 blow when the snake snug weaker, and the 

 s(|uirrel seemingly got weaker in the s-^me pro- 

 portion. 



I then went to the tree, thinking to find the 

 snake that had charmed the squirrel, but it was 

 not thine, nor any nearer than eiglit steps. I 

 looked at the squirrel, eonhl not see any thing 

 the miiltcr willi it, but it appeared to be tried al- 

 most to death, paining and struggling liir breath. 

 I reliirni-d to the snake, and with the same limb 

 I pecked on his head soft. I again returned to 

 the squirrel, and saw him in about one minute 

 breath his last. I took up the squirrel, and the 

 blood bad run out of its left nostril down the 

 jaw and neck, und down the hit fore leg, and 

 ott' nt the foot. I am certain that the squirrel 



was never hurt hy me. After jiartly killing the 

 snake, when i first went to the squirrel, I touched 

 its thigh with the toe of my boot — it never 

 moved nor even tried to get out" of the way. I 

 gave it as my opinion that killing the snake" was 

 the cause of the squirrel's deaih. The snake 

 was not larger round, I think, than the wrist of 

 a large man. — lie had five rattles and a button. — 

 Sav. Gear. 



Cement for Broken Glass or Crockery.— 

 Take the white of an egg and very fine quick- 

 lime. 



CONCORD WHOLESALE 



CASH PRICES CURRENT. 



For West India Goods & Groceries, FLoen, Ghais, Pro- 

 duce, Iron & Steel, Plaster, Salt, Lime, &.c. &c. 



Corrected weekly for Hill's N. H. Patriot bv GILMOEE & 

 CLAPP, at the Depot Store, Cnncoril, N. H. 



July 10, 1845. 



ASHES, Pots, 4i 



Pearl.5, 4i 



ALU.M 4 



BRIAISTONE, Roll, 3 



Siilpliiir, -1 



CA.MPHOIt. Refilled,.... 75 



CANDLES, Mould, 10 



Sperm, 32 



COFFEE, St. Domingo 6 



Porto Rico, i\ 



Porto Cabello, S.^ 



Old Government Java,... 11 



COPPERAS, 9 



FlSri, Bank, J3- quintal,. .2,75 



Pollock, %hO 



Bay 2,75 



Old Dun, 4,50 



No. 1 i3alinon, J(>-bhl, 14,00 

 No. 1 Shad, p-bbl, ia,o:) 



Ton's & Sounds, D>-bhl, e,l)0 

 lI.B.Fins,tf>-bbl, 9,00 



FLOUR, Genesee, 5,25 



F.incy brand, 5,50 



Ohio, Akron, 6,95 



Spaiildinjl, e.ttra, 6,25 



FRUIT. Fiss, '....l-l 



Raisins, blue mark, 8,00 



Black iiiark, 7,50 



no.\, hunch, 2,50 



FtTSTICK, Cuba, V> ton, 30,00 



Tampiro, 23,00 



Ground, |(> Imnd 1 ,75 



GLUE, Russian best 17 



.American 11 



GRAIN. Oats, 40 cents li>- bu 



Corn, 62^ dodo bu 



Rve, ()7 do dobu 



Beans, 75i»l,.5D 



Pi-.ns, SO® 75 



GRIND.STONES, 1st qual- 

 ity, finished, V* bund. 2,25 

 D.i. (Iff. unfinished, 1,50 



HEitRINCt* ho.\, Ao. I,,. .50 

 Scali:d, 75 



INDIGO, liengal,. 1,10® 1,75 

 Spanish tioat, ... 1,00 ® 1,50 

 Jianilla, 75® 1,25 



IRO.V, Ohi Sable, 5 



Enelisli, 4J 



Banks, vehned, 4| 



Eiiijlish, sheet 



Russia, do 12® 13 



Old Sable nail rods, 6 



Norwegian do t-.', 



Onminon do 4A 



Eii!-'tis!i hoop 5' 



Ameroaii .lo 4 



l^hoe Sll.tpes, Alii ■! j 



Swedes, shoe shapes, 5 



LE.VTHEIi. New Vork 

 Sole Leather, Lisht, 14® Ifi 

 Do. Heavv, '...12*® 15 



LI.ME, Thomaston, first 



quality, 1,25 



Ouindeii,di 1,12.1 



LOGWOOD, St. llomin- 



BO, ilHon 22,00 



CaiiipOHCliy 27,00 



Ground, {r^ liund 1,75 



MAIJKKKHL, No. 1, |f>- 



bbl I2,.50 



No. 2, !0,.50 



No. 3 8,.50 



iMOLASSES, Havana, 28 



Siiriimm, 28 



Trinidad 30 



Porto Hiro, 31 



Siijiar House, .50 



N.VILS. BosioiilronCo'a 



brand 4^ 



Old Colony do 45 



Weymouth Iron Co l] 



JIalden 41 



PLASTER, ^ ton 5,.i0 



Do. cr id, 10,00 



PROVISIONS. Poik E.\- 



trnrl.ar (!> bbl 1(5,00 



(7oiiiinon do 14,00 



Extra iMess, 12,00 



Common do 10,00 



Buiter,|f> tb, 8®12 



Cheese, new niilch,-...G® 7 



Four meal, 4®5 



Dried apple, best, 2.iia 3 



Lard, northern, ~. ..84 



Do. southern, 8 



Turkeys & Chickens, best,7 



Goslins, best, 4^ 



Round Hogs 4i®5i 



REDWOOD, ground, #• 



hund 2,75 



Nicaragua, ^ton, 35,00 



RICE, lf>hund. best 3,50 



ROSIN, |>bbl 2,50 



SAL^UATUS, first qualilv,4 

 SALT, St. Ubes, ^ hhd. 3,20 



Cadiz, 3,25 



Bonaires 3,25 



Turks Island, 3,50 



I^iverpool, 3,25 



Do. tine, Worthingston 



brand, P bag, 9,00 



Do. other br.ands, .. .1,75 



SALTPETRE, crude, 8 



Do. refined, 9 



SEED. Clover, northern, ..81 



Do. southern 7" 



Herds gra.ss, ^ bu 1,75 



SlIEirriNGS, prime lf>-yd ..7 

 SHINGLES, first qnalily. 



No. I, pine, ti>,\l 2,75 



rill. (hi. do. spruce, 1,75 



SHIRTINGS, i!>yard, C.t 



SHOT, assorted 51 



SHOVELS, cast steel, li> 



doz 10,00 



Steel pointed do 9,00 



Iron do. best, 8,00 



Do. common, G,50 



SO.\P, Caslrle, 1) 



White Soap, best, 8 



Brown, xNo. I, 4 



Family, 5 



Extra, 6 



SPICES. Cassia, iifmats, 22 



Do. ground, 23 



Cloves, .to 



Ginger, pure, ' 7 



Wacc,l^ib,...' 1,00 



Nntipegs, best 1,95 



Pimento, whole, 12 



Do. ground H 



Pepper, whole, 11 



Do. ground, 12 



STEEL, Swedes, best 7^ 



Sanderson, Brothers & 



Co. c;u-t steel, 18 



Jes.sop&Son, do 17 



Gorman, best, 12.J 



Do. Common, 10 



Coach s[)riMg, best, 9A 



SUGARS. Brov.-n Hava- 

 na, vciy best, 91 



Do. do. prime 8| 



Do. do. fair, 8 



Double refined East Bos- 

 ton loaf, I2J 



Do. do. crushed I2J 



Do. do. powdered, 13 



Common loaf, 11 



Porto Rico, best, 8 



Purified .Muscovado do ...8 



TAR, l'> bbl 3,00 



TE.-VS. Gunpowder, best 



quality, };> Jb, 75 



Imperial, do 80 



Hvson, do (.0 



Hyson Skin, do 30 



Voiing Hyson, common, .35 



Do. do. fair 45 



Do. do. good 50 



Do. do. best, (30 



TOBACCO, common keg,..fi 



Good dn 10 



Ctuinnon bo.x, 8 



Good do I2i 



Ihuu'y Dew, do. best, 18 



Cavendish CS 



BRTGIITOIV MARKET,— MoNDAV, July 7, 1815. 

 IRepoiled for the Daily Advertiser & Patriot.] 



At Market .520 Reef Cattle, 10 pairs Working Oxen, and ISOO 

 Sheep. 40 Beef Caltle unsold. 



PiiiiEs.— /I'lx/' CiiK/c— E.\tia, $5 75; first quality, 5 50 j sec- 

 ond $5 la 5 25 ; tllird, %\ 50 ® S5. 



WoTkin'i Ornr. — No sales noticed. 



Sheep. — Laiubs from $1,50 to sa 2j j old Sheep from $3 lo 

 2 25. 



Sirijic— None at market. 



