160 



^l)e faxmcx'5 illcintl)!!) bisitor. 



of qiiaciru|)ed mid fowl, Imve grown into a hun- 

 dred vviilioiit our taking so nuicli us the life of u 

 scin»t>: tliey are niiscliievous to our granary and 

 fields, anil we vvisli llieni out of the way. They 

 would he Miurli more numerous if some peisons 

 did not understand how lo liait and hook llietn. 

 The white rnhhits did some niisehief to the gar- 

 dens and hy imilerniiiiing hurrows: their num- 

 bers were ke|it down hy Inalingcals who watched 

 and took the little ones in their |)mely innocent 

 stale. Three ducks have lived with us three 

 years, the two last to rear no yomig, and for the 

 only henefit of a few eggs in the laying season — 

 eating out their hodies many times. Our cum- 

 iiion fowls, 100 numerous in the male if not the 

 female line, have heen suffered an existence, 

 when we have felt ourselves really too poor to 

 pinchase iioultry when cheaper beef and our 

 own pork would answer. A cosset wether has 

 lived and sometimes ealeu from our hand the Inst 

 eight years: his annual fleece of seven or eight 

 pomicis has well paid for his keeping: he has 

 heen all the lime fat as such a well-behaved ani- 

 mal deserves to be. Willi him four others are 

 consorted— all of them good, hut none hiseipial. 

 The lime approaches wlien age must part us: in 

 his case, as in that of our faithful, long siiperami- 

 ated dog, Bose, we had almost rather it would 

 be in llie placid departure hy natural easy exliaiis- 

 tion, than the violent death of the knife. 



[The following beautiful lines are attributed to 

 the pen of the late Judge Slory, and appeared in 

 a Boston paper soon after the capture of the Ches- 

 apeake off Boston in 1813.]— Cor. of IM Visitor. 



And soon, the bloody conllict 's o'er ; 

 The roaring cannon 's heard no more ; 

 An awful calm sufcoeds tlie fi';ht, 

 And siil'lly (all the shades or niglit. 

 How atill are laid the brave llial lell, 

 The cannon's roar their funeral knell, 

 Their home the. deep, is now their grave j 

 They sink beneath the peacelul wave. 



His midniiihl walch llie seaman keeps, 

 Where wrapt in death, the hero sleeps, 

 Where in his country's colors" bleeds 

 Brave Lawrence, famed tor o//ier deeds. 

 While now he treads in silenl thought 

 The spot where late, he bravely fought. 

 The tears of sorrow dim his eyes. 

 That DOW ill endless night h« lies. 



No laurel crown thy brow shall wreathe, 

 ' lio more thy native air shall breathe, 

 A foreign land shall be thy grave; 

 But foreign tears shall weep the brave. 

 If on the deck tliy fcirm extends. 

 Thy soul unconquered high ascends. 

 Thy country claims no mere from thee ; 

 If conquered, yet tliy spirit 's free. 



The cold grave soon shall hold the form, 



Tliat oft has braved the r.aging storm ; 



But fame shall oear to distant climes, 



And fame shall lell in future tunes, 

 ^ 'J'he bloody conHiclon Ihe sea, 

 ■"■ • The tale that tells of death and thee. 



The minute guns are heard afar, 

 But bear not now the sound of war j 

 'J'lie minute stroke the sailor rows, 

 While pity's tear-drop nobly Hows. 

 " Upon the bier, his cnuntry'.s colors laid, 

 Above is placed his faithful blade ; 

 And slowly moves upon the wave 

 'i'lie barge that bears him to hio grave. 

 INo more is heaiil the victor's cheer ; 

 The brave respect the hallowed bier ; 

 Wo warlike passion lills their breasts \ 

 Hushed in repose the warrior rests. 



'Captain Lawrence, when he died, which v^as 48 hours 

 after the action, w.as wrappetl in his colors, and laid on the 

 quarter-deck of the (."hesapeake. 



will lake the trouble, can have this delicious 

 fruit in plenty without wailing for cherry trees to 

 grow. V^ 



ANEcnoTE OF Gkorue JII. — When " The iiiaiil 

 of the Oaks" a comedy wiitlen by GJeii. Bur- 

 goyne, first appealed, the King read, and was 

 1 •nuch pleased wiih it. He enquiriMi of one of 

 1 lis courtiers "Did Wurgc^ actually write this?" 

 ( )ii being answered ill the affirmative, he added 

 '• J wish he conid figlU, as well as he can write." 



V. 



Kor the Fanner's Mondily Visitor. 

 Green (JiiKes. 

 Two seasons since, I gralU'd the Green Gage 

 ini o the roinmun Wheal rium. One of the grai'ts 

 is now larger than the tree in which it was set. 

 Til e grafts grew eight feet or mure, the first sea- 

 son., I have also one graft of the I'.iiglisli clii.'r- 

 ry ; jrowiiig in the coiiimon wild red cherry, and 

 ^loii ig well. 1 ihiiik lliey would do well in the 

 com inon black cherry. If so, any farmer « ho 



For the Farmer's Monthly Visitor. 

 Set Tansy under Frnit Trees. 



yome years since, and for several years, our 

 peal trees were tionbled with mildew or by some 

 insect, which caused the fruit to be shrivelled 

 and good tor nothing. I read iu a paper lli.it 

 tansy set out under the trees would prevent the 

 evil. 1 tried the experinienl five years ago, a:id 

 since that time, the |iears (St. Germaine) have 

 been large and fair. I have also had tansy rt.ots 

 placed under all the fruit trees in the garden. 



In this climate, peache-s and plums are some- 

 limes injured, and the crops entirely cut off hy 

 late frosts. I have lately seen a direction which 

 1 intend to try. After the first snow falls tread 

 it down aroiinil the iree, and then spread over it 

 straw^which fasten down till the ne.xt snow 

 comes. Ice will form under the straw, which 

 which will keep back Ihe blos.som until the frosts 

 are over. V. 



Scour your Ploughs Bright. 



Farmers may be surprised to know that their 

 crops will depend a good deal on the color of ihe 

 |douglis! yet so it is. Bright ploughs are (bund 

 lo produce much better crops than any other. — 

 It may he electricity, or magic for ought we 

 know; we merely state the fact leaving others 

 to account for it. But very much depends upon 

 the manner of doing it, for merely sonhhing it 

 by hand wiih emery or sand is not the thing — it 

 must be sconrcd by the soil. It is found that the 

 subsoil scours it better for wheat, than the top 

 soil — for a plough kept bright by very deep 

 ploughing affords better wheat than a plough 

 brightened hy the surlaco of the soil. It is 

 the same with corn. In respect to this last crop, 

 if you will keep your plough bright as a mirror 

 until the corn is in the milk, you will find that 

 it will have a wonderful effect. 1 appeal to eve- 

 ry good farmer if he ever knew a rusty plough 

 tube accompniiied with a good crop? lion rust 

 on a jilouglishure is poisonous to corn. 



A young farmer of about twenty years of age 

 said to us the other day: — " If any body wants 

 me, be must come to my corn-field; I live there 

 — I am at it all the time, — I Imve harrowed my 

 corn once, ploughed five times, and gone over it 

 with the hoe once." " Yes," said his old father 

 who seemed .justly quite proud of his son — 

 " keep your ploughs a going if you want to fetch 

 corn. I never let the ground settle on Ihe top ; 

 if it is beaten down hy rain, or begins to look a 

 kind of rusty on the surface, I pitch into it, and 

 keep it as mealy as flour. The fact is our far- 

 mers raise more corn tlian they can tend, they 

 c.in't go over the corn more than once or twice, 

 and that'll never do, and I guess I'll show old 

 Billy R that it's so." 



.Some ambitious farmers are pleased to " lay 

 hy" the corn very early; but it is not wise; for 

 the grass is always more forward to grow about 

 this season than any other; — and the ground 

 will become very foul where corn is too early 

 laid by, and, wh.it is more to the purpose, a great 

 ileal of llie nourishment of the crop is derived 

 from the ail' and dew convei/ed lo the roots. This 

 can be dune only when the surface is kept llioi'- 

 oiighly open. — Ind. Farm. Gard. 



Grafting Currants. — The Gardeners' Chron- 

 icle ncommciids lor the pretty appearance pre- 

 sented, as well as for improved flavoi', to graft 

 currants of (liU'crent colors, as ihe red, black and 

 while, vai'ioiisly intermi.xed, (Ui stocks tiimmed 

 up 10 a single stem three or four feel high. The 

 lops may he heailed down to a compact head, or 

 liaincd as rspslicjs in the horizontal or fan meth- 

 od, llie two laller modes of training, by the free 

 exposure lo the sun and air, much iiiiproviug the 

 qiialily of the fruit. The imporlaiice of trim- 

 ming llu! hushes up to single stems to improve 

 ihe liiiit and facilitate clean culture, instead of 

 siilVering two hundreil and liliy suckers lo shoot 

 up all round into a dense brush heap, is very ob- 

 vious to those who have tried both. 



;ue not sufficiently juicy, a little water; cover 

 with a thick paste of flour and waler, and put 

 into a brisk oven with your bread. Let them 

 siand till morning. They will have the flavor of 

 baked pears, and can be hud fresh at all seasons. 

 —Am. Air. 



What Cows cA.\ uo.^The report of the New 

 Vork State Agricultural Society gives the pro- 

 duce of 40 cows, kept by Mr. A. Hull, as 58.") lbs. 

 of cheese and 5 lbs. of butter each, in one sea- 

 son. Tlie whey was fed lo 20 of them. 



BKIGHTOIV MAHKET— MortDAT, Oct. 27, 1845. 

 Llteporti-d fur the Daily Advertiser & Patriot.] 



At Market, 3000 Beef CaUle, 1550 Stores, 3800 Sheep, and 

 1475 Pwiiie. 



Phices. — Berf Cattle. — The prices .ihtained las! week were 

 not sustained. We quote e.xtra §4 75 j first qualily, .S4 ^ 'ft- 

 S4 50 ; second quality, $4 'it S4 25 ; third quality, g3 Id' 83 S^t. 



Barrelliii'' CnWt.— Jl ess S3 (S ; -No. 1, S3. 



Sbtri\i. — Yearlings .«5 fiti $7 ; two year old, §8 fw $15 j three 

 year old, S15 rai <^4. 



Sheet'. — Sales from gl to $1 88. 



Swine. — Lots to jieddle, 3 and 3^r fnj Sows, 4 and A\c U>t Bar- 

 rows ; a lot to close Qjc. At retail from 3A to 5c. 



CONCORD VlHOIiESALK 



CASH PRICES CURRENT. 



For West 1:*dia Goods &. Groceries, Flour, Grai.n, F'bo- 

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



Corrected weekly for Hill's .\". II. Patriot by GILMORE & 



C'LAPP, at the Depot Sture, Concord, N. II. 



Nov. 3, 1845. 



A NICF. AND WHOLF.SOME SwKRTMEAT FOR FAM- 

 ILY ii.sK. — Pare, or not, as you (dioo.se, a ipianlity 

 of swcci apples, lo fill an uarlheu or stone j.ir; 

 add a lilile sugar or molasses, and if ihe apples 



ASHES, Pots, 45 



Pearls 45 



ALUM, 4 



Bit I MSTONE, Roll,. .-. 3 



.Siil|iliiir 4 



CA.MPHl)R. Refiued,.... 75 



CANDLES, -Mould, 10 



Sperm, 32 



COFFER, SI. Domingo, 6 



Porto Iticn, 8^ 



Porto Oabello, 8J 



Old Government Java,. . . 11 



COPPERAS, 9 



FISH, Bank, ^nninlal,.. 2,50 



Pollock 2,25 



Bay 2,75 



Old Dun 4,50 



No. I Salmon, J?-blil, 14,00 

 No. 1 Shad, |>-bbl, 12,00 



Ton's ^Suunds, ^ bill, (1,00 

 II.H.FinSjIphbl, 9,00 



FI.OUU, Genesee, 6,50 



Fancy brand, 7,00 



Ohio, Akron 7,00 



Spaiililing, e.vtra, 7,00 



FRUIT. Figs,.... 14 



Raisins, blue mark, 9,00 



Black mark 8,50 



Box-, bilncii, 2,75 



FUSTIOK, Cuba, p- ton, 30,00 



Tampico, 22,00 



Gruiind, ^ bund 1,75 



GLUE, Russian best 17 



American, II 



GKAI.N. Oats, 40 cents \i>- bu 



Corn, 75 dodobu 



Rye, 75 do dobu 



Beans, 75 fi) 1,50 



Peas, 50® 75 



GRI.NDSTONES, Isl qual- 

 ity, finished, |i*liiind. 2,25 

 Do. do. untinislied 1 ,50 



HERRI.VG,ti> bo.\,No. I, .50 

 Scaled, 75 



I.NDIGO, Benqal,.l,I0«ir,75 

 Spanish Itiiat,... 1,00 ro) 1,.50 

 Manilla, 75/5)1,25 



IRO.V, Old Sable, 5 



English,.. 3: 



Banks, retlncd, 4A 



Englisll, sheet,. .'. G 



Russia, do 12/8)13 



Old Sable nail rods, 6:j 



Noiwtgian ilo (J 



Common do 4^ 



English hoop, .5 



.\inerican do 4 



Shoe Shapes, .\nl 4,^ 



Swedes, shoe shapes, 43 



LEATHER. New Vork 

 Sole Leather, Light, 14 W 16 

 Do. Heavy 12.1 ra 15 



LLME, 'riioinaston, lirsl 



qualily, I,,')0 



Caindcn, do 1,25 



LOGWOOD, St. Doinin- 



gu, ll> ton, 22,00 



Cainpcachv 37,00 



Goiiinil, ll^ bund 1,75 



MACKEREL, No. I, ^ 



bill 12,50 



No. 9 8,00 



N,.. 3 6,00 - 



MOLASSES, Ilnvann, 28 



Siirin.am, 28 



Trinidad, 30 



Pnrin Hico, 33 



Siisar llnuse 50 



.VAILS. Ittiston Iron Cu's 



liran.l 41 



Old Colony do 4i 



\\'(-\ inuuth Iron Co 45 



Maiden 4 



PLASll',11, \f>- ton, 5,.10 



Ilo. grioinil, 10,00 



PROVISIONS. Pork E.«- 



trarbur tl> bbl, 16.00 



l-'omnion do. 14,00 



E.\tra Mess 13,00 



Common do 10,00 



Butler, p- m, 10/® 14 



Cheese, new milch,.... 6/5) 7 



P'ourmeal, .4/fi)5 



Dried apple, best, SJ/ifS 



Jjard, northern, ,'..8,J 



Do. southern, 



'ruikeys& Chickens, beslj7' 



Goslins, best, 4^ 



Round Hogs 4i/&'55 



REDWOOD, ground, ^ 



bund .2,7.'". 



!Vicaragiia, !f* ton 35,0" 



RICE, (f^bund. best, 4,.5n 



ROSIN, p^ bbl ■-•,50 



SAL.ratATUS, first qualitv,4 

 SALT, St. Ubes, f- hhd. 4,0U 



Cadiz, 4,00 



Bonaires, 4,00 



Turks Island 4,00 



Ifiverpool, 4,0(r 



Do. line, VVorthingston 



brand, fi^ bag 2,0U 



Do. other brands,.. ;...!, 75 



SALTPETRE, crude, 8 



Do. refined, 9. 



SEED. Clover, northern,. T35 



Do. southern 10 



Herds grass, ()> bu 2,00 



SHEETINGS, prime V»vd ..74 

 SHINGLES, first qiialilv, 



No. I, pine, (I* M ;3,25 



do. do. do. spruce 2,00 



SHIRTINGS, If* vard, . ...M 



SHOT, assorted,.: .'.s! 



SHOVELS, cast steel, (?• 



do?. 10,00 



Steel pointed do 9,00 



Iron do. best 8,op 



Do. cumnioni 6,50 



SOAP, Castile, 11 



White Soap, best, 8 



Brown, No. I, 4 



Family 5 



Extra, 6 



SPICES. Cassia, ill mats, as 



Do. ground,... ...9:1 



Cloves,- ...30- 



Ginger, pure, . ..' 7 



Mace, (I* tb, 1,00 



Niilipegs, best, 1,25 



Pimento, whole, 12 



Do. ground, 14 



Pepper, whole 1 I 



Do. ground, 12 



STEEL, Swedes, best 71 



Sanderson, Brothers &. 



Co. cast steel 18 



Jessop Sc Son, do 17 



German, oest, 131 



Do. common, ..10 



Coach spring, best, '.i[ 



SUGARS. Brown Hava- 

 na, very best, lot 



Do. (lo. prime, 10 



Do. do.-fair, 8 



Dituble refined East Bos- 

 ton loaf, ' I3A 



Do. do. crushed, 121 



Do. do. powdered, 13 



Common loaf, 11 



Porto Rico, best 8 



Purified -Muscovado do .. .8 



TAR, tl> bbl 3,00 



TE.\S. Gunpowder, best 



qualily, \i> lb, 75 



linperiai, do 80 



Hvson, do 60 



Hyson Skin, do .30 



Voung Hvson, common, .35 



Do. do. Iiiir, 40 



Do. do. good 45 



Do. do. liest, 55 



Toll ACt^o, common keg,. .6 



Good do 10 



Coniinon box, 8 



Good do 12t 



Honev Dew, ilo. best,.. . . 18 

 Caveiidlsb, 25 /S 371 



