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*'i'HU(«E WHO L/iBOn 171 THE KARTM ARK THE cHOSEN l'CUl>l,E OF GoD, WHJJ3E DHEASTB II U HAS MADfcJ rflS PE'cUttAR DE^OMTl: FOR SUBSTANTIAL Apro OC M;1r}i; VIRTUE." — JfffCT.ton. 



VOLUME VII. 



CONCORD, N. H., NOVEMBER 20, 1845. 



NUMBER 11. 



THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR, 



riini.rsHEu bv 



ISAAC HILL, & SONS, 



ISSUED O.N THE LAST pAV OF EVERT MOWTII, 



At Athenian Biiniliirsv- ■ 



{JrrrGEXKRAj. A(^E>Ts^— It. t'ooR^ Ket-ne, .\ H.,; Thomas 

 K. IlAiUTos, Wsishington City, L>. C; Jvhn AIabsh, VV:iy|i- 

 !n;;tMii .-^i. IJMst .n, .Vtass. i Cuam-cs U'abton, Briuley Row, 

 WorcLSitr. Maos. . * " . ' . 



TE^MS.— To single subscriber!)/ .Ff^ Cents. 'Ten pr-r 

 cent, ivill bL- nll.iwerl !.) ihp iierwn wlio gimll .srnd m-tn- lllnn 

 iiiu' aiili-^cnbiT. Twelve copies will bi> sent lor tin- ydvance' 

 (KiVMi nt iit" F'ce Do//urd,'tvvt;iity-live topii-s-liir 7V;i Vullursi 

 sixty copies for ToeiUij Dollars. Tlui prtyiiieiil m 'c\.ry ca.->x'to 

 bv inntlf in advaiu-e. 



Qiiy^Mofi-Jij and .■faliK€riptio)iSy bya regulation of the t'oat Mittttcr 

 Ofui'riU^iiuiyi'iallctiscgOc rcmUtii.by fAc Post Jliu-^ter^ fpcv oj 

 piKstatrr. 



tXr.\U gentl.-m-n \vbo havo bpretofoTC acted as Airfuts ate 

 ri-qiic-U'.l to cnjiiimie tliuir A^^-ncy. yiU suhscribcrs wlio 

 tf.iiif mnlt.r ilie new itfriiis, will piiaj^c notify u3 oi' ibe^ names 

 altcuily'on our bnoks. 



,^DiiiiiiYVisrrQRj 



COiWORD, K. H., N.Cn E^MBtR 30. 1S46. 



Generositv Rcwarde'd. 



"It is brtpkk to givp; thxn to receive." 



We li;ive Dl'tfii IkiiI (iccusinii to niai.'k the l)ltss- 

 cil f tfei-isot' Wiiiii:iri's c.li.irity. JJi'-lter tiriiii nil' 

 lliK rliiii ilies \vtiicli i.itiiiirt oui' li>(]i,ii;Ml aiifiiiimi 

 urf lliose wiiicli, within . in'iii|iliiirliii<nl Jinuis, 

 " li'fil ihB liiiiifrrv .iMil cinttii! ihtj iiiikc'l," or 

 uhic-h '• iiMiii (i;i-iii the «ii.v ihi y sIkiiiIiI L'"",ihf- 

 (:liililr''lt (h"|>i'ivi il of llneir ii;iniriil.|iriiii'ciois, tliu 

 i!ir>i(iule or|jh;iiis cm' <k*st'i"lri(. We hiufi kiio » ii 

 in mil- own vi1l;r;;e .1 tV-iiwh^ ;if.~cici;iiriiii, not uiore 

 Ih.iii oiii" or Iwo I'Miinleis rit' «hi<^h siill live, 

 whidi lias exi:^-'<l ii!'iirly I'lfiny years, willed in 

 its lime uiili ^inall meaus has iloiie ^reat ^on'd — '■ 

 whii'li has nl'ieii iMiiii>ieii^(l eoinliirt Hi llie «ithiw 

 anil the liiilier|i'ss,Mlre sirk mikI ilislii'sstil iiiolliec 

 aiul cliihlri'ii ileserleil liy profli'^acy, or made 

 pour liy iiievilalile mislorniiie. No iiiniiey fraili- 

 eiril and i-.\->eiided -in ehariiy-has done so miieli 

 good as the liiile (•ollei^iions ih.ii have lieeii roii- 

 IrihiiliMl hy, and iiiade tiir the I'Vinale yiiariiy to 

 uhii'h.wi- now allude: thousands have iTeeii 

 jliiher d here liir dislaiit missions, an*l lijr The 

 .■«u|i|i<irl of ineai'lfeis and' leitiireis on some ir w 

 olijiTt nt' nojiiinal leroriiialioii and iii^strnction, 

 miM'.h III' whil^h iievffr reached its olijiM'l; liiii all 

 llie money collei-ieil liy onr two I''emale lieiievo- 

 li.-iit Sia'ieiit^s, weliave }.'iioil ueasun to helieve, 

 has been ex|ieiided lor the fc'realest good, iiiid 

 had its lles^ [lossilile lesiilr. 



Liilll'er lliaii the'exiPteiiee ol'the oljest ftniale 

 charlialile society of tliis-villa;;e, have «e heard 

 and knowii'soineihniL' of ilie asstici.iiion at" the 

 capiial of New Hin»land, Jiearijij.' itie tVaiTie oC 

 the "'B iston Peinale_Asyhiin." Livi ig in the 

 vicinity of B/stnii fifiy yearsajo, when a mere 

 child, was ilie eilifor of the _VisiioT made ac- 

 quainted wiili the iiilile oliject of this charily-liy 

 liieanV ofaci^nainlance wijh person.* employed 

 in the wlioyi wjiichjias sJTice rescued its thou- 

 sands of desliiiite femnles rroiii the " ways, lead- 

 i|iir to ile.ith," l;y .fupiioriiiii? and'teachiiig^hein 

 ''how to live anif how to die." - 



With jfreat pleasure do we tTanSfeii to the ool- 

 iHiiiis of the Jlonthly' Vjsitor the cowespondoiice 

 which \^ill, he fonnd Jielovv. This pleasure is 

 <leiivpd not iinJie from the great pood set for- 

 w.ir(f liy I He ijifilrons of thccapTtal of New Eng- 

 l::iid halt' a . reiitnry " aL'",' w lini Bosimi was 

 SIM '-ely of -irrifUer lyciem' in poj)'i!atioM t4iaii 

 some of onr present country towns now are, 

 than fjom the consideration that the niost-rnnliifi 



centtinil most generous man now living in tJiis 

 country — Athenian who hes^ lieslows li(s means 

 tiiid his wealth ill charity — is a native of a coun- 

 try town ol this our adopted State, whose hreiid' 

 often "ciicit iijion the wuler.s returns to him after 

 many days." ilardly aide to claim a personal 

 !ici|iiainr;mre with this gehllemnn, whose course 

 we have known liir more than .forty years, we 

 take the lilierty to pi'sejit him as an example to 

 the young men of ihe present lime. Now more 

 than eighty year.<o1' age, tlje other day we saw 

 Samuel. 'Api'LEToN on ihe Boston 'Change, the 

 Ijappji ol.d man', whose ojieri snuling' fiice, and 

 wifo.s'e rich Inn plain altire, indicated well the 

 prince ainojig those who daily iippear " where 

 iiiercliaHts most do congregate." We remum- 

 licred the plain and simple story tiJdliy this gen- 

 tleman, in a-letter to- the I'eterlioroiigli comiiiil- 

 lee on occasion of the C"ei'l<'i"iial .cehdiralion of 

 ilnil town a lew j'ear.s ago — Wherein he state* 

 that when a hoy, liir tin; compens.ition of nine 

 penive (li Yiirk shdling) he travelled some twenty 

 i.nih.'s into llie Igresr, to a!?si,s< a drover who was 

 taking his cattle .lo-pastiiri;< This gerilleiiian re- 

 ceived what wa* then considered 11 good educa- 

 tion at the NOxv l|iswicli academy, one of the fii'sl 

 eslalilislled high schools of the interior of New 

 Il;iiiip8hire, *vhicli has since ipialified him tn 

 conduct the various linsiiiess in which he lias 

 lieeii so snccesslnl. 'His couiiiienceiuent in trade 

 was as hiiiiihle and mipn'teiiiliog as iii;iny Ihou- 

 SHHds of his gifts have heeii wilhoiil parade or 

 ostentation. He coininenceil proliahly as many 

 as. -iixiy years ag'o, ihe sale of pins and nredles 

 anil' oilier useful wards', al.a small shop, in. the 

 then coniparanvely new town of New Ipswich; 

 vvho^v excellent academy since that iruie has sent 

 loiih its Imifdi'eds.of men, emineiit lis divines,. 

 Iaw\ers alnl doctors,' civlliiins,. mercliatits and 

 genileinan t'irmers and mcclianics. Afterwards 

 he w.'rs a paruier in a-surtll Hading firm in the 

 adjiiininjj town of .\>lil>iu'nh,'im, where his old 

 parliier, (-'oh Joseph -.fevve^f,- less Sllcce^^sin^ ill' 

 L'aining the iiniins (if wealih, .still lives. Wifli a 

 younger rir<iiher, also disiingii*i.^hed a?i fiiteof the 

 liest ajid n4ost praciical anil useful delegates in 

 J'oiigress from Jlassaclinselts, lor several" tcriiis, 

 Mr. Appleton •couimenci'd liirsiiiess' in Besfnn 

 .•iliont the j-i-ar ISOO. In tilieen years after llmt 

 time, it will lie perceived, he had'so \yell suc- 

 ceeded as 111 be alile'to present the i^nanagL'r.< of 

 the Buslon Female .Asylum the munificent gilLof 

 one-tliousand dollins-T-a mighly sum at that lime, 

 which w.or'hl count as high as the gilt of ten 

 thousand dollars at the present time. 



.Since that gil't, thirty years ago, wealih has 

 flown in upon the generous donor so that he can 

 now proh.'ilily connt^at le'isl his million — per; 

 haps, .millions. If-Samiiel .Applelon haS ever 

 gained ntoney liy oppression (d! any sort, the 

 fact has-never-conie to our knowledge. \V6uld 

 it he evidence of our " sljattereil. intellect,'* to 

 pia'sume that the prayers whic.li have ascended, 

 10 Heaven Itom the lemale or|ihansand ilesiitiHe 

 life relieved thirty years ago, have showered jjpoii 

 his liead the juosperity ' and. weallli- Which siir-. 

 rounds liiiii? -SaiiiiiHl Applelon was among ihe 

 first 10 patronize and irh'Cst in those niannfac- 

 turlnjr esiahlishnients which, not "iiniil lately,' 

 havejieen'of sure profit to I'le owners: fiiany of 

 these estalilishni(?ms have siink-thcir whol- cap- 

 ital linJ ruined their owners, i^lr. .A|iplei'yi fias. 

 heen of those- who have nm great risqiies' for, 

 the rnanufacturing,'pios|K'rify of this hj.s native 

 State, and e_specially for the estahlisliments ot' 

 his own native town and. iieighhorhooi'l. .With 

 others more unfortunate,- he luis enci'imuered 

 lo.sses in' the caii/e of onr infaiil mannlHrliues. 

 Coiilif rhij svealth wfiicli fias "coJiie in like a 

 flood " upon rlie lal':;e mainit;icri1riii»-ow*ners, he 

 heller ajiplied tjuni to tlie generous, nohje iiiil- 

 tionaire of whose eharfties. we Ijave t)een ireat- 

 ' inp? iVlay his exafnple prompt bundreda Irke 



him, who are growing'in the country's accumu- 

 lating wealth, to- " Go and do likewise ! " 



From the Hoslnii Traveller. 



BOSTON FEiVIAH: ASVI.UM. 



[The Honoriilile Samuel Atpleton has lately 

 made a donation of oH» thousund dollars to the 

 Boston Female Asylum. This sum makes 

 three thousand dollars which that geulleinan hag 

 given to this exceHeiU liistiiiitimi, as it appears 

 from the following interesiing correspondence, 

 which was oomnlenced hy Mr. Ap(ileton, when 

 in Loiid<Mi, ahour thirty years ago.] 



LowDo.N, 2il. Septeinlier, 1815. 

 Ta'the. Managers- of Ihe lioslon Feiiutlc .'isijtuin : — 



Lad[es,^1 send you, eiiclosed, for the henefit 

 of the Boston Female .Asyhim, tine thousand 

 dollars. You will please to- appropriate the 

 same," as you think prope.r. 



That; the Insiiiniion inay ever lie coiuliicted 

 with the .siiiiie propriety with which it commen- 

 ced, and has since coiuiniied, is tire fiiiceie wish 

 of. Ladies, your moil ohediejit, most hiunhle 

 servant, . . 



■ SAMUEL APl'LETON. 



Boston. Novemher 3, 1815. 



Mr^amuel Appleto.v, Sic: — The Managers 

 of the Boston F'lwale Asylum, at a ineetiiig 

 liolden on the 31st of Octolier, received ) our 

 letter of the 'M of Septemher, ultinio, enclosing 

 a donalion ol^one thousand dollars to the Jnsli- 

 tiitioit imtjer their siipei iiHeinlcnce. 



By a vote p.issid at that ■meeting, tliey have 

 directed me to-otilr jou some expression of the 

 deep sense of grainedeand pleasure wiili which 

 this'very liberal iiistance 6f your heneficence \A 

 received. . . 



They thank you, sir, in behalf ol* the charily, 

 the nsefnljiess-of w hich yoti have enalileil them 

 to extend, of the siittei'.ei's whom it is designed 

 Jo I'tJJei'fi. -They thank you Jilso, lor the confi- 

 deiice reposed in. tlieui, as trustees of _\oi:c hoiin- 

 ty. Thus encoiirageil and assisted, they .-ire an'i- 

 niate*! to pursue inost earnestly, tlieir eflorts to 

 contribute in .some degree to the- alleyi:;tioii of. 

 human misery; rememl;eriiig.the sacreilne.ss of. 

 the (riisr, wh'icli lienevolence has confided to 

 the'iii, and j^)deavoriiig-tliat it fie not misplaced. 



To-tlie most gra»efiil recolleclion of a mimifi-' 

 cence which tirey may hardly expect, the coinci- 

 dence of ability and gfenerosiiy fre.i;iieiii-ly to 

 -pi'o luce, perinil-them 10 add, llie ieiy sincere 

 wish that one, wlio so .lingwly iuifiarts the ine.iiis 

 of good to otlier,s, may- ever be himself, partaker- 

 of the best hles.-iiiigs of Heaven. - 

 Hv order, 

 ■ A. L. FROTHINGHAMv&fcretot^. 



Bosto.n, July 5lh, 1844." ' 

 To the Manegtrs of the Boflon Fenuile Jlsyhim : — -. 



Laiiies, — I'had the pleasure wlieii in London', 

 a great many years ago, .to jeceive a very polite 

 letter from your Sei;i'et.'iry, \. L.. Frolliinghaiu, 

 dated Novemlicr 3il, 1815, intiirhiing ine thai a 

 vote of timiiks was- passed at your board,' at a- 

 meeiing held on the 31st of October, J8J5. ^br a 

 donation, I itien 'seilt you. That, letter, was 

 couched. in'eujuli flattering terms, tinu it left tn<r 

 much your debtor.. . ' ' • • - 



It has' afforded me tnuch pleasure to-See.and 

 tff liepr 61' the g&od efl'ects of your disinterested . 

 ^exertions hi the caii.st* of Ifemale orphans,, and I. 

 am happy to learn that a siiru has lately begn 

 raised, tliat will enable you to build a larger and 

 more comfortable lioii.se,. and to carry oii this 

 Jiood work of charity liiore exlensivtlythan here- 

 tofore. I i^end yjiii enclosed, one thousand .dol- 

 larf»,'iiiv siil^sci'iplion, in tin'thel'an'ce of the above 

 nainedbhject. 1 v\ish coniiiiued success to the 

 Jioston Female Asylum ; health and happiness 

 to the managers, and other officers thereunto be- 



