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coNinrcTi:i> by Isaac iuIiL. 



-'rH<J)«|g WHU L*HiMl I.V THE UAIITM ARE THK CH03EN J^£OI>LB gK (J^H>, WHU3B liaKAaTS HK HAS MADE MIS HCCULIAR DEPOSITC FOR hUBSTANTJAL AND MiiiNUINB virtUK." — Jeffcr^OH, 



VOL. 8. NO. 10. 



CONCORD, jV. (I., OCTC^BEllSl, 1846. 



WHOLE NO. 94. 



» --~^i-— UMirei-n ijiii II "tirir ■rii%tiii ji^ry^ 



THE PAR.1IER-S MOXTIILY VISITOK, 



I'lBLISHKD BY 



LSAAC HILL, & SONS, 



ISSUED OX THE LAST DAY OF RV/RY MOSTII, 



At Athcuinn Riiil<liii£r* 



Jt> Gkn'Bal Ai;ent5.— (L A. Ilii.i., Ktfne, X H.; Juhn 

 i^L'-usH, \V.'i>iiiii<;tuii St. Ilostoii, iMa.^^^ ; Chablls \VAiiitr..v, 

 BriiiUv Kow, Worcester, .^ia^!'.i Thomas Chasoler, Bedford, 

 N. H.* 



TEU3IS.— To single suhstriber:*. Fifty Cents. Ten p<-|- 

 cent, will lu- allitwed to the piTson who shnll send more iJjun 

 one f«iili^criber. Twelve copies will be atnt for llie advanctj 

 payment uf Fn'e Dollars; twenty-tivc cupics fur Ten JhiUars; 

 sixty cnpirt! for l^ccnty DoUars. The piiynient in every caseto 

 be ihnde in ndviince. 



^jij^Miim-ij 'iiiU nubgcriptions, btja regtilation of the Post Mnsta- 

 Gciir.-iilyttuiij iiiaUcttsr^ be remitted bij the Past Jilastci't free vj 

 postfii^r. 



tty-\\\ seMtlemen wbo have heretofore acted as Agents aie 

 recpieeited to ejiitinue tliiiir Agency. Old subsciibcra who 

 conn- iirid r the new tL-rms, will pk-:».se notify us of (he n;iniis 

 already on our book.-*. 



CONCORD, N. II., OCT. 31, 1S46. 



The Editor of the Visitor au itinerant. 



CONTINUKD. 



("m.-sinir tliH rKer erne mile froiii the vill;iu'eat 

 oil iiitKivnlo I'nnn iijioii ilie vvc.-.l siiii',oiii'c llinualii 

 to 1)0 V!ilii;il>l'' ill '.lie liCf-liiMe of ils t'liteipi i^ill^J; 

 owner anil s-v:Iili;r — sii'liiiitr (<ii)t (or ihf liisi liiii" 

 li|)OIi lli.-il ticiiii wliK-li, tui Illy jrais ayo, sulise- 

 (jtieiitto llie iliMlli of ils (ii.-l iiwiier, nilliii;; in llib 

 ■.v;i_v of liiitfiiit'ss to our posi^es.-^iiiM, «e fu<>\\ iir- 

 rive at ilie si'iiis of (iiiin loriiiiuii.i .siipci'i'iliiijr 

 ejurn ollior al <';iili iiili'iv.ilt; turn ol' ilie river in 

 tliet'uMi of i'luiioiilli. Sin'd'eiliiig iii.s tiillici', 

 t!ie cliler HIiiir, (lioni llie o|i|iiisil(; !-iil« (if the 

 river) in IluldfrUfs^ in (inlilir liU' — iinionj.' lliii.-ii; 

 ctiijiiiiilili', i-xi'i-M'-iil men ol' Oriilinn^ coinny in 

 niiiiij ol llii; ti.st years nl' liiisim-.-is <iur triimis 

 ami |ia:ii)iis — liy llie ri x-i^iit |iirrrli:isi' of a luiiii- 

 liinl rivi.'r-liriiiii Jiiiiii — ilii! first kii'iiun liice in 

 Piwiioiilli lll.it v\6 (lesriiii! wiiti the Jii(l:;e lif 

 Pri>li:iie for tiiiillnii ooiiiiiv, « lio, jii.<l leiuriiiMl 

 (Vuiii liis innnilily seysiiin al l!:« iiilier .-iile of llie 

 county, was iioiv in lioinet'imii lialiiliineiil^ al 

 woiU upon lii.s liiriii. 



Alter llie lapse ol' a dozen years sincp our las! 

 visit, \vi; rtere f;l.;il lo fii.il the iinvn anil vill.ii;e 

 ol J'ly iiiiintli exiemliiif; upon the riierMiiiKMlnee 

 or liiiir ■iiil-'.s, anil upon ilie tiirniii^ olT loail to 

 llaviiliill inure llian hall that liislaiiee, iiiori- 

 floinisl.iiiir iliiiii "e liail \et seen it. Tlii.s half- 

 hline ol" tl'e iioiv lar;ie>t eoiniiy ol' llie Stale li.is 

 iiui oiil^ lii'oii;^lit ils eoin-i-hoii>e lo that eoiiren- 

 liulion ol loails near the river which iiniles thi' 

 lia\el ri-oiii all poinrs, liiii the aneieiit Cniiijrejfa- 

 ti.nial ehiiirh half a mill.' up ihe hill has 1(11111(1 a 

 s-iili-iitiite in a lianilsuine new strueliiie here in 

 lieiir eoniaet «ilh one ol' those plain and iinailoi li- 

 ed, lint h.iii(lsoiiie edifices v\|iieli the Episcopal 

 Methoillsis liiiil ihe ready nieaiis lo erect wherev- 

 er the iiersevei'in;; iliner.inis iliindiii;.' llie husincss 

 and oflices to v\ liieh tliey are called erect the 

 siaiidaid 111' llie cross. 'I'liotime is renienihcred 

 when ihe (iiinilv of Weli^lers, fiither, son and 

 jirandsons lioldin^ the oliiee of sheriff of the 

 coiinly — and llie ^reai ;;i a1l(l^(lll at this lime in 

 ilepiiialioii — ihc eld.-r of the Iw o geiicialions liv- 

 iii<; under llie same roorin a rinle coiisiruction oC 

 one stor\ upon thejrroniid, enlertaineil as laverii- 

 ers all ilie Iravelleis p.issiii;; up and down tlie 

 eoiiiilry iliroii;;li that upper liinnei nl' ilic Merri- 

 ll. acli, and Ihe f^reat hody oflili^ianis, b(-ncli, liar, 

 jurymen, and speclatois id the protracted county 

 eonris . 



The liitlicf of the family who rehictantly, after 



a fjroat polilic.il rhan;;i?, quilted the sheriff's of- 

 liei;, consjdcrinir himsell, as older in Ihe sinlion 

 than Ihe Conslilulioii il.-ellj iioi dis(pialified liy 

 ils provisions which coiifiin d it under the af.'e ol 

 seventy years, (^ol. D.imiI Wehster the elder on 

 our fiisi visil lo I'l.unoulh in 1812, descrihed the 

 world of difficnlly which he and his yonm; wife 

 and family eiicouniered in inoviiij; up the river lo 

 this localioii, liriii<{ini; wiililiim [he oxen and 

 heasis necessary to liejrin wiili and the few uten- 

 sils inilispensalile lo llie assistance of hinnan 

 hands common lo ihe pur|ioses ot* lift*. Sinoolh 

 load-ways and leidues now pass the ravines and 

 led^'es ilieii so dillicidt lo he surinonnted as lo 

 reipiiie the most herculean elliirls. Ilaviii;; cm 

 out and hrnlien out ihi; way for others, the ]iiiin- 

 eer deser\(ul the couseqiK^iicc and hiijli author- 

 ity in the country afterwards conceded to him. 

 The opening here emergiiij^ from the mouiilaiiis 

 on holh sides of the river was Iriily lieaniiliil 

 and invilin;;. Just ahove, the ISaker river imiies 

 iisilf to the rciiii^ewassett coming dow n at a 

 hvel of several miles from the fool of Moiise- 

 liillocU; in the oilier direciion the valley of the 

 rrancoiiia Notch and llie "Old Rlaii of the 

 Moimlaiii" makes its way at a riuht allele. Hon. 

 Samuel Liveriiiore, the colleague senaKU' willi 

 John Langdoii in the fust Congress of ihe Uni- 

 ted States, prohahly tempted liy the fertility iiiid 

 li"aiity of this great intervale opening while trav- 

 elling lo aliciKl the courts of law in a |irofessioii 

 ihen numliering scarcely a dozen persons in the 

 whole Hiale, chose a location on the opposite 

 side (if the I'l'niigewassett from Col. VVehster's in 

 the town of Ilolderness ; this was early known 

 •IS one, ii' not the largest and Ijest farm in the 

 Slale. ■ [{emaiiiiii^ wlili the p.'ucnt (hiring his 

 lifetime, it descended as a divided iiiherilaiice lo 

 two or tlii'ce sous, Aiiliiir Livermore (still living) 

 and aiiolher niaii_\ ji^ars since deceased, finally 

 coming to he iIk.' pioperi} and place of residence 

 ol the man s'. ho, wilhout a collegiate educalion, 

 may he set down as the lawyer of more ment.-d 

 power and ready efi'eclive eloipience Ihaii any olh- 

 111.111 of his geniraiion and time in llie Slate. An- 

 olher liroiher of this family, the lale I'idward Si. 

 Loe Livermore, comiiieiicing practice in New 

 llampshiie, and alterw arils disiingiiished as a ju- 

 rist and meniher of Cjiigiess in M.issachnsells, 

 ilii'd several _\ ears ayii, residing :;nd pursuing ihe 

 occnpalion ol'a farmer in Tew kshiiry, near ihe 

 present site of Lowell, in llie List u-ars of his life. 

 Saiiiiiel I iveriiKiiv, an eiliicaled young man who 

 Has acting chaplain on hoard the Chesapealce. 

 when ihal frigate was caplured uiili ihe death of 

 il.~ commander hy the Biiiish ('ri'.;ale Shannon in 

 Hosloii haihor, and who wiili his own hands is 

 .-^aid lo li.-ivir givtii the Brilish captain ihe hlow 

 which when' hoarding ilove him down — this 

 S.imnel, Ions since deceased, w.is lh(! son of 

 l:;dwar(l Si. I,ne : and ll.nriet Livermore, w hose 

 eccentric hill lieaiiliful silvery elo((iieuCK wilh ils 

 enchaining intonalions lia*lieeii lislencd lo wilh 

 admiraiion hy men and women as well of lii;:li 

 as lo.\ aUaiiimeiils, Is the dan:iliter of ihe s.ime 

 geiilleman. Jfidge Arthur Livermore conlinued 

 to own and culiivale this sph^idid farm many 

 years: it prohahly never was to him ihe source 

 id' luncli incoine. .\ ha(dielorJiid:;tMil' ihe Su- 

 perior Conn ot' ihe Slale, whenoti'lhe circuit, 

 he attended ihe tarni in person — iiinidi of the 

 time enga;;ed ahroad, ils ma-a'jemeiit was left lo 

 olliers. As chaiacleiisiic of the Livermore tem- 

 per, his colemporaries usfi\ to lell the slory of 

 ids lieing chased to a dilcli ill a lar;;e enclosure 

 where he was kept at hay in ihe fiidd hy a (iiri 

 oiis liiill for an horn or so, coming hack when 

 released wilh a loaih'd musket and making sure 

 ihe dealli of the animal vihcii he appro.iclied to 

 a safe distance. Marryin;; a heanlirnl woman, 

 native of Gralioii coiinly, young eiiou<;li to he 

 his d.iugliler, Ji (It'e Livermore has reared and 

 educated a laniily of sons. Vexed with the cares 



of the fiiriii, he disposed of it .some eight or ten 

 y(»ars ago, to he ahused hy the e^llausling pro- 

 cess of Ils first owners, until it was purchased 

 hy James .loy, lOsq., who removed upon it from 

 I'illsHeld in this coniiiy, having arcumulated a 

 good estate in mannfiiclining the sc\thes so well 

 known and estimated hy the farmers as hearing 

 his name. At no great distance from this farm 

 on the edge of (^'ampton, Judge Livermore pur- 

 chased a less intervale (iirin, which has hecome 

 his recent and present resi.leiice — at which, with 

 Ihe solieniii!; of all llii; asperities of former d.iys 

 arising from the einiilaliou lo le.ive all heliiiid in 

 the way towards professional eminence, he en- 

 joys all the comforlahle associalioiis of a very 

 lahorions and aclive life well speiil. A coii- 

 siderahle porlioii of the upland part of the 

 Livermore f-irin is ii close timher forest from 

 whiidi the larger trees have lieeii selected, and 

 possihiy some of the second growth taken off 

 enlirely. The counliy ahont here ahoimds in this 

 second growth liiiiher increasing fast in value hy 

 llie enlargement of eaidi suceeeiling year. The 

 [iresent estiliuiK^ piil upon tin? woodlands of the 

 inierior region hut faintly shadows loiili what will 

 he its value when Ihe railroads shall open them 

 lo more ready access. Alihoiigli porlion.i of ihe 

 farm have since heen laUen offj thetrealest dif- 

 ficulty It'll hy Mr. Joy is Ihat he has yet loo much 

 laud. The lalior he leels ohiiged lo hestow on 

 the whole, ex|.eiided in u series of five or ten 

 years in the improvement of one half or even 

 one fourth of il, would eiiahle him, wilh much 

 heller command of llie limes and seasons, to 

 hriiig the small farm lo a point of excellence 

 in one half or one fourth Ihe time that ihe lar- 

 ger cannot gain in twenty year-* hard lahor. 



The iiide one-story tavern at Plyinoiilh, erected 

 hy Ihe first sculeis and owned and occupied hy 

 Col. Will. Wehsler, who at the time of our first 

 knowledge and many years al'lerwards was the 

 slanding represenlalive of Plymoiilh in the l^eg- 

 islalnre, rehnilt and extended into ihe convenient 

 and handsome hotel worthy ihe polish of a ru- 

 ral village popnialinn no where exceeded lor in- 

 telligence, has passed out of the name and ow- 

 nership of its original founders. It is now a.- it 

 always has heen one of the iiest pulilic houses 

 kept in the coimlry; good management is here 

 slimulated hy another rival house in the village 

 with which we are not yet acquainted, hnt pre- 

 serving the oiilside one of the evidences of a 

 heller inside maliatremeui, of heing a good inn 

 of the kind. Our old friend Biirnhain, now the 

 proprietor of the Wehster siatid, carries the en- 

 terprise of a coiiniiy merchant of one of the 

 newer Vermont towns which he several years 

 pursued, into the present hiisiness of tavern keep- 

 ing. The stages from lour different points hero 

 concenlrate. For years in succession, and al- 

 wajs when al home, 'Ir. Bin iiliam gives his per- 

 sonal allention to the comiiirl and convenience 

 of Ihe invalid Iravelltu-, lodging here for the 

 ni^ht, coining.' in l.iie and going out early. The 

 landlord himself always eoiiducls llie fjiiests to 

 ihe neally allired luil;;iiig rooms willr hedding 

 well aired and smoolh ironed sheets, whiter 

 than the driven snow, and personally noiifies 

 them at earliest dawn that hreakliist, oi first or- 

 der, awaits the preparaiion for early departure. 

 In the season of travel lo Ihe While Mountains, 

 now douhling al each annual return of the trav- 

 ellers for healili and pleasure from e\ery State 

 ill the Union, as well as from Europe, ihe 

 Pemigewasselt House has hecome a liivorile 

 slopping place, where the most heauliful inter- 

 vale river prospect, opening wilh its spiel did 

 moimlain scenery around in a village not to he 

 exceeded in cleanly neatness, can he always en 

 joyed. The slahliiig houses of this eslahlish 

 menl are sufficient to entertain an army of hor 

 ses, wilh shelter for carriages; and these, in 

 time of court sitting, (illud to the brim with hor- 



