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^l)c J^armcr's iHontljhj llisitor. 



Hints to Farmers. 



There nre some ihiiigs lliiit nil liiiiiiLTs oii;;lit lo 

 know. 



Slif('|) put into frcsli s-m'.lile inf iipt lo he kill- 

 ed liy ealin;; loi) luiic-li yriiin. 



A liiu'i; |i!istiire en iclit-s not llie soil, nor faltens 

 the aiiiiiials, iioiiiicifHSfci^ the \vi;:illh of the own- 

 er. 



One anitiiul well tlil is of more value ihuii two 

 poorly kept. 



'I'hi; iK'itur animals can he fed, and the more 

 roiiilortahle tlii-y can he kept, the more profiiahle 

 tlii'V are — anil all farmi'rs work for profit. 



fironnd once well ploughed is heller ihan thrice 

 jioorly. 



15uiinlif(il crops are more profilahle than poor 

 ones. jMaki' the soil rich, pulverize it well, and 

 it j;enerally will he proihiciivc. 



Weeds thai 1,'row umnolesled aronnd the fenc- 

 es, slumps and slone.-*, seairer iheir seeds over the 

 /iirrn, and jne \ery likely lo grow. 



Cows well fell in wimer give more milk in 

 sniMiner. An ox that is in ^;ooil comlilion in the 

 fprini;, will perform more lahoi,and ^land ihe 

 heal of smiimei- miieh heller than one that is 

 poor. 



Wlien yon see the li'iice down, put it np; if il 

 remains until lo-morrow the cattle may gel 

 over. 



What ought lo he done to-day, do il, for to- 

 morrow it may rain. 



A strong li.Ji.se will work all day wilhnnt food, 

 but keep him at il, anil he will not last loni.'. 



A ricli soil will pio luce good crops wilhout 

 manure; hut keep it al il and il will lire. 



Farmers' sons had heller learn lo hold the 

 ploUL'li and feed the pigs, than measure tape and 

 count hulloiis. 



Elkcthicitv. — Jl phasing ixpcrimenl. — Not- 

 uiilislaiiillng ihe etferts of ihe wonderful pov>er 

 of eleenii-ity are conrnnially heioi'e us, and we 

 are eonslanily wiines.-iug iis wondeifnl phenoni 

 ena, v. ilh all Ihe rn\slerions developemenis and 

 resnlls which il produces, we can scarcely realize 

 how insenaralily cnnneited it is wiili all ihe vari- 

 ous anil luuiified workin;js and changes of Ihe 

 nalural world, and ils consequent comieclions 

 wiih ouriHMi iMal properlies and powers. 'I'he 

 Mechaniea' Magazine relales a simple and pleas- 

 ing experiment, illnsiralive of its singidar efTecl, 

 trom a simple sheet of foolscap paper. The 

 Waga/.ine says : 



'• I'lace an iroiij ipamied tea-Iray on a dry, 

 clean heaker glass; then lake a sheet of liiolseap 

 Jiaper, and hold il close lo the lire nnlilall its hy- 

 gromelrie nioi^lnre is dissipated, hul not so iis lo 

 seorch it ; in this stale il is one of llu: finest elec- 

 trics we have. Hold one end down on a lahle 

 with a fiiig'-r .nnil thumli.and ;;ive it .ihoiil ii dnz- 

 en siiiikes willi a large piece of India ruliher liom 

 the h.'fl lo Ihe right, lieyinning al the lop. Now 

 lake it ilji hy two oflla^ corners and hringii over 

 ihe iray, and il w ill lidl down on il like a stone ; 

 if one linger he now hioughl iiiider the Hay, a 

 sensihle shock will he fell. Now lay a needle on 

 the Iray with ils poinl projeeliiiL' out wards ; re- 

 move Ihe paper, and a star sign of ihe negative 

 elecliiciiy will he seen ; return the paper, and 

 the positive hru^ll will appear. In f.ict, il forms 

 a very extemporaneous ehelrophoi us. whicli will 

 give a spark an imdi long, and strong iiioii'^h lo 

 sel fin- lo some comhiistihle hodies, and lo exhili- 

 it all the electric phenomena not riiiuiring coal- 

 ed smiiiees. If lour heaker glasses are phiced <ni 

 the tloor, and a hook laid on ihem, a person may 

 stand on lliem insnialed; if he ihen holds ihe 

 Iray vcrlically, lire paper will adiiere sirongly to 

 it, and sparks may lie drawn liom any part of his 

 liody, or he may draw sparks from any olher per- 

 son as the case may he ; or he may sel (ire lo 

 some iiiHammahle hodies touching them will' a 

 jiiece of ice." 



The tJSE OK Time. — Tliecelehinled Lord Coke 

 wroti: ihe snhjoined distich, which he smelly 

 observed, in Ihe dislrihuiion of' tiiin'. 



Six hours III blirn[) — to l.tw's grnvo Btuily six : 

 Fnur npnnil in I'riiyeT — llie rest lt> n.uuri: lix. 



But Hir VVIIIi.im Jones, a wiser ecoimtnist ol 

 the flteling ho'irs of life, amended ihe scnliineni 

 ill ihe lijllowing lines : 



Si'vcn liniirs lo l;ivv — lo eootliiiiy hluiiibor ^cvcii ; 

 Tea to llie world allot — ami ull to liuaven. 



How TO PROSPER IN BUSINESS. — lu ihe'fliSt 

 place, make up your mind lo accomplish what- 

 ever you unilerlake ; decide upon some parlicu- 

 lar einploymenl and persevere in il. All difli- 

 cnlties are overcome by diligence and assiduity. 



15e tiol aliiiid lo work with your own hands, 

 and diligently loo. " A cat in gloves catches no 

 niiie." " lie who remains in ihe mill, grind.s, 

 noi lie who goes and comes." 



.Attend to your own hiisiness, and never tnisl 

 il lo anolhei'. " /\ pot that heliMigs lo many, is 

 ill slirred and worse boiled." 



Be frugal. '"That which will not make a pot, 

 will make ti pot lid." " Save the pence and the 

 pounds will take care of themselve.-'." 



Be abstemious. " Wlio danlies love, shall 

 het'gars prove." 



Rise early. "The sleeping fox catches no 

 poiillry." " I'lough deep, while sluggards sleep, 

 and you will have corn to sell and keep." 



Treat every one with respect and civilily. 

 '•Evrry ihirrg is gained and nolhinglost bycotir- 

 lesy." "Good manners insure success." 



Never anlicipate weallh from any olher source 

 than labor; especially never place dependence 

 upon a coming inherilatice. " lie who wails for 

 dead men's shoes, may have logo forti long lime 

 liarefooi."' " He who runs after a shadow, lias a 

 wearisome race." 



.\hove all things never des[iair. "God is 

 where he was." " Heaven helps those who help 

 lliemselves." 



Follow implicitly these precepts, and nothing 

 can hinder you from accumulating. — IVeslcni 

 pajnr. 



CoVKhl.NG THE Groukd Useful. — III all the 

 essays on the applicaiion of manure, iio account 

 has been made of ihe advantaffe the soil receives 

 from a covering. I have nolired ihat a spot co- 

 vered by a hoard, a pile of rails, a heap of stones, 

 or no matter what, on removing the incumbrance 

 which has occupied the ground fiir two or three 

 rrroiilhs, and cnllivaling it, il is found much bel- 

 ter than the adjoining land. Observe a forest 

 tree standing in the field — if of loleiable size 

 and Ihriliy il will impoverish a large area around 

 il ; yet the same kinil of trees will yrow close to- 

 gether and \igoroiisly in the forest, where their 

 leaves form !i close covering lo the ground, and 

 al Ihe same lime the soil will be improved. .Ac- 

 ting on the siij;geslions 1 have for some years 

 past pill my manure on clover in llic spring', 

 wliicli I designed to inrii under liir wheat in the 

 fill, giving' the laud llie henelil of the co\ering 

 of lioih llie manure and Ihe clover during llie 

 siiminer; and ! think a jiiveti ipianliiy of manure 

 does more good to my land in this way tli.'in in 

 any other that I have applied it. I stale these 

 IhiiiL's Ihiil Ihe ailenlion of scienlilic m'-ii may 

 III- turned lo this lple^lilln. Does not a covering 

 acl so as lo prevent ihe escape of ammonia and 

 other Mihstances beiieticial lo llic soil ? — Fannci\i 

 Cnbinel. 



Our Earth's Distance fr.om the Pla.v- 

 ETs.— To convey lo your minds any idea of the 

 immense dislani-e which se|iaraieil lis from those 

 iwinkling orbs which nii;liily gem onr lirtna- 

 rrreiil, is iitti'rly inipnssihle. We m;iy talk of 

 niillions and ihon^ands of millions of miles, bill 

 lliis serves only lo perplex and confiinnd llio 

 li'ible inlelleci of finite man. 1 may tell you 

 thai liL'lil, which Hies al the rate of leii millions 

 of miles in a second, and which is conveyed 

 to llii> ilislani I laiiet of Le Verrier and retlecled 

 back lo us in short space of a few minutes will 

 reipiire leu years in coming from ihe nearest 

 fixed star; and if ihal star was suddenly hlotled 

 iVorii existence, il v\onld conlimie lo shine liir 

 len long years in tin; place it once occupied. 

 Even were it possible lor us lo transpoil our- 

 selves lo the verv confines of onr system, or lo 

 ihe planet of Le Verrier, we should still cmiliiiiie 

 lo see these ohjeirls in llieii* old places, and, lo all 

 appearance, no nearer ihan before. Here would 

 be Sirins blazing in its wonted splendor ; yini- 

 <\fr we should see Orion ; and there the I'olar 

 Bear.— Pcq/: .'V/i7c/if//. 



.The OnciiAui). — How lo incrense the fniil/ul- 

 iica.iof (h-cluir(h. — .Mkaline, or ainmoniucal pri'p- 

 jiratioiis have been applied lo young trees, as 

 well as lo old ones, liir the purpose of slimidal- 

 iiig their jiiowih, and acceh rating their liiiilful- 

 ness, tiucli us white washing iheir irunka and 



branches, riilihiiig ihein with soapsuds, and 

 spreading round iheir roots lime, gypsum, char- 

 coal, soot, ashes, &e. If you apply il to vines, 

 or lo young apple trees, there is nolhing that 

 conirihiiles more lo make them hear an abund- 

 ance of truil ; nor does "this only produce a 

 greater inerease, but i( idso improves boih the 

 lasle and fl.ivor of llie wiu'^ and of ihe apples. — 

 .^mer. Jliiricullur'isl. 



UKIUIlTOi\ MARKET— Mo:<DAr, Jan. 23, 18t7. 

 [Keporteil fnr Ills Biiiton Jiiurnal.] 



Al -Market, 5» Beef Cattle, 14 ycitoa Working Oxen, 35 

 Cows ar.d Calvt's, 375 Swine, and 9 rj Sheep. 



rrticEs — Beef Cattle — We report prices of laiit weel( fully 

 BiiJniiii.d. A few Exlri, SSJi first q'jalily, g6; second do. 

 $.) Iv .1 7j ; tllinl do. S4 iffi 4 511. 



tV'irliin^f Oxen — .\n siilt s noticed. 



CiKs aud Culce.*— SIS iSi i^, SH ® 3t, will include all sales. 



S.'ifr;)— Sales at $3 25, 3 .i'l, 4 S:i to 3.1. 



Siciiie — \t wholesale 4\c ; at retail 5 'S Gc. 



We liiiticed two premium Steers, fattened by Lil'te Bush, of 

 We^tlield, Mass., whiibe wliole weight wajj ."iO'lO ; also, one 

 falteiird by S. \Vyman, of Shrewsbury, wei|!liing 3531 Ihs. 

 The above eattte are not as yet sold— a>JOii!{ price SIO iierlmn- 

 dred. About one Iialf of Ih:- Cattle, and nearly all the Sheep 

 and Hogs, c.inie over itailioad. 



COSCORD \VHOL.ESAL.E 



CASH PRICES CURRENT. 



For Wtsi I.vDiA Goods & Gkocehies, I-'louh, (inAiN, Pro- 

 duce, Iro.n &, Steel, Plaster, Salt, Lome, iLC. ice. 



Corrected weelily for Hill's M. II. Patriot by CIL.MOKE Sl 

 C1..\PP, at the Oejiot Store, Concord, i\. H. 



Jan. 2. 1817. 



ASHES, Pots 4i 



Pearls 4i 



ALUM, 4 



BUI MSTO.NE, Roll, 3 



Soljilmr 1 



CAMPHOR. Relined 50 



CA.N'DI.E.s, Mould, 10 



Sperm 32 



COt'l'EK, St. Doiniugo, Ij 



Porto Rico, tth 



J'orto Cabello, &.V 



Old Government Java,... 10 



COPPERAS, 2 



FISH, Bank, KS-quinlal,. .2,75 



Pollock 2,23 



Rav 3,00 



Old Dun, 4,.'i0 



No. I Salmon, i/bbi, 14,U0 

 No. 1 Shad, It^bld, 12,03 



Ton's i Sounds, J> bid, l'.,l)0 

 ll.l!.Fiils,p-bbl, 9,110 



FLOUR, Genesee, Ii,12i 



Fancy brand, 7,00 



Ohio, Akron, 7,.V,) 



Spanldin^, extra, 7,50 



I. 11 Uearli, 7,50 



FRUIT. Fi^'s 10 



Raisins, bine mark, 0,50 



Black mark G,00 



Box, liunrli 1,75 



FUSTII. 'K, Cuba, p- ton. 30.00 



Taiupieo, 22,00 



Ground, (f> blind 1,75 



GLUt;, Itilssianbest 17 



.\mericaii, II 



GliAI.X. Cats, 4 > cents |t> bu 



Corn S7,\ dodo bu 



RvP, 75 do doliu 



Beans, 75«)l.75 



Peas, 3.1 '(J) 73 



GRINDSTO.NES, 1st qiial- 

 ity, liiiished,|i* tiiiiid.2,25 

 Do. do. unhnisheil, l,.''>0 



HERRING, l)*lio,v, No. I,. ..lO ' 

 Scale. I, 75 



INDIGO, Bengal,. I, low 1,75 

 Spanish ll.iat,... 1,00 fd'l,5:l 

 .Manilla, 73''d'l,25 



IRON, Old Sable, 5 



Enclisli, 4 



Bank.--, relined, 41 



Kiifllish, sheet, (» 



Russia, d UWI3 



Old Sable nail rods, H 



Norwegian di t^ 



(Common do 4.^' 



Enu'tish hoop, 3 



American do 4 



."^lioe Shaties, .\ili -ii 



Sweden, shoe shai»es, 43 



LEATIII;R. New Vork 

 S.de ;..alller, l.icllt, 14® 



Do, Heavy, I2IW 



LI.ME. Thoniaslon, Hist 



iinalilv, 1,25 



Camden, do 1,00 



l,(l(;VVII()l), St. Domin- 

 go, I* ton, 22,00 



('amp:-aitn', 27,00 



GrioMol, fi hnnd 1,75 



MACKEREL, No. I, (^ 



bid 10,00 



No. 2 7,00 



No. 3 .V'O 



MOLASSES, Havana, 20 



Surinam, 22 



Trinidad 25 



Poilo Rleo 30 



Sii._'ar House 4U 



.\ AILS. Boston lron(?o's 



iilil ivt.my li 4? 



\\'e\ iniuilh Iron Co 44 



Mabb 1 4S 



PLASTER, ),>• I. 11, .S,.10 



Do. crouiid 10,00 



PIIOVISIONS. Pork Ex- 

 Ir.l clear ff* bid, 1C,00 



Common do 11,00 



Extra Mess, 19,00 



Comiiiiuido 10,00 



Uulter,8> lb, 10 15) IS 



Cheese, new milch,. ..7 icLfi 



Four meal, bfSi 6 



Dried apple, best, 4 



Lard, northern, 9 



D<i. southern, 8 



Till keys &. Chickens, best ,8 



Goslins, best, .4 



Round IJogs 4^fti'5^ 



REDWOOD, ground, ^ 



llu lid 2,75 



Nicara^^iia, ^ toii,.,..;*5,00 



RICE, If* hund. best 5,09 



ROSIN, 0* bid 2,30 



S AL.EU ATI'S, first iiualitv,5 

 SALT, St. Ubes, ^ htid. 3,5) 



Cadiz, 3,25 



Bonaires, 4,00 



Turks [stand, 4,00 



Liver{)oul, 3,25 



Do. fine, Worthin^ston 



brand, p bag, 2,00 



Do. other brands 1,73 



SALTPEI'RE, crude 8 



Do. refined, 9 



SEED. Clover, norlhern,.l2i 



Do. sollthein, 10 



Herds srass, {r* liu 2,25 



SHEETINGS, prime tl>vd ..SJ 

 SHI.NGLES. liist ipialilv, 



.\o. 1, pin.-, |i> ,\l 3,50 



do. do. do. s)iriice, 2,25 



SHIRTINGS, tl»yard, 6J 



SHOT, assorleil, Si 



SHOVELS, cast steel, I* 



SriCtlS. Cassia, iit unit!*, 20 



I)(i. arouiul, 2*3 



CldVes, 30 



GiiiRtT, (Mire, 9 



Do. do. lair, 71 



Double retin. r.nst U. loaf.l l( 



n.i. do. crushed, llj 



Do. do. powilered, 12 



Common loaf, 10 



Porto Rico, best Oj 



Purifi.-d Muscovado do ...Sl 



TAR, \i> libl 3,00 



TEAS. Gunpowder, best 



ipialily, ^ Ih, 75 



linp.-rlnl, do SO 



HVS..U, .1 fiO 



lly.s.-n Skin, ill 30 



Villi nj: llvs(Ui,coniin.m, ..15 



D.I. do. lair 40 



Do. .lo. i!ood, 45 



D.i. .I.i.b.-sl, 55 



TOBACCO, common ke!:,..r> 



G..01I .1.1 10 



('i<li.ni.>ii I1.1X, H 



G....dd.i I2i 



Houev Dew, ilo. beat, ... 18 

 Cavtiidub S5® 37i 



