96 



the latmcx's iltontl)lij Visitor. 



Q^ Never liavfi we seen a inoie rapid growth 

 of vegeralion than in the two weeks eiidhig July 

 <j. Peas |)lanled in our open field with a sprink- 

 ling of i'ei'Hvian {.'iiano on (lie )3ili May, are in 

 the po(i fit Car picking July 4— a little more than 

 seven weeks. Potatoes planted at the same time 

 will be fnll.growUril the warm weather continue, 

 in iiiive weeks from the day of fibniing. The 

 early sown spring grains look exceeding well i 

 winter rye, njucli killed liy winter and t^pring 

 frosts, gives in the stulks left long and full grain- 

 ed heads. The kei\ in pastures and the grass for 

 hay are ahundant on the ground almost heyond 

 jirecedenr. The first week in July ha8 given a 

 greater growth, to ttjost fields of corn than is com- 

 mon gome si'iisons in a whole month. To the 

 farmers in New Hampshire every thing looks 

 prosperous, 



m^ We are sorry to annoimce the death at 

 Cnnterhury, N. H,, on Sahhalh morning, June 20, 

 of our oldUmd highly valued liiend Dea. FRAN- 

 CIS WINKLEY, at ihe age ol eighty-eight years. 

 For more than sixty years he had heen of the so- 

 ciety of Sliakers ; he was one of the founders of 

 thai society at Canterbm-y : for over forty yeara 

 he was trustee to the society and principal man- 

 ager of its finances. Than him few men belter 

 understood' t?he poi'i^ieal econemy which gives all 

 ihe comforts of worldly wealth. To "-owe ws 

 man any thing" was one of the first lessons taught 

 him by his elder and spiritual leader, the late Job 

 Bishop. Generous and liberal to all, Dea. Wink- 

 )ey had much less of superstition and. austerity 

 than the men of some Christian s?cts who pro- 

 fess freedom fromi both. Indidgent to his own, 

 he thought not less o^f the ehildren who chose to- 

 go forth in the business of the world rather than 

 remain in the quiet seclusion of his particular 

 denomination. Retiring lioin the position m the 

 society which required menial labor, Deac. Wink- 

 ley went hack to his own particular mechanical 

 trade, in which he industriously labored after he 

 had become an octogenarian in years. V\i.th tal- 

 ents and strength of tnind suCicient to fill almost 

 any place as a public man, liUe the rfst of hisde- 

 riominntton, I>enr. VVinMey declined ail worldly 

 trusts and honors. Suft'cring under a partial pa 

 ralysis lav the last few years, no very severe blow 

 was reqiaijred to end his career on earth ; and like 

 n shock of eorn fully ripe he tjuietly breathed his 

 last on earsh to repose in a brigh;e» woidd lii the 

 bosom of his Saviour and his Gud. 



Qj^ To our venerable friend the hrisiness 

 Trustee of the Caiiterbciry Second Fatnily, is the 

 editor indebted for the valued present of a stone 

 jar of maple Byrup equal to the beaiitil'ul syiiip 

 of ihe sugar cane which we loutid on the table 

 of St. Charles at IVew Orleans: lilievvisc for a 

 box of sugar niarle of the sap frotn the maple or- 

 chard, whileas (he best llavaiinn brow ii, anil rich 

 in its saccharine niialities as the best from the 

 Louisiana plantaltons. Surely the editor of the 

 Visitor catinol have occasion to tay thai his 

 frietids forget him. The experience of forty years 

 Mhews him that his enemies flew and (iir between 

 may they be 1) will iiol aoon hirwike their cares 

 for his welfare and busincs:!. 



Oy On the morning of ilie 4ih of July a line 

 salmon was hronghl to uh, tiUcn du t|i„i dav from 

 a pot at GarvinV falls on the iVIerrrriiack, weigh- 

 ing sixteen pounds and worth four dollnrt) at 

 iwi'iily-five cents the pound. Fresh and fat, the 

 beiui ideal of a fine fish, hecatise built with the 

 sliMpe and stieiigth to mount the perpendicular 

 rolling ."ircaiii of wnler of loss body than the(i.-h 



itself, is the salmon. Who coidd believe that so 

 great a fish passes with facility over all the dams 

 across the Merrimack, constructed fortheaccom- 

 modatioti of Manchester, Lowell and Lawrence, 

 in addition to all the dams for the locks and ca- 

 nals ,' More salmon have heen taken on the falls 

 at Patnckef, Amoskeug and Bow within the last 

 few years than were common to be taken thirty 

 years ago, before these obstructions existed. The 

 gentleman who brought us Ihe salmon informed 

 us ihat this was his tenth harvest from the same 

 pot thin sea.son. A single pound of this salmon 

 cooked the day after it was taken is worth full 

 foin- pounds of that which conies to us through 

 Ijoslon from the eastward. 



P. S. — Since the above was hi type,, we have 

 learned that the same gentleman has taken two 

 more salmon weighing Jwenty pounds each. — 

 The Kennebec salmon will soon have to "hide 

 their diminished beads." 



The durability of oaU may be known from Ihe 

 fact that the throne of Edward the Confessor is 

 800 years old ; one of the oaken coronation 

 chairs has been in its present situation in West- 

 minster Abbey about 540 years, and the oldest 

 wooden bridgfi of which we have any account is 

 of oid« ;■■ it is that famous for ins defence by Ho- 

 ratius Codes, and which exisfed'fO:0 years l.'«fore 

 Christ. 



Shocking Death.— The Bjingor Whig states 

 that on Monday, June 2!^, Mr. Benjamin Cocli*au„ 

 of Bover, in Piscataquis county, was killed hy a 

 bull. FTe hail recently purchased a fine-blooded 

 bull for the improvement of the breed of cattle 

 in that vicinity, and left his house at nine o'clock 

 i»i the morning. In about two hours aflerv^ards 

 one of his neighbors, in passing, (bund Mr. (Joch- 

 ran prostrated in ihe barn-yard, insensible. He 

 soon ceased' ro breathe. Th'e bull gored his bow- 

 els in a shocking manner. 



Soap as a Maniire.— T. Ballon, a sillt dyer, 

 says, in ihe London Agriciillural Gazette, that he 

 uses 15 cwt. of soap weekly to discharge the oily 

 n.aller from the milk, aiul forming of itself it kind 

 of soap, the whole of which yields from four to 

 six Ihousand gallons of strong soap suds per 

 week. This he has lately »|iplied to his fiirisi, 

 and "-its eSeets are most extraordinary." It has 

 been used only one season, and its results can- 

 not lie accurately given ; but he considers ii more 

 (lowerful tluin any other mamiie.--Soii//ieni Plant- 

 er. 



Many barrels of strong soap suds are annually 

 thrown into the gutter and run to waste tiiom ev- 

 ery liirnier's laundry. Could not these tie fmnred 

 on the niannr' heap, oi- ©.therwise saved to in- 

 crease his " bank," and thus help to o-bviate Ihe 

 ni»cessiity of purchasing foreign manijies.'- /arm- 

 er's Cabinet. 



The Scab on Sheep.— Lowe, in his >v(>rk "On 

 Pr.ictical Agricultuie," gives the following direc- 

 tions for the cure of scab: " A decoction of to- 

 bacco and spirit of lurrieuliiie, wiih liie addition 

 of a little Holt soap and sulphur viviim. The de- 

 coctiiiii of lobacKii may be obtained by boiliiii' 

 the lobacco in brine or .sal't water. The liquiiF, 

 when prepared, is applitd from a vessel like a 

 tea pi. t with a spout, or from a bottle with aipiill 

 passed ihidiigh the cork. Lay the wool back in 

 lines, so as to expose the skin, and pour out the 

 liquid along the lines upon the skin." 



Siimi-liody very wiekiilly says that two bloom- 

 ing young lailics got r.-mght nut in .-i shower very 

 recently, and whin they had got honie the rain 

 had washed the very eiilor out of their cheeks. 



MoNsTi;a Cai.k.— A cow belonging to Natlitin 

 Slaiitoii, i:,sq., of Newport, U. I., gave birth to a 

 call; last week, which, when it Was twelve hours 

 old., weighed 1 14 pound.--. 



An exrhniige paper says lhat a fither of an in- 

 tt-resliiig (iiiinly near Dciniii, «|,i> i-hi-ws .•>;|.| 

 woilh ot tobacco yearly, recently stopped hisonlv 

 newsjiaper because he could liot afford to pay 

 for il I 



Relative Value of Food for Cattle. — 

 100 lbs. of good meadow hay are about equal to 

 500 of Swedes, 500 of mangel-wurzel, 450 of car- 

 rots, 700 to 800 of common turnips, or perhaps 

 400 of parsnips. 



Green peas are selling at twenty-five cent* a 

 peck, at present, in Concord- 



CO!«CORI> AVHOLES.VL.E 



CASH PRICES CURRENT^ 



For West India Goods Sl Grocerih^, Flouk, Gaai.n, Bbo- 

 DUcc, hRon & S-PEBL, Fl.A6-ii*a, Salt, Lime, Alc. &.c. 



Corrected for the F.irmer's Moathly Visitor by GJL- 

 MOKK il CLAPP. at ilie Depot .Store, Concord. 



June 30, 1847. 



ASHES, Pols 54 



Pearls, 6 



ALUiM 4 



BRIMSTONE, Roll, 3 



.Siil|>l)ur, -1 



CAMPHOR. Refined,.... 50 



CANDLES, Mould, 12 



Sperm, 32 



COFFEE, St. Dnmingo, G 



Porto Rico, 9 



Porto Cabello, 9 



Olil Government Java,.. . 11 



COPPEKA.S, 9 



FISH, Uanl<, ^quintal, . .4,00 



Pottocjt 3,U0 



Bay 4,00 



Old Dun, 5,00 



No. 1 Salmon, l/»bbl, 14,00 

 No. 1 Sliad, f-bM, l-J.OU 



Ton's i;Soiiiids,i» bill, 6,1)0 

 H.B.Fiiis,^hbl, 1-2,00 



FLOUR, Genesee, 8,50 



Fancy brand, „...9,00 



Ohio, Akron,. .- 9^00- 



Spmilding, extra, 9,00 



J. H Beach, ...9,P0 



ifftUlT. Figs 10 



Kaisins, blilemartf, 6,50 



Black mark, 6,00 



Box, hnnch -3,00 



FUSTICK.Cuba,^ ton, 30,00 



Tanipico, 22,00 



Ground, f> bund 1,75 



GLUE, Russian best, J7 



American, l-l 



GRAIN. OoM, 40 cents lf> bu 



Corn, 1,00 do bu 



Rye, 87J cts. do bu 



Beans, 75® 1,50 



Peas, 50® 75 



GRINDSTONES,,lsliiual- 

 ity, linished,^liund.2,2S 

 Do. do. untinished 1,50 



HERRING, t> box. No. 1,..50 

 Scaled 75 



INOIGO, Bengal, .1,10® 1,75 

 Spaju.sU float,. ..1,00® 1,50 

 illanilla, .-75.* 1 ,25 



rnON, Old SaWe 3 



English, 4 



Banks, refined, 41 



English, sheet, C 



Russia, do 12® 13 



Old Sutile nAiirods, 5} 



Norwegian do b 



Common do 4.^ 



English hoop, 5. 



American do ...4 



Suoe Sh.avcisAin 4i 



Swedt.'s, shoe shapes 43 



LEATHER. New York " 

 Sole Leather, Light, 17 ® 

 Do. Heavy, 16 (in 



Lf.ME, Thmnaslon, fiist 



quality, 1,25 



Camden, do,. 1,00 



LOGWOOD, St. Domin- 

 go, t*ln», 22,00 



Campeiichy , 27,00 



Ground, ];> hunit 1,75 



MACKEREL, No. 1, ^ 



Hill 11,00 



No.O, 8,50 



iSo.3, 6,.'i0 



MOLASSES, Havnnn, 20 



Surinam, 25 



Triniilad, 28 



Porto Rico, 30 



Siiirar House, 50 



NAILS. Boston Iron Co'8 



brand, 41 



obi Colony do 41 



VVeyiiioiilb trim Co 4I 



M.ihlei 44 



I'LASTElt, |t> Ion, 6,00 



Do. sn.nnil 10,00 



PROVISIO.NS. Pork Ex- 

 tra clear p tdil, 2.''.,00 



Coiiimou d,i, ■«> 00 



Extra MeM, 9I,08- 



Common do 19,00 



Bulter,t? lb 10®2O 



Cheese, new milch,...? ® ft 



Four meal 5iS) 6 



Dried apple, best,, & 



Laril, northern, It 



Do. southern, ID 



Turkeys Ac Chickens, besl,& 



Goslins, best, 4 



Round Hogs & 



REDWOOD, ground, ^ 



Imnd 2,75 



Nicaragua, (f* ton,.. ..35,00 



RICE,1)>. hund. best 5,00. 



ROSIN, ^ bbt 2,50 



S.\LiERATUS, first qualitv,6i 



SALT, St. Ubes, ^ hhd. 4,00 



Cadiz 4,00 



Bonaires, 4,50 



Turks Island, 4,50 



Liverpool, 3,50 



Do. fine, Wortliingsuin 



brand, p bag, 2,00 



Do. oBlier bmnds, 1,7S~ 



SALTPETRE, crude, 8 



Do. refined,^ .9 



SEED. Clusier, no«*erjl,.U> 



Do.-9ottthein, > 



Herds grass, ^ bu 2,7o 



SHEETINGS, prime (/>vd ..8 



SHINGLES, first quality. 



No. I, pine, t* M 3,50 



do^do. ilo. s^uce 2,25 



SHIRTINCS, U>yard, 61 



SHOT, HMonted, 5{ 



SHOVELS, cast steel, ^ 



doz 10,00 



Steel pointed do 9,00 



Iron do. best, 8,00 



Do. common ....6,^ 



SOAP, Castile, JO 



While Soap, best 8 



Brown, No. I, 4 



Family, 5 



Extra, 6 



SPICES. Cassia, in mats, 20 



Do. gaound, ..14 



Cloves, 30 



Ginger, pure 9 



Mace.r lb, ,...1,00 



Nulii'egs, best, 1,50 



Pimento, whole 12 



Do. ground, 14 



Pepper, whole, 9 



Do. ground, 10 



STSEL, Sweden, be.«t "J 



Sanderson, Brothers £l 



Co. cast steel, IS? 



Jessop Sc Son, do 17 



German, oest, ISJ 



Do. cowmitn, 10 



Coactl spring, best 91 



SUGARS. Brown Hava- 

 na, very best, 8 



Do. do. prime, 7} 



Do. do. fair, 7 



Double relin. E.ISI B. loaf.l I 



Do. do, crushed II 



Do. do. |»owdered ll^ 



Common loaf, 10 



Porto Rico, best, '. . . .8J 



Purified Muscovado do .. .61 



TAR, V> bbl 3,50 



TE.^S. Gunpowder, best 



quality, \^n, 75 



Imperial, do 80 



Hvs,>n, do 60 



Hyson Skin, do 30 



Young llvson, common, ..15 



Do. do. fair, 40 



Do. do. good, 45 



Do. do. iiest, .S5 



TOBACCO, common keg,.^U 



Good do ,,..ia 



Common box H 



Good do ..\0\ 



Honey Dew, do. best 18 



Cavendish -.'5 iff 374 



BltI(;iITON JttAIlKKT— MoNOAV, Juneaa. 



[Iteported for the Boston Trnvenci[ 

 At lii:irket 540 Beef Cattle, 12 yokes Working Oxen, 

 Cows and Calves, liOO Sheep and Lainhs, and alioul 

 atW.Swine. 



PititKs.— «ff/ Calllt—Finl qualitj' 97 23: second 



Sliol); tblill .(J);. 



U'oiAiH^' tijcn — S.ileo were made at gl'i, 80 a Pa. 



Caws and ('afecs— Sales at ^ly. il.'Jti, .'Wand il). 



NVf;*— S.iles of lots at $-. 'i 13. 2 73. and 3 jO to -I 7i. 



.<ipine—.\l wholesale .'iA lor Sown andCic for Rarrows. 

 At retail, G4 to 7 a 8c. " 



