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^l)£ iarmer's illontl)li3 Visitor. 



brave Lnvewell, may be found in Belknap's History of 

 jNew Hiiinpslure. 



At Conway Corner is an excellent hotel, called the 

 *' fKQ,UA\VKKT HoL'SE,'' where no intvfxicating liquors 

 are to be found, although tiic appointments of " mine 

 host" are not surpassed by any other house in the vicini- 

 ty. Good hotels and public houses are worlliy oi' con- 

 sideration, parlicularly to travellers after a fatiguing day's 

 journey ; and wo have, in the progress of this sketch, en- 

 dLavored to give all such as we became acquainted with, 

 a passing notice. Stopping at Conway over Wednesday 

 nicht and into the forenoon ot the following day, we had 

 a good opportunity to experience the hospitality to be 

 found at the Pequawket Hfiuse, as well as lliri politeness 

 of friends, residing near by, with whuin we had niyde a 

 casual hut pleas;intacqiiaintance while at the mountains. 



From Conway to Centre Harbor is 32 miles. Leaving 

 the former place, we walked to Eaton, six miles. Wish- 

 ing to reach Centre Harbor the same evening, and having 

 commenced our journey too late in the day tt> acconiplisii 

 the whole distance on foot, after an hour's delay, we 

 procured of a friend, a horse, wajjon and boy to accelerate 

 our motions. With these, at To'ciock H. M. we pro- 

 ceeded, having been premonished by the owner of the 

 horse that tlle beast, although of very respcctahle apjjear- 

 ance, was not remarkable for his swiftness, and that we 

 were at liberty to make u^e of the conveyance as long as 

 we pleased, taking care to send back the horse, wagou 

 and juvenile coachman sufficiently early to admit of their 

 reaching home the aairre night. We succeeded in ad- 

 vancing at a rate of speed, varying between two and four 

 miles per hour, until wc had accomplished eight or iiin^ 

 miles ; wlien, recollecting the advice given us on setting 

 out, we wheeled our equipage to the *' right about," and 

 once more betook us to our feet, admonishing our driver 

 not to humor his beast going home by the application of 

 the whip-l.ish, since we had by observation made up our 

 minds that the aloresaid implement was looked upon by 

 the snail-like quadruped as a very agreeable recreation, 

 rather than as an annoyance. 



Passing along the shores of the Si.x Mile Pond through 

 Wcs*. Ossipee, and up the Bear Cainp river, we had Ossi- 

 pee mountain close on our left, east of which lies Ossipee 

 Lake. To the norlh may be seen Pequawket, Corv^ay 

 j:eik and Whitefaee, fourteen or hfteen miles distant. \ 

 view of these mountains may be had in passing from Con- 

 way to Meredith Bridi^e nearly the whole distance. West 

 of the town of Ossipee is Sandvvich. 'Our road lay 

 through the south-easiern part of this town, and we left 

 the two villages in Sandvvich to the north-west. Arriving 

 on the height of land, at this point we had a partial but 

 tine view of Winnipisseogee Lake, its numerous islands, 

 Bnd Red Hill near its north-western shore. From Red 

 Hill may be obtained one of the most delightful prospects, 

 it is said, to be found in the United States. It embraces 

 the whole of the lake, thirty miles in extent, chequered 

 by 366 islands, large and small, on which are some of the 

 most productive farms in the State. At its south-western 

 extremity are the Gunstock mountains in Gilldrd. The 

 prospect from Red Hill also comprises all the mountains 

 at the north, besides numeious lakes, ponds, mountains, 

 hills and viU.iges in almost every direction. The appear- 

 ance of the lake from its summit at sunrise is surpassingly 

 beautiful and grand, and is thought by many to excel Lake 

 George or any similar sheet of water in the United States. 



'Passing at the fool^.f Red Hill, throuj'h a plea=:int vil- 

 lage in Moultoiiborough and by many excellent farms, 

 three or four miles more, by stage, brought us to Centre 

 Harbor at a ratiier latn hour in the evening. Here is an- 

 other excellent temperance hotel, three stories high, 

 called the Senteu Housk. kept by John Cue, Esq., sit- 

 uated ten or fiileen rods from the shore of a delightful 

 cove or bay in the lake. In the intervening space, Mr. 

 Coe has laid out a Sue garden, with the ground slightly 

 descending, at the font oC which is a convenient bathinff- 

 house, a wharf, anil sail-boat well Hlled up for the ,accoi-j- 

 rniidation of sportsmen and those wishing to take a sail 

 on the lake. \ great many visitors from the (jities fre- 

 quent Centre Harbor .-.nd stop with Mr. Coe during the 

 6ummer season, on their way to the mountains. The as- 

 cent of Red Hill is usually m.ade from here, and good 

 horses and I'.arriages may be obtained for the purpoaeat 

 any tinje. "i'he landlord of the Se:ite': House is a farmer, 

 having very much improved the land in his immediate 

 vicinity', from which he raises the best of crops ; keeps 

 cows enough to make his own butter and cheese, which 

 are of the best quality. Mr. C. also infor,aied us that he 

 cultivates a tract of land on Long Island (we think it was) 

 in the lake, from which he raises corn equal to the cele- 

 brated ■■• Brown corn." The land on these islands is 

 probably better for raising corn than most any other land 

 in the State; perhaps in consequence of the absence of 

 unseasonable frnsts which are prevented by the moisture 

 arising from the water,^^ 



Mr. Coe also sVoweP us an extensive "cocoonery," 

 containing upwards of 4000 silk worms— some of them 

 still fei^inc: upon ihe mulberry leaf, and others busily at 

 work enveloping themselves in the cocoons, from which, 

 after having been heated in an oven to destioy the v/oims, 

 the silk is spun out by means of a commim spinning- 

 wheel. The whole process to those, who. like ourself, 

 have never before ooscrved the worms while lecoing and 

 v,(hen at w 'rk, would prove intei-esting. Four thousand 

 silk worms, in devouring their breakfasts, made almost as 

 much ?l0J3e and ado, in masticating their food, as would 

 a respectably large fiock of sheep. This cocoonery was 

 under the superinlendance of a dau'ihter "f Mr. Coe. 

 who appeared to be well acquainted wiih the business, 

 and who favored us v/ith a couple of skeins of sewing- 

 silk, equal. (-18 we are told by such industrious ladies of 

 our acquaintance as make use of the article,) to the best 

 of Italian mrinufacture. 



Friday, July 21, we resumed our journey homeward at 

 U o'clock A. M. Four miles and a half brought us to 

 .Meredith Village. Since our visit bcie, six years ago, the 



business of the place and number of houses and places for 

 public worship seemed to have nearly doubled. This 

 fact speaks well for the intelligence, indusiry and enter- 

 prise of its inhabitants ; among whom, as well as among 

 the citizens of Meredith generally, we can number a by 

 no means insigniiicant number of prompt-paying patrons. 



The villages at Meredith Village and Meredith Bridge 

 have recently been rendered conspicuous in the temper- 

 ance cause. j\o ardent spirits are sold in any of the 

 public-houses, most of whose keepers have voluntarily 

 ceased selling, and the traffic would be entirelv banished 

 Irom the town were it not that intoxicating liquors are oc- 

 casionally smuggled within its limits from Concord. — 

 What a shame and disgrace is this to the capital of the 

 State I Frequently upon our journey, when speaking in 

 regard to the remarkable iniproveiiient in the appearance 

 ol the people, farms, dwelling-houses, and every tiling 

 else made by the substitution of temperance for drunken- 

 ness, we liilt ashamed of our native town — the capital of 

 our noble little State — to hear it remarked, " //' your 

 Concord/olkn would stop selling liquor, there would be 

 acurcely u drop used in the wliolc northern section of ihe 

 ^Utte.'' As the case now stands, we did not enter a single 

 public house on our way home from Conway where we 

 could detect the presence of aloholic drinks in any shape. 

 All of these houses — sfune ten or a dozen in number — ap- 

 pealed to be well kept ; no bar-room loafers, no cursing 

 and swearing ; the landlords good-natured and accommo- 

 dating — good tables, rooms and beds, with every thing 

 neat and in order. The bars of most of them were furn- 

 ished with a sufficiency of temperance drinks — thereby 

 preventing all chance of the traveller's dying of thirst, 

 and the probability of his over-eating himself and com- 

 ing to an untimely end through a surfeit of good things 

 decidedly preponderated over the possibility of his starv- 

 ing to death. 



From Meredith V^illage to Meredith Bridge, travelling 

 south, is nine miles, over a hilly road, and by some of the 

 best farms between Conw.ay and Cimcord. 'I'his. the gen- 

 eral appearance of well-constructed houses, capacious 

 barns, and neat oat buildings, would have indicated had 

 tne ncighDuring fields with their abundant crops not made 

 the fact already evident to the wayfarer. Passing up a high 

 and steep lull over a mile in length, we could see Mount 

 Washington and its neighboring heights, from which we 

 had travelled SO miles ; the distance, however, could not 

 have exceeded 60 xniles in a direct line from the place 

 where we stood. Mount Washington may here be recog- 

 nized by the height, distance, and its peculiar appearance 

 on the souihern side produced by the rushing of torrents 

 down the mouiiiain when the snows melt away , forming 

 numerouu ravines or chasms on the surface of the moun- 

 tain, which present, at a distance, a yellow, sandy appear- 

 ance similar to the dry bed of a small stream. 



The villages of Meredith Bridge and Gilford, separated 

 from each other only by a narrow bridge, and having a 

 continuous street through the centre ot each, are two of 

 the most thriving manufacturing places in the Stale. 

 They have sprung up within a lew years bv magic, as it 

 were, and contain jiunieruus small manulacluriiig estab- 

 lishments, mills, stores, two or three handsome meeting- 

 houses, three or four hotels, and a large number of nett 

 and well-painted dwelling houses. Taking supper at the 

 WiNSipibSEOGEE CoFFEE HousF.— Well kept and tinely 

 shaded by ornamental trees — we continued our walk af- 

 terwards, in the ■' cool of the evening." as far as Fellow's 

 Mills, in the north-western part of Gilmanton. Here is 

 a cotton mill of bri^cik, a meeting-house, two or three 

 stores and quite a number of neat dwelling-houses, all of 

 which have '' swarmed" within the last ten years. 



Stopping at Fellow's Mills over night, we entered upon 

 our last day's journey homeward, and completed the final 

 ruin of two pairs of what were (when we left home) very 

 decent calfskin boots, (although they had then seen their 

 best days,) on Saturday, July~i2, having walked, in all, 

 160 miles, and been absent' from home 1 1 days. From 

 the hill just south of Fellow's Mills we could see for the 

 last time, the Sandwich mountains, and still beyond — as 

 we thought — Mount Washington. Wishing t!ie latter a 

 '' gf5od morning," we will not describe too particularly our 

 fatiguing walk home, (nineteen miles.) under a burning 

 sun and over a sandy road; lest the reader, already fa- 

 tigued perhaps by a detailed and. (possibly, to those who 

 have never travelled to the mountains.) tiresome account 

 of our peregrinations, should -'take French leave" of iis 

 before we shall have said to them — " good evening"!" 



A NEW Churn. — It liaviii;; liueii foitiid by ex- 

 periment, Ilint llie greutest qiiaiility of tlie finest 

 quality (if Ijiittei- is olilaiiied finni crearn at a 

 iiiei.ii teni|ieratiire of SS'' Ftiieniieit, Mr. Daviil 

 Kilcliie, of EdiiibiM-gli, lias made a cliurn uliicli 

 seems well (•aloiilated to ncconiplisli the object 

 of keeping tiie temperature of tlie cream at the 

 desired jioint. It consists of one cylinder placed 

 concentric wiiliin i another, so thai water, either 

 cold or hof, as the case may require, may he put 

 into the oilier cvlindcr. 



The VVtATHiiR. — The jnesent snnmier Ims, so 

 far, been all lliat ilie liiisbandmun could desire, 

 a dry June ; a hot July, wilh moisture enoiif:!! 

 from tlie clouds to assist vesetation ; and no 

 fiiists of wind or floods of rain carrying destruc- 

 tion in their train. It is true wcsiifti;r corporeal- 

 ly from the heat, wiih a lemperalure averaijinij 

 90 to 'J4 ; but then, what a comliiit it is to reflect, 

 that while we are suffeiing the coi'n is growing! 

 — .Vorfolk Herald. 



Hen's Eggs — A correspondent of the Farm- 

 er's Cabinet, states that in often repeated trmis 

 he fomid that the eggs which approached nearest 

 10 ronndne.ss always produced females, wliile 

 those which were pointed at one end always pro- 

 duced males. Tliis ie a fact of some iraportance 

 to those who rear chickens for market, who pre- 

 fer males on account of tiieir larger size. 



Tall Rye. — Vegetation has thriven rapidly in 



the last few weeks, as one sample we have' be- 

 fore iis, a stalk of spring Rye, from the farm of 

 i\Ir. Asa Libhey, in East Eliot, measuring seven 

 feet in length, will show. It was taken iiom an 

 acre, the average height of wliich is about six 

 feet. — Portsmouth Journal. 



05^ We have received " Lectures on the 

 A[)plication of Chemistry and Geology to Agri- 

 culture. By J. T. W. Johnston. Part 111. On 

 the Improvement of the soil by Jlechanical and 

 Chemical Means.'' New York : D. K. Minor. — 

 But too late to notice in this number. 



THE MARKETS. 



From the j\ E. Farmer. 

 WHQLESALK PRICES CURREJiT. 



Corrected with great care, weekly. 



GR.MjX. — Duty, Corn, Rye and Beans, free; Barley 

 20 per cent. ; Oats 20 per cent. 



Throughout the week the market has been exceedingly 

 dull, and prices barely supported. 



COKIN.— iNorthern, old, bushel 00 to Gl — Southern, 

 round yellow^, old, oo a 5y — Southern flat yellow, new, 37 

 a 58 — do. do. while. 53 a 00 — do. i\ew Orleans, 50 a 52 — 

 Barley, 0(1 a 00— Rye, iNorthern, 00 a 70— do. Southern. 

 CO a 62— Oats, Southern, 00 a 00— INorthern do. %9 a Si- 

 Beans, per bushel, I.OO a l,i52 — Shorts, per douhlebushel, 

 23 3 25— Bran. 15 a 18. 



FLOUR. — There was a gradual decline in the market 

 until the close, when a better demand exhibited itself, 

 and simie little advance was realized in prices. 



Baltimore, Howard street, 4 mos. cr., ^5.50 a 5,75 — 

 Fredericksburg, low land, 4 mos.. JJ5,62 a 5,75 — Genesee, 

 common, cash, ^5,12 a 5,37 — do. fancy brands 5,37 a 5.50 

 —New Orleans, cash. 5,00 a 5,12— Rye, 3,75 a 4,00. 



PROVISION'S. — The transactionsduring the past week 

 have not been to any great extent; Beef is more firm, 

 and some small lots have realized a slight advance ; Pork 

 IS unchanged in price. 



WOOL. — Duty. The value, whereof at the place of 

 exportation shall not exceed 7 els. per pound, free. All 

 whereof the value exceeds 7 cts. per pound, 30 per ct. ad. 

 val. and 3 cts. per pound. 



The transactions in this article in market have beeo. 

 very limited in e;(tent, since the new clip was taken off, 

 but in the country there has been an animated demand, 

 and an unusually large quanutv of fleeces have been sold, 

 and in some cases a very considerable advance on the 

 prices of last year has been realized. Pulled wool is 

 scarce and prices have considerably advanced. There is 

 a steady demand for coarse foreign, and the stock is grad- 

 ually diminishing. 



Prime or Saxonv Fleeces, washed, lb. 37 a 40 c — Amer- 

 ican full blood do.' 33 a 3.a— do. 3-4 do. 32 a 00 — do. 1-2 

 do. 29 a 3'J — 1-4 and common do. 25 a 27 — Smyrna Sheep, 

 washed, 20 a 23 — do. unwashed, 10 a 13 — Bengasi do. 8 

 a 10 — Saxony, clean, 00 — Buenos .\yres, unpicked, 7 a 10 

 — do. do. picked. 12 a 16 — Superhue iSorthern pulled 

 lamb. 28 a o2— No. 1 do. do. do. 25 a 27— No. 2 do. do. 

 do. 19 a 22— No. 3 do. do. do. 12 a 15. 



HOPS.— Duty 20 per cent. 



The last crop is nearly all disposed of — only about 30 

 to 40 bales rem liii, which are selling by the bale at 15 a 

 20c per lb. The growing crop looks well. 



CHEliSF.. — Shipping and 4 meal, 4 to 6c. — .Nov., 6 to 



EGGS.— 11 a 12. 



Baltimore JMarket, July 26, 1S43. 



[Reported for the Baltimore Clipper.] 



CATTLE.— About 100 head of Beef Cattle only were 

 oflered at the scales yeslerday, and all disposed cf, at an 

 advance over last week's rales. The prices ranged from 

 gi 124 for inferior to ^$2624 per 100 lbs. for prime quality 

 on the hoof, equal ta, ,S425afi5 net. Live Hogs are 

 selling at ji'3S7.v a J^4. 



FLOUR. — 'i'iiere is but a limittcd demand for Howard 

 street. \ few sales fiorn sioi-es have been made of fresh ■ 

 ground, good mixed standard brands, at ,§5, at which price 

 it is held. We quote the receipt price at gi Sl^. Ciiy ' 

 Mills, of new wheat, is firm at'^oSO, though we have 

 not been advised of any transactions at that rate. Sales 

 of Susquehanna have been effected at S3, and of Rye 

 Flour at g3. ^ 



C;RAI1N. — The new crop of Maryland and Virginia 

 Wheat is beginning to arrive, and has caused a cousider- 

 able decline in prices, and we now quote prime Md. 

 Wheat ,gl 00 a gl 05 ; inferior 90a 97. A sale of a cargo 

 of Penn. prime has been made at gl 10, and another to- 

 day at glO.ja gl 06. Maryland Corn is selling at 32 a 

 33 cts. for white, and 34 a 55 for yellow. Oats 25 cents. 

 Md. Rye 53 a 5.i cents. 



