128 



(Sl]c Javma's iHout!)Ii) bisitor. 





hoy lilew oir; Imt he stuck on and reined in as 

 well iis Uf. c.oiilil. As tliey a|i|ii<)iiclied tlio li-iicc, 

 iliev veered oO', and round llie fit-Id they went. 

 It vvas a wonderful patent; our tarnwr Imd not 

 time to tliink and settle his tiiirul; wife, men and 

 all oidv turned tlieir head-' to I'olknv the honnd- 

 iii"- steed and Imujiding ralce. SliiUinu' a stump 

 the ralte went iii two; and tit* Uoy thinking no 

 <l()uht that there was sntHeient of the first experi- 

 ment, as the horse ranie round near the slahle, 

 reined him liirllie door, where he slopped; the 

 sweat liej;imiingto break ootot'him and hetrem- 

 lilinj rdl over. 



"The L'round is too rou^h Cor that thing, I ap- 

 jirehend," said tiie man \vho liad licen shaken 

 from till! Iiandles. "And the horse too hist,"' 

 said another. ".\nd is the boy hurt ?" said the 

 wife. "Not I, ina'aiii," said tin." hid, tm-niiijr his 

 ruddy face, as he sat with his trowsers worked 

 up nearly to his knee with his ride. " When you 

 want to rake airain, I am ready (or it." But the 

 new (iirmer now took the affiiir in a different 

 liijlit. He saw that on new, fevel jironnd, njioti 

 the western prairies, where there is neither 

 stump nor stone, hush or hiier, the liorse i-ake 

 niiijht answer; hut as his (iirrii was finite tineven, 

 he liad seen enotigh of it, and it was slowed 

 awav, in tlie corner, useless and forgotten. 



Nest came a horse scyilie; tint the moment 

 was gone hy — the result of the rake led him to 

 think, and no purchase was made. 



TliH iutroilnt-tion of an e.\periuiental, or rather 

 tasteful farmer into the country, is a matter that 

 excites notice in the whole neighborhood: such 

 persons have a laudable amiiiiion to excel. To 

 own the best cows, horses, pigs, fowls, &.C., ,ind 

 as they geue|-aHy want to purchase, it opens for 

 a time a sort of home market. The cows of- 

 fered were lialf or three tiuarters Durham — the 

 pigs pure Berkshires — the hoi-ses of the most 

 approved kin<ls; and as for the fowls, whose 

 ])rogeny were to he fattened upon the seeds of the 

 growing snn-flowers, they v.ere left to the lady 

 .•IS hehuiging to her department; and as herprel- 

 ere-ice had got wind, tlie little rogues who came 

 forward \vilh a hen for sale under each artn, 

 warranted them to be the true capon breed. 

 The f;u-ui \v,-is soon stocked, ami imderlhe man- 

 agement of its owner, who began to follow the 

 Jidviee of his laltorer.-, had a very creditable ap- 

 pe.-uance. 



Summer was soon past. Thn West Indian 

 and his wili? became tlivorites in the country. 

 When she met the Viashful little hoysaiid girls as 

 she walked abroad, she patted their rosy cheeks, 

 .•isked them their names, and invited them to 

 come ami pay liCi- a visit ; and wheji tliey did on 

 .•1 Haturilay afternoon, she gave l^ieni "c.-d^e and 

 lemon water" — i^layed upon the piano, and in- 

 (hiced them to dance to the music. 



Now "chtll Novendier hissnrlv Irjimj-et blew ;" 

 the never e.\h.-U!sted beanly of the chaiiging tiiit.s 

 of the forest leaves was pictured far ami near. 

 The birds were in flocks with their grown hrootis 

 — their voices UiUte, journeying 13 the soiuh lor 

 milder skies; iif.d when winter came vviib his 

 breath of power, the sturdy oak, like a deter- 

 mined giant, siiippL'd hare his liujlis to meet 

 liiur. 



I5v and bv the vi-,iers and stre'inis were cover- 

 ed with ice; ttie iui|iatienl school boys congre- 

 gateil upon it, and late in the eveidngf, in the 

 fiiild lighi of liie moon, could be heard, tiill of 

 mirth, gliding over the glassy sin-tiice. 'J'his was 

 all jieusive anil pleasant enough to onr experi- 

 mental farmer : he woulil sit iiy bis tire side — 

 play a rubber of hack gammon with his Hifc, 

 and iMiw and then visit or welcome a neighbor: 

 hilt time evidently wa.s hanging a liitle tn-avily ; 

 tlie honey moon was waning, as she is said to 

 do wnh those on wtioin the srcopd change comes 

 — someliiing sooner than .-a first. 



At last a SHOW storm came in earnest: two or 

 three previous falls had taken place since winter 

 came, but they oidy produced good sleighing, 

 and in double wadded wrapper.* he who bad 

 long been li stranger to a snow tirdie in his resi- 

 dence within the tropics, now beheld it fall (in- 

 tfiree days in succession. The iiirrn was more 

 than two miles from the frequented road, and 

 this cross road bad on each side, nearly the 

 whole distance, a stone wall or fence near- 

 ly hidden in smiuiier by the thick set barberiy 

 bushes. Tlii.-i, when the bushes were in l<)liage, 

 had won the admiration of tiiis liapjiy couple. 



when the grass was green and the birds peopled 

 them, and led to the determination to purchase 

 the farm. But how changed ! The snow was 

 now actually piled up between these fences; not 

 a mark was on the white snow, liir neither man 

 or lieast attempted the road. Social visiting too, 

 that resunrc-e at other times, was now cut ofi" 

 There was enough to do in making paths to the 

 harirs ami stables and about the dwellings witli- 

 oiit looking tiirlher for employment or pleasure. 

 "My dear," said he one evening, at the twi- 

 light hour of reffection, " this weather and this 

 climate will not answer for me. When I was a 

 I'oy I enjoyed it; 1 would buffet it, dive into the 

 snow and feel none the worse; hut I find that it 

 is now a different atTaii-. No longer a boy, 1 am 

 no longer able to bear the severity of this cli- 

 mate: had 1 remained here, doubtless it would 

 have lieeti otherwise, hut twenty odd years with- 

 out the sensation of cold, svhere under the shade 

 of the orange trees I longed to feel it, now it has 

 come it overpo«ei-s me. To tlie south then, 

 where these icy fetters ai-e taken oft", where the 

 spring come.s, let us go. I have had tny fill of 

 fiirniiiig here, and to the s'.inny south let ns go." 

 Tour lung weeks, four weeks of impatience 

 pas.sed away belijie the main road could be 

 reached. All this time the resolution of quitting 

 in the spring was cherished and confirmed ; and 

 at last when it arrived, the farm was sold, with 

 the improved land — the new buildings — stone 

 fences, stock anfl all, to the young man who had 

 fid;lit"ully served him as a hired man ; and at 

 ab;iiit the cost before the improvements were 

 made :uul the increased value given. He, with 

 tlie daughter of a neichboring farmer for a wife, 

 still resides lher«. Prosperous and happy, with 

 a growing family, no idle time or heavy hours, 

 utiether the lane is filled with snow or not^ali 

 agree that the West Indian proprietor made valu- 

 able and permanent im|)rovements, and the 

 neighbors rounil, all remember him with feelings 

 of satisliiction for bis generosity, and the ae- 

 con'i()lishmenis of his wife ; and each year they 

 raise a tew sun-flowers for the purpose of ("alien- 

 ing a spit of chickens a litth; better relished than 

 common, for a weihling or thanksgiving dinner. 

 Onr West Indian in due time went, it is believed, 

 to East Florida, where be .?till resided, on the 

 last intelligence — where he can eat the orange 

 from his garden and feel the sun whicli the habits 

 of more than twenty years formation had ren- 

 dered necessary to hrs comfort and happiness. 



Sk.vson'I.vg Post.s ,vnd TuiBER. — I'dsts slioufd ncTcr 

 be put in tlie ground in a giecn state, notwithstanding 

 they will last iiiiii^esl in wet ground. Constant wet from 

 water will not injure them, but tfve fermenlatinn of the 

 natural sap in the wood llastens decay. We ougiitalso to 

 name in connexion with this, the imporlanne of suif"ering 

 the sills of K house and other buildings to become dry 

 behtre they are used. It is trae we now set buildings 

 liigtier than we i'onnerlv' did, and we take smaller timber 

 for sills, and both these practices tend to ('ivor the dur.i- 

 bilily of" the timber — yet we are often obliged to put in 

 new sill.5, on account of tlie timber being used in an unfit 

 slate. A sliili of limber eight inches square, is better 

 fur -any budding, as a sill, than one twelve inches square. 

 — .V. y. Mschaiuc. 



THE MARKETS. 



BOSTON 3IARKET — Aug. 26, 1843. 



CO>'r rLii — Sales of 4€0 bags St. Domingo at 6c, 1 per 

 c uls. (J aius J 1200 do do, monliy t.iUen for export, at () a 

 GJc; 4 to 500 do Portp Cabello CJc ; 800 do Java, pan 

 Government, lOj a 11 c; SCO do St. Jago 7|c ; I'adaiig at 

 7c per lb, G mos. 



[■■fSH — S.des to some extent of Grand Bank Cod in 

 outporls, 2 3'2. and large UariK, here, f»u" the coiiiilry 

 trade, al 2 G7 ; Halle at 1 37 a 1 42, and Haddock 1 JO a 



1 62 per qil. Mackerel have v.-iried somewhat in prices 

 again this week, but clote at 3 jO a 5 7o for JN'o 3. and ,?S 

 for J\o2, and S'O Wo I, cash 



MOLASSluJ — Sales of a cargo Ha*an» soar, 20c, 4 

 and 6 mos; SCO hhds do, to go to I\ew York, 2Cc; 270 

 hhds Surin:im, half cweet, 2C^c, 3 off for cash. .Small 

 s'ales liliivaiia and JMatnnzas sweet, 24 a 2oc, 6 mos. 



S.ALT— Sale of a cargo Cadi-"., 1 37; 1000 hhds Liver- 

 pool, about 1 73 per lihd.G mos; a cargo 'i"urk's Island. 



2 19 per Ittid, cash. iSo sales ol sack, biit transactions ai 

 nactioil were at 1 40. cash. 



-SUU.VK— -Sales reach fully 2200 bojes Havana and 

 Trinidad brown Gl 7| a 8c, principally at 7^ ; a few whites, 

 choice, \C'\c ; 40 liiids JNew Orleans poor be j and St Jago 

 .Muscovado, 2d quality, 6|c per lb, 6 mos. 



WOOL — 'J'hc sales of dumesiic in the city are on the 

 increase, but ov\iiig to the manufacturers having su[ip!ied 

 themselves largely in the country, of late, the transac- 

 tions are inconsiderable as yet. 



FLOlift — Again the market is lower, and very dull. 



Genesee, good common brands, at 5 a 5 Go, and fancy at j 

 the usual difl'erence; Ohio prime g.^ a 5 12, and sour at 1 

 4 30 a 4 02; Michigan 4 87 a .?3 > Philadelphia 4 75 a 

 4 87 per bbl, cash Some little export demand has eased 

 the market of the following parcels of Southern — 100 

 bbls Georgetown, choice brands, 5 23 cash ; 1000 do Fred- 

 ericksburg, common, 53, cash ; 600 do do ** Kxtra Eagle," 

 ,iyG,4nios; 100 dj Corn Meal 2 75 per bbl, cash. The 

 market closes languid. 



GRAIIN — 'J'he market has improved a little — sales 

 Southern yellow flat Corn at 58 a .09c ; Western White 

 from vessel and store at 52 a 5.ic per bushel. Rye haa 

 improved, and Oats are selling at former prices. 



NEW YORK MARKET, Aug. 23. 



FLOLT. — Western, with a light demand, very dull; 

 common Genesee 4 87.^; Michigan 4 73; common to good 

 flat Ohio 4 75 a 4 8I4 round hoop for export, £5. South- 

 ern very dull, and sales effected with difficulty ; George- 

 town gS; live flour again a trifle lower; North River g3 

 a 3 124. closing at ,S3; Jersey 3 12^ a 3 23. 



(iRAIN — iNorthern Rye slightly declined. Corn firm, 

 and good prices well sustained. Sales white and yellow 

 Southern at 3 !■ a w3c ; Northern 37 a 38, measure. 



BRIGHTON MARKET— .MoNriAV, Aug. 21,1843. 

 [Reported for the Bo.-ton Dailv Advertiser.] 



At .Market 425 Beef Cattle, 50 Cows and Calves, 3300 

 Sheep, and 230 Swijic. 



Pricks — BetfCaiUe — Last week's prices were fiillv 

 sustained. Tw-o yoke were probably sold for someihing 

 more than our hig'hest quotations. A few estr.a ai4.SoTi 

 4,75; first quality, 4.25 a 4.50; second qualitv, 3,75 a 

 4,25; third quality. ,$3 a 3.50. 



Co!<i.» and Calves — We noticed sales at S12, S15, 

 §18.^22,25, and £27. 



l:\hefp — Dull. Smalt lots of Lambs, with a few old Sheep, 

 from ."vOc to 1 .30. Old sheep 1,75, $'2 and 2,25, 



Sivine. — Lots to peddle at 4|c tor So-.vs. and 5|c for 

 Barrows. At retail from 5 to 7e. 



