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il[)t laxmtxs i\\o\\X[]\\) lUsitor. 



;;ii)ii.S ii'|i;iir liiMii!i>?iU uf uliite liiii)I(;rs, wlio 

 Iiiiiit liii" riiili.-isiein-c, siliil {iiip l'>r gain. Tliey 

 make lli'ii' vviiy in ciniii'iiiiies ot iiniii'd |i,irlm.'r- 

 sliilPS, ftltei! oiil, ii:- II kii.cl (■(■ ;,'m-iill:is. Soiiif- 

 liiiips a |iair of sAoni trierids limit Id^'ciIii.t. — 

 Tlu'ie aiv iiul a I't-u-, wlio ii'|iair alimi; lo llicse 

 foiilaiv ^Ii-i'ai!iS ami iMoiiiitaiiis. OmhnMV, «%a- 

 li.'i", iil.ci's.-iiy, anil itiipilile tm' lawless ami iiii- 

 luftidiiitil anil iirii>iiiiess«.-il loviiis;, coiislanl t-x- 

 (lo^nr-e ami il.iiiL'i'i-, llie alirtijlicti; m-eil ol" ri'lyiii;; 

 •iloiii; (i|)iMi ihi'ir mm iMTyonul slii'n;"lli ami le- 

 Muncf!', fii-an^ a very .«iiixii!ai- i-oiii|Miiinil nf ;.-■<- 

 toiiUlini^ i)iiii!kmss «l (it.i<-i|Hiiin,anil u n.-rkUr's 

 fiPiiriilinre in lln-irown |iio\»i>.-. We liini- siiii 

 mini' iliBM (me lniiii>-r ul iliis cast iiioiiralily al- 

 lai-lieil 111 a .•^iiliaiilf nf liiin.r aiul ilaiif;iT, iinii- 

 paieil Willi wliii-li Kt>!'iMM)ii Ciiis<>i.-'s .«ojiiniii 

 nil Ins i.-lami waybill a ini-i-t! |ia.<lnial ex|i>'iini('iit. 

 'I'lK'N lin iiisli Mil iin|iii-s.-m.- proi.T lliat llieif is lin 

 Minili^or lit"f inii-in^ii-ally .-o icinilsivf anil pain- 

 liil, Inn iiian may lierimni rti-nniilhil 1" it lij 

 liiiliii. A lonely hnnler, rasl n|n>M llif eli-inenis, 

 Willi liotliin;^' lint inaiiies anil uiouiiiains in 

 \ii'\v, «illioul lirca.l or sail, ami L-very lionr in 

 jf()|iar(ly ri'iin lieasl.^ anil sava;;i'r>, amiilsl sciMieiy 

 ami ilanyiTS, iliat wniilil nalinally Icml 1" laiM- 

 tlie lieail In Qui. Irn-liii;,' in mi iliviiiiiy, lint lii.s 

 kiiHu ami lii.H i^iiii. linililln:.' all Ins |>laiis iiir tiio 

 hiliniMin lii.* !i-a|is, n';;ai(liiiir llif fi>i)iste|i of man 

 iiii|niiilcil in tlie sand an nlijei-t ol' rali-iiluliii;.' 

 aii|)iKli4-n-iiiii, and alimisl ciinally dieadinsr llie 

 Hire id' til.- >\ liili! man and the savaiie, in sitiia- 

 lliiMS Iliiis liim ly and i!X|iiiskiI, liraves I lie lieat nf 

 fiiimiii-r ami llie ieesnt' winter, tiie L'rizzly liear, 

 and r.<liiiers nl' lii.s ii-.vn laee. ami l!ie savages, Inr 

 yeais. Wlieii lie li.is ri)lletied a sidlirienl nnm- 

 ii.-r 1)1' |iarks id' lie iver, he fills a linllow tree, 

 slides it into -oine iiiM iie'iiiiiain stream, and pad- 

 dles down llie ihnnsaml leai'iusv)!' llie iMissnnii, 

 and is seen Iin.-llni2 al"itil tin; sliecls nl' St. Louis, 

 til make lKn;:aiiis liir liis liir.-'. I'liertt nre very 

 riiiii|ile and iiliviiiii.- mai k<, liy wliieli to class these 

 |iaeUJ, aeeoidniL' In llieir (piality and vnlin'. The 

 more imrlhern I'le raii^re ot" the aiiimut, ihi; more 

 valiiahle is the I'nr; and in the same parallel, 

 those ih'il live in moihitaiii streams are more val- 

 n ihle, than t!io-e iImI live on pl.iins. 'I'he liahils 

 of this vidiiah t; and soeial .iiiimal are well known, 

 and are the same in this refjion, as elsewhere. — 

 The paeks are rated liy the i>oimil, ami pass in 

 inanv pi lees, as a sniistilnie lor inoiu-y. They 

 lire, in laet, the lireiilatma iii»-diiim of Caiiadiaii 

 iiml AlissiMiri liniiier.*, ro/i.'r#;(i/*s (/a 6o/j, ami many 

 Irilies ol' savages. Si. Louis is the ceiilie of the 

 fur traile in tliis vallev.— fi'i'n/. 



The '-WiiiTK iMiLLtsR." — A eorrespnmlent rif 

 the New Yoik Merenry says:— '-The While Mil- 

 ler, which leaves smdi a inidlilnde ol' e^'<;s. is 

 deemed therefore a jfieal atliioyanee. These in- 

 seels [.eiform the same serviee lor the Ants, that 

 llie Hens perform fur men, viz. supply them with 

 ej;L's for fo.id. The ants will take riire of tlieiMil- 

 lers' iL'L's, ami use them for their food ; and .as for 

 the iMiller, if lei iiloiie,lliey will die in a few days, 

 i and the aiils will Imry llieir ih ad Imdies. 

 I " The ant is, liy .smiie, eonsidered an armoy- 

 janee. The hon.se-wile will find these insects 

 ', make the liest of house servants. If a drop of i 

 eaiidle ;;i ease falls upon the eurpel, the ant "ill 

 remove every partii le of it wiilioiit iiijnrint; the 

 texinre of ihe elotli. 



"If a iiinii.se lia[ipens to die in the reilin^ of! 

 llie eiip-l)oinil, the aiii«ill remove llie earea.ss 

 and [irevent a nnisaiiee. j 



" .\!r. I5ri:;li.im, lit the last meelintf of the So- j 

 eiely of Nainial History of the Jiionklyn liisti- j 

 lute, made a report upon the means of prevent- i 

 ini' the rava^'es of worms on trees, hy windiiifr 

 nroimd the tnnik of the tree Coltou Bulling vS 

 the widih of three or four inches, and piilliiif; np 

 the I'ihresof the eolton so as to make a r.-t^ced 

 and ia:.':;ed smi'ace. The miller in crossing this 

 hecomes eiil.iiii;led. 'I'his is simple and easy, 

 and \onr correspondent, ' Shade,' will find il ef- 

 feeinal to jireserve Ins stiperahimdanl liiiia^e." 



cb.NCOUD. ^. H. JLXV 31, 1811. 



Our editorial am! ori^iiiiil ii.iilirr lids inoiilli 

 is more sparse than iisnal. With the mind more 

 vivid and not less enihiisiaslir than at otlit-r 

 linns — with uii exiilierame of ideas ready to he 

 thrown oft" hy the pen — the editor has not had 

 the siren;.'lli to write unl what the mind lias 

 meditated and arran;;ed. His health has been 

 most miser.ihle : and if it shall roniimie what it 

 I has liceii, he cannot prumise that the nnmliers ol 

 the Visitor necessary lo carry out the year shall 

 he any lieiter than those few nii'iiliers past. The 

 editor can read, and with his present sireii;;lli 

 will emitinne lo re.-td ; and he undertakes to s.i> 

 there is no heller selected reading! for the farmer 

 than his late iiiimlier.s liuve coiituineil. 



The W'atTK Ukab. — Gray, grizzly, or white 

 Iicar, wsns anttm.i. His ran^'e is on llie upper 

 courses of tie iMissonri, and its trilintaries, and 

 idoiiL' the hasps of the Koeky iMonntains. The 

 luowii hear, except under particular eirciimslaii- 

 i*es, does not liice man. Rut this terrilile animal, 

 .so liir from fearinjf orrtyinji", pursues him, liavin«r 

 less lear of him, than any other beast of prcv.— 

 Indian warriors, in llieir vamitiiiir \\arsoni.'S,w hi'd 

 they perfol 111 w hat i.s railed 'slrikiii:.' the post,' 

 or r,-itinir the bravery of their exploits, recoiml 

 liavinir slain one of iliese aliimals, as no mean j 

 evploi!, and, in la- t, as nut tn'erior to haviii^r sl.iiii 

 a liiiman enemy. It is one of the hir-rt-st and 

 slroniresl animals of prey, lnrin;;oiii of compari- 

 son larirer, lliaii llie broiMi hear. Lewis and 

 Clark L'ive the ilimeiisioiis of one, slain hy llieir 

 party towards t!ie soiircesof ihe .Missouri. It 

 measured round the head ihi>'e t'eel Hvtr inches; 

 round Ihe neck three feet chveii inches; len;;lli 

 eijrhi teel seven inches and a half: round the fore 

 W»ti one foot eleven inches; lenj.'lliof talons four 

 inches ami u half! The weight is sometimes 

 iiearlv thirteen hundred pounds. Like Ihe lion 

 and the lii'er on the Aliic.in deserts, he reiiins, 

 the feiiicimis ty nun of tln'se sniiiudes. The Crow 

 Indians and ihe Gios veyilres, u ho live in tin- raUL'e 

 *»!' this animal, have lo.-t many of their bravest 

 warriors by him. 'J'he while hunters are shy of 

 iillackn;; him, except in companies; and many 

 have been destroyed ill the attempt. The skin 

 of those in the more northern reiiions is very val- 

 uable, Il isr.iled in value from thirty lo fifty dol- 

 lars. Fortunately he is not very swift; as he iisn- 

 idly ramies in the liuiheied rejilons, and, unlike 

 ihe brown bear, iloes not climb, liiiiiters fly him 

 bv inoniiliii"; a lri.-e.— Flint. 



The Yas»ries of an iuvalid Editori 



(Coiiliiiued.) 

 Next day after this interview with Soldier 

 llayne.s, we took onr course in a different direc- 

 tion towards Canterbnry, to \isit in his linmhie 

 domicil a still older soldier in Ihe person of Saiit- 

 ml Jackmaii, who was y3 years old last March. 

 'I'lii* old L'entlnnan, a native of Hoscavven, was a 

 volunieer iiiidi r Ct.l. Slark at Hunker Hill. He 

 wasatCoMilc Hill, aflei w.inls IJ.urell's, now the 

 site of the Hiispilal lor the Insane, wiiliin the 

 limits of Chailestown, and there stood beside a 

 man shot in the bi-li\ by a rliance ;iiin liom a 

 lii ilisli 11 ijiale in Cluiiles river. He enlisted in 

 177() in the company of Capt. .loslina .\hhot of 

 mis town, and in the same year marched by way 

 of Cbamplain lo Smel and .Montreal in Canada. 

 He is u man ot small stature ami palms himsell 

 iiilich nil his ability, beiii;: able as he says In 

 jump a sillily si.\ leetandtinee ini'hes when he 

 was yotmi;. Ilislavuiite pnrsnit liiis been llie 

 limi:iii^ and keepiiu; of bees. He bad the 

 kiiowled:;e which always enabled him lo tell 

 how man) and how Ion;; swarms would come 

 iKuii Ihe paieni bite. He could ulw.i\s tccoj!- 

 nize the king bee (we suppo.se the (jiieen) from 

 the peculiar buzz which he now imitates. His 

 bee raising was a source of profit, havin;; kepi 

 thirty and foiiy swarms in a season. The old 

 gentleman lainents thai the failure of his eye- 

 sifilit no loii;;er pennils him lo do work. Ills 

 hnsine.ss now is to wind np ihe wooden clock 

 when il inns down: small of slaliire he rises in 

 Ids arm-chair apparently as old as be is liimseli; 

 Without assisiiii;; himself wiili his hands — 

 niounin a common chair willi the auilily of ii cat, 

 applies and luriis llie k^y ii'-oii the clock face. 

 His present wife, whom lie married while she 



had always been a single woinaii, 73 years of 

 ai;e, is an exeelleiit weaverof liincv eoverlilsiiml 

 earjieis, and solicits all ihe custom she can obtain 

 ill that line. She liveil Ion;.' in the liimily of onr 

 excollenl old friend, the late Joseph Cloliiili of 

 CanHrrhiiry. Her loom stands in the common 

 roiiin occupied by the ii;;ed pair — it is exireinely 

 simple ill its coiisli iiction, and was made by her 

 biisbtind after he was ei^rhly years of ajrc Two 

 years ajfo we visited these liooil people w In ii 

 lliey kept a cow, and the lady inslinctcd us how 

 she made excel!ent cluise in a Iiib, by layini; 

 and cm lii^ enrd upon curd daily iinlil the Inh 

 was •illed. She now told ns thai she kept no 

 cow, Irom ihedifficidiy of aiiemlin;; il in winier 

 ill her approaching; old at'c. .Around their lillle 

 cot was a neat ;:arden wiih the useful vei;eliihles 

 and a fliinrishiii!.' rye field. The pension of 

 some 5?P0 per aiiimm is mainly relied on tiir siip- 

 purl. 



A fonrlli call upon the tneii of ihe revolution 

 was the meeting in the street on Thursday, Jiiio! 

 27, of Friend Levi lliilchins, who will tie 8.") 

 years old in An;;nst of the present year. Ah 

 happy as a youii;; man of twenty-one, the vivaci- 

 ly and a<-livity of this old ^'enilemaii are worthy 

 Ihe alleiiiion of the (ihilosopher and the man 

 who, in this world, would live onl all his days. 

 At the ajre of thirteen years, as the oldest child, 

 he went with his father, the late Col. Gordon 

 llntcliins, lo Bimkerllill ill I77.'>; and iwo years 

 iil'lerwards he w.is ii soldier ill Col. Varnnm's 

 Massachiiselts re^'imeiit at Khode Island. The 

 liisi settlers in the westerly and central towns of 

 New Hampshire and in Vermont east of the 

 mountains — the liiriiiers who wetecood liversiii 

 almost every town — are fiimiliar with the eif:lit 

 day brass clocks mannliictnred tirmy, lorty and 

 fitly vears ai'O hy Levi and .Miel Huichiiis of this 

 town : they are not like the eriiiif; clocks 

 which we now have frnin Conneciicnt. Koih 

 these fientlemeii survive the most of the citizens 

 of their ajL'e. For several years the elder has 

 i-nliiv.iied with his ow n hands mainly a carrot 

 bed of some half acre, prodiicin;; on that alone 

 about three hundred bushels annually. Passin;;, 

 we saw this smooth carrot bed in a now spot in 

 sij;ht of the road: and we reirret lo be informed 

 that the usual cmi will not ihis year lie obiained, 

 Ihe seed haviiif; failed at tv\o Miccessive sowing's. 



[This nrlirle u-ill he rontiimed when llie Jeehle 

 hewth of the editor shnll perntil him to write il out.] 



The Best Rye. 



A fi ietid of the Ajrncnitiiral cause Iravellinj; 

 lluoii^jh the county ol Oxford, Maine, saw a fine 

 field of rye siandin-: iiprishl ahout six (t!et In 

 liei;;hl upon a level ; he made a seleciinn of .si v- 

 eral separate stalks all of which were nearly if 

 not quite seven feet in heiiihl and one of which 

 reached to the height of seven feet and three in- 

 ches. This sample, which ■;iew in the town of 

 Oiislield, he bronj;ht for exhihition at Hill's 

 ReadiiiL' room, where he found a cliisier ol sev- 

 en stalks from one seed, several of which weie 

 11 ore than six ll:et, Ihe lousiest measminir lull 

 seven feel. 'Hiis last cluster was taken at ran- 

 dom in a field of t^ix acres heloniriii^' to the edi- 

 tor of the Visitor, one mile from ihe head of llie 

 turnpike at the south end of the >lain street upon 

 the pilch pine plain. One year a^o hisl June 

 this field was covered principally with siiiall 

 pitch pine mill while birch trees, which were cut 

 dow II, titirnt upon llie •iroiind, and this fjioimd, 

 afterwards deeply ploii^bed with a heavy leiiui, 

 was sown wi|b rye at the rate of about one 

 bushel per acre early in the iiionth of Sepiemher 

 after twice harrowiiif;. The rye is now (.Inly 17) 

 reiipiui', and it is tlioii;;lil will averave from 

 2.5 lo 30 bushels to the acre. This land was pur- 

 chased two years npo at the price of ten dollars 

 the acre : enclosed alier takin;; ofl" the crop, tin i_v 

 dollars the acre would he refused for that pari of 

 it wliiili has been cnllivaled more than one 

 year. It is a pine plain willi a clay subsoil. 



Jo.seph Robinson, Esi)., has a lot adioiiiinp to 

 it tioidering directly upon Bow brook, ahnot 

 twenty acres of precisely similar land which he 

 purchased some half a dozen years avo, willi u 

 efowlli of wood upon il : this land he has clear- 

 ed, having raised successive lar<;e crops of ry, 

 corn, potatoes, oats, &c. irpoii less ihali one half 

 of the purchase, he last year cut in measiireil 

 weight iweiily-tw'o tons of Ihe l)est Knglisli hay ; 

 and this year'on a part of it he lias n coriifield 



