^\)t iarmcr'si jHoiitliltj bisitor. 



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lights on iilleness; tlie honor that belongs to toil. 

 To the end of lime, he hapi-iness tlio coiiipunion 

 of your hii^^y h(iinef,and the plough ever he found 

 in I'he hands of ils owner. (Loud cheers.) 



The tanner is iiide|ieiulent. Willi the ine- 

 clinnic luid manufacturer as his ullie-S he makes 

 our counliv safe as»i"st foreign foes, lor it be- 

 comes perfect hv its own resource.-. All Ameri- 

 ca, thanks to NJw York, is united in the bon<ls 

 of internal commerce; onr exchanges at home 

 exceed our foreign traffic; and were our ships 

 driven fom ilie ocean highways of the world, 

 America has become compeleni to sustain her- 

 self. She has less to fear from war than any na- 

 tion in the world. She may pursue her career 

 and vindicate her rights, and call forth all her 

 energies in couscioussecnrity. (Applause.) But 

 why do I say this? To foster a spirit of defi- 

 niice.' Far otherwise. Let us rejoice in our 

 strength, hut temper it with the gentleness and 

 spirit'of love for all mankind— a love that shall 

 perpetuate tramiuillity, and leave the lioundless 

 and rapidly increasing resources of the country 

 at lilierty for its further development. 



Florists of New York! imder the hands of 

 skill, shape yourselves into models of naval archi- 

 tecture, and go forth upon the seas to reconcile 

 inetiualilies of climate, and confirm the brother- 

 hood of nation?. American ideas shall travel on 

 your prows, and the genius of humanity guide 

 your helm; while we who remain at home will 

 water the tree of peace, so that its roots shall 

 strike to the very heart of the eailh. and iis 

 branches lower to the heavens; we will so nur- 

 ture anil proiict it, that its verdure shall be per- 

 ennial, thai no s[)irit of animosity shall ssvay its 

 branches, that not even a whisper of discoid shall 

 rustle in its topmost boughs. (Great ami entliii- 

 siastic applause.) 



One word more, and I have <lone. But .villi 

 that last word I am about to address, though but 

 ill imagination, the assembled people of New 

 York. It is a tale often repeated, that to do honor 

 to agriculture, the emperor of China is himself 

 Hccusioined, in ilie sjning time of every year, to 

 hold the plough and turn a furrow. Under our 

 republican inslilulions, far more is achieved. 

 The state itself include.-, and is in the greatest 

 measure conslituted by its (iirmeis. 'I'hey them- 

 selves are the kings ihat liohl ilie plough and 

 . drive the team every day in the year. (.Applause.) 

 'I'he whole connnonvvealth watches over the 

 farmer. This society performs its office as the 

 agent of the people. They are assembled at our 

 fiir, lo view with honest exiillaiion the products 

 of the farms and workshops, and single out this 

 ocj?nsion alone, on agricuhmal pursuits to award 

 public honors toexalied merit. It is right, there- 

 fore, to assume that the empire state iiselt is 

 present in your midst. .\nd has it occurred that 

 this great "commonneallli — the most numerous 

 I'cople ever imiled nude/ a popular I'orm of gov- 

 ernment—is emphaiically a cimimonweajlh of 

 the living r (lO to the old world, and \our daily 

 walk is over intacomb.«j your travel amojjg the 

 tombs. Here the livi-iig of the present (lay ont- 

 inmiber the rlead oi'alj llie geiieraiions since jonr 

 Jaiul was di.iriiveri.'d. All, all, w ho .-leep beii.-iith 

 the soil of Nesv York, are teuer in umuber ihaii 

 you who move above their graves. Look alimii 

 you and see what the men of the west have ac- 

 .complished. 



Coiicenlraie in your mind all that ihey have 

 iichieved — the beauty of iheir funis, llie length 

 and grandeur of their canals and railroads, the 

 rouinless fleets of ranal boats they have con- 

 slrncled; their ships that have visited every con- 

 tinent^, and discovered a new one; their towns 

 enlivening the public plains; their villages that 

 gem the valleys; the imperial ii agnificence of 

 their cities; and when \ou have collected all 

 these things in your thoughts, then hear ijje when 

 I say to yoii, that yoii of this living gener.ilioii as 

 yonoutnumber all ihe dead— are bound, before 

 your eyes ;ire sealed in death, to accomplish foi 

 New York more than has been accompjisheil for 

 New York thus far in all time. Well have you 

 taken the device on your banners; the sou as he 

 ttinerges gloriously above the horizon ami comes 

 rejoicing in the east; well have yon chosen your 

 inolto, ^^ Excelsior " npward-s, still upwards. — 

 Mighty cominotuvealih! lift up your heart; lei 

 your sun ascend with increasing splendor towards 

 its /eiiitli. Yon shall be a light lohuumniiy: a 

 joy le the nations — the glory of the world. 



Mr. Bancroft here closed one of the most mag- 

 nificent addres.scs it has ever been our fortune to 

 hear from the lips of any orator, and sat down 

 amidst deafening and prolonged cheers. 



A motion was then made, and unanimously 

 adojited, presenting the thanks of the society to 

 Mr. B. for his eloquent speech, and requesting a 

 copy of it for publii-alion.— A^. K Morn. J^ews. 



I-'or the F,irmer's Montlily Visitor. 

 Meteorological Journal kept at Concord 



BY A. CHANDIiER. 



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an teniperalure of the month, 64"^ 



Merrimack County Agricultural Society. 



The animal exliihliion of the Merrimack Conniy 

 Agricultural Society will be holdeii at Warner, 

 on Wednesilay undThiirsday, the 16th and 17tli 

 of October ne,\t. 



The following coinmitlees have been appointed 

 by the directors. 



The following will be the order of the d.iy : 



tVednesday. — At Oo'clock the cominiltees will 

 meet and proceed to the discharge of their duties 

 — at 'J I'. iM. the address will be delivered— im- 

 mediately alter, the report of the committee on 

 farms, crops and gardens will be made— choice 

 of officers for the ensuing year. 



Thursdaij—9 o'clock .\. M., the reports of the 

 cnmmiltee's will be read. At 11 o'clock A. .M., 

 the ploughing match will lake place, afier which 

 the society will transact all other business that 

 may come before them. 



JEREMIAH KIMBALL, Secretary. 



Sept. 90, 1844. 



COMMITTEES. 



0:1 vieivin^ Fiirms, Crops and Gardens.— Lfy'i 

 Barlkil, W.ainer: Joseph Bainaid, llopkintoii; 



On Horses. — Nathan Walker, Warner; Joseph 

 Swett, Aiidover; John Kilburn, Boscuwen ; Cal- 

 vin Gerrish, Jona. Elkins, Franklin. 



On Sheep. — Worcester Webster, Samuel Chad- 

 wick, Boscawen ; Josiali H. Philbrick, Sandhorn- 

 ton ; John Peverly, Canterbury ; Royal F. East- 

 man, Andover. 



On Swine.— H. B. Little, F. G. Coffin, Bosca- 

 wen ; Ezra Austin, Franklin ; James West, Bos- 

 cawen ; W. P. Cross, Northfield ; James George, 

 Warner. 



On Butler. — Franklin Pierce, Concord; Amoa 

 Cogswell, (Canterbury ; Win. .\l. Kimball, Peter 

 K.irid)all, Boscawen ; Jo.seph Robinson, Concord ; 

 Mi-.s. Pierce, iMrs. Cogswell, Mrs. Kimball, Mrs. 

 Kimball, 



0;i C/ieesc— Charles H. Peaslee, Setli East- 

 man, Concord ; John Greenough, Bo,.-cawcn ; — 

 John M. Hill, Concord; Jeremiah S. Thompson, 

 Saiidhornion ; Mrs. Eastman, Mrs. Greenough, 

 Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Tliom|ison. 



On.^eedlelf'orh.—W. E. Perkins, Hopkinton ; A. 

 M. Caverly, Loudon ; Samuel Coffin, Concord; 

 Thomas W. Palmer, Rev. J. M. Chick, Warner; 

 K. O. Peabody, Franklin; Joseph Gerrish, Bos- 

 cawen ; Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Caverly, Mrs. Palmer, 

 Mrs. Chick, Mrs. Coffin, Mrs. Peabody, Mrs. 

 Gerrish. 



On Full Cloths, Cassimeres and Sntinetls. — W. 

 H. Gage, Boscawen ; Stephen Pingrey, Salifbu 

 ry; Jeremiah Wilkins, Pembroke ; Warren Smith, 

 Northfield ; Samuel Sargent, Canterbury ; .Mrs. 

 Gage, Mrs. Pingrey, .Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Smith, 

 Mrs. Sargent. 



On Carpels and Hearth iJug-.?.— N. B. Baker, 

 Concord ; T. D. Robertson, W.uiier; Joseph H. 

 Coffin, Boscawen; S. W. Clough, Audover; — 

 Win. Hayes, Sandbornton ; Mrs. Baker, Mrs. 

 Robertson, Mrs. Coffin, Mrs. Clough, Mrs. Hayes. 

 On Blankets, Counterpanes and Coverlets. — An- 

 thony Colby, New Loudon; W. W. Estabrook, 

 Concord ; Stephen Kendrick, Franklin ; Robert 

 Lane, Snttoi! ; E:;o,-li Gerrish, Boscawen; Mrs. 

 Colby, Mr.s. Estabrook, Mrs. Kendrick, Mrs. 

 Lane, Mrs. GHrrish. 



On Z-i"n(n.— Moses G. Thomas, W. P. Hill, D. 

 S. Palmer, t.'oncord ; Benjaiiiiu Whipple, Dun- 

 barloii ; C.deb Merrill, Franklin; Mrs. Thomas, 

 Mr.-. Hill, Mr.s. Palmer, Mrs. Whipple, Mrs. 

 Morrill. 



0/1 Flannels. — Eilmiind Worili, Concord ; Ze- 

 nas Clement, Sandliornton ; G.W.Dow, Con- 

 cord; Jose|ili L. Couch, Boscawen; Albert C. 

 Ames, Canterbury ; Mrs. Worth, Mrs. Clemetit, 

 Mrs. Dow, Mrs. Conch, iMrs. Ames. 



On ffoolen aiid .Silk //o«.— Enos Hoit, North- 

 field ; Jonathan E. Lang, John F. Bro-,vii, Con- 

 cord ; Joseph Emerson, Hopkinton ; JaniHs Wil- 

 son, Pembroke ; Mrs. Hoit, Mrs. Lang, Mrs. 

 Brown, Mrs. Emerson, Mr.s. Wilson. 



On Seivinq: Silk, Twist and Silk Goods.— G. W. 

 Nesmilh, Franklin ; Alfred Gile, Northfield ; Jes- 

 se .Merrill, G. S. Tebbetts, F.aiikliii ; Mrs. Ne- 

 smith, Mr,.!. Gile, Mrs. Merrill, l\lrs. rehbetis. 

 On Boots, Shoes and Leather. — David Morrill, 



Joseph Pillsbmv an.l D. G. Kimball, Boscawen ; I Caiitei bury ; E. S.Cogswell, Bo,<caiveii; Hosea 

 \ S. l5iMck<-tt,'B:adfoid; Henry Binlev, Frank- | Fe<seuden, Renjamin Farnmn. Concord ; Enoch 

 iiii ; J. Peverly .liid N. B. B ikerj Concord, i Pillsbury. B.>sc,iwen ; L<;vi Barllelt, Warner. 



Oa' P'aii'^h'in : .Wi/t/i. — Enoch Little, Bosca- 



wen : Naih'l llolli- and G. \V. lirown, Concord ; 

 Eddy Fairlianks, Levi Barllelt, Warner. 



On If'urkini OrfH.— Abraham Brown, North- 

 field ; 0. F. kimball, lioscawen; Fisher Ames, 

 Caiiierburv; Hazeii Kimbrill, Hopkinton ; G. W. 

 Dow. Concord ; E. C. Badger, Warner. 



0/1 lici and three i/ear old Steers.— K. C. B idger, 

 Warner; Liitle Bnibank, Hiram Simpson, Bos- 

 cawen ; Jesse Kiiuball, Canterbury ; Sanmel 

 Moore, Loiiilon. 



On yearling Steers and Heifers.— h-Mic Virgin, 

 Concord: B. T. Kimball, Boscawen ; John 'I'av- 

 lor, Franklin; Reuben VVyman, Concord ; Labaii 

 Morrill, CaiiterlHirv: T. D. Kol)ert.-;oii, Warner. 



On /?it?/vi.— Hannibal Haines, Caiiterbniy ;— 

 Thoiiiad Liltlc, Boscawen; James Cochran, 

 NorlhlieJd ; Silas Call, Boscawen ; John Colby, 

 Franklin. 



On Mitch CoiPJ.— Levi IJirtletl, Warner; .Mna- 

 ham Burbank, Lftban M. Chadwick, Boscawen; 

 Slepjjen Moore, London ; Benj. W.dker, Bosca- 



we^.i. 



0/i two and three year old Heijers.—Moot\y A. 

 Pillsbury, Boscawen"; Chase Fowler, Hopkjnton : 

 Enoch C<iffiii, Biscawen; Andrew Tayh>r, Jo- 

 seph Whilupy. Oauierbnrv. 



0/1 nrtirlt-: (if specio' improvement. — H. H. (":ir- 

 roll, Harry Houston, Wm. P Hill, Concord ; Uev. 

 J. W. Perkins, (J. A. Pillsbmy, Levi Barllelt, 

 Warner; Jeremiah Kimball, Boscawen ; George 

 W. Nesmilh, Praiiklin. 



Committee ok Arrangf.me.nts. 



John A. Hardy, Daniel Locke, Leonard Eaton, 

 G. A. Pillsbmy, .Asa Coburn, Jason D. Watkins, 

 .■\sa Paltee. 



Marshals. 



( 'ol. T. D. Robertson, Daniel Locke, G. A. Pills- 

 buiy, Warner; Col. J. Stevens, Jr., Concord; — 

 Col. Coffin, Boscawen. 



Potatoes. 



There is no topic of conversation more com- 

 mon, or more interesting, at this lime, among 

 fanners, than the disease which seems to have 

 alTecteil the potatoe crop, in New-York, Ver- 

 moiil. New Hampshire, Conneciicut, and Massa- 

 chusetts. From Maine, we have not yet heard 

 any complaiiils. We give below extracts from 

 newspapers, from various seclions of the coun- 



"y:— , ... 



From all parts of this state, we hear similar 



i-omplaiiits. The loss in the south towns of this 



county has been very gre.it. 



iiid in Genesee and 



