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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



STANZAS. 



" Why are we, like children, unwilling to go to bed !" 

 Bishop Hall on "Death." 



"Tis ti-ue, most true, as children shrink away 

 From the quick-coming nurse at close of day, 

 So from our last cold pillow fain would we 

 Draw back a little space, if it might be. 

 Why are we thus reluctant ? Even as they 

 We dread the dark, we love the light of day. 



The child will linger by his mother's knee, 

 The parting hour has banished all his glee ; 

 That sweet, low song he longs again to hear. 

 To stay and watch the stars come, bright and 



clear ; 

 It likes him not to quit the cheerful light 

 For the thick clouds and phantom form of night. 



And even so to mother Earth we cling, 



When Death unfolds his dark and gloomy wing ; 



For she is bright with flowers, and glad with 



birds, 

 And musical with tones of kindly words : 

 While all her sorrows in their dire anay. 

 Seem now but shadows of a summer's day. 



But the cold hands which beckon us to sleep 



Unfold tvi'o worlds for meditation deep, 



Make us behold the folly and the sin 



That through long vanished ycHrs we gloried in< 



And bid us look upon a Judge, whose eye 



Is purer than to pass transgression by. 



Ti-ue, there is still one Sacrifice, one Rock, 

 One Shepherd watching o'er his weary flock ; 

 But faith is weak, the heart with terror swells 

 As memory wcaveth all its darkest spells : 

 Therefore, like frightened children, fain would we 

 Fly from our last rest, if it might be. 



Ellen C . 



PRICES CURRENT. 



[Corrected, March 29, for the Mojithly Journal of Agriculture.^ 



ASHES— Pots, 1st sort, '47-8 ^ 100 lb 5 



Pearls, 1st soil, '47-8 7 



BEESWAX— American Yellow — 



CANDLE!3— Mould, Tallow.. f 16... — 



Sperm - — 



CO'n'ON— From ^Ib.— 



COTTON BAGGING— Kentucky... — 



CORDAGE— American ^ 115. — 



DOMESTIC GOODS-Shhtings, ^ y. — 



Sheetings — 



FEATHERS — American, live — 



FLAX — American — 



FLOUR & MEAL— Genesee, pure, bbl. 6 

 Genesee, from Western Wheat . . 6 



Troy 6 



Oswego 6 



Michigan 6 



Ohio 6 



Brooklyn and New-Vork 6 



Brandy wine 6 



Georgetown 6 



Baltimore, Howard-street 6 



Richmond City Mills — 



Richmond Country 6 



Alexandria 6 



Fredericksburg and Petersburg . . 6 



Rye Flour 3 



Corn Meal, Westeni and State ... 2 



Com Meal, Jersey ~ 



GRAIN— Wheat, White.... %>■ bush. — 



WTieat, Red and mixed 1 



Rye, Northern — 



(/"om, Jer.sey and Northern y el — — 



Com, Southern, white — 



Com, Westeni, flat yellow — 



Oats, Noithcni — 



Oats, Jersey — 



HAY— North River in bales, ^100 ffi — 

 HEMP — American, dew-rotted.. tonl35 



" " water-rotted 1 60 



HOPS— 1847 — 



IRON— American Pig, No. 1 30 



" Common 28 



LIME— Tnomaston ^ bbl. — 



LUMBEli— Boards, N.R., f^TiI. ft. clr. 35 



Boardfi, Albany Pine ^pce. — 



Plank, Georgia Y. Pine. ^ M.ft... 27 

 ^9e8) 



75 ® 



50 ® 



22i®— 23.i 

 12 -©— 14 

 32 @— 33 

 6i@— 8.V 

 15.V@— 16 

 11 ®— 12 

 4d@— 9 

 6 @— 15 

 35 ®— ■ilh 



— ®— 9 



62S:® 



50 -S. 6 .56i 

 50 -g) 6 56i 

 50 ® 6 56i 



62it® 



50 ® 6 56i 



50 ® 



50 ® 



■XI k '3) C 50 

 37i® 



— @ 



3~i® 



37 j@ 



37A® 6 62.!- 

 62.V@ 3 8H- 



37i@ 



433® 2 50 



— ® 1 50 

 'iV.'w 1 42 



— ®— 75 

 52 ®— 53 

 54 ®— 56 



43 ®— 48 

 o8 @— 40 

 50 ®— (;2.V 

 — ®140 — 

 — ®190 — 

 6ia— 71 



— ®32 50 



— ®29 — 

 75 ®— 78 



— ® 40— 

 10 ®— 19 

 50 ®30 — 



Staves, White Oak, pipe, ^ M 



Staves, White Oak, hhd 



Staves, White Oak, bbl 



Staves, Red Oak, hhd 



Hoops 



Scantling, Eastern 



Scantling, Oak 



Timber, Oak ^ cubic foot 



Timber, White Pine 



Timber, Georgia Y'ellow Pine 



Shingles #' bunch 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 1st quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 3 feet, 2d quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 1st quality. 



Shingles, Cedar, 2 feet, 2d quality. 



Shingles, Cypress, 2 feet 



Shingles, Company 



NAILS— Wrought, 6d to 20d...f Iti. 



Cut 4d to 40d 



PLASTER PARIS- !>■ ton 



PROVISIONS— Beef, Mess, ■pbbl... 



Beef, Prime, 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, old 



Pork, Mess, Ohio, new 



Pork, Prime, Ohio, old 



Pork, Prime. Ohio, new 



Lard. Ohio, piime new ^ lb. 



Hams, Pickled 



Hams. Smoked 



Shouldci-s, Pickled 



Beef Hams in Pickle 



Beef, Smoked ^ lb. 



Butter, Orange County Dairy 



Butter, Westeni Dairy 



SEEDS— cio'ver, new.". .".'.'.'. .!^'ib. 



Timothy ^ tierce 



Flax, Rough, in bulk bush 



SOAP— New- York f lb. 



TALLOW — American Rendered . . . 

 TOBACCO— Virginia ® lb. 



Kentucky and Missouri 



V/OOL— Am. Saxony. Fleece,.^ lb. 



American Full Blood Merino 



American i and | Merino 



American Native and i Merino — 



Superfine, Pulled, Country 



