16 



&l)e .farmer's ittrnttljlrj lltsitor. 



The English Languagf. — It would be well if 

 Americans could renjjze, liotb at lionie and 

 abroad, the superior elevation and advantages oi 

 our country. Some Americans so far forget 

 themselves as to disparage their native land 

 abroad. But they ou^Iit to be aware of the Diet, 

 that both our country and language will bear 

 comparison with any on earth; It is an undoubt- 

 ed fact that we speak the English language a 

 "little better" than they do in England ; and it 

 is also a curious fact that the English', having no 

 standard author on English pronunciation— 

 (Walker was a Scotchman, and Sheridan an 

 Irishman)— are publishing a very splendid edi- 

 tion of Webster's Dictionary.— " .1 traveller's 

 thoughts in England," published in the "Indepen- 

 dent," January 85, 1849. 



Messrs. G. dc C. Merriain have received an or- 

 der from the city authorities of New York for 

 forty-seven copies of Webster's Quarto Diction- 

 ary, to be placed in forty-seven of the public 

 schools of the city, for the use of teachers and 

 pupils.— Springfield Republican. 



Could a copy of it he provided, as the perma- 

 nent property of every district school, the effect 

 woidd be deeply anil extensively felt, in the in- 

 creased skill of the teacher, ami the higher at- 

 tainments of his pupils.— William Russell, author 

 nf Lessons in Elocution, etc. clc, and Principal cf 

 the Merrimack (.Y. H.j School for Teachers. 



Passion Flower.— The New Haven Herald 

 gives the following interpretations of this curi- 

 ous and much admired flower : 



" The leaves resemble the spear that pierced 

 our Saviour's side ; the tendrils, the cords that 

 hound his hands, or the whips that scourged 

 him ; the ten petals, the Apostles— Judas having 

 betrayed, and Peter descried ; the pillars in the 

 Centre, the cross Or tree; the stamina, the 

 hammer; the styles, (he nails; the inner circle 

 around the centre pillar, the crown of thorns; 

 the radiance, the glory, the white, the flower, the 

 emblem of purity; and the blue the type of 

 heaven. On one species, the pasifiora alia, i veil 

 drops of blood are seen upon the cross or tree. 

 The Bower continues three days open, and then 

 disappears, thus denoting the resurrection." 



Happy or.o Farmer.— Said a venerable old 

 farmer of eighty years, to a relation on a visit to 

 him: "I have lived on this firm tor more than 

 half a century. I liuve no wish to he any richer 

 than 1 now am. I have worshipped the God of 

 iu\ fathers with the same people more than forty 

 years. During that period I have scarcer) ever 

 been absent from the sanctuary on the Sabbath, 

 and have never losi more than one communion 

 Benson. I have never been confined to a bed of 

 sickness for a single day. The blessings of God 

 have been richlj sliei I round me, and I have 

 made up rny mind long ago, thai if 1 wished to 

 be happier, I must have more religion than I 

 have at present.'' 



A GOOD BOOK COMING! 



COLE'S 

 AMERICAN FRUIT BOOK 



^J >\. COLE, Esq., Vulhnr nf the popular Work 

 CT» entitled "The n Veterinarian 'of which 



22,000 <- :b I ive uln dj been published has afiei 



years ol patient labor nnd i lo i investigation, completed 

 his great work, entitled 



COLE'S AMERICAN FRUIT BOOK: 



A work which we believe is destined t<i have a more 

 " ide ) i it ndud circulation than any similar Work, ovei 

 1 lore offerc d lo the American public. We beheve'so for 

 the follow ing rea 



First— Ii is a m nnd a practical one, one 



which Mr. Cole has iftnt lanj years of study and close 

 examination, and knowing the wants of the community 



has met those wants, in a plain, concise and familiar 

 manner, avoiding technicalities, nnd ultra scientific spe- 

 cifications anil definitions, useful only to the lew," he hits 

 made a work intelligible to nil. ll will bo emphatically 

 n book I'or 



FOR THE PEOPLE. 



Seconpi.y — It will have an unprecedented sale on ac- 

 count of its CHEAPNESS. It will make a volume of 288 

 closely printed pages. Illustrated with over one hundred 

 beautifully executed engravings, by Brown, and will be 

 sold for SO cents, firmly bound in leather, and CM cents 

 in fancy Cloth, with gill backs. It will contain lull di- 

 rections for Raisins,, Propagating and Managing fruit 

 Trees. Shrubs nnd Plants, with a description of I lie best 

 varieties of FRUIT, embracing several new and valuable 

 kinds; embellished with Engravings and Outlines of 

 FRUIT TRF.F.S, and various other designs. Emphati- 

 cally a 



BOOK FOR EVERYBODY. 

 As well fur the man who eats Fruit as for him who 

 raises it. 



This valuable work will be published early in February 



100 AGENTS, 



Active, intelligent and honest, are wanted to sell this 

 hook, in every State in the Union. A cash capital of 

 from g25 to ,^oO will be necessary. Address (post paid) 

 the publishers, 



JOHN P. JEWETT & CO., 



23 CORNII1I.L, BOSTON. 



05*" A rare chance for Agents to make money. 

 Boston, Dec. 31, 1848. . 3ms. 



• CALIFORNIA GOLD.' 



DISCOVRED BY 

 SIGNOR D'ALVEAItS GOLDOMETER! 



THE 



GOLD SEEKER'S GUIDF. ! 



OR 



Secret Art of finding Mines nf Gold. Silver, Iron, 

 Lead, Copper, Coal, and other Mineral Riches. 



rjjtUE FIRST DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN 



JL California was made by HOi\ JOSF. U'ALVF.AK, 

 an eminent Sp sh Geologist, Chemist, ami Natural Phi- 

 losopher, by means of a newly invented Magnetic instru- 

 ment, called 



The Goldometer, or Gold Seeker's Guide! 

 Signer IVAIvear has just arrived at New York, from 

 the Gold regions "f California, by way of Panama, Cha- 

 gres, and New Orleans, bringing *with him a very large 

 quantity of Cold roe. vnlued nl nearly one million of 

 Dollars, which he collected there, long before the exist* 

 ence "I the Gold mines became known to the residents 

 u\ Ualifoi ■ rail . 



History of the Discovery. 



Signnr D'Alvear went out lo California nearly two 

 years ago, in consequence of certain information which 

 he had received of the geological character ufth.u conn 

 try, with the firm beliel that vast mint's of precious met- 

 als would be revealed thpre, upon careful investigation 

 He was < ournged to this enterprise, also, hv his confi- 

 dence in the p'owers of a certain Magnetic instrument 

 winch he hot invented, called the "Goldometer," In 

 whose aid lie expected tn be directed at ones to ihc 

 " Gold Placnrs," it an) Mich existed. i\oi w*re his ex- 

 peci.iiiohs disappointed. His scientific calculation prov- 

 ed to be founded in truih and profound wild ami his 



new instrument, the '■ Goldometer," fulfilled las highest 

 hopes, In less than twp mouths after reaching Califor- 

 nia, he s'nick upon eiir el the richest gold mines in that 

 country, upon :m obscure branch ei the Sacramento nv 

 or, in a gorge ol hills extreiia ly rocky and difficult of ac 

 re-s, and seldom visited hv the native Californians. Dis- 

 guising his objeel under the pretence of purely scientific 

 research, he obtained the aid of some fifteen or twenty 

 simple and faithful Indians, and steadily pursued hi 

 collecting often more titan JgS,OUO worth of gold in a sin- 

 gle day, which he concealed in a deep ravine, wilhoul 

 exciting any suspicion whatever, until after the discovery 

 of gold a ('apt. Sutler's mill, when the mountains were 

 ransacked by gold seekers, and Signer D'Alvear's " g,,] u 



placer,' 1 tile richest in all California, wis hesel v>i[h 



greedy adventurers. Itis now found thai the real mines 



or soon, g of the gold, he in (he gorges ol" the mountains. 

 and not in the beds or sands of the rivers. Previous to 

 C lifornia, Signer D'Alvear sold Ins instrument, 

 the Goldometer. a verj imperfect one, for gS.OOO. The 

 person who purchased it confidently expected in make a 

 li .i d oiiie fortune, by simply finding " gold placers " and 

 Ming out the right of digging to the gold workers. 



.ilaniil'aelure of the Goldometer, and Publica- 

 tion of the Guide. 

 Si niir D'Alvear, in compliance with the request ofnu- 

 merous sc entific gentlemen, has commenci d ihe manu- 

 facture . , is ni ' Magnetic Instrument, the GOLDOM- 

 ETER, which he now nffere l>u sale, in the United 

 i the I-'- n irkabkj lot pi ice ol THREE 110!— 

 LARS each, accompanied by full instructions for use, 

 * ' of Philosophical hints drawn from the au- 



cs, or the 

 Art of finding Mines of Gold I 

 Silver. Platinum. Quicksilver, Coal. Ir..n. Cupper, Lend. 

 and other Mineral Riches, Ihc whole being given in a 

 publication called the 



Gold Seeker's Guide! 



This new work, and the GOLDOMETER, are both 

 now ready for sale. 



The GOLDOMETER is so simple an instrument, that 

 a chilli may learn to operale With it in five minutes. It is 

 not affected by climate, moisture, or any oilier known 

 cause, (except the natural magnet,) and will retain its 

 power of pointing out mineral riches in the earth lor any 

 number of years. By the aid of the Guide any person 

 may use the instrument at once with perfect success. 

 Farmers and Land Owners. 



Farmers and Land Owners throughout the United 

 States, who have reason to suspect the existence ol any 

 kind of Mineral riches upon their lands, should avail 

 themselves ol tins opportunity to test that fact, bv the 

 surest ol all known tests, betore the abundance of discov- 

 eries in all parts ol the cnuniry shall have lessened this 

 source of wealth in their estate. 



Adveuturers to California. 



Persons going to California cannot make a better in- 

 vestment than by purchasing one of these instruments, 

 which will not only be worth filly limes its value there, 

 to sell again, but will be of ineshm.ible worth to those 

 who go in search of Gold, as has been proved by the most 

 abundant experiment botli in California and the United 

 Slates. 



Testimonials. 



Signor D'Alvear does not cieem it nescessary lo en- 

 cumber this notice with a long list of testimonials, in 

 proof of the value of Ins GOLDOMETER, and GOLD 

 SEEKER'S GUIDE. The brilliant lesulis of Ins labors 

 in California, and the discovery, tins very week, ol Iresh 

 veins ei fluid in Virginia, and beds of Coal in Rhode 

 Island, hv its use. are alone sufficient to s'amp il as I lie 

 greatest d scovery ol iheage. Nothing but the extreme 

 cheapness of the instrument, and his desire lo see it used 

 t'ur the benefit of mankind induces him to dispose of it 

 at the low price fur winch he offers it Besides litis, his 

 own desire fur ivealih is nearlv satisfied. 



The following Testimonials, in proof of the value of 

 the Goldometer, Belecled from a great number equally 

 satisfactory, must suffice for ihe present: 



AsTOB llonsK. JNkw York, Dec. 21, 1848. 



The undersigned, having this day witnessed the practi- 

 cal operation of Signnr Jose DcAlvear's newly invented 

 magnetic instrument, the Goldometer, feel entirely 

 satisfied that it possesses ihe extraordinary power of de- 

 tecting Mineral ores hidden beneath the -surface nf the 

 earth,. and have no doubt lli.il it will prove an invaluable 

 aid in the discovery of the .Mineral resources of the Uni- 

 ted States and the world. 



.1. R DRAPER, .In . Chemist. 

 I,. S. TIERMANiN, Magnetic' 



Instrument Maker, 

 G. S DANA, Geologist. 



Lor. Avr.n .n«, Cami'ornia. Aug 18=13. 



This may certify that ihe undersigned is forty convin- 

 ced that Signer JoseDe Ai.vi. ir was the fir- 1 discover- 

 er of the Gold depusites of Culituru i, m i Uial ill 

 eovery was made by the aid of a Magnetic inolruin ni 

 called the t 0LD0METER, which I have seen successfully 

 applied to the discovery of veins of Gold ore. in place's 

 where nn indications el that Bubslance appeared upun the 

 surface <>f ihe enrth . 



T. W. SHERMAN, Lieut. 3J Artillery, U. S. A. 

 No Agents. 



In consequence of the difficulty nf finding faithful 

 agents, nad of preventing frauds, where articles nf this 

 n a lure are sent out for general safe, Signor D'Alvear has 

 determined lo BeN run ,- nf Ins works of Instruments un- 

 less ordered by letters sent directly to him, when the de- 

 sired publication, or instrument, « ol be forwarded under 

 his -i rnaiure ami seal, so that all doubt as lo its genuine- 

 iii - iii ,v he removed. 



0=BF.W.\!:i ■ : I L IMITATIONS of this Inslru. 

 ment which may hereafter an; --.u ihe secret of im- 



parling tin- Hold Detecting power is known to no person 

 w bail vi-i. < xcepl 'he nri; mal inventor. 



Tho GOLDOMETER nnd GOLD SEEKER'S GUIDE, 

 will both be sent hi mail, closely enveloped and s ill I, 

 and therefore, not subject to inspection by postmasters, 

 in ' te sum "i Three Dollars, seni posi-pai i i , >h,'- 

 NOS JOSE Dm ALA EAR, Box S13. N«# York Cily. 



The Instrument is very light, ami the Guide is | led nn 



linn paper — so thai the charge by mail or express, will be 

 very smnll to nny part of ihel niled States, The price 

 of the GOLD SEEKER'S GUIDE alone, is One Dol- 

 lar, sent as nbm -■ Vddress, 



SIGNOR .JOSK DeALVEAH, 



Box 2*13. Now York City. 



OFFICE fur Ihe sale III ihe GOLD SEEK 



Gl lilt: ,ml GOI iniMK'l ER, i\.> 38 Centre Street, 

 New York City, where visiters may se i sevei iJ >■ i-ks of' 

 California Gold, in ihe rough state, ns extracted bv Sig- 

 nor D'Alvear from ihe Sacramento Mines, aiid also wit- 

 : lie operation of (he GOLDOMETER, when held 

 within tie- in ignetic influence of the precious metel, and 

 ihe unerring manner in which u indicates the presence 

 of th it and otbi r metal ' -nces. 



NOTICE TO INGIIAFTERS. 



THE subscriber, a member of the Shaker Society, be- 

 ing engaged in ihe Nursery business, is prepared to 



-||; tl - tl vho in be in want ui SCII INS of ihe 



- ' Fall -ind '.Vim ; Ippl is in I irge ni small nn mil- 

 lies, vie: Baldwin. Shaker Pippin, Blue Pearmain, Early 

 Seek-nct-further, Early Shropshire, Early Sweet v ce 

 Apple, lull Harvest. English Russet, Lebanon '-uie, 

 DanversSweet, Fl 'I Swi at, Nqdhead,, Porter, R. 1. Green- 

 ing and Garden Apple. 



HF.NDRICK ROBI\SO.N. 

 Enfield, N. H., Jan , 1849 



