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$l)c Janitor's iUontl)lB fabttot^ 



That in this place through him I may protected be : 

 And for jour care, k.nd mother, which I have ever shared. 

 My little heart shall tender goodness in days ahead. 

 I'm happy and contented, as a little boy could be, 

 And kindly led and clothed, as you perhaps may see. 



Henry Campbell. 

 I know I'm small and very young, and need parental care, 

 And kindest friends 1 am among who Teed with pleasant 



fare, 

 They leach me to be very good wherever I may be, 

 And tell tha. there is a God who all my works can see 

 O! what kind friends, such pains to take with little liny 



ones 

 And always labor for their sake, that they may good be- 

 come. 

 1 love my friends, and always shall— I'll be a pretty child. 

 Be always ready at their call, be simple, meek and mild. 



My age is now Tour years, and when four and ten, 



If you should again call this way, 



1 hope you will iind me as gentle, as when 



1 tell you the joys of today : 



A friend to mankind and a lover of Cod, 



A generous, kind-hearted brother, 



A preacher by works of his most sacred word 



If chancing to meet me hereafter. 



Another of the Whitcher family we remember 

 to have seen several years ago in a sister w ho 

 took charge of the dairy. She seemed then to 

 claim precedence at Canterbury on account of 

 the soil of the first family's farm being the prop- 

 erly of her father. The number of cows kept 

 at the first family in the summer season of milk- 

 ing is generally forly. Ichabod Whitcher now 

 lias charge of the cattle: with him we bargained 

 for the purchase of a heifer calf, whose mother 

 during the last summer had given the milk which 

 made fourteen pounds of butter in each week. 

 Under the management of young Whitcher, the 

 Shakers have greatly improved their cows in a 

 mixture of the native with what he calls the Bul- 

 luck, the Durham and the English breed. The 

 heifer we have in possession, and now only a 

 year old, is a fine specimen of a cow. Although 

 we gave lor ihe calf the high price of fifteen 

 dollars, we should be loath to part with her for 

 twice that sum. 



Supplied by a stream entirely artificial brought 

 down from some of the highest grounds in the 

 county of Merrimack, the Shakers, at an expense 

 of about $10,000, erected the best flour mill in 

 the county several years ago. 



Upon this artificial stream there are seven wa- 

 ter falls embracing as many mill privileges. The 

 first use of ihe falls further up is by Ihe tipper 

 or third family with the motive power for manu- 

 facturing rakes, wheels, tubs, and for sawing 

 wood. The first family upon ibis stream have 

 abundance of water for six mills— first a mill for 

 threshing grain and grinding bark for tanning — 

 then a clothing mill, at which power looms for 

 weaving flannels have been introduced — ihen a 

 variety shop for turning iron and wood, making 

 large wood screws, &c. — then the saw and grist 

 mill, with bur stones for manufacturing the best 

 flour; a mill fur sawing, planing and splitting 

 boards. Next downward is a mill for sawing 

 fire wood; and next a mill for carding and spin- 

 ning, turning iron, grinding medicine, roots and 

 bark, &c. 



The visiting company was grandly entertained 

 at the office, sleeping in beds covered with an 

 outside counterpane of home-manufacture and 

 w^th blankets softer ihan silk. In all their rooms 

 there is a ventilator carrying off the disagreeable 

 smoke from caudles or lamps. The sisters all 

 dressing alike and walking generally with the 

 same gait", few of them look old: the most of 

 them live to a great age, proving that an active 



life conduces to health. The floor of the dining 



hall of Ihe office stained with yellow covering, 



was clean enough to be eaten from any part. 



Our attendant, Philenda Winer, a sister who had 



been here twenty-one years and now thirty years 



of age, seemed like a girl of twenty. Not so 



much for its poetry as for its sentiment do we 



copy the verses which we found in the eating 



room whose table furnished for us the most 



palatable and perfectly cooked meats, bread and 



vegetables : 



TABLE MONITOR. 



Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be 

 lout. — Christ. 



Here Ihen is the pattern 



Which Jesus lias set; 

 And his good example 



We cannot forget : 

 Willi thanks fir his blessings 



His word we'll obey ; 

 Bui on this occasion 



We've somewhat to say. 



We wish to speak plainly 



And use no deceit ; 

 We like lo see fragments 



Left wholesome and neat : 

 To customs and fashions 



We make no pretence ; 

 Yet think we can tell 



What belongs to good sense. 



What we deem good order, 



We're willing lo state — 

 Kal hearty and decent, 



And clear out our plate — 

 Be thankful lo Heaven 



For what we receive, 

 And not make a mixture 



Or compound to leave. 



We find of those bounties 



Which heaven docs give, 

 That some live to eat, 



And, that some eat to live — 

 Thai some think of nothing 



But pleasing the taste, 

 And care very liltle 



How much Ihey do was^e. 



Tho' Heaven has bless'd us 



Willi plenty of food; 

 Bread, butter arid honey 



And all lhal is good ; 

 We lothe to see mixtures 



Where gentle folks dine, 

 Winch scarcely look fit 



For the poultry or swine 



We often find left, 



On the same china dish, 

 Meat, applesauce, pickle, 



Brown bread and nune'd fish; 

 Anoiher's replenished 



With butter and cheese; 

 With pie, cake and toast. 



Perhaps, added lo these. 



A'o.v if any virtue 



In this can be shown, 

 By peasant, by lawyer, 



Or king on the throne, 

 We freely will forfeit 



Whatever we've said, 

 And call il a virtue 



To waste meat and bread. 



Let none be offended 



At whal we here say ; 

 We candidly ask you, 



Is that the best way ? 

 If not, — lay such customs 



And fashions aside, 

 And lake this monitor 



Henceforth for your guide. 

 [ Visitor's eating room. Shaker 1'iflage.] 



There is not in the world perhaps any people 

 whose properly and pecuniary condition is so 

 little liable to fluctuation as are ihe Shaker soci- 

 eties in New Hampshire: there are certainly no 

 people of the country whose lives have been 

 more lengtliend out than they ; and must we not 

 for this give them credit for less abuse of ihe 

 bounties of Heaven than almost any other com- 

 munity ? 



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Smart Weed made into tea, is said to be a 

 good remedy lor colic. When cut and dried 

 in full bloom, it is said to be an excellent pre- 

 ventative for hots in horses, and an excellent 

 physic likewise. About one pound per week 

 should be given. 



From the Newport Argus. 

 Culture of the Potato. 

 Messrs. Editors— Having had uniform success 

 in growing good crops of healthy potatoes for 

 several seasons past, 1 have been requested by 

 many members of the Agricultural Society of 

 Sullivan county, to give, through the columns of 

 your paper, a statement of the method of culti- 

 vation. 



The following are the fads and results, with 

 so many of the circumstances as thought profita- 

 ble for the practical farmer, as well as the ex- 

 perimenter. Laud selected, one acre; surface 

 soil, a sandy loam; not exposed to cold winds; 

 ten loads of composted manure, spread and 

 turned under by deep ploughing, then harrowed 

 down smooth and furrowed out lightly; distance 

 three feet, for the rows. A compost made by 

 thoroughly mixing. 



150 bushels scurf or dry swamp muck, 

 40 gallons urine (human,) 8 lbs. sulphuric acid 

 added. 

 2 barrels ashes, or one of lime, dry slaked. 

 40 lbs. epsom salts, dissolved in water. 

 40 lbs. salt. 

 200 lbs. plaster paris ; 



laid out one quart in the bill and slightly cover- 

 ed befoie the potatoes are dropped — seed, fifteen 

 bushels, unripe, the large potatoes cut, smaller 

 ones planted whole, hoed but once, and the crop 

 secured rather late; result, two hundred and 

 fifty bushels sound and healthy potatoes per 

 acre, and yet room for great improvement. 



It will be seen from the above that we view 

 the plant constitutionally diseased, brought on 

 no doubt, by repeated transgressions and in- 

 fringements upon certain physical laws which 

 govern the vegetable kingdom. Therelbre, in 

 order lo improve and restore the vital power of 

 this truly invaluable esculent, we must have re- 

 course to a " little medicine, proper diet," a ra- 

 tional method of agriculture, having respect to 

 local circumstances, and those of climate gene- 

 rally. 



D. D. MARSH. 

 Mountain Home Farm, Croydon, N. H. 



Origin of the Soil.™" Scientific Agriculture." 



We have, received, in pamphlet form, the Ad- 

 dress of Professor Norton, of Yale College, de- 

 livered on the occasion of the great fair at Buffa- 

 lo, in September last. It affords a rich repast. 

 The following is an extract : — 



The fanner of the present day, who desires to 

 improve, and to thoroughly understand his pro- 

 fession, lias a wide range open before him. All 

 of the natural sciences offer advantageous fields 

 f,r exploration. In ihe air, the earth, ihe water, 

 in the vegetable and animal worlds, the mind 

 once aroused, finds sufficient space for ils tltmoH 

 energies. 



Each one of the subjects that I have indicated, 

 affords ample scope for a host of observers dur- 

 ing a long series of years ; even with the. great 

 progress already made in research, each possess- 

 es within itself" a multitude of unresolved pro- 

 blems wailing for solution, and harmonious laws 

 which we only need to understand, lo be im- 

 pressed with a still greater admiration than that 

 we now feel when we are only able lo see their 

 incomprehensible workings. 



These assertions it is my purpose to illustrate 

 to-day, by some observations upon one of the 

 above topics. 



I have selected the soil— not that it affords n 

 broader field lhau some of the others, but it 

 seems naturally lo conic first when we speak of 

 improvement, and because it is the foundation 

 from which all progress must be made. 1 ^liall 

 confine myself to one part of this great subject 

 — the structure, the physical properties, and the 

 chemical composition of the soil. This may 



