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£l)c iTarmcr'g ittcmtljhj Visitor. 



Cuiiosities of Science.— Geological Changes 

 of our own time. 



Lyell, Darwin, and others have lately collected 

 nnd powerfully applied a curious class of facts, 

 to prove the slow and continuous upheaving or 

 Repression of large tracts of laud in different 

 parts of the world, in effect of subterranean 

 changes going on underneath. The phenome- 

 non lielongs to our own time, as well as to ante- 

 rior ages in the history of the globe. In Sweden, 

 for instance, a line traverses the southern part of 

 that kingdom from the Baltic to the Cattegat, to 

 the north of which, even as far as the North 

 Cape of Europe, there is evidence, scarcely dis- 

 putalde in kind, that the laud is gradually rising 

 at the average of nearly four feet in a century: 

 while, to the south of this axial line, there are 

 similar proofs of a slow subsidence of surface in 

 relation to the level of the adjacent seas. This 

 and various other examples of what may be 

 termed secular changes of elevation particularly 

 in South America, anil amidst the great coral 

 foundations of the Indian nnd Pacific Oceans 

 have led the eminent geologists just named to 

 regard such slow progressive changes as the 

 probable cause of many or most of those great 

 aspects of the earth's surface, which by others 

 have been attributed to paroxysmal actions of 

 subterranean forces, sudden, and violent in 

 kind. — Quarterly Review. 



The secret of success. — It may to some ap- 

 pear like vanity in me to write what I now do, but 

 I should not give my life if I omitted it. When 

 filling a cart of manure at the warm dunghill, I 

 never stopped work because my side of the cart 

 might be heaped up before the other side, at 

 which was another man; I pushed over what 1 

 bad heaped up to help him, as duuhtles he did to 

 help me, when I was last and he was first. 

 When I have filled my columns of a newspaper, 

 or sheet of it magazine, with the literature for 

 which 1 was to be paid I have never stopped if 

 the suhjpet required more elucidation, or the pa- 

 per or magazine more matter, because there was 

 no contract for more payment, or no likelihood 

 of there being more. When 1 have lived in 

 barrack-room, I have stopped my own work, and 

 have taken a baby from a soldier's wife, when 

 she bad to work, an.! nursed it, or have gone for 

 water for her, or have cleaned another man's ac- 

 coutrements, though it was no part of my duty 

 to do so. When I have been engaged in political 

 literature and travelling for a newspaper, I have 

 not hesitated to travel many miles out of tnv 

 road to ascertain a local fact, or to pursue a sub- 

 ject into its minutest particulars, if it appeared 

 that the public were unacquainted with the facts 

 of the subject; and this at times when J had, 

 woik to do which was more pleasant and profit 

 able. When 1 have needed employment, I have 



Effect of Railroads on Property. — The 

 increased value of real estate ari.-ing in a section 

 of country by the passing of a railroad through 



accepteil it at whatever wages I could obtain '•> ' s a subject on which data are not yet collec- 



at plough, in farm, in drain, in slunc quarry, at - ed t0 est "' ,,isD » general rule. The lollowin 



From the Dollar Newspaper. 

 Deep Ploughing. 

 I was pleased with the remarks of " J. M. F.," 

 your correspondent from West Stockhridge, and 

 fully agree with him. i think many facts might 

 he brought to light, proving the importance of 

 deep ploughing, for light soils in particular. In 

 the lall of 1836, I lived with my father in 

 Chelmsford, Mass., and ploughed a piece of land 

 for winter rye; the soil was light and sandy. I 

 ploughed it very deep— nearly to the beam of 

 the plough. One of the neighbors came along 

 and told me I was spoiling the land, and should 

 raise nothing by turning up the cold yellow dirt ; 

 his father never did so, fee. The same piece of 

 land was ploughed deep every year, and sowed 

 with winter rye for ten years in succession. The 

 first year the crop was small; second a little 

 better; and the crops continued to increase un- 

 til the fifth year, when a heavy crop was harvest- 

 ed. It was astonishing to see the change which 

 had taken place in the quality of the soil. As 

 far as the plough had reached it, it was black 

 and rich, and bore heavy crops of rye until 1846, 

 when it went into other hands, and is now used 

 as corn land. Now, the question is what caused 

 the improvement? There was no manure used 

 but the wheat and stubble ploughed in, and a 

 crop taken oft" ten years in succession. These 

 are facts that came under my own observation 

 and can be proved by others. 



E. P. 



Ballardvale, (Andover,) Mass , 1849. 



Detroit a.\d Cincinnati Trade.— Since the 

 completion of the railroad and canal from San- 

 dusky and Toledo to Cincinnati, an extensive 

 trade has sprung up between the Queen city and 

 the cities on the lakes, which we of Detroit par- 

 ticipate in to a great extent. We almost daily, 

 in our perambulations along the docks, come 

 across some article shipping or receiving from 

 our southern friends. Last year we furnished 

 them with cargo after cargo of ice as one of the 

 luxuries to be found so extensively in this re- 

 gion, and early this spring, by way of variety, 

 we baited them a bit on snipe, prairie chickens, 

 venison and other game just to keep them good 

 naturetl. 



Fish— fine delicious trout and white fish are 

 cried around the streets of Cincinnati, fresh and 

 almost kicking, direct from the water. This, 

 however, is only a few of the delicacies, and 

 forms an Unimportant part of the trade when 

 compared with the heavy shipments. They, in 

 return, grease matters along with their lard, lard 

 oil and such like articles and sweeten tilings up 

 with their molasses and sugar, so that we are 

 fully repaid f >r our attentions.— Detroit Free Press. 



"Good Night."— In that expression of kind- 

 ness bow sweet and soothing a sentiment is con- 

 veyed. The toils of the day are over; the fer- 

 vent heat of noon is past; the maddening pur- 

 suit after gain is suspended ; and mankind seek 

 in the arms of sleep, a temporary asylum from 

 care of mind and enervation of body. Even 

 Ir.oin guilt beneficent nature withholds not the 

 solace of repose, and passing through the " ivory 

 gate ofdreams," the days of youth, of happiness, 

 of innocence, in shadowy glory, Hit before the 

 soul. Insupportable, indeed, would be the heavy 

 tribulation, on our pilgrimage through life, we 

 must endure, were it not for these intermittent 

 seasons of rest which it is alike the privilege of 

 the houseless wanderer and the palaced lord to 

 enjoy. And night, gentle night, is the lender 

 nurse that woos the toil-exhausted frame to steep 

 its cares m forgetfulness. The wise provisions 

 of nature indicate the season for repose ; and 

 her beneficent laws are reverenced and obeyed 

 by all save the being by whose comfort and hap- 

 piness they are chiefly promulgated. When the 

 sun withdraws from the heavens, and the earth 

 is shrouded in darkness, the labors of insect in- 

 dustry cease •; the flowers close their petals, de- 

 fended from the chilling dews of evening, and 

 that svv°et watchman of the grove, the nightin- 

 gale, trills forth in varied cadences the parting 

 song "good night." Cynthia and her glittering 

 train of stars, robed in the grandeur of eternal 

 light, come forth and hover above the earth and 

 its children, like fair and holy spirits keeping 

 vigils over mortal sleepers, and preserving them 

 from the influence of the powers of darkness. 



With a downright taste for fruits and flowers, 

 a man may have occupation and amusement for 

 years in a hundred feet square of good soil.— 

 Downing. 



breaking stones for roads, at wood-cutting, in a 

 saw-pit, as a civilian, or as a soldier. I have in 



is a statement of the increase of population in 

 some of the towns of Massachusetts— .since rail 

 roads were extended to them — during tl,e five 



London cleaned out a stable and groomed a cab- I > e!l| s between 1839 and 1845: 



man's horse for a sixpence, and been thankful to 

 the cabman for the sixpence. I have subsequent- 

 ly tried literature, and have done as much writ- 

 ing fur ten shillings as I have readily obtained— 

 been sought after and offered— ten guineas lor. 

 But bad I not been commit to begin at the be- 

 ginning, and accepted shillings, I would not 

 have risen In guineas. 1 have lost nothing by 

 working. Whether at laboring 01 literary work 

 with a spadi ... with a pen, 1 havi been my own 

 helper. — .ijuiobkgraphy of a hoiking Man. 



Uoxbury, 67 per cent. Lowell, 38 per cent. 



Brook 1 1 ne, 50 " Worcester, 56 " 



Cambridge, 33 " Springfield, 33 " 



Cltelsea, 128 " Fall River, 59 " 



To train a horse to the harness, you must be ve- 

 ry gentle with him. Von may commence by 

 throwing n rope over the back and letting it hang 

 loose on both sides; then lead him about, cares- 

 sing him, until he becomes satisfied that it will 



bun him ; then put on the harness, ami pull 



gellllj on the traces. It] a .--hurt lime, by this 

 kind of treatment, he will he prepared for work. 



Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor 

 in debt, nor his wife a widow. — Spanish Proverb. 



A bnght ploughshare is the cheapest commodi- 

 ty ever used by a farmer.— Cobbett. 



DELANO'S 



Independent Horse Rake. 



r rUIE undersigned hereby certify that we have used 

 X Delano's Independent Horse Rake the past haying 

 season, and have Inund it decidedly preferable n> any 

 oiln r rake now in use. It is much easier tended than ihe 

 revolver or spring loolh.and its work prelerable to either 

 particularly on ground of uneven surface, it being so con! 

 strutted that the hay is removed Irom knolls and" hollows 

 with the same ease and certainly as Irom even ground. It 

 is tended by a man or boy who rides and drives ihe horse. 

 By placing his foot upon a lever aliached to the axeltree, 

 the hay is discharged in wiurows. It is perfectly adapted 

 to the purpose lor which it was invented, therefore we 

 cheerfully recommend it, as a very useful implement to 

 all concerned in curing hay. 



Mayhew Chase, Tristram Tilton, 



F. F. Haines, W B Small, 



L. B. Young, Francis Morrill. 



Charles Page, Ellsha PetlingiJ], 



H. L. Morrison, and Leonard Farriirgton, 



of East Livennore ; 

 **• F. f'ke. Samuel Hersey, 



Richard Hubbard, Sj. N. Watson, 



F. A. Chase, Reuben Crane, and 



Jos. Martin, of Fayette ; 

 James Wing, of Wayne ; 

 Isaac Boothbay, David Wheeler, and 



D S Lo.ing, of Leeds; 

 Abijah Upham, of Keadfield; 

 S. VV Chase, of Mont Vernon; 

 William Wyman, On, Haskell, 



of North Livennore ; 

 T. Croswell, Jr., J. A. Hamblin, 



D. C. Morrill, Benjamin Butler, 



Hiram Ktiss, of Farmington ; 

 J. W. Morrill, B. F. Morrill, 



of Cheslerville ; 

 Samuel S Wood, of Wilton'; 

 E|ihtann Swan, F. M. Swan, 



Frederick Swan, of .New Sharon ; 

 Charles Farrand, S. D. Greeuleaf, 



of Starks. 

 The undersigned, having received his letters patent for 

 his improvement in the Horse R ,ke, is prepared to dis- 

 pose of said improvement by Counties or Stales. All in- 

 fringements will be legally prosecuted. 



The above Rakes are manufactured at Farmington 

 Falls and at Livermore, and will !„• kept for sale b. = the 

 patei lee at his residence in Easi Lii rnWIrp, Maine, 



CALWiM DLLANO. 

 Last Livermore, Me., March 3, I8t3 



