THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



Macliiiie lully answers tbc iit:scii|)U(>tj f^ivcii oiit, 

 in tlie handbills describing and leconinieiiding it, 

 and we heartily ct ncur in said recomineudalion, 

 believing as wo do, that it will prove a valuable 

 labor-saving machine, and on good land, will soon 

 iipercede the ntcessity of planting by lund, in 

 the old and coninioii method. 



DOLPHUS SKINNER, 

 SAMUEL LOOK, 

 BENJ. NORTHAP. 

 Deerfield, N. Y., May 27, 1840." 



Haverhill, Dec. 20, 1840. 

 Dear Sir: — The elevated position which yonr 

 Visitor occiii)ies among tlie agricultural periodi- 

 cals of the day, and its ability for an extensive 

 diffusion of information important to the farming 

 interest, induces me to invite your attention to 

 Bachelder's Planting Machine. This, you are 

 aware, is a recent invention of Messrs. L. &. S. 

 H. Bachelder, of Hampstead, in your State, for 

 dropping and covering all kinds of seeds that are 

 planted either in hills or drilKs. Its construction 

 is exceedingly simple, but such as to perform the 

 work with the utmost accuracy and despatcii,and 

 to give assurance that it is decidedly one of the 

 most valuable labor-saving machines ever invent- 

 ed for, or used by the Agriculttnist. 



IMr. T. 3. Goodrich" of this ploce, General 

 Agent for the Inventors, has recently [Performed 

 a tour with the Machine through the States ol 

 New York, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, and Missou- 

 ri, and exhibited its operation in all of them, in 

 ihe presence of the most scientific and extensive- 

 ly practical Agriculturists in those sections of the 

 country. And the extensive sale wliich he has 

 already made in those sections, both of the Ma- 

 chines, and of rights to manufacture and use it, 

 proves conclusively that in the opinion of those 

 who have seen it operate, it far surpasses every 

 other machine of the kind which has hitherto 

 been invented. Demands for this Planter are 

 constantly pressing upon the Inventors, and I sin- 

 cerely hope that our New England Farmers may 

 have an opportunity and an inclination to test its 

 value in the course of the coming season. 



By giving this invention such a notice as its 

 importance demands, yoii will confer a great fa- 

 vor upon onr Farmers, and render an essential 

 service to that great interest to which your Visi- 

 tor is so successfully devoted. For a particular 

 descriiJlion of the Machine, I refer you to the 

 liandbrll which has been sent you. 

 1 am, very respectfully, 



vour obedient servant, 

 " THOS. G. FARNSWORTH 

 Ho:«. Isaac Hill. 



ouiney written some lime since, and puiilislied in 

 one of the fjeriodicals of the day, will be inscrib- 

 ed thereon : — 



" THE NOBLE SAILOR." 

 It was a fearful night, 



The strong flame sped 

 From street to street, from spire to spire, 

 And on their treasures tread ! 



Hark ! 'Tis a mother's cry, 



High o'er the tumult wild, 

 As rushing toward her flame-wrapt home, 



She shrieked— IVIy child ! My child ! 



A wanderer from the sea, 



A stranger marked her woe ; 

 .\nd in his bosom woke 



A sympathetic glow. 



Swift up the burning stairs, 



With daring feet he flew, 

 While sable clouds of smoke 



Concealed him from the view. 



Fast fell the burning beam 



But what a pealing shout ! 



When from the wreck he came. 

 And in his arms a smiling babe. 



Still toying with the flame. 



The mother's raptured tears 



Forth like a torrent sped ; 

 But ere the throng could learn hie name, 



The noble tar had fled. 



Not for the praise of man . 



Did he this deed of love, 

 But on the bright unfading page, 



'Tis registered above. L. 



From the N. H. Gazette. 

 \Vm. H. Kindge, 



" THE NOBLE SAILOR." 



During the great and memorable fire in the 

 pity of New York, op the 17th of December, 

 1835, a mother was seen in the streets, frantical 

 ly seeking for her babe, which had been left in 

 the upper story of a building enveloped in 

 flames. A yoinig .sailor, on learning the fjicl, 

 rushed through the devouring clement, and in ii 

 few moments restored the child to its njother in 

 safety. 



" But ere the throng could learn his name, 

 The noble tar had lied." 



Considerable inquii7 was made for the Individ 

 nal at the time, and we believe the grateful pa- 

 rents went so far as to make a pnbliic call for in- 

 formation respecting him, thoneh without effect. 

 We are happy however to be able to cominuni- 

 .cate the name, of Wm. H. Rindge, late of this 

 town, as the sailor who did the noble deed, though 

 he is now beyond the " piai.sc of man," and we 

 trust, is reeeiving his reward in heaven. William 

 H. Rindge w.-.s the son of Cupt. John Rindge, of 

 this town. His school mates speak of hiin as 

 (lossessing a noble, generous, and daring iii.«po- 

 sition ; one who would be likely lo do such an 

 act as he did at the great fire in New York. On 

 that Decision he contracted a cold, which tbre 

 him into a consumption and finally caufed hie 

 death on the 2od of June last, Th(? secret of his 

 rescuing the infant alluded to was revealed to his 

 fVicnds shortly before his death and in anticipa' 

 tion of that event. We hop,e an enduring monu- 

 ment will be raised to his memory, and that, with 

 a plain account of his conduct, on the said mem- 

 orable ocoasioD, the following lines by Mrs. Sig 



State of Maine— Got. Kenfs Message. 



A subscriber in Maine has sent us the follow- 

 ing extracts from the message of Gov. Kent. His 

 remarks which we publish below are equally ap- 

 plicable to every other New Englan.d state otli- 

 er than Maine, and we would recommend them 

 to the attentive peiusal of our readers. 



" A careful and candid observer, who looks at 

 the extent of territory, fertility of soil, salubrity 

 of climate, commercial advantages and natural 

 resources of oiu- State, must be convinced that 

 Maine has been nndorvaliied and underrated 

 both at home and abroad. I have no desire tc 

 depreciate any other State, or to say any thing 

 to create or stimulate any other than the most 

 friennly feelings of. respect and mutual good will 

 between the glorious brotherhood of this Union. 

 But our first duty is at home ; and before we 

 willingly yield up our young men and the bone 

 and iiinscle of our State, to swell the mighty 

 tide of Western emigration, v\e arc bound to 

 ask for satisfactory evidence, th:;! Jhat field opens 

 a fairer prospect for health, competence, comfort, 

 and all those things which go to make up the 

 great sum of human hapi)iness, than our own 

 New England hearths, our fertile hills and 

 vallies, our flowing rivers and e\(sv ojien 

 sea. The value of a spot of earth, as a perma 

 ncnt residence for man, is not to be measured 

 merely by the natural fertility of the soil he cul- 

 tivates and the relative i)roduclions of each acre 

 of land. Other elements of calculation, of nt 

 least e(jual importance, should enter into the de 

 termination of this interosting question. The ad- 

 vantages of good neighborliond, of health-giv- 

 ing atmosphere, of serial, moral, intellectual and 

 religious privileges, the price of productions, tiie 

 nearness of markets, aii('; tlie lanilties of tr 

 portation, are each aiul all t.itillcd lo the gravest 

 consideration. Maine may lint, j^erhr.ijs, boast of 

 a soi! equal in fertility to the virgin (iiairics of 

 the great West, but we have the assuiaiice of 

 competent judges, in our own, and from other 

 States, that a great jiart of our territory is su)ie- 

 rior, in this respect, to any other New England 

 State; and experience has fully demonstrated, 

 that, by judicious cullivation and scientific appli- 

 cation of well known princi|ilesin the adaptation 

 of crops to the length of our seasons and the na- 

 ture of our soil, the earth here yields her ahun: 

 dant increase to the well directed labor of man 

 I am confident in the opinion, that Maine may 

 become one of the first among the agricultura' 

 States, and that she can and ought to raise, npt 

 merely what her own population consumes, but a 

 large surplus for exportation. Why, then, we 

 may well ask, should any part of pur population 



set-k lor better lorlune in untried scenes and un- 

 known regions, and forsake the land of their birth 

 and the established customs and comfortable 

 homes of their fathers, in the too often illusory 

 hope of bettering their condition in unsettled and 

 lote regions, where, if ever the same institu- 

 tions and stability are acquired or established, 

 'ong years of toil, struggle and disappointment 

 may precede such a consummation of their wish- 

 Upon a review of our situation and capaci- 

 ties, it seems to me that Providence has given us 

 all that, as reasonable men, we can ask, and if 

 our State does not increase in population, wealth 

 and resources, and advance in physical and mor- 

 al power, the fault is in ourselves and not in our 

 location, or natural capacities. A glance at the 

 statistics of some of the leading interests of our 

 State will, I think, justify the claim on the part 

 of Maine, to consideration and attention. In the 

 list of States, Maine ranks first in the amount of 

 tonnage built yearly in the Union ; and in fact 

 builds one quarter part of the whole. She ranks 

 second only to New York in the amount of ton- 

 nage employed in the coasting trade ; and second 

 only to Massachusetts in the cod and mackerel 

 fisheries, and next to these two States in the 

 whole amount of tonnage owned. Following 

 the indentations of the shore, we have more than 

 six hundred miles of sea coast, with many excel- 

 lent and safe harbors and numerous rivers, giving 

 cheap and navigable highways into the interior 

 and from thence to the sea. The Geological 

 surve^ (which, I trust, will yet be resumed and 

 finished) has already brought to light facts which 

 prove that our earth is rich in mineral treasure.?, 

 beyond our most .^anguine hopes. I have no 

 means of ascertaining the amount or extent of 

 the lumber business of our State, but, it is well 

 known that this, in far advance of all other.s, is 

 the leading article of export, and our chief reli- 

 ance for means to )>ay our heavy liabilities for 

 articles imported. In the yet uniellcd forests of 

 our interior we have a source of wealth which, 

 although it may have once been overrated, as the 

 means of acquiring sudden riches and realizing 

 extravagant profits, is, in the judgment of sober 

 and reasonable calculation, of immense value, 

 ai^d destined to yield abundant returns for the 

 labor and enterprise of those who may engage 

 in the manufacture and sale of this staple. 



"The costly silks of France, with which our coun- 

 try is filled, are tempting our people to indulge in 

 unneces.sary expense, by discarding the substan- 

 tial, the comfortable and simple clothing adap 

 ted to our climate, and adoptiiig the dear bought 

 productions and manufiictures of other nations. 

 But however much we may regret the taste 

 which leads to such indulgence, or the omnipo- 

 tence of fashion, no one desires the enactment of 

 sumptuary laws, or any attempt to control and 

 interfere with the freedom of individual will in 

 this respect. 



" The destinies of a noble State are temporari- 

 ly entrusted to ns. The time is j)ropiliouB lor a 

 calm and deliberate and liberal administration of 

 afJiiirs." 



Agricnltural Papers. 



That excellent agricultural Monthly Journal, 

 the CuLTVATOR, iiublishcd at Albany, N. Y.— ex- 

 cellent we may well cwitiniie to call it, since its 

 merits, under the able conduct of Messrs. Gay- 

 lord and Tucker, are scarcely less than they were 

 under the m.-uiagenient of the lamented Judge 

 Buel during his lifctin;e,(for Ihe mantle of Elijah, 

 as he rose to the region of the happy, hi's fallen 

 upon those \vho have succeeded him,) — setii'.s to 

 impiove with every annual return. The first 

 number for the current yepr ajijieared on the fir.^it 

 of the month ; and fiom it we learn that the cir- 

 culation, extending to every State and Territory 

 of this Union, as well as to Upiicr and Lower 

 Canada, to Nova Scotia ami New Brunswii-k, 

 was during the last year, Umihi-one thousand nine 

 hundrtrl and sevcnitj-thrcc. The Cultivator is luih 

 lishcd mni-.ihly. in Ihe same shape as the Farm 

 ers' ,'Moiiilily Visitor, containing a little more 

 matter llinii our,s,lii:t having many more wise heads 

 as contributors \Ui:n we ever should expect to be 

 able to boast of Of its siibscribers upwards of| 

 seven thousand belong to the Empire State of 

 New York. The great circulation of the Culti- 

 vator at a time of extraordinary political e.vcite- 

 ment augurs well for the can.'ie of agriculture: it 

 proves iJiat the larfjiers will ottctid to ihe one 



