AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
151 
A Snake Story. —“During the Florida war,” 
said the speaker, “ I was with the Ameri¬ 
can army. One day I shouldered my gun 
and went in pursuit of game. I passed 
through a swamp, I saw something a few 
feet ahead of me, lying upon the ground, 
which had every appearance of a log, it be¬ 
ing about forty feet in length, and about one 
foot in diameter. So positive was I that it 
was nothing else but a log, that I paid no at¬ 
tention to it; the fact is, I would have sworn 
before a court of justice that it was a log 
and nothing else. You see I had never heard 
of snakes growing to such huge dimensions, 
and the fact is, I never should have believed 
it, if I had. 
“ Well,” he continued, “ between me and 
the log, (as I took it to be,) was a miry place 
which it was necessary to avoid. I there¬ 
fore placed the but of the gun on the ground 
ahead of me, and sprang upon, and lit 
right on top of—what do you suppose ?” 
“ Anaconda,” said one. 
“ No.” 
“ An anaconda,” said another. 
“ No.” 
“ What could it have been 1” said a third, 
“ Just what I suppose it ought to be—a 
log,” said the wag. 
What’s in a Name. —What strange coin¬ 
cidences in names are constantly occurring ! 
Thus, for instance we observed the other day 
that Mr. Cross was appointed to the Spitef ul 
and Mr. Boxer to the Gladiator. Admiral 
Boxer has gone to the Black Sea to box the 
compass, and box the Russians too, if he has 
a chance. General Blazer, the Spanish 
War-Minister, has been exchanged by the 
flame of revolution. The rear-guard of the 
Russians in Wallachia is commanded by Gen¬ 
eral Pop-off, and the vanguard of the Turks 
by General Cannon, and we have seen that 
Cannon has made Pop-off, hop off several 
times in very good style. The Turks, we 
opine, must be delighted to have such a Can- 
non- aid on their side ; and, verily, a braver 
Briton does not stand on the face of the 
earth than this said Cannon. Differing from 
other Cannons he never goes off, but always 
goes on, in front of an enemy, never hangs 
fire, never recoils, although doubtless, he 
kicks terribly. In short, this Cannon is truly 
a great gun, with no blank firing about it. 
A Sharp African. —A friend of ours once 
had a good-for-nothing little black fellow, 
some twelve or fourteen years old, as a wait¬ 
er boy, and after enduring his pranks and 
mischief for some year or so, was at length 
obliged to send him adrift to look after him¬ 
self in the world. Not a great while after 
parting with little cuffy, his former master, 
having occasion to go to Albany, met him on 
board the steamboat, where he was employed 
in the capacity of steward’s assistant, and 
addresing him, he said : “ Well, Tom, are 
you as bad as ever!” “0, no,” answered 
the young rascal, with a grin that brought 
into bold relief every one of his white grind¬ 
ers ; “I’se got no bad examples now, sir.” 
Extraordinary Women. —In the County 
of Harrison, Mississippi, lives a female her¬ 
mit—a curiosity, indeed, of her sex, because 
prone to solitude and silence. She lives in 
a house the fabric of her own hands, culti¬ 
vates her own fields, splits her own rails, 
does her own fencing; and the present 
autumn she will have one hundred bushels of 
corn to sell, and a few hundred bushels of 
potatoes, all the product of her own unaided 
and indomitable labors ! She lives alone— 
nor husband, nor children, nor neighbors 
(nearer than three miles,) to cheer with a 
ray of social sunshine her singular and vol¬ 
untary isolation. 
Quarreling. —If anything in the -world will 
make a man feel badly, except pinching his 
fingers in the crack of a door, it is, unques¬ 
tionably, a quarrel. No man ever fails to 
think less of himself after, than he did before ; 
it degrades him in the eyes of others, and 
what is worse, blunts his sensibilities on 
the one hand, and increase the power and 
passionate irritability on the other. The 
truth is, the more peaceably and quietly we 
get on, the better for our neighbors. In nine 
cases out of ten the better course is, if a man 
cheats you, to quit dealing with him ; if he is 
abusive, quit his company ; if he slanders 
you, take care to live so that nobody will 
believe him. No matter who he is, or how 
he miss-uses you, the wisest wayisto lethim 
alone ; for there is nothing better than this 
cool, calm, and quiet way of dealing, with the 
wrongs we meet with. 
A Valuable Apple Tree. —The Troy Bud¬ 
get says there has been gathered from a sin¬ 
gle apple tree, upon the farm of Mr. N. Per¬ 
kins, in Topsfield,the extraordinary quantity 
of 100 bushels (40 barrels) of apples. The 
tree has always been a great bearer, fre¬ 
quently producing from 50 to 60 bushels. 
The tree is about fifty years old. 
Remarks. —The decline in Flour the past 
week is from 62) to 75 cents per bbl., and 
Wheat in a corresponding ratio. Corn has 
advanced 3 to 4 cents per bushel. Pork and 
Beef, a slight change. A heavy sale of 
Wool recently took place at Troy at fair 
prices. 
Cotton has fallen I to ) a cent per lb. Su¬ 
gar has improved a little. 
The weather has been very warm and 
rainy for the three days past. Enough has 
now fallen to raise the streams and fill up 
the springs ; so we hope there will be no 
further suffering for want of water. Those 
who profess to be weather-wise, say, the 
ensuing winter will be a rainy one where the 
climate is moderate, and snowy where it is 
very cold. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Saturday, November 11, 1854. 
The prices given in our reports from week to i veek, are the 
average wholesale prices obtained by producers, and not those 
at which produce is sold from the market. The variations in 
prices refer chiefly to the quality of the articles. 
There is little doing in the market to-day, on account 
of the very heavy rains which have been pouring down all 
the morning. The market, however, has been pretty fair 
the last week, and, should the weather clear up, will be 
brisk this afternoon. But of this there is little hope, as 
the wind is south-east. 
There is no material change in produce this morning. 
Sweet potatoes have advanced a little. White onions are 
very scarce, and worth $4 bbl. Eggs continue to rise. 
Butter and cheese, no change. 
Vegetables. —Potatoes, New-Jersey Mercers, $3®$3 
50 p bbl.; White, $2 25®$2 50 ; Carter, $2 50®2 75; 
Nova Scotia, 80c.®$1 p bush.; Western reds, $2 p bbl.; 
Sweet, Philadelphia, $3 75®$4 ; Virginia, $3 50®$3 75 ; 
Turnips, Russia, $125®$1 50 ; White, $1®$1 50 Onions, 
White, $4; Red, $1 50®$2 ; Beets, $3 p 100 bunches; 
Carrots, same ; Parsnips, $3 50 ; Cabbages, $5®$7 ^ 100; 
Celery, $1 25 p dozen. 
Fruits. —Apples, Spitzenbergs, $2 25 p bbl.; Greenings, 
$2; Russets, SI 75 ; Gilliflowers, same; Newtown Pip¬ 
pins, $4©$5. Cranberries, $6®$8. 
Butter, Orange Co . 24c. P lb.; Western, 21c. ; Eggs, 
State, 23®24c.; Western, 21c.; Cheese, 10c.©lie. p lb. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Monday, Nov. 13, 1854. 
The Market to-day is exceedingly dull, owing to the 
late protracted rains, and to another unfavorable change 
in the weather, which is very warm and muggy. The 
cattle, on the whole, are very fair, though apparently not 
as good as last week. This may not arise so much from 
the inferiority of the animals, as from the fact that they 
have had a bad time the last few days to feed. With the 
present state of the market, and the number of cattle on 
hand, many will doubtless be leftover. We quote to-day 
the prices the same as last week, though none but extra 
cattle bring 10c. 
Best quality is selling at .91®10c. p lb. 
Fair do. do. . 8®9ic. do. 
Inferior do. do. . 7©8c. do. 
Notice is given that henceforth the principal Market is 
changed from Monday to Thursday. We hear much dis¬ 
satisfaction expressed by the butchers on account of this 
change, as it will be likely to interfere with their sales. 
In fact, it is difficult to fix on a day which will give gene¬ 
ral satisfaction. Wednesday is objected to on the part of 
the brokers, because that is the day on which the Phila¬ 
delphia Market is held, which some of them wish to at¬ 
tend, and also because it is impossible to bring the cattle 
through from Dunkirk and Buffalo, without shipping them 
on Sunday. For the same reason they object to Monday, 
because of the Sunday labor. We sincerely hope some 
other day than Monday will be agreed upon. It certainly 
should not be necessary for so many persons to be required 
to labor on the Sabbath merely to suit the convenience of 
one class of persons. 
The following are about the highest and lowest prices: 
Beeves.7jc.®10e. 
Cows and Calves . $25®$50. 
Sheep. $2®$6. 
Lambs.$1 50®$5. 
Veals. 4c.ffi6c. 
Swine. —.® — . 
Mr. Chamberlain reports beeves, 7c.ffi9,c.; cows and 
calves, $20®$50; veals, 4®Gc. ; sheep, $2®$6; lambs, 
$1 75®$4. 
Mr. Browning reports beeves, 7c.®81c.; cows and 
calves, $20®$50 ; veals, 5!c.©Gic. ; sheep $2®$7 50 ; 
lambs, $1 50©$5. 
Mr. O’Brien reports beeves, 6c.®8c. ; cows and calves 
$20®$40 ; veals, 5c.®6c. 
Washington Yards, Forty-fourth-street. 
A. M. Allerton, Proprietor. 
RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK. IN MARKET TO-DAY. 
Beeves,. 
... 2677 
2261 
Cows. 
... 39 
— 
Calves. 
— 
— 
Sheep and lambs,.... 
... 2018 
— 
Swine,. 
— 
— 
Ofthese there came by the Erie Railroad. 600 
By the Harlem Railroad.. 514 
New-York State furnished, by cars, 577 ; on foot, 179 ; 
Ohio, 173 ; Kentucky, 145; Illinois, 281 ; Pennsylvania, 
344; Virginia, 137. 
RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK. 
Chamberlin’s. Browning’s. O’Brien’s. 
Robinson-st. Sixth-st.. Sixth-st. 
Beeves. 478 575 208 
Cows and calves,... 119 35 84 
Sheep and lambs... .7689 8050 
Veals. 64 63 72 
Mr. Samuel McGraw, Sheep Broker at Browning’s, re¬ 
ports sales of 1417 sheep and lambs, sold during the past 
week for $4,189 06, in the following lots and prices: 
376 Sheep.$1283 68 
74 Sheep and Lambs.268 74 
25 Sheep and Lambs. 91 50 
121 “ “ . 288 74 
68 Sheep. 194 00 
138 “ 353 37 
155 Lambs... 307 55 
60 Sheep. 180 00 
105 . 165 62 
150 “ 316 00 
178 “ 401 50 
10 Lambs. 32 00 
Sales of Sheep and Lambs, at Chamberlain’s by 
John Mortimore. 
No. of Sheep. Average p head. Price p ft. 
130... 
.$3 87’. 
107. 
. 4 12j-. 
.9 
300. 
. 3 25 . 
.8 
197. 
. 2 75 . 
77. 
. 2 50 . 
.9 
260. 
. 3 871. 
.9 
98. 
. 3 50 . 
.8i 
105 . 
. 2 00 . 
. 8 
150. 
. 3 25 . 
.81 
212. 
. 3 124. 
41 Lambs .. 
. 2 75 . 
. 10 
4 0 «• . 
. 4 00 . 
.11 
The market this week commenced favorably, and as 
long as the weather was cool the demand was good and 
prices fair, owing prabably to the rather light supply offer¬ 
ed ; but there is a decided change since Wednesday. 
Sheep and Lambs are more plenty, though the unfavora¬ 
ble weather has a tendency to reduce them about He. p 
ft. The week closes with an abundant supply on hand, 
and the prospect of weather bad. Mutton has been selling 
by the carcass in Washington Market from 4c.®Sc. p lb., 
and lambs from 51®llc., as in quality. 
