96 FlVE ACKES TOO MUCH. 



the power of suction which for many years I had 

 only tested with a straw and a julep and the com 

 parative specific gravity of water. Early education 

 is a good thing, and the natural sciences are almost 

 as practical as the learned classics. Without a re 

 mark, I left that pump-maker and his pump, and re 

 tired to the cool privacy of my neighboring dwelling. 

 A wooden pump with a long rod is in my well, and 

 it not only sucks, but lifts ; the water is very fine. 



