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tor the fountain. In the preceding diagram 

 A is section of wall, B butt, C lead pipe 

 under ground. . Place the pipe low enough 

 to be out of the way of frost, and as straight 

 ;is possible, as all elbows and bendings 

 diminish the force of the water. The height 

 of a jet does not depend upon the quantity 

 of water, but upon the height of the head 

 or barrel. By having the jet close to the 

 surface of the' ground the stream of water 

 is lengthened; tor if there was a design of 

 two feet, or any other height, it would be so 

 much taken from the height of water. The 

 rise can ho added to by sinking the ground 

 into a hollow around the fountain. The 

 pipe at the fountain end must be contracted 

 to one-fourth its size, and a tube of a few 

 inches in length attached, and the water will 

 rise nearly as high as the head. The barrel 

 can he tilled by a force-pump, or in any way 

 preferred. In preparing the basin for a . "X 1 

 fountain — first, choose a location either in 

 the garden or in the "lawn" or "yard" in 

 front of your house; drive a stake for the 

 center, and with a line and stick sweep a 

 circle the size you wish the basin — take out 

 the ground from the center outward, forming 

 a basin ten or twelve inches deep. The 

 earth taken out should be removed, as a 

 raised bank around a fountain does not im- 

 prove it. By cutting the circle through the 

 turf you will have a handsome grass edge around 

 the basin. The bottom and sides may be lined with 

 water cement, which will be but a trifling expense. 

 In using cement, mix one-third clear coarse sand 

 with it, and put it on with a trowel, having first 

 rammed the ground hard. Next get clean white 

 pebbles to cover the inside of the basin, and surround 

 the pipe with stones, no matter how rough, in the 

 shape of a cone, something like the pile of rocks 

 forming the base of the above figure. 



About twenty-five gallons of water a day is suffi- 

 cient to supply such a fountain, and as it can be 

 stopped at any time by simply turning a cock, which 

 must be placed in the pipe, it need not play in cool 

 or stormy weather, and only at such times as may 

 suit the convenience or ^te of the owner. In this 

 way a very small amoun™f water will answer. 



In regard to the cost — to the man who has a little 

 time on his hands, and a little wits in his head, the 

 cost of the pipe will be the principal expense. Lead 

 pipe one inch in diameter, which is the proper size 

 for a small fountain, can be purchased for less than 

 a shilling a foot; so if the water has to be conducted 

 forty feet the cost will be but $5. If the beautiful 

 little design above is added the expense will be in- 

 creased $15 — the price charged for the fountain. 



WATER JOKES. 



In concluding this article perhaps we could not 

 do better than to give the following from Cham- 

 bers' Edinburgh Journal, showing how completely 

 water is under the control of man, how willingly it 

 does his bidding, and administers alike to his wealth 

 or amusement, when he rightly understands the laws 

 by which it is governed. 



"At Easton, in Oxfordshire, in the gardens of a 

 certain worshipful gent.eman, are the most artistic 

 water ingenuities it has been our lot to meet a de- 

 scription of as existing in this country. They even 



drew down the marked approbation of royalty itself. 

 On approaching the spot, a venerable hermit rose 

 from the ground, and after entertaining us with 

 a " neat and appropriate speech," sank down again 

 like a Jack-in-a-box. There was a small rocky 

 island in the midst of a lake, which was full of watery 

 tricks. The visitor was politely invited to walk up 

 and view this spot; and after satisfying his curiosity 

 and proceeding to walk down again, the fountaineer 

 would bob down, turn a cock, and send, we dare not 

 say how many, jets tT eau flying on all sides of the 

 victim, one stream having for its object his legs, 

 another his loins, another his head. After this funny 

 reception, he was conducted to look at a spaniel 

 hunting a duck by the force of water; the automata 

 diving and pursuing each other by turns. Beyond 

 was the grotto; a hedge of sparkling jets of water 

 rose from the ground to guard it, mimic cascades 

 foamed dowm its tiny cataracts, and countless 

 streams shot up, and appeared to lose themselves by 

 being caught in their return, and not suffered to fall 

 down again. Here too, a nightingale discoursed 

 very liquid music, and an arched jet of water played 

 with one another, and now and then with the visitor, 

 all hope of egress being destroyed by the sudden 

 pouring down a heavy rain in the doorway. The 

 sport this caused was thought to be well worth the 

 wetting. Probably the magnificent gardens at 

 Chatsworth are the only places where anything at 

 all similar to the above is now to be found. There 

 are some practical wet jokes even here; and country 

 bumpkins in their native innocence, may be found 

 willing to pay a visit, to the weeping tree. This 

 visit is never repeated." 



Remarks. — The author of the preceding article has here- 

 tofore furnished us several valuable papers which have been 

 published over the signature of "Rustic." Confident of 

 his ability to add interest and value to its pages, we gladly 

 welcome Mr. Vick as a regular cdfctributor to the Farmer. 



