1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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ing the conveniences of the household. "We know Many attempt this independence, but in the 

 of a farm — and perhaps we may as well mention wrong way. HavinjT commenced in a large or in- 



it by name — where all the water, for years 

 prol)ably a half century, used for washing, was 

 hauled from a spring in a cask, with a yoke of 

 oxen and a drag, a distance of about a quarter 

 of a mile. We allude to the beautiful residence 

 of Joseph L. Cillev, Esq., of Exeter, N. II., 

 formerly that of Hon. Jeremiah Smith. Rain 

 water cisterns Avere tried, but the buildings from 

 which the water came, were surrounded by trees, 

 the leaves of which filled up the conductors and 

 spoiled the water. So for years, every Slonday 

 the team and man were employed to haul the sup- 

 ply from the spring, up a troublesome hill. But 

 the present proprietor taking advantage of one of 

 the most interesting inventions of modern times, 

 has erected a small dam, so as to raise a little 

 pond by 'the same old spring, put in a hydraulic 

 ram, which is worth, for the purpose, more than 

 all tlie oxen in the county. This little machine, 

 which costs but a trifling sum in itself, besides 

 the pipes which convey the water, throws a por- 

 tion of the water, by its own action, to any de- 

 sired height, keeping up an unceasing motion, like 

 the pulsation of the human heart, day and night, 

 until the machine is worn out. The water is thus 

 thrown into the kitchen of Mr. Cillej's house, 

 where a large reservoir receives it,from which the 

 waste water is conducted underground, to supply a 

 largo stock of cattle in the barn-yard. There 

 are many places where water may thus be brought 

 to our buildings, many where it may bo brought 

 in common aqueducts, or pumped up by wind- 

 mills, both for ordinary uses, and for irrigation, 

 in seasons of drought. We hardly know of any 

 particular in which true comfort and economy 

 may better be promoted, than in availing our- 

 selves of modern inventions in raising and con- 

 ducting water. 



While Ave would discourage expenditure for 

 that which merely gratifies a taste for display, 

 we would encourage a liberal outlay for such con- 

 veniences as lessen human toil. It has been well 

 and l)cautifully said, that "They are the heroes 

 of the race, who abridge the time of human toil, 

 and multiply its results." Their place is high 

 above those who command armies. They are the 

 true benefactors. This is especially true of New 

 England. AVe have here no servants, and want 

 no servile class. Let us adapt our habits of life 

 to tiio republican theory of society, and so ar- 

 range our houses and afiairs, that all our labor 

 may bo seasonably performed, independent, as far 

 as practicable, of assistance outside our own (iim- 

 ilies. The family which can perform its own la- 

 bor, without and witliin, unaided liy others, has 

 reached a point of indcpcndene?, which they can 

 never attain, Avho depond on hired help. 



convenient house, they attempt to perform all 

 the labor, which is beyond their strength, and the 

 wife and mother is soon prostrate by ill-health, 

 pain, over-exertion, and care. Adapt your load 

 to the strength of the team, at the start, and do 

 not try to drag a doulile freight through life, 

 especially of useless lumber. There are a thous- 

 and little conveniences, of infinite importance in 

 every dAvelling, which are too often neglected, 

 because the money has all been spent for the house 

 and parlor furniture. Among those, most prom- 

 inent, perhaps, are the appliances for warming, 

 and supplying with water. Then follow conven- 

 ient milk rooms and store rooms, bathing-rooms, 

 cooking apparatus, washing, drying, and iron- 

 ing places and implements, and the hundred little 

 articles of kitchen utensils, which your wife will 

 enumerate to you, when you are ready to pro- 

 cure them. 



A New England farm should be a little repub- 

 lic of itself, where every citizen should take his 

 share of the burden, and everything be arranged 

 so that intelligent, educated labor should be able 

 to manifest its superiority over mere brute force, 

 and where display and fashion should yield at 

 once, to the demands of rational beings, for some 

 leisure for intellectual culture. 



HOW ETJSSIA TREATS HSE BEST 



GEKEEALS. 

 ^louraivielT commenced his career as a lieuten- 

 ant in a regiment quartered in Georgia, of which 

 country he was afterwards man}' years Governor- 

 General. No officer in the Russian army pos- 

 sessed the same talents and acquirements ; liis ca- 

 pabilities as a linguist were great, extending to 

 thirteen languages, many of them Eastern. Though 

 more than acquainted with the duties of his pro- 

 fession, he never, like the martinet of Warsaw — 

 the late Grand Duke Constantine — examined 

 whether the men's gloves Avere scAvn on tlie inside 

 or the out ; nor did he care Avhether their caps 

 were put on at the precise angle prescribed by the 

 imperial orderly book at St. Petersburg ; more- 

 OA'er, he had opinions of his own not exactly in 

 accordance Avith those of his mast:>r. A fcAV 

 years ago, his division Avas ordered to one of the 

 great revicAvs ; but, though in a good and effjctive 

 state, its appearance did not meet Avith tlie ap- 

 probation of the Emperor, Avho liad scarce glanced 

 his eye along the line,Avhen he onlcrMl MouraivieflF 

 to the rear, exclaiming ah)ud, "Rad,bad! what 

 troops? National Guards!" The inanouvres 

 OA'er, the disgraced general aa'US ordered into his 

 presence. "AVhat means this, sir?" denumded 

 the Emperor. No answer. "What troops do 

 you call these, sir ?" Still no ansAA'er. "Do you 

 knoAv Avho is speaking to you, sir ?" The general 

 raised his hand slowly to his cap, but reuiained 

 silent. Disiuissi'<l Avitli indignation, lie retired to 

 his tent ; the policy, hoAvever, of Nicholas, gained 

 the ascendant over liis ungoA'crnable tempjr, and 



