NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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NEW BRIGK MACHINE. 



On Thursday of last week we visited the Steam 

 Brick Works of Tufts & Boyden, in Somerville, 

 to witness the operation of a machine for making 

 bricks from dry clay, invented and patented by 

 Woodworth & Mower, of Boston. This machine 

 is of iron, simple, compact and massive, weighing 

 seventeen tons, and was made by Lyman Kingsley, 

 Esq., at his extensive works at Canton, Mass., 

 and is a good sample of the substantial and perfect 

 work for which Mr. Kin^sley's establishment is 

 justly celebrated. It works with great steadiness 

 and precision, and turns out three thousand bricks 

 per hour. The machine and the clay pulverizer 

 are operated by a steam engine of twenty horse 

 power. The clay is first dried, then ground, by 

 passing between heavy rollers, then screened ot 

 sifted, and passed into the machine in a uniform 

 state, where it is subjected to the immense power 

 of the machine, and a beautiful, perfect face brick 

 is produced, almost as smooth and dense as polish- 

 ed marble. The bricks are taken from the machine 

 and immediately set in the kilns ready for burning, 

 thereby obviating the necessity of spreading on the 

 yard to dry before burning, as well as injury or 

 loss from wet weather. By this process, a superi- 

 or face brick can be produced at less expense than 

 the coarsest common brick by the old method. 



This machine is the result of three years' close 

 application and hard study on the part of the pa- 

 tentees, Messrs. Woodworth & Mower, and may 

 justly be considered one of the most valuable and 

 important inventions which have been made. No 

 one can witness its operations, and compare it with 

 the old fashioned way of brick-making, without be- 

 ing filled with surprise and admiration. — Boston 

 Journal. 



being proportioned exactly like the one from which 

 it is drawn. We have seen Mr. Todd's apparatus, 

 and have witnessed its operation. It is simple 

 and convenient, and will be found, we think, valu- 

 able to shoe manufacturers. — Lynn News. 



Bun's Department. 



THE WAY TO BE BRAVE. 



Speak kindly to tliat poor old man, 



Pick up his fallen cane, 

 And place it gently in his hand, 



That he may walk again. 

 His bundle, too, replace with care 



Beneath his trenihling arm; 

 Brave all the taunts that you may hear, 



To give his life a charm. 



A braver deed than scorners boast 



Will be your triumph then; 

 A braver deed than annals tell 



Of some distinguished men. 

 Yes; leave that thoughtless, sneering crowd, 



Dare to be good and kind; 

 Then let them laugh, as laugh they may, 



Pass on; but never mind. 



Pass on; but think once more of him. 



The wreck that you have seen. 

 How once a happy boy like you 



He sported on the green; 

 A cloudless sky above his head, 



The future bright and fair, 

 And friends all watching o'er his couch, 



To breathe affection's prayer. 



But ah, the change! He wanders now, 



Forsaken, lone and sad — 

 Thrice blessed is the task of those 



Who strive to make him glad. 

 Speak kindly to that poor old man, 



Pick up his fallen cane. 

 For that will ease his burdened heart, 



And make him smile again. 



Curious Machinery. — Among the numerous 

 and ingenious machines in the various workshops 

 and establishments at the Charlestown Navy Yard, 

 in this State, is what may be called a deck-plug 

 making machine. It is extremely simple, and 

 upon the plan of a circular saw. It is moved by 

 steam power, and is so speedy and effective in its 

 operation, that from five thousand to ten thousand 

 deck-plugs may be manufactured by the aid of it in 

 a single day — the greater or less number depend- 

 ing, in an important degree, upon the quantity and 

 state of the wood, wet or dry, used for the pur- 

 pose. These plugs are of all sizes, and are main- 

 ly used to fill up the spaces left in the decks and 

 other parts of the government ships, when the bolts 

 and spikes are driven home. The saving to the 

 United Slates, produced by this single apparatus 

 in making their plugs, over the old mode, is as 

 great in its way, perhaps, as that accomplished by 

 any other machine in this Navy Yard, while, at 

 the same time, it very materially lessens the toil 

 and hard labor of the workmen in the public ser- 

 vice. — Courier. 



Useful Invention. — Mr. George C. Todd, of 

 this city, has invented a machine, for which he has 

 secured a patent, by the aid of which shoe patterns 

 of all sizes may be quickly and accurately drawn 

 from a single pattern — each copy, of whatever size, 



ANECDOTE OF A YOUMG INDIAN. 



An English gentleman and his friends travelling 

 through a piece of woods in one of the western 

 States, took with him an Indian lad as a guide. 

 In the course of the day, they separated, and one of 

 them finding some curious berries, sent them to 

 his companion by the lad, with a note specifying 

 the number. The one who received the present, 

 found some of the berries missing, and having 

 reprimanded the boy for eating or losing them, 

 sent him back for more. The gentleman forward- 

 ed a second parcel, with the number again marked 

 on the note. The boy played the same trick with 

 these, delivering only part of what he received. 

 This procured a second scolding. Whereupon the 

 Indian fell down upon his knees, and kissed the 

 paper, saying, "I found out, the first time, this 

 paper was a witch or conjuror; but now he has 

 proved his power to be supernatural indeed; be- 

 cause he tells that which he did not see; for when I 

 flung away these last berries, for the sake of ex- 

 periment, I took care to slip the note under a stone, 

 that it might not know what was passing." 



The Boys in Maine. — We cannot help think- 

 ing what a set of boys, the boys in Maine will be. 

 If the present good laws continue, they will never 

 see, smell or taste the fiery liquors which have 



