SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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Till then I mind my own affairs, 
And trust my friends to manage theirs ! 
flis Science 'I such as thou niay’st hit 
By plowing deep in search of it ! 
His wit 7 the shortest link that girds 
An English thought to English words. 
flis credit”? shall the world forget 
The Atlas that upheld her debt “? 
flis creed 1 in reverence of the Past, 
CHd faith and feeling, holds he fast. 
lo that my muse’s stenograph 
Anticipates his epitaph — 
‘tfle read the Bible, loved his wife, 
And hated humbug, all his life!” 
And, happily, to round my “pome,” 
Loved God, his Neighbor, and his Home.” 
T. 
T^rch HUl, Ga., -\-mas, ’.58. 
GIN GEARING LEVER, dec. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — Enclosed T send you 
a drawing of a Gin Gear Lever and the manner it can be 
applied to any ordinary Gin Shaft. I am of the opinion 
tkat by this method of constructing the Lever one fifth 
Biore power or purchase on the Gin Gear is gained over 
Ae straight Lever. I have taken out the old straight Lever 
when the Gin pulled hard, and put in this kind of Lever 
I found in every instance that the team did the same work 
with more ease by about one fifth if not more. Several 
persons for whom this alteration was made ran testify to 
the same, and as this plan of Gin Lever is original with 
myself, I give it to you, and your readers if you think 
proper, to publish it. Most of the Gin houses in middle 
Georgia are about thirty feet square. I calculate the horses 
will walk around this cin le three times in one min- 
mte; now the cog wheel, band wheel, and trunnel must be 
proportioned to bring up the Gin 250 revolutions in the 
Mine length of time and the Gin to be 50 Saws; now to 
do all this it requires good pulling for two horses with 
Ae straight Lever on the old plan, the reason is, as you see 
in the drawing; dotted line F, as the horses pull around a 
circle, they spend agood deal of power against the centre 
•f the Shaft figure 1 ; now the idea is among many farmers 
tkat I have met with in Georgia, that a crooked lever has 
BO advantage over the straight lever, they have found out 
tkat something was wrong with the straightLever, and 
keace they substitute the crooked f evf r H By this meth- 
•d, they throw the horse in a better line with the circle, 
yet the tension against the Shaft is nearly the sam*. Now 
to get the best purchase on the Shaft is to throw the long 
Lever outside of the Shaft as seen in figure 3, and let it 
test o» the short piece figure 2, which passes through the 
centre of Shaft, and framed with mortice and tennon in 
piece figure 4. The drawing shows for itself hew to be 
firaoaed; the dotted lines a a show that figures 3 and 4 
arc let into the Shaft about oae and a half inches to hohi 
«p and support the Lever; thus you see the alteration is 
very simple and costs but a trifle ; and those who wish lo 
case their teams a little, and do the same amount of work, 
•SB but try tne cant-hook principle. Respectfully, 
James B. Knox. 
S^rta, Ga., Jan. 1859. 
fTkc improvement above indicated, strikes us favorably, 
but we aie unable at present to give the drawings r ferred 
to All who desire to avail themselves of the advanta- 
ges set forth, may address Jno. Knox, as above, and he 
will furnish drafts and models of his improved Lever, 
&c.— E ds.J 
THE COTTON GIN — ITS ORIGIN, See. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — I noticed Inst yeeur 
a coiiiroveisy about the origin of the Saw Gin. Some wri- 
ter or writers in the CuUivalnr were disputing who made 
the first Gin, some say one and some say another, the 
truth of the thing is just this, Whitney invented the thing 
and Edward Lyon and his brother Henry made the first 
Saw Gm that was ever made Whitney made a small 
hand Gin with a wooden Cylindar, with wire drawn in 
and bent forward for teeth ; this, Mr. Lyon saw and im- 
proved his opportunity, aided by a young Scotchman, 
made the Saw Gin. Lyon having through disguise in wo- 
man’s clothes seen 'A hitney’s Gm, in the year 1794 in 
Elbert county on Broad river he made the Saw Gin. An- 
drew Ml- Ever mHde the wheels to set it going at Mr. 
Fulton Jones’ Mills on Falling Creek in said county, the 
Rolling Gin sp»)ken of was washed away at the lime of 
the ever mi-morabie Yazoo freshest that inundated Augusta 
and drove out the Legislature then sitting in Augusta. I 
saw Mr Lyon at work on the Gin in ’94 as above stated; 
I know not that it is of any avail who made it, so that we 
have it — Whitney and Lyon went to law about it, but 
neither got a patent for the discovery. 1 could tell muck 
about the transac.tion, but am a poor writer, as you ca« 
see without being told of it. 
John Evanc. 
HOW TO lYIAKE HOME HAPPY. 
Do not jest with your wite upon a subject in wki(^ 
there is danger of wounding her feelings Remember 
that she treasures every word you utter, though you never 
tliink of it ai;ain. Do not speak of some virtue in ano- 
ther m in’s wife, to remind your own of a fault. Do not 
reproach your wife with personal defects, for if she has 
sensibilitv, you inflict a wound difficult to heal. Do not 
treat your wife, with inattention in company. Do not 
upbraid her in the presence of a third person, nor enter- 
tain her with praising the beauty and accomplishments 
of other women If you would have a pleasant hotns 
and cheerful wife, pass your evenings under your owB 
roof Do not be stern and silent in your own house, and 
remarkable for sociability elsewhere. Remember that 
your wite has as much need of recreation as yourself, and 
devote a portion, at least, of your leisure hours to suck 
society and amusements as she may join. By so doing, 
you will secure her smiles and increase her affectioB. 
Do not, by being too exact in pecuniary matters, make 
vour wife feel her dependence on your bounty. It she ie 
a sensible woman, she should be acquainted with your 
■usiness and know your income, that she may regulate 
her household expenses accordingly Do not withhold 
this knowledge, in order to cover your own extravagance. 
Women have a keen perception - be sure ske will disco- 
ver your selfishness, — and though no word is spokeOf 
tVor* that moment her respect is lessened, and her co«fi- 
denv:e diminished, pridj-wounded, and a thousand, per- 
haps unjust, suspicions created From that momeat is 
your domestic comtort on the wane There can be no 
oneness where there ts no full confidence. — fVamMn^S 
Thoughts about Wompu. 
ly Refrain from ..luei w.,o,s, .i..re is only the differ-. 
ence of a letter between words and sivords. 
