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AMEKICAN AG-RICULTUKIST. 
fairly into a book would not of itself be worthy 
of remark, since such things are often dictated 
to children by their teachers; but the striking 
correspondence between these precepts and the 
after life of the writer, makes them interesting as 
proving him 
Endued 
With sanctity of reason- 
to keep unbroken that connection between con¬ 
victions and conduct, the severing of which 
causes half the crime and wretchedness of the 
world. 
CLAIMS OF AGRICULTURAL PATENTS 
ISSUED FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 20, 1853. 
Grain and Grass Harvesters. —By Uriah H. 
Goble, of Springfield, Ohio: I claim, first mak¬ 
ing the ground or driving-wheel with a conical 
tread to counteract the tendency of the machine 
to run into the uncut grain to prevent the side 
draught, and to better balance the machine by 
throwing the heft to the outside or from the 
uncut grain, as described. 
I also claim so hinging the platform immedi¬ 
ately in rear of the cutters, and giving it a 
rising and a falling motion, by means of the cam 
and lever, or their equivalents, when said mo¬ 
tions are made to conform to the motions of the 
reel or rake, to retain and then facilitate the dis¬ 
charge of the cut grain from the platform in 
bunches, as described. 
Grain and Grass Harvesters. —By J. E. 
Brown & S. L. Bartlett, of Woonsocket, R. I.: 
We claim the double-bladed or two-edged knife, 
or its equivalent, so constructed as to cut in 
each direction, as it is vibrating, as described. 
Second, the knife in combination with the 
curves and teeth. 
Third, we claim the mode of operating the 
double-bladed knives or cutters, by means of 
the rack and pinions, as set forth. 
Fourth, we claim the arrangement of the de- 
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internal part of the driving-wheel to the rack, as 
set forth. 
Fifth, the gearing, arranged and combined so 
as to work within the main wheel, and operate 
the crank upon the axle of the main wheel, as 
described. 
Grain and Grass Harvesters. —By Wm. & 
Thomas Schnebly, of New York City: We claim 
the method of arranging the gear in combination 
with the moveable plate, to which the crank-pin 
is fastened, said moveable plate being located 
on the flange of the second pinion, by which 
method we can increase or diminish the lateral 
distance of the motion of the cutters, as des¬ 
cribed. 
We claim the method of constructing the 
hollow guard fingers, each one being a single 
piece, only substantially as described. 
We claim the self-acting rake with jointed fin¬ 
gers, in combination with the guide-rods upon 
which it is made to slide back and forth, as des¬ 
cribed. 
Shoes to Winnowers. —By Joseph & James 
Montgomery, of Lancaster, Pa.: We claim the 
construction and arrangement of the ordinary 
shoe, so as to receive an extra shoe and door, 
as set forth. 
Manure Crushers and Sowers. —By T. F. 
Nelson, of Clark Co., Va.: I claim the combina¬ 
tion of the fluted or toothed cylinders, with the 
toothed shaft operating as described, for the 
purpose of grinding and distributing guano or 
other pulverized manures, as set forth, the whole 
being in combination with any ordinary seed 
planter. 
Manure and other Forks. —By B. II. Frank¬ 
lin, of Worcester, Mass.: I claim making the 
tines of forks three sided, as described, whereby 
I diminish the weight, retain the strength, im¬ 
prove the holding properties of the fork, and at 
the same time prevent its choking, and cheapen 
the article. 
Power Rakes. —By II. N. Tripp, of Alfred, 
Me.': I claim combining with the rake-head and 
shafts a set of levers and back draught bars, as 
set forth, so that by the conjoint action of the 
forward draught of the horse and the back 
draught of the attendant, the rake may be 
either turned up or off the ground, and sup¬ 
ported on its wheels, or turned down so as to 
bring its teeth in contact with the' ground, as 
specified. 
Self-acting Machines for Weighing Grain. 
—By I. D. Garlick, of Lyons, N. Y.: I claim 
the auxiliary gate, when combined with the 
loaded bent lever and cam catch, or their equiv¬ 
alents, which act upon the steel-yard so as to 
lift shortly before the weight of grain in the 
weighing box becomes sufficient to raise it, as 
set forth. 
I also claim suspending the weighing box in 
lever, whereby it is made to slide up and down 
the frame by means of a rack pinion and loaded 
within said frame at each weighing, and to pro¬ 
duce the movements as described. 
I also claim the arrangement and combination 
of the bent cam lever, the pin on the frame, and 
the curved elastic rod connecting said lever with 
the lid, for the purpose of opening the lid at 
each descent of the weighing box within the 
frame, and again closing it by the ascent thereof, 
as set forth. 
I also claim the suspended hopper, in com¬ 
bination with the vibrating lever, arranged as 
set forth. 
I also claim the combination of the notches 
and catch wire, with the elastic shoe and pin of 
the lever, arranged in such a manner that said 
lever is successively set free from the notch Q, 
catch, and notch R, respectively, by the ascent, 
descent, and second ascent of the steel-yard, as 
set forth. 
I also claim the adjustable cam catch, as des¬ 
cribed, in combination with the shouldered rod, 
for the purpose set forth. 
I also claim the slotted rod, in combination 
with the vibratory lever, when arranged in such 
a manner that the ascent of the lever will raise 
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steel-yard, but will not disturb the gate in its 
descent, as described. 
I also claim the arrangement and combination 
of the adjustable notched and perforated disc, 
the coupling pins, index, arm, and stop, as set 
forth. 
Steam Boilers. —By 0. F. Sibbald, of Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa.: I claim the fire box, deflecting 
plates, fire surface, and water surface, as con¬ 
structed, and the whole arranged as set forth. 
Also, the additional steam chamber placed be¬ 
low the water surface and behind the fire box, 
and connected to the main steam chamber by a 
pipe passing through the smoke stack, as set 
forth. 
Cotton Presses. —By J. B. Armstrong, of 
Barnwell, S. C.: I claim the method described 
of holding the bale under compression, and pre¬ 
venting it from springing or yielding during the 
stitching and roping of the same whilst the 
platen is being run down or back, by means of 
a false top or platen, hooked or otherwise 
hitched to the bed, and arranged to work in 
connection with the main platen, as specified, 
whereby time is economized in the operation of 
the press as set forth. 
A Good Man’s Wish. —I freely confess to 
you that I would rather, when I am laid down 
in the grave, have some one in his manhood 
stand over me and say: “ There lies one who 
was a real friend to me, and privately warned 
me of the dangers of the young; no one knew 
it, but he aided me in the time of need; I owe 
what I am to himor would rather have some 
widow, with chokeing utterance telling her 
children, “ there is your friend and mine. He 
visited me in my affliction, and found you, my 
son, an employer, and you, my daughter, a 
happy home in a virtuous family.” I say, I 
would rather that such persons should stand at 
my grave, than to have erected over it the most 
beautiful sculptured monuments of Parian or 
Italian marble. The heart’s broken utterance 
of reflections of past kindness, and the tears of 
grateful memory shed upon the grave, are more 
valuable, in my estimation, than the most beau¬ 
tiful cenotaph ever reared. 
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The Hog Trade.— The receipts, &c,, during 
the week, have been as follows : 
By River. 2,689 
By Railroads and Canals. 23,009 
Through Toll Gates. 11,707 
From Kentucky. 4,160 
Slaughtered in Plainville. 4,800 
Total for the week. . 46,469 
Previously reported. 279,875 
Grand Total. 326,341 
To same date last year. 344,188 
To same date, 1852. 311,592 
To same date, 1851. 288,267 
It now requires only twenty-nine thousand to 
equal the whole number shown by our weekly 
reports last season, these having fallen short six 
thousand of the whole number packed. Hogs 
received by wagons, are not included in our re¬ 
ports, and consequently the packers’ reports at 
the close of the season, overrun the aggregate 
of our weekly statements. It is clear now, that 
there will be an excess in the business at this 
point.— Gazette. 
Cincinnati , Jan. 3, 1854. 
The Philosophy of Boarding. —What do you 
charge for board, asked a tall Green Mountain 
boy, as he walked up to the bar of a second 
rate hotel in New York : “What do you ask a 
week for board and lodging ?” 
“ Five dollars.” 
“ Five dollars 1 that’s too much; but I suppose 
you’ll allow for the times I am absent from din¬ 
ner and supper?” 
“ Certainly; thirty-seven and a half cents 
each.” 
Here the conversation ended, and the Yankee 
took up his quarters for two weeks. During 
this time he lodged and breakfasted at the hotel, 
but did not take either dinner or supper, saying 
his business detained him in another portion of 
the town. At the expiration of the two weeks, 
he walked up to the bar, and said.— 
“ S’pose we settle that account—I’m goin’ to 
leave in a few minutes.” 
The landlord handed him his bill:—“ Two 
weeks board at five dollars—ten dollars.” 
“Here, stranger,” said the Yankee, “this is 
wrong—you’ve not deducted the times I was 
absent from dinner and supper—14 days, two 
meals per day ; 28 meals, at 37 1 cents each—- 
$10.50cts. If you’ve not got the fifty cents 
that’s dew to me, I’ll take a drink, and the bal¬ 
ance in segars.” 
Sleeping in Church. —People who carry full 
dinners to church with them in the afternoon 
are remarkably apt to fall asleep, no matter how 
good the sermon may be. Last Sunday after¬ 
noon, a Baptist clergyman in Hudson street, 
while holding forth to his congregation in a style 
that ought to have kept them awake, suddenly 
stopped in his discourse, and said— 
“ Brethren: I have preached about half of 
my sermon, and I perceive that twenty-five or 
thirty of my congragation are fast asleep. I 
shall postpone the delivery of the balance of it 
until they wake up!” 
There was a dead pause for about five min¬ 
utes, during which time the sleepers awoke, and 
then the preacher “went on.”— Express. 
Pretty Good. —At the depot a few days ago, 
says the Groton Mercury , we noticed a fellow 
seated near the door of one of the ladies’ apart¬ 
ments, with a few pounds of hair surrounding 
his mouth. A little boy passing the room with 
his parents, on seeing the object, exclamed, “ Oh 
mother, mother, just see that man with a cat in 
his mouth. 
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Do in the hole as thou wouldst do in the hall. 
