MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
CHEAP PAINT. 
THE BESUXT OF SKILL AND INDUSTEY. 
I ifAVB traversed the great Erie Canal 
from one end to the other; I floated on the 
restore the vacancy—the change of the melt¬ 
ed matter of the interior; all would be suf¬ 
ficient to change the centre of motion, and 
^ters of the Ohio Canal;’and I returned ITS ORIGINAL PSODUCl'ION. eomsequently the poles. The raising of a 
to the seashore by the Pittsburgh and Penn- numbek iv. 7 nonument—a house—the falling of a tree, 
lUtabing. 
PBAYEE BETTER STHANJ'LAWSUrrS. 
Mr MooRK:-In perusing your paper 1 totne seasnore number xv. 
/ , ” . . V svlvania canals and railroads. What a mag- i i m 
saw some account of cheap painting of va- excursion! What mighty triumph most prevalent and generally receiv- 
rious colors; but the cheapest 1 have seen j^j.e here! W'hat a mov- ed opinions of the great minds who have in¬ 
is made by the grinding up of the slate stone ing of the affections! AVhat an e.xpanding ve.stigated the subject of the agents and 
that forms the bank of Seneca Lake, in the of the imagination! How many beautiful forces that were in action to cause the soil, 
town of Starkev, Yates county. One of my ^^d splendid vi.sions have floated before the technically termed—to grind 
1 . i^+ mind, which were surpassed by the great i r i c ^ -i. • ^ ^ 
neighbors hist summer ground up a lot of h jhe surface rock, as it is every 
monument—a house—the falling of a tree, When Samuel Harris, of Virginia, Ixjgim 
or the removal of a shovel full of earth has to preach, his soul was so absorbed in the 
that effect, in an inconceivable degree at this work, that he neglected to attend to the du¬ 
ties of this life. U inding, upon a time, that 
. it was absolutely necessary that he should 
It is not difficult to conceive, what there- pj-oyPfo more grain for his family than he 
slate stones, mixed it with flax seed oil, and “ noble ^ond long-sTretclu^^^^ where found, and to distribute the boulders the money. 
painted a his house a slate color, except the ments, which rivalled the neighboring hills, and emitic bocks from very distant places— . ’ ' f+u t > Id fl ^ f ' The man ri^lied, “ I have no money by 
casinirs and frieze boards, which he paint- Here were rivei's, hundreds of miles in are the subjects proposed for this chapter. ® ^ won } or nie, and cannot oblige you.” 
edwMi white lend After the paint had length, flowing at Man’s pleasure, ami in can be no iiTcvcrence attached in ward, in the line of its former motion, until JIanis said «I want the money to pur- 
the money. 
every thing of that nature would fly for¬ 
ward, in the line of its former motion, until 
me, and cannot oblige you.” 
Hanis said, “ I w'ant the money to pur¬ 
chase grain for my family; as you have 
raised a good crop of wdieat, I will take that 
article of you, instead of money, at current 
could not, and would admit of a good poli.sh. pierced through and through, and Greater, {ixs all of His works are performed thousand times. There are many 
Might not this slate be a good paint lor a passage opened through the heart of ad- by means,) w^hich are equal and consistent . ' ,. ", “ The man answered, “ .1 have other uses 
slate or perhaps other colors, by mixing with amantine ban-iers for vehicles freighted Avith ,^yith the appearances of the changes and ^ ^^,7 for my wheat, and cannot let you ha\e it 
red, b Jk, or yellow ? Hu^rv S.u,™. human life. Here were deep iulaud oceans revolutions that this globe has undergone. 
V V M^.'rrh iK'-.n mingling their waters with the mighty sea ° , , , , any other supposition. to pay me ' 
A. I., that sweeps from pole to pole; imd bearing As stated in a prenous number, the globe p^trifled remains of palms, ferns, and va- “ I »“''«>• hi pay until you sue 
^ There is no doubt but the .ibove maU.- thousand floating from a melted globule of matter, by the laws tropical plants are found over and debtor, “ and therefore, 
rial will compose a good body, for many anddeeply laden arks, myriads of human be- of attraction and cohesion, compounded with lu j i n r.-r,. wi y^^^ ^>^^y begin your suit as soon as you 
darkorchacolate,c5Inredp.aints Itisprob- i„gs acL'e in the pursuit of bush,css or .be centrifugal force of motion assumed the T,’" •in,’ an ,■ -a, 
oVwi,, rrf fiwr enmA ns t,ho nlcasurc 1 accumulutions of wcaltli W tlic , _ , ^ ^n and however far north—the teeth, and bones Mr. Hams left him, meditating; said he 
red, black, or yellow ? Hen 
Starkey, N. V., March, 1850. 
AiMo. ^ ^ ^ ciilu ud;uiy c*i vj. ui aiwauuuii cinu uuiiuaiuii, uuuApuuiiuuu ^ A J — J j .. 
dark or chacolatecdlored paints. Itisprob- ings active in the pursuit of business or the centrifugal force of motion, assumed the for north the teeth and Lues • lUte 
•“’"-n-'c=ss's=.-'.s;“£'.s -.-.ail.-., 
^\ \ \ uvi f rv oi deep and tangled recesses of the forest, now of the naked and thm-hmred animals, that to himselt, “ What shall i doV Must I 
celebrated Mre-proot Minera 1 amt, so ^^Pmanded, and on cooling, the vapors of the elimates, are leave preaching and attend a vexatious law- 
lughly extolled, trom Akron, Uhio only in civilization, from the glittering fields of po- chaotic atmosphere were condensed, and fomi^j fo caves 50 or CO degrees N. latitude Perhaps a thousand souls may per- 
a more indurated staffs. If our correspon- jeg^ from the shores of the Western formed water sufficient to cover the whole piawiIthHc! n-i, foimrl forfbAr nnrfh meantime for the want of hcar- 
dent will send us samples, both ground and Ocean; accumulations wdiose growing ex- surface to a great depth—the aijaount on :,.cV,„afipa in the eternal ices of Siberia-and ^ ^ 
inite natural state, we will give it an ex- tent defies all calculation. All this too, is j at the present time beino-equal ^^^bedded m the eternal ices of Siberia, and yoxi do now for yourself? Why, tins 
. .. I fUn vvAvU nf A lif.flA animal of the. ordinarv uann, ai me present time, ptiiij, equd stones, and pebbles, are found equally will I do: I will sue him at the court of 
ish in the meantime for the want of hear¬ 
ing of Jesus. No, I Avili not Well, what 
will you do now for yourself? W"hy, tliis 
ammaaoa_ • j'j^ghJ’of sixty inches, with only two feed ^^0 cubic miles, and equal to the and water worn, at 80 deg. heaven.” Having resolved Avhat he would 
TO COLOR PINE TO IMITATE BLACK WALNUT, and two hands, and of an average duration covering of the dry land to the depth of 8 ,- Avhere the most intense cold reig-ns be turned aside into a wood—and on 
— of life less than twenty veam His mighty OOO feet; and so it continued for an im- his knees 
T.HE pine should be perfectly free fiom implements a hoe, a pick-axe and a spade, mense period, until after the deposit of the n .i inctm-iAA*? Amikl hv anv nosrihilitv ®^®b an evidence of dmne 
knots, (as they will not color,) and a strong f^ych are the residts of intelligent, concern . , . • ' , s: at which time ^ 
solution of hot logwood, rubbed carefully all trated pcrseverinLHjabor —Henry Colman. ^ -n i , have existed with the same equatoiial and guage, that Jesus Avould become a bonds- 
1 .1 • 11 1 . S - >r b o-rAat HisfiirhaiiAAS nt thA st.i mAte.n matter , i ,• i i - i _i.. _ ii-.. xi.__ _i_xt-_x i_:.i 
the work of a little animal of the. ordinary 
the stones, and pebbles, are found equally will I do: I will sue him at the court of 
guage, that Jesus would become a bonds- 
over the pine, and then it is allowed to dry. 
Another coat may be given, or a number, - MANUFACTURE OF AMERICA. ^ommencea—mounmins were degrees, or even Itess, of- ^ he went on preaching. Mr. Harris arose 
according to the shade wanted. After the - protruded—large areas of surfiice were ele- repeated would be equal to all the exi- prayer resolved to liold the man no 
logwood Is dried,a.solulion of eopperasshould The must c:rtensivc manufactories in the vated, and others depressed, forming the fu- (rencies required, and leave all the appear- i'^Nger a debtor, since Jesus had assumed 
be applied in the same way asthe logwwd. United States arc at Thomsonville, Conn. continents, and beds of oceans and the anccs, and state of the surface harmonious, fbe payment. He there ore wrote a receipt 
which wiU make the color quite black. They me 10 , 000,000 Iba of wool, and 10 ,- jlakes. At this period commenced the and in good keeping witl, reason and prob- m MI of all accounts agmnst the man, and 
It would be better to have a large vessel OOO lbs. offlax-yarn per annum. They mean- ui s penou eo meneeu i it 6 u 6 dating it m the woods where he had pray- 
of strong logwood liquor, in which to steep ufacture three-ply, Brussels, and Axminster action,tl,at caused the grindingofthesurfacc' „(,xt number will be devoted to the 
the pine for a few day.s, such-as an old mo- carpeting of the richest patterns, the weav- rocks-distnbuted the boulders, and created favor of the melted ^y 
lasses cask; after which the copperas should i^g, at present, being mostly done on hand- the soil. J’o perform this severe action, im- and fluid state of the centre of the earth. "'^y ^ meeting, he gave the receipt to a 
be applied as before stated, with a sponge, looms; they are, however, about introducing mense currents of long continuance were r. t. servanj^ directing him to give it to his 
The copperas is dissolved with warm water, power-looms into the factory, for weaving to meet the necessitv of the final - On ms return from the meeting, the 
The logwood must be boiled for three hours rugs and Axminster carpets. The wool for ^ necessiiy ox me nnai gPONGE THE BASIS OF FLINTS. man hailed him, and demanded what he 
in a vessel. It requires to be very strong, Axminster carpeting is first woven into a web, ^esulte. The mere assertion that flints were spon- meant by the receipt that he had sent him 
but there is no rule that we know of for and afterwards cut in strips, forming what It is supposed, that great helds and seas that morning. 
the quantity; any body, by the directions jg called chenniele card; this is done upon a of ice occupied the polar regions of the north was unacquainted with the history of these Hm’i'i® replied, “ I meant just what 
given, cannot fail in strikrag the mark. Ram- machine, invented by Messrs. Daridson & —the north, because afl the boulders are of fossil relics of a former ocean; but we ap- ^ wrote. 
rods for guns are dyed in this way, canes. Parks, of Spring-field, Vt, which is the first known northern origin, and the marks and prebend that a little reflection will satisfy „now, sir, answere t e e t 
&c. It is applied to all light colored woods, ^nd only ouc of the kind in the U. States, on'the surface rock arc in the di- the most skeptical of the truth of this or, I have never piud you. 
as well as pine. If copperas cannot be got The machine has over 200 cutters, or knives, ®®ratclxes on the . u the Ui announcement Imbedded in the , sxud Mr. Hams, and I know 
handy, a few scraps of iron steeped in vine- ^hich are attached to a cylinder, making r®®tion ol noi;th and south-that great de- the chalk, which, during long that you smd you never would unl(^ 
gar for a few days, will answer just as well, gome 800 revolutions, and cutting two full pressions o.^ devations'of the surface took I, its aecumulatioii had coiitiimed ^ sued you. But sir, I sued you »t die 
By using a strong solution of sumac in yards of the web per minute into strips, place, causing the water to rush in, to fill ^ overwhelm successive generations of ma- of heaven, and Jesus entered bail for 
place of the logwood, the wood will become -which being passed over a grooved cylinder, the void, or recede to its natural bed; and rine animals, the sponge have remained for you,—-has agreed to pay me, I have there- 
quite dark wheix It gets the copperas put on heated by having hot irons inserted within that immense fields, floes and mountains of centuries exposed to the water that contin- -j xi,. 
If, but 1 will not have the rich fippearance it, ig prepared for weanng. Besides this „d forward with the waters holdinn- percolates such strata; water which ^ut I insist upon it, ^d the man, 
of the logw'ood color. By using alum m carpet-establishment, there is m this • xi ■ i ’ i. i ^ contains silicious matter in solution. From a matters shall not be left so. 
place of the copperas, a purple kind of color village a fectory, 100 by 43 feet in dimen- frozen m their lower surfaces, the broken chemistry, it is easy to ex- . “ I am well satisfied,” answered Mr. Har- 
will be made on the wood. sions, and five stories high, for the manu- and disintegrated masses of rock, the result particles of similar matter should “Jesus will not fail me. I leave you 
Every kind of wood is easier colored than facture of knit shirts, drawers, and fancy of previous disturbances, and as they passed become aggregated, as thus to understand f® settle^ the account with him at another 
pine, because there is so much i e^in in it ginghams. T his establishment has about ^yer the surface rock wdth great force and how, in the lapse of ages, the silicious spic- ^ ^ 6 '^® • «• x n xi 
which prevents the dye from entering It 30 sets of wool-cards, and 25 or 30 ging- ^ ^ ^ jj ^ that originally constituted the frame ^ operated so eftectually upon the 
is therefore necessary to have the wood free ham looms.- American. ' f work of a spon-e, have formed nuclii around “^^n’s conscience that m a few days he dis- 
frora knots, and to apply the logwood very --- abraded mutoally themselves and the kindred atoms have constantly accu- ®li^^rged f^^® 
hot—Scientific American. Remminoton Bridge. -The Remming- surfaces they impinged against; causing the ^uiated, until the entire mass has been at Remarks.— If Mr. Harris had sued the 
--- ton Bridge, now in course of construction at pulverized remains known as soil, drift, or converted into solid flint. We arc, man and obtained judgment, the man would 
NE W PAI NT. Montgomery, Ala., for the passage of a rail- diluvium, and these changes and revolutions moreover, by no means left to mere conject- have indulged some wicked passion prob- 
Mix, W. Longmaid, of London, has lately road, is described as of considerable import- were many times rcpycated. ure or hypothesis upon this interesting point ably revenge. If the man, by soixie device, 
taken out a patent for a new way of ti-eating ance in the bridge line. Its strength is due .. . , + xi 1 + 7 . ++1 . *• . 1 —nothing is more compion in chalky dis- had escaped, he would have gloried 111 his 
the oxides of iron and obtaining products to the fact that the fibres of the stringers is a o con en e la ic con inua fo gifo flints, which on being bro- success and probably defied his creditor, 
from tliem for making paints. Tlie mode are not subject to any transverse strain, the cooling and contraction of the crust, or out- ken, still contain portions of the original There are many who carry a bold face, even 
of operation, which certainly has the merit only action upon them being exerted in the er portion of the earth’s surface, caused it to sponge in an almost unaltered condition, and when they cheat to tlie extent of the law. 
Cl ■ _ 1 .i. c A . i_xi. x?_ xii_ i i c i i ,• i i . ,i ° a* j ;_r._i,i„ _r x^,„ Imf IaJ thpir indehtednesp! eome under the 
great disturbances of the still melted matter relations under which we now revolve, man for the man, and see that he was paid 
of the centre commenced—mountains were 
if he went on preaching. Mr. Harris arose 
SPONGE THE BASIS OF FLINTS. man hailed him, and demanded what he 
The mere asserU^at flints were spon- >f f ‘ U' the receipt that he had sent him 
ges w'ould no doubt startle the reader who that morning. x • x 1 x 
un«ennainff.d with the historv of thcSG ^®P^‘®‘^’ ^ 
NEW PAINT. 
Mix, W. Longmaid, of London, has lately 
J ^^v*v**, ----- 
d^ ivh)' home. The welcome al- 
o an^aef "'‘'^7® J ^t the home of the good, where 
mix, vy . ajhinuvn, new inuviijf rOclU, W UUSUllUX'U rlO Ul wiioihitieiuic iinpni h- WCrC many times rcpycateo. ure U1 liypULUCJMO upun mio - j - 1 Vi 111 1 - 1 - I" 
taken out a patent for a new way of ti-eating ance in the bridge line. Its strength is due .. . , + ri i xi. ++i . x- . i —nothing is more compion in chalky dis- had escaped, he would have gloried m his 
the oxides of iron and obtaining products to the fact that the fibres of the stringers is a o con en e la ic con inua fo flifo flints, which on being bro- success and probably defied his creditor, 
from tliem for making paints. Tlie mode are not subject to any transverse strain, the cooling and contraction of the crust, or out- ken, still contain portions of the original There are many who carry a bold face, even 
of operation, which certainly has the merit only action upon them being exerted in the er portion of the earth’s surface, caused it to sponge in an almost unaltered condition, and when they cheat to tlie extent of the law, 
of being novel, is as follows:—The oxide of direction of the length of the fibre. Each bend and form undulations, whereby great thus afford irrefragable proof of the condi- but let their indebtedni^s coine imdcr the 
iron is reduced to a powder, and then resin end of one of its stringers is firmly bolted disturbances of the water’s level took place, tion of the whole mass. mvestig^on of lionorable neighbors and 
or tor is mixed with it in the proportion of down to nn abutment and any weight being ^ they wi ll soon yield to moral force. 
10 or 15 per cent, the larger quantity being laid upon them between the abutments, p, -x -x- BEPOLITE. . 
preferable. The resin or tar, if used dry, causes just the same tension of the fibres as great force to assume its pioper position, car- — Home, ihis magic word lingers with 
should be pulverized, but when used in a in the case of an attempt to break a walk- r}dng with it all loose and unattached matter. There is but very httle pohteness about youth, manhood and old age; and poor indeed 
semi-fluid statq, it is mixed directly with the ing stick by drawing it apart, while holding jt kas also been suggested, that from the some men; are you of that sort . A real- ^^ko has no home. The welcome al- 
S mfxStctS—_ —:f„n'et:s""^nr^of™? ways found at the home of the good, where 
which are about live feet long, and the only Simple Remedy to Purify Water.— It cooling, in obedience to the general laws of that will injure the feelings of another in the the wife and the children gather round the 
opening is closed with a coven The retorts is not generally known as it ought to be, that matter and motion, that the earth’s motion presence of company. On the contrai-)-, he father, and cling to him as a treasure some- 
are th 4 i placed vertically in a furnace with pounded alum possesses the property of pu- was accelerated, until, by centrifugal force, will try to make him as pleasant as possible times out of sight, is one of the most cheer- 
the cover downwards to allow the escape of rifying water. A large table-spoonful of pfop loose matter rushed from the strange places, and if he commits an er- all the pleasure of life: and to the 
the gaseous mattem evolved, and lire aUow- pnlvemed alum sprinkled into a hogshead t,., equator, forming the in- child, who can yo/lome from either school 
ed to reiyiM.in at a fixed temnerature for two of w'ater, (the water stirred round at the ^ , excite the laughter oi others, tfie polite man , r. i-r i .,x , 
hours after the gases have ceased to escape, time,) will, after the lapse of a few hours, creased equatorial diameter it is known to the attention in a diftereut channel or i® ^sy caies o i e, J ^ ‘ • 
After this they are suffered to cool <n-adu- by precipitating to the bottom the impure possess; by wLich action, many of the ap- and makes the person feel at home again. Mother and llotne aic the uearest sounds to 
ally, and the product obtained is a^dark- particles, so purify it, that it will be found pearances now observed were caused. You will always notice the regard had for mankind. How desolate is the last without 
cXred matter, which when used as a pig- to possess nearly all the freshness and clear- m, „ still another action brouo-lit for- ®burch, in public assem- ^ke first? Though all the world beside 
ment with oil forms a paint If the escap- ness of the finest spring water. A pailful, , cower that nroduced tlie soil board a steamboa , or offered us, we would not have our 
ing gases are preserved, they produce a confining four gallons, may be purified by ™’ hat produced tlie soil ^ ^^ige coach, he is respected and his ii fo^. 3 ^keus Death relentless comes 
volatile oil and an inflammable gk a single tea-spoonful. -abraded and scratched the rocks-round- company is sought The unprotected as pother toke u . Dea 
_- --- ed all the loose and unattached rocks into by instinct, seek shelter by his side. And nt last, hut, though he takes the mother,it 
Gas in Great Britain.— The Mining Improved Spoke Shave.- MrHnman A. the present boulders, stones and pebbles yet, how very few are polite. Every day is hut to transfer her where the heart as- 
particles, so purify it, that it will be found pearances now observed were caused. You will always notice tlie regara naa lor mankind. How desolate is me last wimout 
to possess nearly all the freshness and clear- ^^ere is still another action brought for- nr 
ness of the finest spring water. A pailful, o. the noxver that nroduced the soil ^^‘®s kind, on board a steamboat, or kave our 
containing four gallons, may be purified by produced tlie soil ^ g^ige coach, he is respected and his xk_foj.gakeus Death relentless comes 
a single tea-spoonful. -abraded and scratched the rocks—round- company is sought. The unprotected, as mother foi-sake u . , , 
--- ed all the loose and unattached rocks into by instinct, seek shelter by his side. And Rt last; hut, though he takes the mother, it 
Improved Spoke Shave.- Mr. Inman A. the present boulders, stones and pebbles yet, how very few are polite. Everyday is hut to transfer her where the heart as- 
AvnrNUI rkf NT Y Las invpnfprl a L. i • ,i -i_i -x. xi_ i t.Lx^ low bred and the vulgar insult their riiros to he with her in that rest where 
Journal states that there are 560 Gas Man- Arnold, of Geneva, N. Y., has invented a fom.j(j in the soil; and it is a theory bv many ^^^® bred and the vulga 
X . . • -n, 1 1 1 r.-. • 1-1 .1 1 _ 1 _ 1 - 1 - :_ X __1... _ ’ J J J T.-. /-.liv Xiaih? 1A7a 
d and the vulgar insult their pi^es to he with her in that rest where 
In our daily walks how sadly and children hope finally to dwell, 
this rare quality do we find 
A capital of $235,000,000 is invested.— ly one w^ho has seen it. The knife is se- pori®d- The poles, or axes of the earth, are mankind. Without a large share of polite- ^ n p 
These 116 factories produce yearly 9,000,- cured in the stock in a different way from those points of least motion at right angles ness a person cannot become respected and Getting Good by Doing Goou.-Be- 
000,000 English cubic feet; consume about what it is in other such tools. A face plate to that of the greatest motion, and are im- beloved. It is necessary to the discharge neyolence is a, fundamental law of our mcjal 
1,150,000 tons of coal; employ 20,000 is employed, which can be set to graduate aginary points, depending on the direction of a pastor’s office. It is equally so m the being; and the man who abors or iis cl- 
workmen in the factories and about as many the shaving action of the knife, as desired. ^ flki-„.fl i-cvolution and mioht be at ®Jitorial duties. A polite editor will give low-men secures thcicby the giatification 
in the coal digo-ings. He has taken measures to secure a patent . , ’ x -x ? . no offence to his unlettered correspondents, of lus most commanding principles of ac- 
Ithas been calculated that to produce __ any other point on the .surfiice, if the motion pfo, ^ot quote his eriule remarks, to lion; but he who labors for himself alone, 
an equal quantity of lio-ht to that produced A steam engine consumes about twenty corresponded with them. bring him into contempt. He will not take stirs up against his own ^^p® some of the 
by the gas, it would be necessary to burn feet of steam per minute for each horse- At a period before the final settlement advantage of his power to abuse and slan- most operative elements of his worst nature. 
about 150,000,000 quarto of oil at a cost power. In high-prespre engine.s the steam consolidation of all things, a thousand ^ The past is God’s, the futureisthine- 
eiffht or nine times larger than that of iras. is not condensed ; m low-pressure engines it . . • i x i x .i x xi illy and kindly by him. roliteness isarare , ^ u 
g g is condensed in a separate vessel ^ contingencies might happen to destroy the ^ ^ it were better culti- improve it well by repentiuice. 
A WISE man makes more opportunities-—-. motion-the upheaval of the sur- i„ ^ke coarse and rasp-like natures of but at war 
than he finds. -A. lik has no legs, but scandal has wings, face or its depression—the rush of water to niultitudes we could nanae.— Olive Branch ^ ^ * 
I X TOIA./V1. Jill PllV./ -^ , 
face or its depression—the rush of water to multitudes we could name.— Olive Branch. I '‘''dh tlieu- vices. 
most operative elements of his worst nature. 
The past is God’s, the future is thine — 
improve it well by repentance. 
Be at peace with Ml mankind, but at war 
