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Utica contracts our power,” Jonathan Sewell. 
“J Vise masterly inactivity,” Mackintosh, in 
1 ?JL , though generally attributed to John Ran¬ 
dolph. “First in war, first in peace, and (list 
in the hearts ot his fellow citizens,” (not coun¬ 
try nun,) resolutions presented to the House of 
Representatives December, 
General Henry Lee. 
not one cent for tribute,” 
“The almighty dollar," 
“As good as a play,” T 
Parliament attending the discussion 
Ross' divorce bill. “ 
Love’s Labor Lost. “ 
“ Pumping a man,” 
“Go snacks,” 
A CHAPTEB ON GRINDSTONES 
UTII.ITT OF GRINDSTONES—WKKRB OBTAINED—A LARGE 
QUARRY—HOW THE STONE ARE QUARRIED AXD MAN¬ 
UFACTURED—HOW PACKED FOR MARKET, AC. AO. 
Stone, in a general sense, implies a mass of 
concreted earthy or mineral matter. Large 
portions or accumulations have the more sound¬ 
ing name of rocks, it implies firmness and 
inertia. The stone or rock family is made up 
of numerous varieties, differing in their texture 
somewhat, but agreeing in their general charac¬ 
teristics. 8tone is of great and extensive use 
in the construction of buildings of alt kinds; in 
opposing a barrier to the encroachments of the 
ocean surge; to the careering waters of the 
rushing and swollen river. In the lofty crests 
of mountains, in pyramids and in statues of the 
gigantic mould, stone becomes poetical, and is 
made to partake of the sublime. Hence, we 
read of the rock or stone of ages—of lively and 
precious stones. But it is not of the granite, 
marble, veined or white, nor of the “stone of 
stumbling,” of which we purpose now t6 speak, 
mo, prepared by 
Millions for defence, but 
Charles (J. Pinckney. 
Washington , Irving. 
King Charles, when In 
-i of Lord 
Sailing a bargain,” is in 
Past and Loose,” Ibid, 
Otway’s Venice preserved, 
i, Pope’s Prologue to Satires. “ Iu 
the wrong box," Fox’s Martyrs. “ To lam,” in 
the sense of to beat, “Kingand no Kiag,” by 
Beaumont and Fletcher. “A little bird told 
me,” comes from Ecclesiastes 10: ‘JO: “ For a 
bird Of the air shall carry the voice, and that 
which hath wings shall toll the matter.” 
“ IIa that fights and runs away, 
May Uve to fight another day.” 
These linos, generally attributed to Hudibras, 
are really much older. j,,They are to be found in 
a book published in 1656. The same idea is, 
however, expressed in> couplet published in 
loU, while one of the few fragments of Menan- 
der, the Greek writer, that have been preserved, 
embodies the same idea in a singlo^line. Tho 
couplet in Hudlbraa Is : 
! or those that ily nuvy fight again, 
Which he he cun never «io that’s slain.” 
“ Hell la paved with good inteuUous," thou-h 
found in Johnson and Herbert, was obviously 
in that day a proverbial expression. Waller 
Scott ascribes it to some “ stern oldjdivine.” 
“ There is a good time coniiug,” U an expres¬ 
sion used by Sir Walter Scott in “Rob Roy,” 
and has doubtless fora long time been a familiar 
saying in Scotland. 
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industry. The Grindstone is indispensable to 
the manufacturer in giviDg a polish and finish 
to the varied Implements of cutlery which 
human wants have rendered necessary. It is 
prominent among the agencies employed in the 
gun shop; in the business carried forward by 
the carpenter and joiner; in the shop of the 
tanner and currier; in that of the wheel-wright 
and carriage-maker; and last, though not least, 
to the farmer, for keeping in order his axes, 
scythes and other implements of rural labor. 
Being thus important in the offices It per¬ 
forms, the process of manufacturing the Grind¬ 
stone, though presenting no intricate features, 
can scarcely fail of proving of interest to the 
readers of the Rural. 
The Scientific American, in giving the ac¬ 
companying illustrations and substance of the 
annexed description, pertinently says:—What 
should we do without grindstones in the manu¬ 
facturing arts ? The dependence on them is so 
great that If the supply were stopped a cry 
would go up from the workshops far and near. 
From the cutlers’ shops, from tho grinders of 
THE FOURTEENTH DAYj.OF THE MONTH, 
There are certain ;days, which hold a con¬ 
spicuous place in the history of different nations 
in common, as well as of different public char¬ 
acters. As regards one ot these days, at least, 
tho coincidence Is very striking. The fourteenth 
has been memorable In many ways, and memo¬ 
rable perhaps above all other days for assassi¬ 
nations. Let us note a tew of the more famous : 
Du the 14th of May, 1610, Ravallluc murdered 
llenry IV. of Frauoe; ou the 11th of Jnly, 1793, 
Marat was killed by Charlotte Corday’s dagger; 
on the 14th of February, .1400, Richard II. was 
murdered in l’rumfret Castle; and on the same 
WORKS AT It FIR IT] A, OHIO 
The method of quarrying such a block is as 
follows: 
The surface dirt basing been removed, trenches 
or channels are cut at each end of the piece to be 
quarried; after this, small holes, 13 inches apart 
in a parallel line, 13 feet from the face, are made. 
In these holes iron wedges, one and a half inches 
square by six inches long, are placed and struck 
heavily with a sledge. The layers, In the natural 
Btate, arc piled one upon tho other, extending 
back, we know not how far, and are seldom 
found joined together. The piece is then 3 epa- 
— »—-~--c . _ c .. 
ing in size from 50 to 300 pounds in weight. 
Large and small sizes are turned in the same way. 
Back of the stone is an exhaust fan, which 
sucks off all t he dust as fast as it is made, so that 
the room is free from line particles which arc 
very injurious to the lungs. This dust is carried 
to the top of the building, and from thence scat¬ 
tered to the four winds of heaven to fall ou the 
just and unjust. 
And this is the way grindstones are made. 
Besides grindstones, Messrs. Stearns & Co. 
prepare other articles, such as block stone for 
ornamental buildings, flagging, well covers, saw 
grinders for gumming saws, ash houses, cisterns, 
currier blocks for tanners’ use, also ax bitts, 
scythe-stones, shoemakers’ and kitchen sand¬ 
stones. The latter are made by breaking the 
Btono into proper size, and are subsequently 
ground to the required form. 
The machine for grinding these stones into 
the desired shape, consists of an upright shaft 
ou which a wooden head Is fastened and tilled 
with scraps of null plate. Sand and water are 
used in the same maimer as on cast-iron plates 
in marble manufactories. The advantage that 
such a rubber l.a^ over a cast-iron plate is, that 
it will cut more than three times as fast. For 
where the nails are driven in, the wood being 
softer, wears away more rapidly and leaves a 
constant cutting edge, which may be felt by 
pressing the finger upon the rubber. The stone 
to be ground is held in the hands of the work- 
muu, and by skillful practice he is able to give 
It the desired form. 
Those grindstones that are to be shipped to a 
great distance mnst be securely packed. This 
is accomplished by a peculiar invention patented 
by F. M. Stearns, June 20,1805, and shown in 
Fig. 5. A numberof stones are placed in a row, 
and at each end is a wooden head, about the size 
of the stoue, through which a woodeu shaft and 
au iron rod is pushed through the eyes of the 
stones, and the whole arc bound firmly together 
with a nut and screw. Slats are then fastened 
across the stoue from one head to the other, and 
hooped to prevent them from being knocked off; 
so that if their destination be California, orsome 
foreign country, they will arrive in good condl 
HOT). 
Small stones for mechanics, farmers and gen¬ 
eral purposes, arc made and mounted. The eye 
is made to lit any desired size of shaft, and an 
adjustable rest for grinding mowing machine 
knives, or any other tools that require special 
angles, is attached. This fixture was patented 
by F. M. Stearns, Dec. 27,1864. 
Besides these, a stone of 18 inches in diameter, 
in wooden troughs, for ship and store use, and 
stones Irom <3 to 13 Inches for kitchen use, are 
made. These are fitted with iron troughs from 
castings made at their works. 
Tue Bhoe stones are sold in cases of 75 pounds, 
scythe stones iu quarter-gross boxes; and ax 
bitts, oil atones and kitchen sand stones, in 
10-pound boxes. 
Grindstones are universally abused by persons 
who should know better. They are not only 
exposed to all kinds of weather, but they are 
also left in water, and otherwise damaged. Such 
abuses should not be practiced. When not 
wanted they should be kept out of water and 
under cover. 
The capacity of the works is about twenty 
tons of grindstones and from ten to fifteen car 
loads of flagging, building and other miscellane¬ 
ous stone—when in lull operation—per day. 
They arc shipped by rail direct from the quarry 
of F. M. Stearns & Go., Berea, Ohio, without 
“ Mare a virtue of necessity,” Sliakspeare’s 
Two Gentlemen of Verona. “ All is not gold 
that glitters," Merchant of Venice. “Screw 
your courage to tho sticking place," (not print,) 
Macbeth. “ Make ussuranco doubly sure,” Ibid. 
Fig. 3 —Maring thr Ete 
\ are piled tier on tier; and in the distance may 
A he seen workmen getting out others. The 6Ub- 
dT 0r dmate illustrations show clearly how the sev- 
-p erul operations are carried ®n. As, for instance, 
V in Figure 2, the workmen are in the act of 
y quarrying. The huge slabs or layers uniy be 
^ cut of any length either 20 or 200 feet long, and 
V ® inches or 6 feet thick, to suit circumstances. 
in the end. Two men then apply rods of Swe¬ 
dish iron to the revolving stone. These rods 
are five feet long, one and a half inches wide, and 
live-eighths of an inch thick, tapered to a point 
by the blacksmith and afterward hammered to a 
hooked point by the workmen. The stone runs 
about 125 revolutions per minute. The men are 
able to turn about 100 to 200 iu ten hours—vary- 
meets Greek, then comes the tug of war," Na¬ 
thaniel Lee, 1692. “ Ol two evils I have chosen 
the least,” Prior. “ Richard is himself again,” 
Colley Cibber. “ A good hater," Johnson. 
“ Ask me uo questions and I'll tell yon. no fibs,” 
Goldsmith. “Not much the worse for wear,” 
(not none the worse,) Co wper. “ What will Mrs. 
Grimdysay?” Thomas Morton. “No pent-up 
What comfort there is in the name which 
gives assurance of a love that can neither 
change or fail. 
The best Government is that in which the law 
speaks instead of the lawyer. 
