Litchfield enquirer., 1839-01-31

tH"p"Ttint ayr WeAt stnrOUgB DaD9FltS
Arithmetic three times last winter. sir
and ] can do any sum ia the hardest ~
pherlng book you can bring ~ - 80,
did not dispute him, not dnuhiiDg but
Whit he could mechanically obtain the ap-;
swer, at almost any sum f0asad in a, bach
Mn6fer o rule. B." + thought he had. like
many others, made figures titk0at tkiakt
ing, aud j asked him, the following q1s21
ton: +54iAEo9fhs
Z" What will twenty pounds Of beef same,
10 ~ twelve cents per pound, prQviNsng the,
becf Is ta0o-fhirds fat T. 5, He hesitaied s
while, aud then said: e III VOC viii tel!ma
what the fan comes 20, 1'll dosilie sunl. IDS
I laughed heartily, foFI could not res
strain myself He soon said 10 me witii
considerable spirit, # You Will tell me
the 'pL il comes under, ] will tell you
wha, it comes to- T. still said nptl,ing,,
for his ludicrous embarrassment prevented
my speaking at the instant, when he with
great vcl,cmenee said:.i3 al toa II iY94 1adf
H's an unfair sum- never saw such
san, in the book in my Kfe..'" sa7 sd
He considered ne an impairment school
master, and ppt him down as fair spe-7
ci0en Of most ofihe children taught in oIr
common schools. They make no applica,
ton OF lheig lessons to the praclical bpsia
ness Of life! h'fhcy do not think. They
arc nor taught that thinking has any thing
to do with edueation.R Phis unfortunate
lad had never brought the business Of tie
world on 10 the slate, or into. the school
room. No. that two thirds fat he could
not understandable could not put tho fat
MI, .l.,A 1c,l
that had any farin il before. "a ijsR 9iaa
o9ijA3l4370a uA98 5JGd isiGotiyieny H;nfs.
CoRK.-Many persons see ccrks used
daily, without knowing whence come these
exceedingly useful materials. C0sks ard
cut from large slabs az bark ofathe corr
tree, q species of OAK, which grows wild IN
The countries Of Europe. The tree IS ge9
morally dives,ed Of It's bark al about fifteen
years old, but befoge stripping H. off The
tree is eut dawR, as,ih the casel of!ihee0ak!
II Is taken while the tree 10 growing and
the operation may be- repeated every
eighth Or ninth year, the quality Of the
cork continuing eacli time % improve az
the age OF the tree increases. When tbs
bark isiaken Of, it is,sipged in the dame Of
a strong FIRE; and afier; being soaked fora
considerable time in water. tits placed un-
der heavy weights, in order 10 arender Il
strait. ITS extreme lightness, the ease with
which il may Do compressed, and iss elias
ITCHY, are properties sn pecnliaf 10 i,s sub
stance, thai no efficient substitute fol. it has
yet been discovered The valuable pro-
perties Of Cork were knowH TO the Greeks
and Romans who employed itnfor' NIL the
purposes Cor which ivis used at present
with the exception of sscpples-the an
clients employing cement for closing tho
mouths of bottles Of ~ vessels. The Egyp-
,ians are said to have made collins Of cork,
which being spread on The inside, with y
resinous substance, preserved dend bodies
from decay In mpdsrh tines cork was
not generally used q for stopples, TO, bottles
till about the close Of theo 17tiil century,
wax being ill then chiefly in usesfr thar
purposc.s The cork imported into Ameri-
ca, is brougll. principally from italy. Spain
and Por.ugal. The quantity annually cop--
sumed amounts to several thousand tons. 4,
3lt " asJai BIAS WI ---T 3A3 It'd hs~asrs5 q
Look AD.---ltis very necessary that
faJmsfs 1t this season, should look ahead
and see what they may want in PREPARATION
for ,beo spring and summer. Are new
pair af wheels 10 be built or old ones 10 be
repaired1 viii a new cart. axle or 6r9ffs
he needed during the spring or sGmmery
Is tho harrow sufficient for another year.
What Is the condition Of the drag1 Are
these things, and the many others that .
farmer wants in his operations, 6rn, and
strong 50 that they viii last through another
season Z .lf NOT. they should be made anew