Litchfield enquirer., 1839-07-11
MOVING.

They who have not been in their youth accustomed to do iIis work, are seldom found 10 be able io do it with ease or ex- petition. But when the art is once learnt il will not be lost. @
 As this is one of the most iaborious parts of the husbandman's calling, and the moro faiiguing, as it must be performed in the hottest season of the year, every precaution ought 10 be used which tends to tighten the labor. To this it will conduce not a little, for the mower to rise very early, aud be at his work before the rising of the sun. He may easily perform half the usual days work before nine in the morning. His work will not (. ly be made easier by the coosness Of the morning air, but also by 'he dew on the grass, which is cut the more easily for being wet. By this means he may lie still and rest himself during all 'ne hottest part of the day, while others who begun late are sweating themselves ex- tens'veiy and hurting their health, proba- ply, by taking down largo draughts of cold drink to slake their raging thirst. The oth- CT half of his work may be performed after tnrce or four o'clock, and ut night he will ind himself more free from fatigue.
 1.-the mower would husband his strength to advantage, he should take care to have his scythe and all the apparatus for now | ing in the best order. His scythe ought to be adapted to the surface on which he mows. If the surface be level and free from obstacles, the scytlle may be long and almost straight, and he will perform his work with less labor aud greater expedi- lion. But if the surface be uneven, crad- ley, or chequered, with stones, or stumps oftrees, his scythe must be short and crook ed. Otherwise he will be obliged to leave much of the grass uncut, or use more labor in cutting it. A long and straight scythe will only cut off the tops of the grass in hollows.
 A mower should not have snead lha. is too slender, for this wilskeep the scythe in a continual tremor, and do much to hinder its cutting. He must see that it keeps per- fectly fast on the snead for the least de. gree of looseness will obiige him to use more violence at every stroke. Many wor- ry themselves needlessly by not attending to this circumstance.
 Moving with company ought to be a. voided by those who are not very strong, or who are little used to the business, or who have not their tools in the best order. YouEg lads who are ambitious to be thought good mowers, often fnd themselves much hurt by moving in company.
 Mowers should not follow too closely af- ter each other, for this has been the occa- sion of fatal wounds. And when the dam gerous tool is carried from place to place, it should be bound up with rope of grass, or otherwise carefully secured.
 Faraaers' Cabinet.
 10 App,entices.-Apprentices are of- ten reminded of the importance of devo- ting their leisure time, or some Of it at least, to intellectual and moral cullure.- This subject is so frequently the topic oi remark, that itfhas become hackncyed, and these few observations may be passed by unno,iced by those to whom they are ad- dressed, or if noticed at all their admoni- tions may fall, in most cases, upon ears which heed them not. But nevertheless, exhibitions, feeble though they be, of the value of knowledge aud virtue. should be placed in their way, and, like the constant dropping of water upon the solid rock, they may produce some impression.
 If apprentices wish 50 succeed well in business they should store their minds with useful knowledge. Those mechanics are the most prosperous, other things being equal, who are the most intelligent. Know ledge is also passport to responsibility, and to wealth. Wealth is no; frequently acquired by accident, but it is obtained by calculation, and calculation is the result of knowledge. Therefore, if apprentices would be more sure of success in business, if they desire to earn for themselves Tespec- tabIiiy in society, or even if they wish to acquire one of the most certain bases of wealth, let them become intelligent; let them become reading, and thinking young men.
 They have plenty of time to read and think. Their evenings, through the plea sant months are all their own, and at other seasons there is much time to devote to that purpose. If only the small period of hal: an hour per day were employed in profitable reading and reflection. during the ordinary limo of apprenticeship, much would be accomplished in intsllcctual and moral improvement. Their circumstances are also favorable to intellectual improve ment. They are clear fro~' the cares and anxie,ies of business, and their minds arc free and plastic. "
 But the principal reason why apprenti- ces should spend theix evenings, or por- tion of them, ip intellectual culture, is, that it keeps them away from vice. Ignorance and vice % hand in hand. Our prison houses are filled with the ignorant. The mind must be filed with something; and if left to itself. like the unculiivaied gar den, will grow up to weeds and brambles.
 In view of such considerations. il is mel ancholy to see so many apprentices iooIing ,,v.v and worse than fooling away, all their