New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-28

And friendess sons of men;
To write some earnest verse or line
Which, seeking not the praise OF Art,
Shall make clearer faith and manhood shine
In the unlearned heart.
Boston, April, 1872
The EvERLAsTIEG WATER-WHEEL AND THE
MAN AT THE PUMP.-There is, or was, a few years
ago, a water wheel, not far from the roadside,
somewhere in the valley of the Housatonc, the
history Of which was peculiar. 1t belonged, many
years ago to grist-ml being what is called " an
oYarshot mill" The mill, by some sad accident,
was burnt-al but the hydraulic portion of it,
which was preserved from the fire of the antagonis-
tic element. The dam, and the machinery OF the
water-wheel, being uninjured, when the ncishbors
came to look upon the ruins in the morning, the
latter rolling on as regularly as though nothing
had happened And so it was lcftby the people,
to roll on in It's glory, or tire itself out. lime
rolled on, and SO did that water-wheel. Night fol-
lowed day, and day succeeded night, and the wa
ter-wheel continued its unwearied round, in soil
tude or sunlight-in gayety or gloom. Year after
year rolled away, and onward rolled the water
wheel-rumbling in rude harmony with the boot
ings of the owls by night, or mngling the music
of its falling waters with melodies of the sweeter
songs of nature by day. There, and thus like
troubled spirit, rolled the water-wheel of the
woods-onward, onward, onward-and for all that
we know, it is revolving there still.
TIC the singular case of this water'whcel we
have never heard of an exact parallel. But the
Albany Regency have created one that bears
striking analogy, to say the least. II is that OF
"The- Man. at-iheP Pump" at the mouth Of the
Schoharie-kill The case is this: The destructive
majority of the Legislature of this State, at the
last regular session, as is we'll known, at one fell
blow arrested our works of internal Improvement
under the false pretext that the Wings had been
rushing into wild schemes of extravaganza that
would bankrupt the state; whereas in good sooth,
they had been merely aboring to fulfil the faith of
the state as pledged by the destructves themselves
before they went out of office the lst of Janua-
ny, 1889. But no matter: the 6rman went forth.
Down went every hammer and idle stood every
spade and wheelbarrow
In vain did contractors ask leave to fulfill their
Jobs: in vain did the voice of wisdom and true
economyplead that the leaving of unfinished works
to fall into premature dapidation, and the loss OF
the interest for an indefinite period of time upon
the millions already expended, would in the end
prove the most ruinous policy that ever State
adopted. The party had decreed it-and the
works must stop. They did stop; though some
of the nubest works of masonry on the line OF the
canal viii sustain greater injury in their unfinished
state, in single year, than the amount required
tor tnelr competitors. vi these is STU ESIiuSos
aaueduct AT the confluence of the Schoharle-ksil
The cost Of this great work is probably some
two or three hundred thousand dollars; and we
have been told that when its progress was arrest
ed, thirtv-hve thousand would have insured It's
completion and brought it into use. But 1t was
not allowed. Still. IL was in such state as to
require something to be done to save it from posi-
tive ruin. And now for ''the man-at-the-pump.
Among other things it is necessary that the bot
tom of the chamber should be kept flowing, or
covered with watcr-for which purpose it became
necessary to cree, hand pump to raise the water.
The pump would not go of itself and of course
man must be procured to wo5k it. And there
stands the pump-and there stands the man.
The water in the immense basin cyaporates, or
oozes out about as fast as he can raise 1t. The
pump must therefore be Piled continually-pump
pump, pump. Like the revolving water wheel of
the Housatonic it must be ceaselessly going. No
matter if the man gets out OF brea,in-no natter
for the gloom of night or the heat OF day-it must
be pump, pump pump. Unless occasionally re-
heyed by another hand, this poor man must pump
away with the industry of the idle veg rants in Hol-
land, who are placed in deep tab of water in
which by the constant influx they must be drown
ed, unless they pump it out as fast as it flows IN
Oh the wisdom Of modern politicians And where
is the man having bowels who will not sympathlze
with that lonely servant Of the Albany Regency
s.the-man-at.the-pump?" Pump. pump, pump.
n. Y. Commercial.
A KIND MAsrER.-ls Is always pleasant to see
farmers attentive and humane to their working
cattle and horses. Nothing is lost, but much
gained, by Kindness to these useful animals we
were pleased on the morning of the 9th inst, in
noticing two beautiful teams which passed our OIL
ce, attached to carts laden with brick, owned and
driven by Col. WA. Wadsworth, who resides on
the Windsor read about three miles from this city
Each OK mad piece Of light canvass neatly at
taehed so his body as to efec,ua!y protect him
from the flies. This added much 10 the comfor,
of the CATTLE the numerous flies and insects this
season of the year being exceedingly annoying, and
often worrying horses and cattle not protected
more than the burthen Of the harness and yoke
1t requires some little expense and trouble, it is
true to pro,ec, these animals SO carefully as Mr.
w. protects his, but their comfort and the vii.
lingness with which they perform their dates
when protected from annoying insects, amply re
pay the trouble and expense, Hartford Times