Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-10-26

Among the many articles of native inge-
nuitv exhibited at the Fair of the American
Institute, now being held at Castle Garden,
New Y rk, we find the following notice in
the Tribune, as being worthy of especial
attention
The Ball .4rletree-This is the simples,
Of all conrivances, and in its very absence
of completely, j. becomes matter of won
der that it should so long have escaped the
ingenuity of others of our host of inventors
A groove is turned in the axle, and cor
responding groove in the box, into which
groove are dropped one or twosteel balls, SO
con,rived that one-half of the ball is always
in the groove of the box, and the other half
in the groove of the axle-thus preventing
the possibility ofhe acheez coming loose, and
in considerable degree reducing the fric-
ton. The box is perfectly air tight, and
contains considerable quantity of oil, and
the process of removing the wheel when ne
cessary is reduced to the very extreme Of
simplicity. The inventor of this valuable
Improvement is Mr.. c. Chinook, of 81
Cliff street, vastly ingenious mechanlcian.
The Self Lampzighter.-Here we have
an invention by which lamps or candles
may be lighted at any moment Of time by
clock or pull of cord. If attached 10 an
alarm clock, light may be produced at any
hour. In cases where people wish to rise
at certain unusual time o'night, all that is
to be done is to set the clock and make the
connection of the Lamplighter all right and
then, when the hour comes round, you have
a lamp already lighted at the same time
Certainly very convenient. When not de-
sired to be connected with clock, it can be
attached to cord, terminating in some place
near the bed, like bell-pull, so that it is
only nececessary to pull The cord to produce
a light previous to rising. 1t IS designed
also, to be so attached to the bell-handle of
front door, that pulling the bell instantly
makes light to see by in the hall, or any
other part of the house. The inventor is
Mr.. Alexander Bennett.
TO THE FARMERS OF MARYLAND.
At recent Convention of the AgrIcul,u-
raj interests in Maryland, held in Baltimore
it was proposed that there should be form
ed in the State, society to be called the
:" .Naruland State Agricultural Society,""
On the instant, and with no dissenting
voice, the proposition was acted upon, a
Constitution was adopted, the Society was
organized, and officers were elected
Farmers of Mary land, by the Instructions
of that Society, we. its officers, now appeal
to you for that countenance by your names,
that aid by your advice, and that sustenance
by your active corporation in labor, with
out which the enterprise must fail. To
speak to you of the dignity and importance
of the pursuit Of agriculture cannot surely
be necessary If you who live 10y ito
whom it opens in each season a new page
in NATURES great book of knowled ge-who
enjoy its pleasures, and are made heal,hful
even by its cares,-if you do not appreciate
it, then who can? To promote its pro6ta-
bleness as an industrial pursuit by discover
ing and promulga'ing new and improved
methods in its praclice,-to elevate It's char
acter as an intellectual and enlightened oc
cupa,ion by ditfusing the results of study
and intelligent experIence,-to enlarge the
sphere of its domestic and social enjoyments
by multiplying the comforts from whence
they proceed, we have now emulated the
example of our neighbors in combining our
action under the form of State Society,"
Their efforts; SO honorabIy and indus,r-
ousy applied, have been signalIy successful.
Shall we hope less from ours? We have
soil in places as fertile and everywhere as
responsive to iudicous culture, as theirs -
the same clouds which water their fields.
and the same sun which ripens their harvesN
alike bless us we have among us as OBJ
servant, as practical and as sensible farmers
as any who enIghlen their councils or hold
their pows. Shall we then, by a failure to
succeed, admit that we lack the spirit and
the energy necessary to turn these blessings
10 profitable account? As individuals, we
would feel such a charge 10 be all unjust re-
proach; let us then, as community, for
bid so unworthy a possibility by vigorous
and concerted action. Let each remember
that within his spehre, he can do as much
as another. 1t is not the owner OF the great
est number of acres, nor the possessor of
the largest herd, who is necessarily the mos,
useful to our class; but the farmer, however
humble, whose heart is in his work.
whose mind sezes and stores for the use
of himself and his neighbors the results of
a daily watchlul experience, and who feels
SO proud of his calling tina, he is willing to
lend his aid to elevate it TO the rank it so
richly deserves. From all we ask an ear
nest, and hearty and continued cooperation;
not such as will expend itself in merely ap.
proving the objec, of the institution as The
the work of others, bu, zeal which shall
make the subject lis own and keep it ever
alive as an instrument of good TO our kind,
which will give, not grudgingIy, fair
oh Of tho actual labor oooo.e,rx- III !,