Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-04-28


In round numbers, upon a slope of "A,
or l20 feet to the mile, horse can draw
only three quarters as much as he can up
on level, on a slope Of in 81, or 220
feet to the mile, he can draw only half as
much: and on a slope of | in 10, or 52S
cettothe milo, only one quarter as much.
is highly useful TO load the back ola
drawing horse to certain extent; though
this, on a light consideration, might be
thought 10 augment unnecessarily the IA
tigue of the animal; but it must be rccol-
Iectcd that the mass with which the horse
is charged vertically is added in part to
the effort which he makes in the direction
Of traction, and thus dispenses with the ne
cessisy OF his inclining SO much forward as
he must otherwise do and may therefore,
under ibis point Of view, relieve the draught
more than to compensate for the addition
al fatigue occasioned by the vertical pres
sure. Carmen, and wagoncrs in general,
are well aware of this, and are commonly
very careful to dispose of the load in such
n manner that the shafts shall throw due
proportion of the weight onthc back ofthe
shaft horse.
The best disposition of the traces during
the time horse is drawing is to be per-
pendicular to the position of the collar up
on his breast and shoulders; whenthe horse
stands at ease, this position Of the traces is
rather inclined upwards from the direction
of the road; but when he leans forward to
draw the load, the traces should then be-
come nearly parallel to the plane over
winch the carriage is TO be drawn; or if he
be employed in drawing sledge, or any
other thing without wheels, the inclination
ofthe traces to the road should be about
1St deg. when the friction is one-tbird of
the pressure.
When horse is made to move in cir
cular path, as is often practised in mills and
other machines moved by horses, it will be
necessary to give the circle which the ami
NAL has to walk round, the greatest dame
ter that will comport with the local and
other conditions to which the motion must
be subjected. 1t is obvious, indeed, that
since rectilinear motion is the most easy
forthe horse, the less the line in which he
moves is curved, with the greater facility
he will walk over it; and the less he need
rccline from vertical position; and besides
this, with equal velocity, the centrifugal
force will be less in the greatest circle,
which will proportionately diminish the
friction of the cylindrical parts of the tru-
mons, and the labor Of moving the machine.
And further, the greater the diameter of
the horsc-walk, the nearer the chord OF
the circle in which the horse draws is to
coincidence with the tangent, which is the
most advantageous position of the hne of
traction. On these accounts it is, that,
although horse may draw in circular
walk of Is feet diameter, yet in general it
isadvisable that the diameter of such walk
should not be less than 25 or 80 feet; and
in many instances 40 feet would be prefer
able to cither.-Dietionary Of Mechanics.
A "Sarc Enough" Stage EgM-A late
English paper gives the particulars of a
'sure enough" fight which recently came
off on the stage of the Chester theatre-a
regular rough-and-ready ock-down-and-
drag-out set to, and not one of the common
theatrical cut-and flourish affairs. 1t seems
that this little episodical part of the perfor-
between the corps dramatigue, and was
not on the bills at all. The two actors in
question commenced making grimaces and
mouths at each other during the business
OF the stage, until one of them got SO savage
that he squared OFF and pitched into his an
tagonist a regular facer. This was re-
turned forthwith, when at it thew went.
rough and tumble, amid the cheers Of the
audience. which happened not to be very
select. The fight continued until ono Of
the bruisers gave his adversary such a
blow that no was knocked heels-over head
into the orchestra, carrying down double
= basses. tromboncs, hautboys and all, and
making perfect smash of a kcttle-drum or
two. Amid the frantic cheers of the pit
the discounted hero of the sock and buskin
picked himself up and sneaked off. and thus
ended combat which was really terrific
as far as it went.
A gentleman who did'no live very hap
py with his wife, on the maid telling him
that she was going to give her mistress
warning, as she kept scolding her from
morning to night. Happy girl' said the
master, II wish could give warning too. .
DsATH OF GENERAL BRApY.-We learn
from the Detroit papers that General Bra
dy died on the 18th instant Of the injuries
which he had received on the 10th instant
BY falling from his carriage. His death, i,
will be remembered was prematurcIv an