Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-08-05
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sAn Amegican," has sdaFassel letter .a the Loaion Tases, in which he ssySs-'I have noticed n Yoar paper fruss tune to time several aRsavR- able alinSlons 10 the Americaa agriealtarai E4aple ulents m the Great ExAi6stloa. TheiE lgataeSs and simplicity Of construction seeui to ee taken as Now, SIT. in Amepea.--I mean the Inlted States = the great object aimed al agncusaral Ese- fhaaisED of all sorts ls lshtGesS and ssEnplseity us far as may be cDEapaaliIs with the requisite ssrrngsh and reasonable durability. The plaugb seems 10 attract attention tAsa other aTticlesi and must admit that to psrSoas accustomed to pondeEoas iron plaughs, I4 or IS feet long, oas light, short, wooden onesSspsf as man could al- aios, carry m his hand, seesn Taose of a toy or cnF.osity, than ai actual thorough plough. Hat appearances are not always 10 he frlged up9u.-- Good ploughing is doee wlsh our ploa ghs--as good in all respects as by any ln thc world We have Tn AEserica not q few nf the best English and Scotch farmers. They have brought out thear fla yorite instruments, believing that light American ploughs 10 be unfit for good work, but very snort experience opcnS their eyes, and they soon abaa- don their heavy plnDghs.
 [" There can be no doubt whatever but that with oar oeSs p.oughS, either common OF sGesoll, two horses can Go as much worS aS tsFee or i0eT oi equal strength with the English. ] have seen st no great distance from London fau: horses at tan dem attached 10 plough, and doing two horses work ct the s!owest pace 1 have ever seen held laS0F performed. No man eDulA at this day sBs- tain himself ay faruBag ir such manner ln any part of the world.
 a Our carts, wagons caltivatarS horse hoes} onr pleasure carriages, are all hshi, and me more we can eunbane ightGeSS with other iuiSIte pro perties, the better Our implements are cheep too. The cost Of set of English farm implements would h1y farm, and good ouc, II AIS-rla9--- The tk0nSantaz af saooE sgaigTaaLs who go there from this country find gleat advaaiage n cheap aud simple implements. and 50 we all aa. There are two or three good models of .sfm carts n the Exhi3itsoa. bat generally sagle wheel IS beaver than The whole cart ought ta be- and in almost all cases ths empty cart JS as Aeayy as our cart load cd. And only imagine eau wheels alone costing 70 CT Ei0. These of course are extra articles, ba. they show 10 what extremes ot cost matters Of this sort are carried here. The practical pot- toa of the English agr,cutaFis's feel these things and complain of tAesa. and complain ot the SO cailed improvements that are every year preaented being only an additional cost n purchase' and difficulty in understanding and working them-
 ssThe English farm labor IS aa illustration os that general taste for heavy elaborate afteles,-- Look al his shoes; they weIgh-l know Ret how much, but certainly they have wrought ron na.ls enough in them to almost make set ot shoes Tor horse.
 "A Traveller" writing in the Daily News, has the following remarks on the same snoJecE;-- l regret the observations that has been made respect ing the poverty of the display Ia the United stases portion of the Exhibition, and stli more thai the Americans should have felt them. II is sarpEts- ing they should not have perceived that examples Of concentrated riches were not to be expected from a country winch, owing to just and impaF- tai laws, wealth IS difusea aEoag tbe maSs os ae people. Let them look at the koh i~noof d.a- mend, a. the goFgeogS shaWis and embroidery that come from India and remember that these and such like gew-gaws are wcrn by oHe at most a very few, Tn a whole kingdom. The pse1are E not complete. There have not been piaeed De- side them the tattered habliEaentS that are worn by the half naked multitude. doaet fl the Anercan constitution had proyIds privileged individual, or a privileged order 10 6e supported ia luxury out of the lab0Ss of the maGys then workers in satin and velvet, in jewellery and iace' would be more skilfui than al present But when they have reflected upon the aceompaninehtS that would be necessary to such state o' things, would ,theY he wiling to make the change Per habs not"
 The,Tlnes, in reference to the Ameucan srti- cleS Of furniture ssid:--" The only foreign arnI- ture that remains to be noticed, aud k worthy oi Il from the distinctive character which ! possesses
 IS that sent from the UnitetsS States. Oar coGSi9S do nothing like other peupie, a.ld tbeir oFsginaliy sonetiRlss dsssseHassag IRto groieSlaeReSs, IS 9t- ways entefiafaipg. Thus they contribute nursery chairs wiihoet legs, supported oa al Iron pedestal They show a S,aBlese chalf," tn winch two peo- pie can sit face to face, with q republican dSre- gard of consentionaliiies and etiquette. They eS- hihlt a wonderful sofa chsIr inc occupant oi wh4ci can either he down. CT sit up, or hall recline a his pleasure. They have rocking ehaifs, eApan sive tables and most astonishing Of ail--iot wha does their caoutchoac not invatel-they disp!al specimens of India rubber veneenng.