Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-29
Horizontal Wells.

mere Is hardiy tunnel mlueF 10 I Al
itoruia, who could not teach maGy Of Us
lesson of value upon horizontal wells, in
place Of those sunk perpendicular into
the earth. You may call this kind Of
well tunnel if you please. Every such
miner, almost, has had "A too truthful ex-
perieuce Of the fact, tina! whether his tuu-
mel is driven into earth or rock, one Of
his greatest annOyances, ere he reaches til
ty feet into the hill or mountain before
him, is the presence Of water. From ev
cry pore of the earth and every tissurc Of
the rock, the dripping water accumula,es,
aud IN many Instances in sufficient quan-
tity to furuish-by being detained IN res
crvoirs-tbe water for washing his aurt-
erous earth and when not in sufficient
quantity for this purpose, would often sup
ply hundreds aud even thousands of GAL
Ions OF water every twenty-fcur hours.
In many situatious, along our narrow
valleys, the farm house and buildings are
located at 10 great distance from the foot
Of the hills and ridges that bound them on
either side; and sometimes, doubtless,
with the very view Of rendering available
the water from some pure sprug, issuing
from their sides Ii is in such localities,
or in the immediate vicinity of abrupt
hills, rising high in the back ground, aud
where no springs are found, that the Lor-
izontal well or tunnel is peculiarly prac-
licable.
The advantages Of such a tunnel over
the common well, are these: they can be
constructed generally at less cost than
attends the construction Of the ordinary
we'll They eau be run in at such an el
ovation that the water conveyed in pipe,
can be carried to any part of the farm
buildings; or such pressure can be Sc
cured as will enable the possessOr to or
nameut his grounds by a ,jetd eau, or fOun-
tain; or he can water, in the evening, by
au artificial shower, the little lawn devo-
ted to perpetual green. There is q great
er certainty that water will be found at all
seasons purer than much that is collected
in wells The common well usually ex-
cavatcd in the immediate vicinity Of the
farm house, necessarily contains water
that, TO some extent during the rainy sea-
son, has filtered through the Immediately
adjoining sol, and taken along with it
more or less Of its impurities; hence the
necessity Of cleaning out wells a, intervals.
Not 50 with tunnel wells iheir water
is always clear; no food affects their puri.
ty, or protracted drOugh, the quantity Of
water they furnish; and it is far more
likely to be what is usually termed soft
water, than when obtained from wells
sunk in a clay or earth composed, to q
great extent, Of the debris Of alkaline or
limestone formations The mouth of the
tunnel, secured at all times by 4 door IN
der lock, would be safer against the ad-
mission Of all foreign substances, detri-
mental to the quality of the water, than
is the ordinary well, thereby securing to
the consumer au article as pure as from
the natural spring.
Many suppose without making in1ui-
ry, that the cost of pipe, for the convey
ance Of water from such situations to the
farm buildings, would be too great to war
ran. the expenditure. To such, We sag
that half-inch pipe I'VE mean by this,
pipe that is half an inch in diameter on
the inside is amply sufficient for all the
purposes that water is used for around
single farm house and buildings, except
for the purpose Of irIi CATION; and if res
ervoirs for its accumulation are provided,
it is astonishing to the uniuitiated how
much water will flow through even half
inch pipe, if kept constantly running.
The convenience Of having fresh water
at all times of the day above ground, and
susceptible Of being conveyed to any
height about the buildings-below the
fountain head-by its own power, instead
of being compelled to draw it from wells,
is so great that even if the first cost con-
siderably exceeded that of the coDstruc-
ton of an ordinary well, the advantages
inseparable from the tunnel well, would
be more than equal to the difference in
cosf.-CM Cuituris.
rsa- A newly married pair in Wor.hing-
ton, Mass, were serenaded with tin pans,
horns, and every other imaginable ins'ru-
mont oF disrorI and roufusion for two