The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-07-15
GET GOOD TOOLS.

uuly is every available force pressed into service,
al il Is become great question also, how to pre-
lI all waste in those torces- is great error, if
... sin, 10 be wasting human energies by the use
poor tools and the term tools includes every
a.a4 used in operating business all the way from
rl,- pins and scwng-needes up to books, banks,
-idr> and steam-engnes. When the thing is simple
t,, d sickle or a >cythe. ii is called tool; when
duplicated in it, structure like a rcaper OF amow-
81. il is called machine; bur al; these natural
-pnl-. lug. on small, which assist human energies
o oull tools. 4, thi> time We speak only Of the
tfultu,4i ,ur,
knowing something about tbe nature OF nerves
aid mu~cies--the animal machinery of feeling and
ln'ton-we arc olen panied 10 the needless eN-
adture of these living forces by the use of heavy
.mSy looS, and by their mistircrtel application.
lft person. however strong and robust sets off
ihe early morn 10 walk all day, an extra pound
i~ shoe, may seem a small affair, and will not be
utced much for the first hour or two; but who
doe, not what q terrible clog ii is through the
lpurneY. Either fewer miles must be done, or Il
greater expenditure made of muscular, and OF all
ie vital forces necessary to carry that extra weight
Again, these forces made to act in just such
tretion naturally, differing slightly, according to
t51In, g.. in each person. Now if in making that
unruey The shoes all right in weight, hut
Instructed on applied Is TO give wrong direction
b those forces, the thing will happen in the
aIner oase--feweI miles must be done on Il greater
expenditure OF The Hital energies made equal to the
oNscr lost by the wrong direction of the forces. If
aoH Of thcse~opcratc al thu same time how great is
be damage.
In0se principle, apply most OF the tools i'll use.
7rythe with lis 0xturc- weighing single pound
more than /. absolutely necessary lakes 80 much
,of. il iahing much out of Your life as TO lose
III much flesh or blood or bone would be, And ii
hang" in a way to give wrong direction to
4.-yuar and nerve force, you must inevitably a-e
Yofh or in life.
Yet science and art every year combine to lgllICn
..lor and make il more productive by the inven-
lon Of lighter and better applied tools. But with
-47 majority Of people whom see, this ayails but
,ile Tor hc rut with them is to leave these tools
s5o,ed o all the rusting influences, that every
-f4c hoe is swung ii carries extra ounce, and
-pade an extra pound Of earth which Sticks TO
Arnl--an amount in day sufficient to very much
ueu away human strength and tic profits Of Labor.
Iherc is & Yaa los also il trying, wise DR..
"anklin said to bore dugcr holes with a eimltt."
tld when sec, often do, farmers
Aching slowly and painfully with poor hoe in
-r old-aShioned way, when the cultivator will do
a".' in an hour than the hoe in day, we feel Just
sal tng-trlend, You are boring auger holes with
very small simlet, And when, as often,
j poor Tired looking boy, grill, or woman,
-iuue arickety, creaking erindstone hung on fork
sucks or other rough wooden contriNances, when
0ueht to beon well-oed ant-foiotion iron machn-
.s we feel Just like ~ayins-triend, God made
'5s-e human muscles for other and better purposes
Won are trying 10 make auger holes with the small
4 and poorest of gimiets.
HAl-rITCHING Tools. II tlr. ,urv grumbler
Nh. insists that the world i, growing worse and
huk@ sri All The time, viii lke the pitehiork Of SO
Y'- aQo, and trace il through all it, changes TO the
1aauIiui article 81 the present time he will be
named OF MmSeli-eyen ii he be one of the grum-
in2 c!ersymen-and will grunlbie never more
lnE HORsF-PITCHrORK. Many persons desire
~ opinion respecting this We had read much
.aut it, but personally knew nothing about ii till
.lrlaN Learning that we were in pursuit of
aawledge under difficulties" on this subject Capt.
T. owcetScr, Of oearsporl, who goe, in for all inn
ooyement- kindly invited us and several other
'rsons TO the show of unloading a ton Of hay with
tal Instrument. And though unprepared for ex-
citing, being ont Of season and out of rig. the
hing vas great -ucccss-hoistne some 200 lbs al
line about quickly as one could common
Inclusion is this, which may be Of service 10 those
I 'ur readers who desire information on the sub
e.l For small farm, with plenty Of help, and good
4anee 10 Tow hay without too much high pitchinc
would not pay--the tool with all its fixing> cost
is about the price Of two tons Of hay. But where
A4gt quantities hay are to be put away especially
aiSb up, it would twice pay for itself every year
aNt SWeet,er states that hen in proper order in
70 10 minutes ii Will land ton in the attic of any
'atn. And farmer present al the show said he
use" "oe t last season with great satisfaction that
he md Il small boN-tht latter drive the horse
at hay high up on the NOV faster than three very
i1t men could Nto" ii away Thi, high cstmo-
4,, f- well as what We saw ourselves, lenve4 no
lbi Of The value, under the crcuns anceS named,
thr orse-pitchiork
On 50 small subject perhaps too much ha, now
-en saidi but the greatest thing OF All, and which
"r hope viii not be skipped, is-give the boys the
''- tools. Having been a boy, and having too
" them AZ home, we feel Il sympathy for them,
nl here liit our pen 10 say they are much abused
For nine times in ten. if or an axe i,
-lt and dul; if hoe Is cracked 80 rs to catch the
.,s. and make labor more weary; il a scythe is
.Itn>! and won't hang decent" such as no man
'II r~eall these sure 10 fall to the lot OF the
'or hoy with hi- green, labby frame, and his
lrngtll tmgr0Wn; when iOr this reason he ought
10 have the light2st and the best. And in the noble
ambition Of youth ''to keep up though clogged with
M tiieSc shameful practices, he becomes often Grip
4 for life; or hi, oVertaskcd nature collapscs and
.+ing5 him % pre mature grave. II he be 8 youth
prit, one other Ihin9 happens Early some line
uuiun2 YOU call al the stairs .im--Jm:" :" bIlt
lI ,llm" answers back. In his chamber, in all the
t1u,t, nor about all the premises. can YOU find any
Iiu. lie is gone Silently and sadly he has borne
-- hs Young, sensitive heart all these and perhap,
many other wrongs. till he had become tlisgusted
III hl~ work and his home, and has struck ont for
n~o1 into the great world, all iIiandess and I'M
aadrcled. If YOU survive the sorrow perhaps YOU
l uoW ami then hear oi him IL, apt James -.
h' good ship Lucky Esq. or Hon. somebody
'io more frequently YOU will hear OF him pursuing
'dur-e o bring your grey hairs with sorrow to the
-rt'c; all from this early and great mistake Of bur
mug and dscouraging him with the poorest tools
va not providing him with sutcicn, HOLIDAYS and
her pleasures and all those nameless little but
slightly thing, as necessary as food and raIlnen, in
"l' proper formation of youthful life and character.
4 new book on Farm implements and machinery