{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser.", "edition": "01", "page": "p3", "byline": ""}
{"character_count": 2978, "word_count": 552, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9724000096321106], "ccnet_perplexity": [1054.4000244140625], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
Suppose A, B, c. d, to represent verti-
cal section Of the following;


G, the gate at present in the lower end OF
the forebay, and over the wheel. ID, the
trunk from the race to the forebay.


The gate at c, is allowed to be hoisted
high enough to admit Sufficient quantity"
of water for milling purposes and no higher,
for this would exceed the rights OF the mill.
Now ! would transfer to u, or else to the
mouth Of the trunk, this same regulation,
and reduce the opening at {, as much as
would retain in the forcbay; supply for the
pump, which should be placed parallel to
the forcbay and nearly level with the bot
tom Of it; by this arrangement consdera-
Bile saving of pipe would be produced, and
Elimination OF pressure upon the piston from
the fluid, of nearly II or 400 lbs, besides
proportion Of the friction.


That the plan the Watering Committee
are now pursuing, will soon be Abandoned
and the one have offered, or some similar
one be ultimately adopted, it requires not
the spirit Of prophecy to forctcll with the
utmost certainty, but whether before the
useless expenditure Of large sums of money,
is not quite SO clear. =.
u A man who was accustomed to deal in the
marvellous, told country cousin OF his that
he had three great curiosities in his posses
sion: an OK that can travel 500 miles day, a
cock that told the lour of the night, and
dog that could read in a superior manner.
Saws the cousin, "these are extraordinary
things indeed must call upon you, and
beg a sight Of them" The liar returns
home and tells his wife what had happened,
saying he had got into scrapc, and did not
know how to extricate himself. oh never
mind, says she, can manage it, lhe next
day the countryman called, and inquiring at
ter his cousin, is told that he is gone OFT to
Pekin. And what time is he expected back!
In seven or eight days How can he re-.
turn so soona' He's gone Oft upon our OK
.Appropus of that continues, the guest, I'm
told that you have cock that marks the
hour A cock happened just then to crow.
yes, that's he; he only tells the hour OF
night, but reports when stranger comes.
Then, your dog, that reads books! might
beg to borrow a sight of him. why, to
speak the truth, as our circumstances are
but narrow, we have sent the dog out to keep
a SCHOOL,


| During the first ten years of the present
century, the average quantity of wool i'm
ported into Great Britain, was seven million
two hundred thousand and six hundred
pounds.


Singular Banle.-A few days since, 2
farmer in the town of Jefferson. observed his
dung-hill cock engaged in mortal combat
with a striped snake of about 18 or 20 inch
es in length. the cock, to all appearance, hav-
ing the decided advantage over his more wi.
iy though less nervous adversary, dealing
his blows in quick succession. employing al
ternately his bill and spurs. But the cunning
serpent, we'll aware that victory must de-
clare against him by fair combat, brought
! into reauisitiop a portion Of the innate Gun.