Litchfield enquirer., 1845-02-27
From aIs .Norspich Courier. Feb. 13. SOMETHING STRANGE IF NOT MEX PfICABLE.

4 gentlernan of our acauaintanee, from out of stoWn called If our office the other day and stated
 to us fact of so singular and remaFksbie nature that we giveit for the benehf 2, sne cus.ous aha be tempted to discfedit the whole thing. as quile too marvellous 10 believe. we will say that the au. thorify on which we give the subj0ined statement is that of aA eye witness gentleman toos every way competent to testify In the matter. Ine facfs as nearly as we can recollect them are as follows:
 fsw days since, while Gillett's grist mill. in the neighboring town of Lebanon was running. the miller found his mill at once standing still Ihink. ing it might have stopped from want cf greater head of water, he raised his gate higher and m creased the quantity still the mill relusea to go
 This led to closer scrutiny of the machinery. the result of which was the discovery that the steel rod cr spindle which passed downward through the centre of the millstone and rested cn another up- right steel spindle, upon which 1t revolveds had become united with this upright spindle n such 2 bars one solid bar a perfectly joined together as to render 1t nearly impossible fot the eye o discov- CT the Loint If unetion. The spindle passing per. pendicnlarly through the stone, and which bota dp the whole weight q the stones resoved. it will be recollected, at its lower extremity upon Scd.up. right spindIe or pivot. The pivot and the spindle were both Of them round in shape, Of exactly the same size and at the point of contact was in cast iron box of about inches square which was al wayskept filled with tallow and ofcourse the end! 0t the two steel r0QSs Nl Ee Pu11t OI SOtrts 1tie af the moment when the junction took place weF' imbedded in tallow. ...ys.assI.s
 As we have already remarked. the mill stoppes instantaneously. Of course. the union of the tu' steel bars must have been instantaneous lt wa also perfect--so perfect that the blacksmith wh severed them, was unable to detect the point c junction. except bv minute seam or flaw on on eide. T6show thas the union was complete an ehsre, t d only be stated that when the har va attempted to be sunaered with cold ehiseis n stead of separating st the precise point of junction ifdids n fact seperate ak point little cue side this-thus demonstrating that the bar was just
 firm strong af the point Of junction at any oil eE. The diameter of the bar was little mol than inch. It may be stated. still farther. th
 the bar was not in the loast discoloFed, nor did
 present any other appearance aof having been sS! iected to the action cf heat, The weight af n mill stone which was supported on the pivot, VI
 iulesd te he about eae fos. sG ~
 Sach are the facts of this singular case--a ca so far as we know or believe, with0Bt paralle and we have been the more particular in dasailiI it from the hope that it may attract the attentil and inquiries of the scientific. We hand the ma ter oyer fos investigation and explanation to q
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 it m1y lead fo the discovery ofsome new and mo perfees rsocess q welding iBSn and ssesL Ih e ths disssssses shfH1< ''R eut . pn1sx1 - ek
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