The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-04-13
MOLINE. ILL.

"Raisiss he Wind''-W A. 4 a. Narse- Their
Fanniag j1in EsIstlisl.nsesst- Jieliae--D b.
Sears, etc.
The universal yankee nation sustains
the credit Of having devised many ways
Of "raising the wind" Through multi
plicity Of inventions and by awaiting them
selves Of every imaginable ayoca,ion, d.
they manage to "raisc the wind" No av-
cnue is lef, unthreaded, provided j. leads to
the grand object Of lifc-"raising the
wind" But our friends, w. a. g. A.
Nurse, Of Moline, arc practicing another
mode Of "raising tho wind"-s method
strictly upon philosophical princples--one
that is designed to bencfi. every farmer in
the west whose idcns Of ''raising the wind''
sour above pair Of bellows!
Last Friday we took n stroll up TO the
'city Of the mills" the thriving, busting,
noisy little town Of Moline. Three more
saw mills have been erected, since last we
visited the place, and are now in full and
successful operation. Sears, MS usual, is
driving ahead with spirit that never flags,
and contcmplntes such an improvement,
upon this side Of Rock Island, as will ena-
bic him to exec! any Of the other mills, aud
in SO doing supply US lIawkeyes with that
which we hive not the enterprise to pro-
cure for oursclvcs-the advantages Of an
extensive saw mill.
The larger grss mill At Moline was idle
twas snid for want Of grain. We're the
propric.ors to offer higher price for wheat,
they might command much Of the grain
that finds market nj Chicago.
Moline is miniature map, daguerreo-
type Of the busy world. No idlers arc har-
bored there, every man fluids sufficient 10
keep himself actively employed. Although
but three or four years old il now numbers
from seven 10 eigh, hundred inhabitants,
and will doubtless continue to increase
some yenrs future.
But we began this article with the in.
ten,ion Of informing our farmer renders,
more especially, how the Messrs. Nurse
were ''rnising the wind" BY means OF their
improved Tanning Mills-an article tina,
M farmer can pnssibly dispense with, un.
less he h'ppcn to live in the proximity of
neighbor Easy who keeps farming tools and
,nkes newspaper E,r the convenience OF
his less provident neighbors!
Formerly the Mcssrs. Nurse m.nuiacsu-
red their mills by hand power, bu, now al.
mos. every portion is made hy machinery
they having br"'gh, into suijec,ion n small
portion IL the majestic stream that c"n,in.
nnIIy sweeps by rs onward to The might,
'rcnn. They roll big Ing into the mill
md in the space "fnn hour il energies from
the basement snwed into small pieces. rea-
" L" enter the DIR, ing kiln. whence. nficr Il
weeks detention, i, Games forth ,hnr..avh,,
-ens''ncd md after passing ,hro''gh the vn.
ria,s mmchines c"nnccicd with the cs,nh.
i>hmcnt, is conveyed Ia n lnrge building
rv.ie l. trimming aud finishing.
The advantages &c This arrangement nre
,w"-C,Id IL the manufacturers mud Ia th,.
purchasers oi these mills. The furu,rr nrc
enabled I" dn every thing more s,stcma,i.
calIy aud expeditien,sly and nj the same
time ~ less expense, while the latter al.
thin n cheaper mill md fr"m the fact # ev-
cry portion "f j, beinx ,nadc csac, b. ,na.
chinerv, superior "ne.
The Messrs. Nurse nre young men, bu,
they thoroughly understand their business
and nre in'en. upon acquiring g,sd rep.
usa,ion fur their mills. Last year they dis-
posed IT about three hundred. hut this sea.
s"n they expect 10 sell irom fur hundred
aud fifty 10 Eve hundred, Tor which number
they hive nearly oil Of the materials pre-.
pared.
FLOWERS.
For five ycnrs there have mt been 81