Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-23
OLD SERIES VOL. nj. NO. Is.
AMERICANS All THE GREAT ExuJBITtoN.

MI Greeley, in his last letter 10 the New
! ork Tribune, save
"hhih the last few days, very decided
anu e'"'''yihs change has taken place in
the current of opinion here with regard ID
American invention and its results One
cause of this was the late formal trial of
American with other foreign) Plouehs. IN
the presence of the Agricultural jury
which trial, though partial and hurried, was
followed with immediate orders for Ame-
rican Plonghs, then tested iStarbuck's)
from Englshnen, Belgians and French
men, including several Agricultural Soce-
/ ties.
| If hundred Of these poughs were here,
| they might be sold at once, in their absence,
the full price has been paid down for some
twenty or thirty, 10 be shipped al New York
and be thenceforh at the risk and cost of
the buyers. And these orders have Just
commenced. The London journals which
had reporters present, (some of which Jour-
mails ridcued our farming implements ex-
| pressly few weeks ago0 now gudginglv
admit that the American Pioughs did their
work with less draft than was REQUIRED by
their European rivals, but add that they did
not do it 50 well. Such was not the iudr.
ment of other Witnesses of the trial, as the
purchases; among other things, attest.
Mr.. j. s. Gwynne, of our State, whose
"Ballanced Centrifugal Pump" made SEN
sation and obtained a gold medal at our In
! siiiDtp Foir In 81 nctnkar l., h,r H.,
proposes a public trial Of its qualities in
competition with the rival English pumps of
Appod 4 Bcssmer for 900 to be paid by
the loser 10 the Mechanics Society Mr.;
Gwynne claims that the English Pumps
| (Which have been among the chief attrac-
tions of the department of British machi.
nery) are palpable plagiarism, from his in.
yenlion, and not well done al that. He, of
course does not claim the idea of Cen,rifu-
gal Pump as his own, for it is much older
tnan any Of !em, but he does claim ,ha,
adaptation of the idea which has rendered i,
effective and valuable. am reliably infor-
med that he has jus. sold his Scotch Paten,
only for li,e comfortable sum of 10000
sterling, or nearly $50 900 and this is but
one of several inventions which he has
found ready market for here at liberal pri.
ess. He Is one OF the several Americans
who have recently sold their European pat
eh's here al hIgh ll2nIeS.
Even my New York friends, whose toadv-
Ism III eAnloFloS capital pair OF Oars IN
scrIoed "A present for the Prince of Wales
| have aIieady characterized as it deserves,
yesterday informed me that he sold $4,000
---
ONO now sends by way of Dunkirk, over
the New York and Erie Railroad, her chick
ems and tnrkevs 10 the New York CITY mar
kels at a considerable profit 10 the enterpri-
sing owners the prices Of chickens in Ohio
bring a dime aud in New York from thirty.
one to fifty cents. Three cents covers the
cost Of transportation. This is not the only
profit: the western chickens are so elatcd at
the different value set upon them in the east
ern cities, that they Law ecss every dav on
their Journey on, Of aratitude ia their owners.
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tion for cordage is well worth attention,
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d DISHONEST 'L"|E'-A save named "Pe"'
Ger was "',e''eu III ne" orleans on Inc AN
INST ne oe'o"Se,' 10 nie'cna"' named
JON" It ''"""' W"o' 'o'n"H'E III MS non
y He ian Oft with the money, and was not Ia.
l. ken for a week. In the meantime, he had
sent $4,000 of the money to Grey. Henry
Dandridge," a coored preacher of Boson