The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-09-11
AMERICAN INVENTIONS IN ENGLAND.

rho Nav York Coy,i,r and enquirer has spir-
,tsd article on this suhjec from which we copy
the following paragraphs
aIf the Americans do excite smile, 1t Is oy
their pretensions,D said the London TIMES SIX
weeks ego Very well; II Englishmen excite
amile. Il Ia by their stolid impudence. Inc au-
vantage. we believe, il on orr side altogether
a.a,her Iona,han assumes asuperiority which he
understands himself, and which he is impatient 70
have the whole world understand John Bun
claims a superiority which he does not underS'ahn
himaelf hut which, In his stupid oonceit ne IAN
oios ha can impose upon the understanding Oh Al
mank nd by the mere force OF orazen ssSuthP',ou
offs hardly more than atwelvemonth ago "neh
| Iobn laylshei all Of the sourest OF bis VII upon
I'm coIIins steamship seen in the Mersey.
| lie launched awhile and then let her 90 nome
s.s;gh,sd With little cargo and much ridicule But
| I'm thou0h somewhat famed for making 1901
| ~ himself ON very slight provocation, has done
| ohncLlIng about that matter Al the opening OF
the CRYSTAL Palace, John fairly cudgelled nus
| brains week In and week out, Tor abuse OF ,no
American contributions. lie fairly exnans'ea nS
Ind and hot,om In showing up the ridiculous,
grotesque. tawdry, clumsy, gingerbread, Pa.on-
worry. iourneyman made, mongrel cons,ruc'iOhs
thai belong 10 a people who would be centaurs ana
nsrmen N thew could, and are always reoclling
sga,nst the tranmels Of unity After John had
neatly well lot off his spleen, the tine came LOT
| nuttinq some OF these ridiculous ianHVs nO''ON
. 70 the test The ploughs, whose ngatness anu
. s,.gIl,,v made them At for only fancy gardening,
: srs 40. In action la the stiffest soil before an ag
. s,,i,~rai ,nry. and ohm when he Witnessed heir
;, go. ~ d,sugh, and efficiency OF execution, was
liz amazed; and the very next thing he did was
~ INV ali he could lay hands upon, and 70 order
scoye or more 10 be shipped at New I OK 81 nus
= own risk A reaping machine, which John, u
:, ~. hi,Ious Righteousness had characterized as 4
~ cross between an Astleys chariot tread an
- Avlog machine was taken into grain'heid an
y mt into operation. John looked on as pcmpon
90 as King Cambyses, but thousand times more 10
~ nooent of the real science Of reaping than Ia
80 gyesuest Yankee pumpkin. As he sees q ciea
svarth. ten feet vide, opening before him as Ia
~ as .nsn of horses could walk, and work done b
ne single American 10 an hour which twenty Ln'
re lishmen the summer before, had not done In ga
re he viyes his soul scratch two, sends back ~o'
"A that the thing would secure TO English farmil
az protection against oimate and an economy o. )
ION Dor which must prove Of inoalcuiaole aa,AnsAs
aud can now hardly restrain his own eagerness
the get soms OF them over the water In time iVr y
present harvest A Yankee picks the crack 10
n,S az Enalsnd In twenty-four minutes anu MAJ
-. ano,hsr brings Ia an American lock, with 'no
-. .and dollar bill under IT, and Englishmen OF eve
n. heed try their hand at II for forty-hvs days
~. vain even though the real keys were given I'M
lin which 10 operate. John Is beginning 10 n
> an, tha meaning and the use OF some OF the
Sss qlmcracks> la the Exhibition, and Is q
Hs showing a very marked inclination 10 drop