The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-28
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MACHINERY AGAINST MuscLs-Ak AMUSING sokSk
Quito an amusing scene "a enacted yettercay morn
ing at Che end Of La East river The tide va runnng
out q 1pd rate aud the floating grain elevator which
moved from place TO place ~ wheels driven
By it own steam poSer, J,yips &c get up stream
The speed OF the elevator whea way is OF time
great but when the machioe came oppos,e 10 the
pier around which the curIe Mt was mkiug Of mill tail
rate Il quite doubtful sh-her she wocld succeed
DC Obliged TO await the turning Of the tide While the
contest Between the elevator aud the tide going on
number Of iaborers in grain call trmuers made their
appearance on the u be dock and commenccd thsr
remarks upon the haste iv billie athur as one oil toe
number designated the macsin-.
"Arfth boys hese, aid enc strapping fellow
stripped ready for the grsio biu just come ana look az
<he ugly mud scow he ID bate; bad cess till il
ard al that belongs tidtha nd take the bread out "
honest nins mouths. Dugh We onG ttafe that ye may
sink before ye gets rouna wild ser wheels. and yer ugly
spouts, end other divilmsnis =
WHIST viii ye" said another Of the bsrcfooted half
dressed trnmeds cant &c that h-s run ming race
wild the pier and be jabers the iers the best O. the
t.ov sm-iCr that houids II own aud the Others go
ing back This procuced laugh sad ell tho trimmers
set uy huyrah for The pier that WANING the
sesrt tho elevator bur mt length Tue elevator began TO
gain slowly inch by iuch eeo foot ~ foot and finally
il seen that she bad y gt tho best OF the tide and
was getsng pcely around Mo rd o, The rer This
ed 20 c.ern the ssamsrs and hy could not keep down
THERE'S the poor mspr friNns" ssd one ironically,
"A big hole in the bottom II you'd improve the
beauty of the purity thing . rald sec md.
Give line ashore here and weu help yez to git
round; Won't we DO, so said puubcr three
"Oh, lie all names; tba poor needs bit help
tho captain nd pass De Of course we'd make
id fasht, an dvil % he lie spsr ard let the
See the dirth3 ooing hsckgusrd that il Is row she s
got puDc apo he taxa tie Scrk out q the hands ~
dozen cscent min =
BY tiis time the elevator had got around, and was
making CAST alongside o. l~Jg ship. into the hold of
which ete was about 10 poar the cargoos OF dozen small
vessels NJ The vicinity reiy gsu'iemanly parsonage
coached he crowd Of ciscontented iaborcr, and
sid How mspy Lively tfm'uers are there here The
trmrs began 10 count end found that there were just
Line good workEen present. Well says the newly
rived go and get three mere m.a I want a dozen
aboard the elevator and The ship there
An rhsts that W min abosrd the hille.
yssor there'' SAID the spokesman II the pTty.
why, want them to way grain" said the cap
tain cf The elevator.
A dozen min for The hil'evashor,n said The spotes
nsn, in half incr,dulcu and for Why woa'd
We want min there captaiu!n touching his head With
why, come along with your gsngr said the captain
or III 80 elsewhere and get lot Of men, I've time
The Spokesman looked around at his companions and
in quite subducd tone. sad. Well boys, the hlleya
thOr's not so bad aftber AL Where get three
moro laJs, Yes, captain Wen be there at en1t" The
whole party looked ut the elevator and then at each
other and at last broke silence with Och, be dad
and IT'S oil wrong we've been all together We tcgs yer
pardon eeptain but We thought ye worked the hieva
Ard so do" said the captain; shut waut trim
mers; come along I've time to talk I" The three
wanting men were procured and placed at their
stations Abosrd the elevator aud the ship which
about 70 receive the cargo o. grain and soon the huge
pscns whom the above Tecounted little had COL
lectcd from the passers by
The whole affair IL simply this by a late patent, the
erar elevator which has been for years work in store
hcuses. hes been improved, and in its improved
state, placed board steam scow, which Is pro-
vided with q propelling wheel TO enable her to
MOVE from place to place about the harbor The
elevator takes up position alongside tho ship which
TO receive the grain and the barSs or smaor vessels
take position on her cutter side spout Is thsown
into thc hold Of the small craft from which the grain is
to be taken and turned into the chip which IS
to receive it Throu the rt mentioned spout Is pass
ed belt to which is attached buckets smila, to those
which convey the -four o; ordinary grain mill from the
reservoir beneath the stones the boiling machine The
grain thus taken up Is deposited In elevated bin in
If11r 80 .xk,A hz.a A.rsn
through tanning or cleaning pro ,ess 1t is next de-
posted in reservoir from which 1t is carried BY
secoOd ret cf buckets to the spout which leads to the
ship and is thence turned into the bold Of the receiving
vessel. By this process twenty seven hundred
a. S hs e p,oes 0 Of by har
three or four hundred could he paased But in this
In a iubor saving operations the aborers took il for
granted that they TO be- the sufferers and hence
the scene the dock whereas the truth is that the
elevator employs more men than would otherwise be
gagcd-tbo only chapge effected being the expedition
with which the grain is delivered Chere is stil in busy
times for the labor all the grain tiimmcrs that
be employed The fus!e Of the above alluded
to most ample apologies from the laborers to the
captain Of the elevator for the offensive expressions
by them as the huge apparatus was making It's way
around the per
syoIsc yLAupAsuM--ISeu EsT.-An unfortunate young
womsr named Rosanna Brady aged about twenty three
"a. a ThmrsH.v Pn' "a o.a 70 ner meefs
nun at her residence, No ~ West Broadway. The
Coroner notified by the officers Of the Fifth ward and
protected yesterday evening to hold inquest upon
the body. Mary Anne Jackson being duly sworn de-
poeeth II rent the premises here took possession Of
them the day before yesterday the 25th instant
sided previously at the Of Brooome and Laurens
strcets 6coeased when came and never saw
her before; slept with on Wednesday night in
the bed on which she nov les hef friend Mr. Alexander
Oldham. slept In the bed during the night she
got yexed With him and went into the front room he got
went after her and coaxed her back bed got up
and Oldham got up al qusrter past seven in the morn
ine-bch at the same tme we lett deceased in bed and
at half past eight went in and aWoke herr she eat
up and he asked her what she had been taking she said
Il have not been taking thpg he asked for the key
Of her trunk and che said ne would not get 1t as long
she able to keen il; Oldham then went for doctsr
but could not find after he vent out DR.. Barry
came I'M be looked at deceased then aud said he could
not do anything for her. Dr. Barry examined Ter trunk
end found two bottles with little laudauun in them,
and cologne bottle Dr. Berry then went out and TO
Aurped with DR. KbouIpe Mr. OLDHAM shook IT in
der TO aztue her as she getting cro~sy at the time
at nipo O'Clock che had feeling at all she got some salt
and water and voued littie tho died alb ,ut four
O'Clock in the evening aud ste took poison she must
haye taken it after got ny, and with her own hands
Marietta Lewis. sworn said-I live at No - Hudson
street and have lived there for the last two years; the
house 10 opposite; at or O'Clock yesterday morning
ma Landing In my window It Is window, and
SouId see into the room where deceased lies; saw
her sitting upon chair stool she very weak
her heed would fall one side aud then on thc other
there WINS Young girl In the with her in the acto
rushing trunk under the BID lefs tho window for
about ten minutes; l saw this gentleman Mr. Oldham
Lod her head; decreased then sitting up in the bed
there vas another sitting with his back 70 the win
dou; saw the gentleman hold teacup 10 HE hand 1t
frank Il. saw him take her by the hand and strive to
draw her up: did not zee her after that -
Alexander Y. Oldham. sworn said res'le IN RMS.
delphia aud have Q wife and i've chldrc7 have mol
uyed With them for four Year,: Ibecauo acluiut
ed with the deceased in March ia and "a Tar as could
learn sbe about months In THU country soc tod
me that she had n brother, named Patrick Brady on
board the steamer 0b;o shs expected him on saturday
to-day and that she ahsmed to him; that lac
had sdveried for her several times she quenty said
she would destroy herself account of the life she was
irdns she wanted to buy for her and said
IL YOU DO not viii spsak 10 you;p wanted hor
10 20 20 service Told h.r That would pay hsr boerd
until kto got good place; she wac not incorporate
t.-~a a., AL N.
belIod GLaudanum-from James Tsrrabts, 2S Grsud
ptcotv -.
Doctor Barry Of North Moore street tesfs w. having
.c.;dert.v ved The dsceaed on tho morning In gnes
fiot and used exeroD for her recovery but IN vain
Doc or John A. Lidte N Prinse street, described tue
orsrns and internal arpsarnocee rroened W TIE pCoy
vupot n ussf ,norfera examination made by hin
Tbe following verdict rendered by the jury We
snd that the deceasso came to her oeah oy ,esng