Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-08-26

A@PhONBMEhf IN GRIST MILLS.-lt the man
who makes blades Of corn TO grow where only
ond grew before, is entitled to rank among the ben.
eiactors Of mankind, (and he certainly ISL then it
follows amatter of course that he who causes two
bushels of corn to be ground where ony one could
be ground before, also entitled to the same rank
among the worlds benelactors. The period is not
very remote when the miller earned his two quarts
Of toll so hardlyby converting bushe Of grain into
meal, that he was sometimes sorely tempted 10 take
an extra quart Tor his pay, and the farmer boy who
vent with wagon load to mill was obliged to wait
all day for his grist to be ground, SO slowly did
the ponderous wheels turn round, aud SO grudgingy
did they pour the yellow meal into the milor's crib.
Rut the genius Of modern has been look
ing after the interests Of the miller well those
Of his more pretending neighhors, until now it has
come TO pass that the farmers boy have the grlss
Of a whole neighborhood ground in ten minutes, and
the miller is relieved from the temptation OF aIlIng
his pork from bis neighbours sacks for the reason
that the regular rates Of toll will most literally
neraie him for his toll, and leave him a handsome
surplus at The years end, to store away against the
years of famine that may come las did those predict
ed in the oIden times.
few DAYS ago, tall benevolent hooking gentle.
tleman, with sober, dignfed air, who had just
arrived IN the cars, was at one Of our hotels
inqurlng for "grlst mil" He did not appear to
have grist in waiting, or in expectancy, but he ev.
Ienlly had an object in view, aud the shape Of his
know ledge box aud the calm, assmant expression
of his face seemed to say, that if any persons here
abouts had grist mill 1T would be an object for them
10 lei him have lGok at it. or course, grisl mill
is not difficult article 10 be found in Worcester,
and the object Of his search before him ia
tie Bigelow Building, in Manchester street, where
One of these spitefu little cast monns, which have
attained such vide celebrity, was, using all the
power uf len horse steam engine in grinding about
twenty bushels an hour. A sight Of the mill onl,
seemed TO excite the tall genIltman's curiosity the
more. ell was pretty little mill and ground very
fast, little faster than any one Of its kind he had
seen before" but now he wished to see the propr,e
tor Of the mill, and presently he was accommodated
in this respect also. After little preliminary con-
versation, for the proprietor is man of few words
and likes 10 the pith and marrow Of business
at once, the tall gentleman announced himself as
Col. Mills, OF Georgia, and the proprietor OF Gaines
Patent Method of dressing mill stones, by which
METHOD the capacity Of any ordinary grist mill could
be doubled without the outlay OF an additional dollar,
or the increase Of power or attendance. Such
statement seemed little extravagant, but the pro-
prietor OF the mill, who is not old fogey but one
who is willing to believe that ''some things can be
done as well as ohers,' until convinced to the con-
trary, very soon sirsck bargain with Col Alills by
the terms of which. that gentleman was 10 receive a
for his secret in proportion to the increased ca
pacity of the mill. The Colonel very soon had the
mill to pieces, and under his direction the stones
were smoothed off, and pecked over upon a plan
which appears have been suggested both by science
and common sense, and again put in motion. The
result showed that the Colonel was man Of his
word, that he did not promise what he could not
perform, in short, that he was no humbug, but that
he had really introduced among us most valuable
improvement, and one which no person interested in
that branch Of industry would forcso for any slight
consideration.
subsequent interview with the proprietor of the
well known Patch's Mills induced that gentleman TO
have the ''Gaine's Improvement applied to his
mill stones, and the results were even more surpris
ing still. We Witnessed the operation OF the mill
alter the alterations were made in the stones, and
minute and half was all the time required for
grinding a bushel of Northern corn Since that
time, have learned from Mr. Patch, that the mil
continues 10 work it hogan, and that fo,ty si1
bushels hour is about The average OF its capacity,
which is an actual increase Of one hundred per cent
over what it before able to accomplish, the
mill being one Of the old fashioned kind, with a
single run Of granite stones.
We have written this notice OF the s.Gane's I'm.
proVement in Grist Mills not as puff for Colonel
Mills, for it is without his knowledge or solicitation,
and we do not know that he shall ever see or hear
from him again, but for the purpose Of calling the
attention Of mlers in this section Of the State 10 an
fundamentally which will largely Increase their pro
fits while it lightens their abors, and which they
will be wise 70 avail themselves of before the pro.
pretOr Of the invention leaves this part Of The coun
try.