The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-10-10
Great Trial of Reaping and Now
ing Machines, under the Direc-
tion of the Jury of the Paris
Universal Exposition.

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,,ar{od I,at,lo moaoLinoo rrcro sont ont
md rcturnod froc IF cnst 70 thc rvhibi.
tors On tbc ground Of the trial tboro
were thousands Of rconle assembled to
witness the novelty Of the day. larye
tonts had boon nreviorslv croetcd and n
loroo surnIv of rofro,l,monts nrocnrc6
for tbc nccasion Tho dn. ;-os nlca,ont
and tbo oxcitonort of tho imm1usc con.
course of noonlc ;ntonsc The nolicc
we're in attendance nnon horseback, The
militia woro in roonsi,ion viii onns,nd
hoyoncts - loon tho croyd of corrr
s,cct.tors of ,bn oroin S,,kos wcro
driycn into tLo cro1n1 and rono DRAWN
from stake to stelc mill tLc entire fold
If about fftoon ,cr.s w,s enrr,nn1od
Tjis wac - Gala of IN ord;ror, oroyytl
OF oats and standing M weh ana Whlch
was divided INTO lots or pieces OF about
~ ,,iyo,, a,s,onoo rorolloI vi,b o,cL
oiLor-oooI ,;ooo l,oin,r ,,n,1crc1 and
one machine allotted to each piece. Al
The beat OF tAe dfum thrce mhch'ucs
started on together. d ;. NrIGhts ol
1hicago' l. maqagcd by III: agent Mr'
Jc"cI faiIfk Deus machine, uy Nlr'
r1uteAt' ma ma h'"e iFnM AIe'e's'-
lhcSe machines, o"lnS caicuIateu TO 90
Their own rakmg by mHchlnery' NrshtS
"acIhne cut l's piece !" 'WehtyloNr MN
u'9si be'iS IN SIXTY SIX minutes ana inc
~ Mlglefs lnach'he III ac'eh'y-,wo minutes
ne raklhg or uischareihg ol 'he Eraih
rom an ol me 'hrce pach'heS was pau!y
cone, me uralh telng much scattered IN
nS delVcFy upon me ground r'Th'
DONG much the best he cutt'ng'hoW,
ever was well dohe' me ihecIoh'ca:
movement oi the automatoh raEef Ci
w rights machine was 'ru'y "ouuGrlu''
Inc op'r"1oh 'l 'ne m"chinc was h,Sh'
y s"cctsS'ni' pc!I ; ''"s"l"r; py 'ou
l.n' uiH !Ne cutting ana ea'hof''e u
'nc gram III very uea' "'a""I' '"t
gram was HellVereu ifeeiy 10 one sue of
/ .he machine Tor the oihdeES. Alter 'ne
jurors hau carolu'.y ho'ou ,'"S 'af' tnI
,snal 'eaIh was given ana On S''''tu
'n'Ie o'ner hlncuincS~-'' H. " i""y >
=; h.ch'orui ~ managed py US "senT
Nr- maple heil macIi'he' oy Oro,1'l''
ana tue one morse rrehcn reaper mun
~ cut us l'ece I'D twenty '"o "l'lu'oS'
i i'elI py oI'1N''i' r;I cup '"e o"o .T:s "D'
rrench reaper p4'n inl''T 10 cu1 'neir
'ecoS N"''o -iah"y u'u ''s "otN III
'no most CAqu''''J nai,n'r' "'l 'eaIius u
S,ns'e s'a!N "tga'ncIeu a"u p'Hcua' s'u
'1e er"in III ''e mos P'I'ecS sn'P', 'S
placeu uy ha'o 'or 'ne p'uucr'' II nu'
lsheu us piece most g'orlou9'y 'uo Jt-
ro's themselves eou'I not rFS'ra'n 'n'ir
aun4'ia'ion. "u' c'ICu ou'' SooI' "e',
1o"c' ne pcoI'e "pl ,'uueu "nu
hurlhneo l'r h'h,yS A'nc'l'"'i i'e"Pc'
-'hatS 'he maenine'
AGAIN oiter 'he luFy ma taAen lu''
tner ho'es OF 'he tila'' 'he sl6ha' was
gwen ana 'hree o'her machines S'a''ed
On GU tue contest iuss{ rcafcr' oy
nraI 1en oFiLlck Dy hcNehZ!e' anu
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