The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-09-19
EPORT, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1856

} How Peter Finch stormed and called names
, how John Mead broke into delrIgm of joy
how Mary Sutton cried and laughed, and thel
cried and laughed together, all these matters
| shall not attempt to describe. Mary Sutton i
, now Mrs. John Mead, and her husband ha
! actually begun the great historical picture
} Peter Finch has taken no discounting bills, ant
bringing actions on them, and drives about Il
5 his brougham already. or .sz@w
Music BY srEAM.-A yankee genius has sue
ceeded in Harvesting steam to a musical in
strument in such a way as to secure perfect ex
!, ecuton The name of the inventor is Joshu;
t c. Stoddard, Of Worcester, Massachusetts,
The following description will give some ide;
Of the possibilities Of the invention
'.The instrument is of simple construction
and when once thoroughly put together, vii
t seldom if ever, get out of repair. 1t consists
! of a horizontal steam chest or cylinder, some
six feet in length, and from four to six feet il
diameter, which is fed with steam from the
boiler in the establishment where it is located
Upon the top Of the cylinder is series of valve
chambers placed at equal distances from eacl
Eother. into which the steam is admitted with
f out obstruction. Each valve chamber con
tains double metallic valve with no packing
yet it fits SO closely upon its seat as to allow ns
steam to escape. To each of these valves is
connected a very small piston rod or stem
which passes through the chamber and is op
Ierated upon by maclSnery without. Were il
Enot for this stem the valve would be simply &
double balance valve and would remain sta
tionary wherever placed, the pressure of steam
being equal on all sides; but a part of one end
of the valve being carried outside of the cham
Der gives it the selfclosing power, which is
then the incest part of the whole invention and
perhaps the best patentable feature. With a
slight pressure against these rods the valve is
opened, and when the valve is removed il
closes as quick as steam can act, which is not
much behind electricity.
Directly over each of these valves is placed
a common alarm whistle, constructed similar
to those used upon locomotives, except that il
admits of being lowered, to hatten or sharpen
the tone. These whistles are made of differ
ent Sizes so as toproduce the desired tone cor
Responding with each note; &C. This com
fpletes the machine, with the exception of a cy-
Under similar to those used ina common hand
! organ or music box, containing cogs, which,
when properly arranged, Will, when turned by
Fhand or otherwise, operate upon the valve in
such a manner as to play any tune desired, by
simply changing the position of the eogs which
are intended to be movable. ~-.f .at ina
Zone of these instruments can be heard
from ten to twenty five miles on the water, and
every note wiz be perfect and fun We heard
the inventor play "Rosale'' on it, and it look
j ed like 'sgetting off tall notes. mechanically
This invention is SO completely under the con
troll of the operator that, were it arranged with
a key board similar to piano, it would obey
the slightest touch, and a child could play slow
or quick tunes, every note Of which might be
heard several miles. g4r .. ...' .s-.
i 1t is the design of the inventor to place
these instruments upon locom motiyes and steam
boats. 1t would appear rather novel to J ohr
| Bull to hear ''yankee doodle" from one Of ou,
ocean steamers as she was about to enter
British port, (say 20 miles of, and it would
remind yankee of his jack knife to hear the
tune of "sweet home" from the same vesse
on its return to New York or Boston. This in
yention, if it meets the expectations of most
who have seen it, will alter the tone of public
demonstration on important occasions very es-
sentially." "@ '@e 3 l' .--..' e .-205.f
| GRAssHoppERs &c.-Hon Calvin G. Pen
dleton, arrived in this city from Iron co. on the
Gath; general. health among the people, the
/ grasshoppers have DESTROYED all the grain at
| Paragoonah, nine-tenths at Parowan. all the
wheat at fort Johnson, and about e-tenth of
the grain at Ceder city, the grain at Harmony
is uninjured.
The bursting of cloud on the mountains
about the first of June, washed away the house
of elder Benjamin r. Hulse in Ceder CITY and
injured several others. The fields look like a
desert and every separate bench appears to be
matching out fresh crops of grasshoppers Sew
eral companies have started to the sPangwitch'
ke, on fishing excursions. The wateris lower
an has ever been known before, and but
small portion of the land resown can possibly
be watered. A small party has also started to
the Santa Clara mission TO plant corn. The
people of Iron co. are in first rate spirits The
public square at Parowan city no acresl has
been planted with potatoes in the hopes that
the united efforts of men, women and children,
chickens, ducks, turtles &c, &c, NAV save a
sufficlency to have occasionally little potatoe
soup next winter. w <5".
Nine -tenths of the wheat crops are DESTROYED
at Fillmore. Chalk creek very low, fresh re-
VI ul'9 VI SidsshhppelS hatchln9 onthe heEches.
The field at Nephi city look like the seat of
desolaton -a r5sv,. -.." sns-
On Saturday and Sunday the grasshoppers
filled the sky for three mites deep, or as far as
they could be seen without the aid Of telescopes
and somewhat resembling snow Storm which
latter would have been very acceptable to the
parched grass, and cattle. Drouth very severe
the creeks low, and the weather hot, the com
mon house flies are very thick, and are as trou-
b]esome as they usually.are in September.
The five and ten acre lots south of this CITY
were visited with another legion of grasshop-
pers within the last few days. devourine the |
third planting of young corn. By letters from
different parts of Utah county, we learn that
fresh arrivals contrive to destroy the young
crops nearly as fast as they appear We re-
gret also to learn that bug, heretofore unno-
iced by the. farmers, is doing considerable
damage among the potatoes. .:--....
.- :....-.....- tDeseret (Morrnon) News
1+ 5zs s%@ Et5s#E+ /
M Flourens, recent French writer of high
character, thinks that science will teach men
low to prolong their lives to 200 years,