The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-10-30

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BOLT-Ths ,eay the examination ,eas
Quoted IN the Miscellaneous Department az the
STATE Far.
This class numbered in all 525 entries, and
great many more articles were pressed into II hy
committees on other classes until il was sselled
TO about 600, embracing almost every variety of
lhveation. manufacture and production, from an
axe handle to piano -Four examiners aad
one c!erk composed the committee for this ex-
tensive department, and 10 them was committed
the Herea.ean task OF making earef i aud Impair
tai examination OF the grea. iety of art in.
dustry, and iugeaqlty contained in il; aud all this
was executed by them In the amazing short time
OF - working hours. Estimating no loss of time
1t makes, on an acreage one minute aad a half for
the examination of each article Allow half
minute for consultation, decision &c and the ac-
tua! time OF examination is reduced to one inmate
in which the exhibitor is allowed TO explain its
construction, advantages and operation The idea
OF dong justice To exhibitors under such circum-
stances IS preposterous For these precious merses
of time they paid the society 5000; add to this
the average expense of going 70 and returning
from the fair, and il makes $4,000 l. is suroris
lag that the Executive Committee coald not pro-
vide more rea onabiy for the wants of this class;
not few of these attended the fair at q dead
expense of 80 10 500 each, and then could not
have but one mia ute with the committee 1t
would have been au easy matter TO divide this
class into divisions, and appointed committees for
them, composed of practical men m ore or less
conversent with the articles in each which would
have given them ample time TO do Justice to ALL
There are tive remedies that N light be adopted by
the mechanics of this State; the first is to separate
themselves from the State Az icuitura Society
and organize a State Mechanical Society," of then
own. The second is for mechanics to send dele
gates from their County Societies 10 attend the
January meeting oil the State Society at Indiana
polls TO elect directors the Board who will
look to their interests
ASr a.,
ne exhibition oft to the Committee. When they
to US we showed them our specimens of work
and explained the general construction of the Bolt
as briefly possible and this was about all they
had time to hear. They would not see it oper
ate neither would they make a comparison be
tween oar specimens and those of our compeH-
tors. We had three classes of work merchant
custom and graham. 10 the first was supertine
-four with four grades of offd-Geturns, middiings
shorts and bran, and not particle of -four coule
be found IN the shorts or bran, perfect thu
busting aud separating. In the second class wa.
good custom -four and bran: and in the third elias.
was fine article of Graham -four with nothins
but the coarsest bran taken out, making, in all
nine distinct separations. These we wished TO havt
compared With nose OF our competitors, knowing
that ours was the only bolt on the ground which
would make all these separations within the ma
chine-a very important thing; yet, it was no,
taken into consideration by the Committee-thert
no time We then asked them TO see our
machine operate, 10 show practically what it woule
do, aud how easily aud exactly the miller coulC
control it, so IS TO make all the above kinds; bu
there was mo time" our minute was up We ther
asked them to look al a cylinder we had entered
separately, but they absolutely had "no time te
see it; bat by promising they should not be de
tanned but one minute they consented, and afte,
looking at it three-fourths of minute they mark
ed it IA decided improvement"
There are 20 premiums given in the miscellane
Gus class this year; only concentrations of the
Society at the discression of the Executive Com
mittee. In view of the above facts we ma ie ar
appeal to the Executive Committee whose pro
vince it is to award commendations of the Society
but they were too crowded with business to take
any action on it, and the matter was laid over un-
til the January meeting of the Board when it S
to be decided which machine if either will receive
the commentator OF the Society
Nv information ia from one of the members oil
the Board and Executive Committee who resides
in this city, consequently competitors of thi:
place, who thought they had been awarded the frs
CO nmendation have crowed too soon. We are
willing to set al Of bolts any where in this
county at any time, in competition with Ham
Nordyks'5 or any other bolt, and let an mpartia
Committee, composed of Millers or MiIl-wrights
decide which is the best and most convenient ma
chine. II they feel like accepting banter of tin.
kind let them name a time and place.
:. c. MEN DENHALL.
Buchanan and the Border Ruffians.
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