The Placer herald., 1857-04-11

Hussey 4 McCormack's Reaping Machine

Hussey 4 McCormack's Reaping Machine
The Washington correspondent of the
Philoddphjd .1meyicon under date of Feb
ruary eth, says:
The vote in the Senate yesterday upon the
| applications of lIusSey and Mccormick, for
the extension Of their reaper patents, ought
/ etlectually to settle their pretensions now
and hereafter. McCormck's original patent
being obtained before the existing law cover
ed all the elementary and substantial princi-
| pies belonging to former inventions. Still
it needed something to complete its practi-
cal value, found in the two special patents
under which he is now working, and realiz-
ING a profit of at least $l50000 year,
Not satisfied with this success he has follow
ed Congress for years past, asking a revival
of the original patent which was declared
to be public property in lS4S. That conces-
sion would subject every manufacturer who
has applied his own Improvements to the
reaper. to such tax as Mccormick might
impose.
There were $4,000 machines made last
year, and fee of $50 each would insure
him million year, independent of his in
come for existing patents. lIussey's reaper
stands upon nearly the same principle though
the case has more meritorious circumstances
connected with it, Merely technical pleas
have been put in by both parties to carry
their point before Congress-; and though re
reatedly rejected, they have turned up again
and again, until the selfish importantly has
become both provoking and insulting 1t is
now hoped that they have bored Congress
for the last time; for even some of the m M
bers who were disposed to be friendly, have
been disgused bv the obtrusve pertnactv
with which the object has been pursued 1t
is estimated that thousand or fifteen hun
dred of these reaping machines were used in
Pennsylvania during the past year, and that
the number will be greatly increased during
the present one. The subject is, therefore,
one Of interest to the people of the largest
wheat growing State in the Union
The CHARITY BALL.-Soft hearted Charity
was taken to the dance by fashion Quickly
was she seized by the waist and whrled
around in the Fathesless children Waltz
The air was shivered by the music; Charity
heard soun ING brass and tinkling cymbals
and her heart was slightly heavy. She
brushed by antique dowagcrs, that essay
ed to look rogish, but were only rogish.
Fair young women whirled 10y her, white
shoulders twinklcd everywhere among the
black coats and Charity was panied. She
would iain have covered all things, but
Fashion said mo- and Fashion was wise
woman, and not 10 be contradicted. "What
is all this tor!" said Charity This, foolish
child! This is in your honor--tor your
sake Dear me- said Charity. at is
not thus that men and women have been
accustomed TO honor me. 1t was once by
selfdenial-by sort of heroism that few
knew of save the hero-tbat they honored
me, and liked that. liked not only the
Gift, but the spirit in which it was given"
You are a sad little she Rip Van WnLiIe,"
said Fashion. "All that is done away with
now We are all too solfsh-everybody's
too selfish to perpetrate little romances in
secret Self denial is out Of date 1t went
out before hoops came in. Nay, ! think
even before MORE antique was worn. Why
bless yon, my tender eyed darling, with
your hand ever reaching into your obsolete
pocket-why do You not carry porte
monais-pcall cased and stysh?-do YOU
think any of these pleasant people, whom
| see so much and you so little, would
ever come to see you or invite YOU to see
them, unless, they could e JOY themselves
and have thousand looking on! You
pretty little foolish thing, with that queer
old dress Of yours. Doyou think that wrinL-
led Samarianess there would pour oil into
the wounds of any traveller, except out of
n gilded oil can and without fit audience
and the oil nicely scented? See that other
Sammaritaness, in thousand dollars dress
Of silk, shot with gold fbrcs DO you think
she would leave penny with the landlady
of the man who fell into the hands of thieves
unless the reporter Of the Jerusolcm He,-
aid was there to put her initials in his re,
port of the facts. No, my child That style
Of thing is obsolete, Nova days, we scrsp
down the laboring men and women's wages
as we do our waists, into the smallest
possible compass. When little misfor-
tune comes, they are thrown upon our
hands-then it affordsa splendid opportl.
nifty for the exhibition Of our kind feelings.
Some of us even think that for this even
ings outlay, we have two dollars to our
credit in Heaven. Pm sure hope so. Now
haven't been frank, you little puss you?"
But here Fashion was whiskel off to Join
in the Destitute Mothers Quadrille, and
Charity glided into dressing room to lool,
at the cloaks for Charity is female, and
has her weaknesses. ~. y. Pic.
When the Duke of Cumberland was on
his way to subdue the rebels, in l745, party
of Dragons were foraging near the manse Of
Newtoun. The minister's man, seeing them,
took fright and hid himself, most untortu-
nately, under what they were in quest of,
namely, a quantity Of straw. The straw was
Immediately removed, and the man seized