The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-01
: BLUFFS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1857

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ssYou be hang'd," called ont Squire Il.
ard, ssyou and the Court too, you low-liyee
vagabond p
"a mittimus to the Jail for three days
and $25 fne," cried the Court
ssHere the Sheriff came up to Peter, te
carry him Of.
"Whats my name, Tom ?" called th'
/ Squire, as he was led out.
ssPeter Izard," was the prompt response
ssThe following day, the Squire was par.
doned, and the fine RENTED; but never at
/ ter did he venture to use the weapon, thai
had been SO effectually turned on himself.
NOVEL INVENTION BY JOHN PHENIx
The ladies, who are all just now attached
to the labor saving sewing machines, vii
read with interest the following description
of an invention recently perfected BY thu
numerous "John Phenix,'' with view te
diminish still further their labor;
CIRCULAR TO THE PUBLIC.
Permit me to call your undivided atten-
ton to an invention lately made and pat
ented by myself, that is calculated to pro.
duce the most beneficial results, and prove
of inestimable value to mankind. 1t is well
known that the sewing machines now SC
generally in use are the most important in
vention and the greatest blessing of the age.
Every lady considers this instrument Mdls-
pensable to her happiness; it has completely
usurped the place of the piano forte and
harp in all well regulated families; and she
who once purchased materials for clothing
by the yard, now procures them by the piece
or bolt, IN order to enjoy the rational pleas
ure of easily making them into garments.
In the humble cabin of the laborer, and
in the halls of the rich and great, now re-
sounds from morning until night, the whir
of the sewing machine. The result cf this
universal grinding, although eminently graf
flying to the sellers of dry goods, and the
| philanthropic fathers and husbands who
discharge their bills, has not been of ia
vorable nature to our ladies in a physical
point of view. 1t is found that the constant
use of the crank has brought On rheumatic
and neuralgic affections in the shoulder, and
similar application Of the treaddle has a
tendency to produce hip disease, and white
swelling of the knee-joint, accompanied by
nervous complaints of painful character.
| The undersigned is TAINTED with q
most estimable single lady of middle age
who, having procured one of the fast-run-
ming machines, was so enchanted with it,
that she persisted in its use for thirtysix
hours without cessation, and found, on en-
deayoring to leave off, that her right leg
acquired the motion of the treadle in such a
painful manner, that it was impossible
to keep it still, and locomotion thereafter
assumed species of polkastep exceedingly
ludicrous to witness, and particularly NOR
tifying to herself. regret to add that she
was compelled by vote of the society, to
withdraw from the Methodist Church, on a
charge of dancing down the broad aisle on
Communion Sunday.
| A more melancholy instance was the case
Of Mrs. Thompson, Of Seekonk-a most
estimable lady-but who, by constant use
of the crank, lost control of the ilexors and
extensors of her right arm, and had mad
vertantly punched her husband in the eye,
which, he being man of suspicious and
unforgiving disposition, led to great unhap-
piness in the family, and finally resulted in
the melancholy case of Thompson vs.:
Thompson, so familiar to most of the civ
ilized world. A turn for mechanism, and
an intense desire to contribute to the hap
piness of the female sex, have ever been
distinguished traits in my character. On
learning these facts, devoted myself to a
thorough investigation of the subject, and
after month of close application, have at
last made an invention which will at once
do away with everything Objectionable in
the use Of the sewing machine.
This beautiful discovery is now named
PHGNIx's FELINE ATTACHMENT.
Like most great inventions, the Attach
men is of great simplicity. An upright
shaft is connected with the machine by a
cog wheel and pinion, and supported below
! by suitable frame work. Two projecting
arms are attached to the shaft, to one of
which large cat is connected by a light
harness, and from the other, living mouse
is suspended by the tail, within few inches
of the nose of the motor. As the cat springs
towards the mouse, the latter is removed,
and keeping constantly at the original dis
tance, the machine reyolves with great ra-
pidity. The prodigious velocity produced
by the rapacity of the cat In its futile en-
deavors to overtake the mouse, can only be
imagined by one who has seen the Attach
ment in full operation.
1t is thus that man shows his supremacy
| over the brute creation, by making even
their rapacious instincts .subservient to his
use.
Should it be required to arrest the mo-
ton of the machine, a handkerchief is
thrown over the mouse, and the cat at once
pauses disgusted.
Remove the handk erchief, and again she
springs forward with renewed ardor. The
writer has seen one cat Ga tortoise-shelD Of
so ardent and unwearying disposition, that
she made eighteen pairs of mems panta.
looms, two dozen shirts, and seven stitched
skirts, before she laid down exhausted. 1t
is hoped that the ladies throughout the land
will avail themselves of this beautiful dis
covery, which will entirely supercede the use
of the needle, and make the manufacture OF
clothing and household materials a matter
of pleasure to themselves, and exciting and
healthy exercise to their domestic animals.