The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-08
The Mechanics Fair.

The people appreciate what our artisans
are doing in this city, and are ready to tes-
tify it by liberal attendance on the exhibit
tons Of the Mechanics Institute. Daily and
nightly the rooms are crowded In our little
paper we can give, daily, but few observa
tons. Let us first take glance at the circu-
Iarsaw-mill. Ground and round beats up and
down." that means that LANE & BoDLEYs
circular saws are superior to the old fashioned
up-and down saw-mil. 1t is simpler, relaxes
the feed and humors the saw when necessary;
the motion backward is more rapid, and the
carriage is arrested at pleasure, and at single
movement Of a lever, one person managing the
feed can SGT the log, thus saving the expense
of two men. The independent head blocks are
a great feature. They are successfully in u,e
in Ross County, Ohio, and in Indiana.
WRIGHT & HOLMAN, of Springfield, Ohio,
exhibit upright hominy mills, which work
eight bushels of corn into merchantable homr
my in an hour, without dampening.
RoYER, sINoSroy & Co. exhibit all varieties
Of wheels, hubs, felloes, shafts, bows, &C., for
carriage and wagon-makers. Their exhibi-
tions have always been superior.
GRAY's Improved Vice is represented to be
simple and durable, adapted to the lightest
work or the heaviest chipping. At given
point three times the pressure is given that
can be secured in ordinary vices.
Mr.. BARLOW, a Kentuckian, Is an inventor
and exhibitor of one Of the most simple, but
Instructive instruments-th the Planetarium. Or
dcrs for this convenient school apparatus
should be addressed THOMAS BARLOW, Gin
einaati. This is a mechanical wonder. It,
b. i-s motions, divides one hundred by three,
without remainder.
Mr.. J. B. HAsKrEs, agent for Kentucky
coal-oil works, which is said to produce su-
perior article of oil, has some Of the speci-
mems of the same on exhibition. The new
light is in great favor.
HuDpARr's scALEs.-This worthy mechanic
is ever furnishing something new and Of
sterling worth; his grocer and counter scales
are now at the hight of improvement. He
has a butter scale, the dish on one side Of
which is enamel, that gives no taste to the
butter.
The OLD DoNINIoN.-JosRPH r. GRERN has
a handsome display of his econo nomical coffee
pots, known as the Old Dominion. Science
is applied here to the advantage Of thou
sands. He has them from the largest fol
hotels, to the smallest for small housekeep
era. His milk-pans and weather strips ar,
also speciality.
The adaptation Of coal-burners TO the loco
motive furniture of railways has proved
great economy. So has it for domestic pur
poses in cooking stoves, when properly ar
ranged. The Alligator cooking stoves c
ADAMS & PEcKovER have been successful
tested in this city. You can not pass thei
admirable collection in the fair without ad
miring them, and agreeing at once that the
are No. stoves.
The sewing machines on exhibition com
prise the varietis advertised on our first pag'
If there be any excellence in any machin
invented for the purpose, it will be found i
these on exhibition.
If any one wishes to run his face, Cncinna
furnishes as progressive Photographers as ca
be found anywhere. The walls of the roo
devoted to the fine arts prove that. We
not see, however, specimens of the recent wor
derful discovery Of FoNTAYNE, of this city,
which hO can print fifteen thousand imprel
sions Of picture in an hour. FosTAYNE
Telesmatic Photographs make eastern artis
say, "That Queen City is great place."
The water meter placed near the entran'
door suggests that there are parties in tn
city using great supplies Of water at nomin
rates, which, If measured by this tell-tal
would increase the revenues of the department
We ask that observation may be given to
centrifugal pump, which throws up water
the rate Of eighty barrels an hour 1t is Il
invention Of e. B. HOLMES, an engineer Of IL
Cincinnati Water-works. 1t is suitable f
railroad water stations.