The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-07-20
Addressing the Faculty.

i The MOVING MATCH AT RooTsTowH.--lf
/ and enterprise should answer, should tell
them.' that it is going moving match, with the
Thermometer hundred in the shade, and hundred
/ and ever so-many in the
4 On Wednesday last large number came together
upon the farm Of W. Pa1xDLE, the Roots.own
station of the C. & P. R. to witness trial between
number of machines gotten up with the special idea that
i each one could the best of wing.
The heat melting, and many and often repeated,
the demands of and another of the sssenhlage
for that delicious nectar of the heated term known
fame .ice-cold- lemonade.
The company full of fun. and jokes and compli-
ments passed az freely they do upon fa-
vorite gala day Nothing unpleasant occurred and the
result of the gathering Of the people satisfactory.
Preliminary to the moving, the appointment of
two Commitees-one US committee upon the order of
| arrangements. and a committee upon moving.
The first named Committee consisted Uf SrEpMAS
Randolph; R. IsBELL. Freedom; wM. Co., Edinburg.
The second Committee composed of ROGER n. MIL
LER, Freedom; THos. HoreH, Rootstown; RANDALL WHIT
TLEsEY, Atwafer.
WIN STEpMAN acted as President Of the day.
The grass chosen for the occasion was field of about
acres, of full growth ripe timothy. An equal guam
tity allotted each machine to mow-eacb land.
beng thirty rods long and containing quar-
ters of an acre.
The machines entered numbered and chose their
poiions in the fell by lot. The appearance Of the
| different Mowers in the field was as follows:
No. i. Akron Iron Harvester. Webster, Tapln &
Co.. Manufacturers, Akron, o. J. B. Taplin, Agent
Black team. Frank Sawyer, driver Machine painted
yellow, blue striped. Two drivewbeei machine. Cut
ter bar feet inches long. Price sIO0
No.2. Aliens Mower. R. L. Allen, ls9 and l9l Water
st, New York, Manufacturer. e. d. Hnckly, Hiram,
Agent. Mule team. R. L. coe, Charlestown driver
Two drye-wheel machine. Gutter bar feet in. long
No 3. Fishers Wrought Iron Mower. Fisher, Shall
ters Co.. Alliance, Manufacturers. Elias Dronebeger,
Rootstown, Agent. Bay team NJ. R. shaters driver
One drive-wiIee machine Painted yellow red striped.
Cutter-bar feet inches long. Price 500.
| No. 4. Buckeye Mower. Aultman & Miier. Manu-.
facturers Canton. R. A. Kirkpatrick Palmyra Agent.
Bay team. Lewis Miller, Canton, driver. Two drive
wheel machine Paintrd red black striped-wheeIs yel-
low red striped Cutter bar feet inches. Price S120
Nos II. A. Parkhurst's Buffiio Mower. Miller Rem
nett Co., Buffalo, Manufacturers. H. N. Lowry Frank
lin Mills, Agent Grey team. One drive wheel machine.
Painted red-ron-work blue Gutter bar feet ong.-
Price $Il50o.
No. 6. E. Balls Improved Ohio Mower. E. Ball,
Manufac urer, Canton. wm P. Spicer, GenT Agent
Ellsworth. B ack team. Pomsroy Reed, driver. Two
drive-wheels Machine painted red wheels green Cut
ter-har feet G ilches long Price Si2o.
No Z. Vets & Bonney, Mantua Mower. Vets Bon
Marcus Bonney, Agent. Team black and sorreIl. Que
drive wheel. Machine painted red. Gutter bar feet
long. Price S9I.00
The following rules decided by the competi-
tors as the basis OF observation ior the Commtte:
ls The lighest draf the weight of Machine cousid-
cred.
ID. Durability.
Sd. Simplicity of construction
4th. Quality of work done.
5th The ligh'es' draft upon the horses neck uhie
the machine is II owing.
6t Price of machine, taking into consideration the
construction, durability and quality work ma
chine is capable of doing.
7th. Flexhility of Cutter-lnr.
9th. Ease and ralidity OF turning corner.
9th.- Corpactne,s.
| At P. NJ. the machines put u motion. The
manager of each machine had ite in prime or
der, the knives well sbarpened running gear we'll
oiled, All moved off in hue stylu-doins the cutting
most admirably.
After iewng the moving, and examining the particu
lar features of the machines, the COMMITTEES applied the
dynamometer. to test the draft.
We have very slight opinion of this test and consd
er its operation at this trial complete failure. We have
seen this instrument work upon moving machines, plows
and otherwise, but its application machines at
Rootstown, from cause-eishAr unslful appIica-
tion driving defective instrument otherwse-was
not in any. degree satisfactory.
We give, however, the decision of COMMITTEE upon
the draft of each machine report h.ng the actua
| one as another