Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-11
A List of Wonders.

Among the thpusands Of marvellous IN
vrniions which American genius has pro
daced within the last few years are tho fols
lowing, complied from The Patent Office
R-por;
The report explains the principles Of the
celebrated lIcbbs Lock. lis "uupickihili-
~" depends upon secondary Or false set
Of tnmblgrs, which touches the real ones.
Moreover the lock is powder-praof, and
may be | AIDED through The key ole and
fred of TIL the burglar is tired of Iii. fruit
less work, or fears that The ,xplosions viii
bring 10 yi,w his experiments more wit
ncssrs than he desiss
A harpoon is described which makes the
whale Kill himself. The more he pulls Tie
line the deeper goes the harpcoa.
An iee-making machine hts been PATENT
ed, which is worked bya steam engine. In
an experimental trial. it ftoze several bot
lies of sherry and produced lloeks of ice
the size of a crb'c foot, when the ih-rmom-
! cter was mp to eighty degrees. II is cal n
lated that for every ton OF coal put into the
furnace, il viii make ten Of ice.
From Dr. Dale's examiners report, sc
gather some idea of the value OF patents.
A man who hs.d made slight Improvement
in straw-cuiicrs, took model of his ma-
chine through the Western States, and af
ter tour of eig, months returned with
| forty thousand dollars Another man had
machine to thieSh and clean grain, which
4 IN fifteen months he sold for sixty tlolsand
/ dollars. These are ordinary casps-~wliie
such inventions as the telegraph the pain
ing machine and India rubber patents are
worth millions each,
Examiner Lanes rerort describes new
electrical inventions. Among these IS an
electrical whnIing apparatus by which the
whale is literally ''shock 10 death. Apoih-
er is an electro magnetic alarm, which rings
hhclls and display sig lals in ease of fire and
burglars. Another is an electric clock.
which wakes you up, tells you what time
it is, and lights a lamp for you at any hoar
you please.
There is ''sound gaihcrer,' a sort OF
huge car-trgmpet to be placed in front Of g
locomotive, bringing to the engineers ears
all the noise ahead, perfectly distinct not
wihst3nding the noise of the train.
There is an invention that picks up pin'
from confused heap, turns them aroane
with their heads up, and then stick then
into papers in REGULAR rows.
Another goes through the Whole process
f Of cigar making, taking !. leaves and turn
ing out finished cigars.
One machine cuts cheese; another ono
scours the knives and forks; another rock
, the cradle; and seven or eight take II
washing and ironing.
There is rarlor chair patented That can
, not be tipped back on two legs-and rail
f way chair that can be tipped back in an.
: position without amy legs at all.
Another patent is for michine tlla
counts passengers in an omnibus and take
their fare. When very fat gentleman get
in, it counts two and charges double.
There axe variety of guns patented
that load them selves; fishing line tha
, adjusts It's own bait and rat trap whic'
! throws away the rat, and then bats itsell
! and stands in the corner for another
: There is a machine, also, by which MAJ
. prints instead of writes his thoughts. 1t
played like piano forte. And speakin
! Of pianos, it is estimated that nine thousan
: are male every year in the United States
! giving employment to one thousand min
!, y hundred persons, and costing over two mi
: lions of dollans.