The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-12-19
Singular Knserpxfss.

THKhE has been on foot, until last week, one
Of the most novel sntsrprsss Of the day, and
eoncsption and progress, II waa . plan for .
gigantic tsa, sofee, and chocolate company,
winch should manufacture, at an Appropriate
RESERVOIR up town, young oescn g shsse ofe"k-
last lu1ufies, which OCEAN should, ct g. 81
hOurs, pour forth in bc!!!:: &C.; y :,-y uo.
tea and oo1ss cups. This was to be done through
pipes, the dining room Of sach family bsing sup
pied with pipe Of ohapdslisr shape, which wls
TO come down from the osifng into the centre Of
The meal tsb.s, and thsrc, BY means of faucet,
N-plscs the milkman, coffee dealer, chocolste
DARIUS WMsos, Of no. -sist strsst, 70 the
writsr, with thump Of bis cane, and authority
In his voice, "It's Q capital idaa, and what's
more lis prscticall Hyou want TO mako monsy,
take some stock; III sell and guarantee seven
per osnt."
cell any stock, but his fancy took tsspsr ground,
lasted longer and won't further than many Of his
other concsits, and II hs he'd not struck snag
when he did, some Of bis sxpectant relatives,
whose business h decidedly proppsd up by him,
would have gone ovsrbolrd. ltvs fortunste
snsg for old DARIUS, and nsay think the soci-
dent curious whcl should have fostet II along
Jus. In the nick Of time, ss 1t did. The fac; Is,
Old DARIUS WILsns, now Of 3lst steet, bale
and hearty At 92, made q compstsscy DO years
ago q. 81 Cow Lane, this city, In II scr ing nav
tea kettle bottoms, struck cut at one operation,
By . mschine Of his own contrvance. His
competency than fund pNt vsat Ia the
pure asss Of . two aero garden lot, or farm, =
he called II, up In Chslssh vilass which
has since MADE him rich. But tho old man
sissys calls tea kettle bottoms the bottoms Of
his sslth, and retains wonderful crsdulity IN
bis inventive faculties. He resides, not dozen
doors FROM the corner Of Thirty. first street and
,vhafa ha has hscnn. N Al n A.
trct oracle. In the mater Of bis whuom garden
pstct, on the which he can trsos every hou,s
built, aud its pedigree, from cellar TO atuc hia
relatives live around there, keep him co n'orts-
bic, and protect bis pscksts ss mt ch q they can,
bat his Inventive powers, Of which a the eoas'
He is full Of oddities. Two yssts ago. he hsa
q model built for . machine, With d,vsrsins
vires, which was TO open ali the bank doors In
| the city al ten O'Clock, A NJ, aid close the a ss
three. Six months later, he dsvtssd spsastnG
| tuoes bstusan svsry mans stors and houss
| three months after, hs hsd wnsslbsuov, with
| . tsA-ksttle shaped boiler, for Sidewalk looomo
| motive tnese were followed by . chin shaving
mAchil e; .lso 40 apparatus hish walked man
boots up to him every morning and helped hu
| 10 get into them. In Xxi chen mxt0srs he had I
rotary washer, which, according to mis- story
would undress . m an, wssh, sta'ch, and toon
| him and bis toilet all out, at the rate Of hun
dreds per day. In sons inventions he conhdec
i himself 10 diagrams on paper; others 70 mod
i els; but sometimes went SO far As 20 commeac'
putting in practice, which was tho occasion
Ia ely.
/ about month since, his relatives were sur
prised by . large copper kettle sent TO tn
door Of his 31st street mansion, folio Esd by sew
eral plumbers who began 70 connec. with It lea.
pipes In every dirsc'ion. Pop was Intercepted
but for opes 'Pop" was mum he was pamps
in every imaginable way, but Pop didu't fo~
| Ia htsa huf rad and n tai a
with the sir Of An anxious ma The plu nber
ere inquired Of, but valued his trade too highi.
to kno~ any thing, the crpentsrs were speschlss'
and even the brick mnons, who helped 10 pui
the walls to pieces and cover up pipes In them
did not, accoidtng 10 their own ssssssions, knot
what they were about. Thsss operstions con
tinued about . month, during which the ol
gentleman devoted more than usual sttsntion
real ostaes, bui ding matters, and EuropsAn cor
rsspoL dsnce, at the same time he hsd bJugh
part Of book of ground on 45th streets, an
sss In active pursuit OF half the bricks In th
market. His relatives half sx pectsd 10 SOC q
agent OF LOUIS NAPOLEON ejsctiDg thsm fror
house and home, or the commencement OF tbs
| grand marine squAfiA project, three miles long
which b, had agttsted several mouths ago. Bd
their suspense was sgrssably ended on ruesdt
evening fast, by his Invitation TO u pily gath
erng, and general tss festival In bis own dinin
| room.
Seated at the tea table, DARI rs, In his haI
pisst mood, re Iussted each Of his guests to bel
themselves 10 tes, coffee, or chocAlats, froI
either Of three little silver faucet stands whic
perforated the table In mont Of escn Of than
They did so, wi h numbsrlass sxcls nations I
wonder and dc ight, while he conrinaed % OK
pound upon the advantages OF the invention, an
told about the ground he had bought on 40:
street for factory site, the bulldog matsra
required, the immensi.y Of liquids drank BY tn
New York Public, and the pecuniary s1vAntAg'
Of stering thus Pubic three times day. LII
| cd man grew enthusiastic over the idea, an
showed letters from hsf the Gro vned heads {
| Europe, giving humorously, odd suggostor
about manufacturing company 90 unique 9
which their advice had been asksd- A. Il
hsieht Of his explanations, one OF ths fsues
at his side was temporarily chscksd, In ths mid
die Of cup Of tea, BY . small stswed nous
tsndsr and hairless, . thsse young things sr
which flowed through. This Was startling. b
BE- kept quist.
Wnsn, no wsvsR, & pst niece % ons sids, .,
bis grand daughter on the othsr, drew coc
4 roachss from thsr fauesss, tbs inciasnt could !
Longer bs concealed. AL shs fsucsts vsrs nc
: speedily sst going, and the variety Of vsrni
| with al shadss ef cooking, thus pssssntd vi
q least, astoslskt.g. Probably msuisr z
roar was nevsr hsafd, thsn thak which ocsarI
for an hour or moe sxouDd that tsa-tsbls snd 10
before IL Close Of which, tho Old nan had b