The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-04-06
TEE Economist.

TEUfEs STOp.E HIS T.9KEyN' THE
E first premiums at every Fair where it has
been exhibited. At the South Western Indiana
District Fair, held here October, 1859, there were
but two premiums offered for cooking stoves-one for
the best wool cooking stove,and for the best coal
PREMIUM FOR THE BESr LOOKING STOVE
Fox WOOD. Rocker, Klusman n Go took the first
premium for their cooking stove for coal: No other
premiums were Offered. The large silver medal was
awarded to the Economist at the New York State
Fair; and the first premium at the United States
County Fairs i'll 1853.
Ia branch of mechanical art has there
been more apparent advance than in tne man
ntActur OF stoves 1t is but "A few years since
the very name novelty, representing
huge, sirapelrss structure, almost devoid OF
nse as ornament, These have gradually given place
To 7atterBs ut grace aud utility until the varieties
uur markets now present have almost exIl,us ted
the vocabulary names and different phases
the metal is made to assume, would astonish old
Vulcan himself. In style and nisli, the improve
ment has been real, leaving nothing to be desired
on that point, but the severe competition in price,
10 which they have been subjected, has deprived
them OF many of the more substantial qualities
desirable. This seems more especially to have been
the case in reference to cook stovesan article of
domestic economy that has more to do with scolding
wives and crotcheiy servants than most people i'm
agihe. Inc pubic have long sought an improve
nIent in this article, and We believe ready pay
any reasonable price for cooking stove, if it only
possesses the merits of size, weight, convenience
durability, economy, aud perfection of manufacture.
These qualities to be possessed most fully in
the Econ. mist-a new stove, perfected and brought
& Norton, of Albany. We heard much OF this
stove, and it looked SO much like II stove intended
for Hse, that concluded to try them, and the
result of the experiment convinces that the
prOPrieters, in their determination to make the best
an the acortd, have succeeded We regard tho
Economist possessing all the merits above
merntsd-as the great stove of the day-far in ad-
vance OF ANYTHING ever attempted la the line of
stoves, perfect in all its appointm and true
its i'll durability and the of fuel. Among
the many cOnyeniences attached 10 1t, may be
toned large oven, with hooks getl, for
pending meats while roasting. copper wafer
tank, holding from L to . Misunderstanding
closet, broiling hearth, dc, BE. The broiling
hearth IN OF the most noticeable features of this
remarkable stove. There has been, to our
know ledge, amy broiling xture that really
isiactory in its operation. The prupretOrs of this
stove have been conducting series of experiments
upon br'Iiling, elcitiug valuable facts and
snlting in the invention of gridiron adapted TO
this stove, which has been secured by letters PATENT
and is of the admirable things of the kind
we s:tw-bruiug without smoke, and keeping
the GOALS la a constant glow. We always glad
10 do Justice to mechanical inn rovements and es-
pecially such contribute largely to the general
good, as the one above mentioned.
The Economist, viii, h is commanding such large
sale, will be found only ut SCANTLIN & STE
PiIENS'S, Main ST., between Water and First,
Evansville, Ina.