The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-21
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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 wood cooking stove and for the best coal
cooking stove. The Economist took the FIRST
PREMIUM FOR THE BEST LOOKING STOVE
FOR WOOD. Rocker, Klusman 4 Co took the lrst
premium for their cooking for coal. No other
premiums offered The large silver medal was
awarded to the Economist at the New York State
Fair and the first premium at the United States
FAIR held at Chicago. and twelve other State and
County Fairs in 1859 i -t.
In no branch of mechanical art has there
boen a more apparent advance than in the man
ufacture of stoves. II is but a few years since
the very name was novelty, representing a
huge, shapeless structure, almost as devoid OF
use as ornament, These have gradually given place
to patterns Of grace aud utility until the varieties
our markets now present. have almost exhausted
the vocabulary Of names and the different phases
the metal Is made to assume, would astonish old
Vulcan himself. In style and finish, the improve
ment mas been real, leaving nothing to be desired
that point, but the severe competition in price,
to which they have been subjected, has deprived
them of many of the more substantial qualities
desirable. This seems more especially to have been
the in reference TO cook stoves--an article OF
domestic economy that has more to do with scoldine
wives and cTotchs.y servants than most people i'm
agine. The public have long sought an improve
ment in this article and believe ready topay
any reasonable price for cooking steve, if it only
possesses the merits Of size, weight. convenience
durability economy, and perfection Of manufacture,
These qualities seem 10 be possessed most fully In
the Econ 'mist-a new glove, perfected and brought
out the past season, by Messrs- TTeadWel Perry
& Norton, OF Albany. We heard 50 much of this
stove, and it looked much like stoyo intended
for use, that We concluded to Try them, and tbs
result Of the experiment c0nyinces Us that the
propretsrs, in their determination TO make the bvs
store in the 7goTEd, have succeeded. We regard the
Economist as possessing all the merits above emu
Inerated-as the great stove Of the day-far in ad-
vance of anything ever attempted in the line OF
stoves, perfect in all its appointments, and true "a
its name in durability and the-use of fuel. Among
the many oonveniences attached TO it, may be men
toned large oven, with hooks arranged. for sus-
pending meats while roasting. a copper water
tank, holding from IL to p gailons-Varmlng
closet, brOling hearth, dc, &c. The bTolnng
hearth Is OF the noticeable features OF this
remarkable stove There never las been, TO our
knowledge any broiling fixture that was really sat
isfactory ia operation The propriotors OF this
stove have been conducting series OF experiments
upon brOiling, elicitng some valuable facts ana
sult;ng IN the invention OF gridron adapted 90
thif stove which has been secured by letters patent
anC is one of the most admirable thiEss OF the kind
We ever saw-broiling without smoka, aRd Eo9Ping
tlls Goals ia a constant GLOW. We are always glad
10 do tustice to mechanical improvements, and ca
ecialiy such 40 contribute largely L. the general
1ood as the one above mentioned.
( Tho Economist, WhiC n IS commanding such large
sale will be found only at SCAHTLIN q STE
PUENS'S, Main st., between Water and First.
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