The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-28
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Il first premiums at every Fair where
been exhibited. At the Southwestern In
District Fair, held here October 1859, there &
but two premiums offered for cooking stoves-ot
the best wood cooking stove, and one for the bas
cooking stove. The Economist took the F r
PREMIUM FOR THE BEST ,00KING ST
FOR WOOD. Rocker, KIusman Il Co took tho
premium for their cooking stove for coal. No I
awarded to the Economist at the New York
Fair and the first premium at the United S
Fair held at Chicago, and twelve other Statda
County Fairs in 1859.
In no branch of mechanical art has
been more apparent advance than in the
ufacture of stoves. 1t is but few years
the very name was novelty, representa-
huge, shapeless structure. almost as devoi
use as ornament, These have gradually given
to patterns of grace aud utility until the vari
our markets now present have almost eXhat
the vocabulary Of names; and the different pl
the metal is made to assume, would a. .onisf
Vulcan himself. In style and finish, the impl
ment has been real, leaving nothing to Is des
on that point, but the severe competition in D
to which they have been subjected, has depIs
them of many of the more substantial quail
desirable. This seems more especially to have &
the case in reference to cook stOves-an artic Il
domestic economy that hes more to do with scol
wives and crotcheLy servants than most people 4
agipe The public have long sought an impr
ment in this article, and we believe are ready I'd
any reasonable price for a cooking stove, II il 4
possesses the merits of size, weight, conVents
These qualities seem TO be possessed most full
the Econo mist-a new stove, perfected and broI
out the past season, by Messrs. Treadwell, p
e Norton, of Albany. We heard much of K
stove, and it looked so much like a stove inter
for use, that we concluded 10 try them, and (
result of the experiment conEinces us that
proDrietsrs in their determination TO make the
store in the sgorId, have succeeded. We regard .
Economist as possessing all the merits above d
meratsd-as the great stove OF the day-far in
vance of anything ever attempted In the lind
stoves, Perfect-in all its appointments, and true
its name in durability and the use OF fuel. Am
the many conveniences attached TO It, may be N
toned large oven, with hooks arranged, for )
pending meats while roasting. A copper vi
tank, holding from II TO % gallons--warm'
closet broiling hearth, DC, &c. The broil
hearth is one of the most noticeable features Of
remarkable stove. There never has been, TO +
knowledge, any broiling fixture that was really I
isfactory in its operation. The proprietors OF {
stove have been conducting series Of eXperimdE
upon broiling, elicitng some valuable facts, audi
sulting In the invention OF a gridiron adapted
this stove which has been secured by letters pati
aud is one of the most admirable Things OF the
we ever saw-broiling without smoke, and keep
the Goals in a constant glow. We are always 81
10 do Justice to mechanical improvements, and [
pecaIIy such as contribute SO largely 10 the gene
good as the one above mentioned
The Economist, whit h is commanding such a la
aaIe. will be found only at SCANTLLN Il 81
PHENS'S, Main ST., between Water aud Fir
FvansviIle Ina mar