The Evansville daily journal., 1860-08-22
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KHgHES STOE HAS 17.gREs.N' THE
a 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 wood cooking one for the best coal
cooking stove. The Economist took the FIRST
PREMIUM FOR TIE BEST looking STOVE
FOR WOOD. RoellSer, Klusman q Co took the first
premium for their cooking for coal. No other
premiums were offered. The large silver medal was
awarded to the Economist at the New York STATIC
Fair and the fret premium at the United States
Fair held at Chicago and twelve other State and
County Fairs in 1859.
In no branch OF mechanical art has there
b0en more apparent advance than in the man
ufacture OF stoves. II is but n few years since
the very name was a novelty, representing
huge, shapeless structure, almost as devoid of
ornament, These have gradually given place
to patterns Of grace and 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 ana finish, the improve
ment has been real, leaving nothing to be desired
on that point, but the competition in price,
to which they have been subjected has deprived
them of many Of the moro substantial qualities
desir>ble This seems more especially to have been
the in reference to cook stOves-an article Of
domestic economy that has to do with scolding
wives and crotchety servants than most people i'm
agine. The public have long sought improve
Inent this article, and believe ready pay
any reasonable price for cooking stove, if IL only
tossesses the merits Of size, weight convenience
durability, economy, and perfection Of manufacture.
These qualities seem 10 be possessed most fully in
the Econ fnst-a new stove. perfected and broupht
out the past season, by Messrs Treadwell, Perry
& Norton. of Albany. We heard so much of this
stove. and it looked SO mnch like stove intended
for stse, that We concluded TO try them, and the
result of the experiment couVinces that the
proprIeters, in their determination to mako the best
store ia the lcord, have succeeded. We regard the
Economist as possessing all the merits above emu
merated-as the great stove OF the Gay--far in ad-
vance Of anything ever attempted ia the line of
stoves, perfect in all its appoint aud true to
its name in durability and the use Of fuel. Among
the many COnvenienCes attach ed 10 It, may be
toned large oven, with hooks arranged, for
pending meats while roasting. 4 copper water
tank, holding from y TO 70 gallOns-Warming
closet, brOiling hearth, de- &c. The broiling
hearth is of the most noticeable features OF ths
remarkable stove. There never las been, 70 our
knowledge, any brOiling xture that was really sat
isfactory its operation. The propTetors OF this
stove have been conducting series Of experiments
upon broing, eliCtiDg valuable facts' ana re-
sulting IN the invention Of Sr1diron adaptad 70
this stove which has been secured by letters patent
aud i one ,f the most admirable things OF the kind
we ever sav--broIiug without smoke, and keeping
the r5aIs in A constant glow. We are Always glad
10 40 i1stce to mechanical improvements, and ez-
racfaiy such is contribute SO largely to the general
',ood as the one above mentioned.
The Economist, whiCl is commandiag such a large
.aIe will be found only at SCANTLIN q STE
PHENS'S, Main St, between Water and First,
Evansville, IND marc