The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-03
TIE Economist

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II first premiums at every Fair where il hrs
District Fair, held here October, 1859, th0rs we're
but two premiums offered for eOoI n stoVes-one fS
the best wood cooking stove and for be hest nSl
cooking stove. The Economist took the FL RsSF
PREMIUM FOR THE BEST LOOKING STOGE
FOR WOOD. Rocker, klusman Il Go took the first
premium for their cooking stove for coal. No other
premiums were offered The large silver medal ..s
awarded to the Economist at the New York State
Fair; and the first premium at the United Sixties
Fair held at Chicago. and twelve other State and
County Fairs iii 1859.
In 40 branch of mechanical arr has there
bSen more apparent advance than in the man
atsctnrc of stoves. 1t il but few years since
the very namS novelty, representing n
huge, shapeless structure, almost devoid Of
use as ornament, These have gradually given place
to patterns of grace aud utility until the varieties
markets now present have almost exhsiistesl
vocabulary of names and tho different phases
the metal is made Ia assume, would astonish old
Vulcan himself. In style and flush, the improve
m-nt has been real, leaving nothing To- be desired
on thai IUin, bat the Sbvere competition in price,
to which they have been subjected, has deprived
them OF many of the substantial. qualities
desirable. This seems more especially 10 have been
the case in reference 10 cook stoVes-an article of
domestic economy that las TO do with scoidins
wives and crOtcheIy servants than most people i'm
agine. The public have long sought an improve
inert in this article, and believe ready to pay
any reasonable price fur cooking stove, il il only
possesses the merits of size, weight convenience,
durability, economy, and perfection of manufacture.
These qualities to be possessed most fully in
the Econ .mist-a new stuye, perfected and brought
& Norton, of Albany. We heard much of this
stove and it looked so much like IL stove intended
for ttse that cOEciHded to try them, and the
result of the experiment couViuces that the
proprietsrs in their determination to make the bed
store The tc0rid, have succeeded. We regard the
EcononH.t possessing all the merits above emu
IneratesI,s the great stove of the day-far in adj
vance of thing attempted in the line of
stoves perfect all its appointments ind true to
its name in durability and the of fuel Among
the many conS eniences attached 10 IT, may DO
toned large oven, with hooks arranged for
pending while roasting copper
tank, holding from Il 10 70 gallon--warming
closet, broiiing hearth, fc., &c. The broiling
hearth of the most noticeable features Of this
renIarknIlu stove. Th-rt- has been, to our
knowledge, amy brUilins Aturc that was really sat
isaetOry in its operation. The prOprletors OF this
stove have hpeu conducting seIi-s Of experiments
uIoa bruilin. eiicIing valuable facts, and re-
sultng in the invention UI a sriIroh adapted 10
this stove which has L,n securri y ietteFs pateut
and is one I ts admirable tliiigs OFT lfe kind
we ever saw brviliuE Without sn0kt, and keeping
the ctrals la -t.,Iit glow We are always glad
10 de, Justice mechanical iift -n.es, aud ts
IecaiIy such iltiIiH largely is the general
good, as the .,ur above meRi ioHe'l. ..-
The Economist, WhiI h is commanding such large
SALE villa 5a fund oniy AT ScANfLtN STE
PHENSS, Main ST., butweem Water and First,
Evansville, lnd. mart
a0ICHED .MOSS.--I3 HALF BALES
II for sale by s. e. GILBERT l. Co