The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-07
TIE Economist

TKWGS STOTsR HIS T.AHRsN- TIKI
II first premiums at every Fair where IL ha
been exhibited. At the Southwestern Indian
District Fair, held here October, 1859, there wer'
but two premiums offered for cooking stoves-one 70
the best wood cooking stove one for the best
cooking store. The Economist took tho FIRS1
PREMIUM FOR THE BEST COOKING STOW
FOX WOOD Rocker, klusman q Go took the frs
premium for their cooking stove for coal. No othe
premiums were offered The large silver medal wa
awarded to the Economist at the New York Stat
Fair and the first premium at the United State
Fair held at Chicago, and twelve other State an
County Fairs in 1859.
In no branch of mechanical art has Their
been more apparent advance than in the mani
ufacture of stoves. 1t Is but "A few years sine
the very name was novelty, representing
huge, shapeless structure, almost as devoid d
ornament, These have gradually given pIaC
to patterns Of grace and utility until the varetie
markets present have almost eXhauste
the Vocabulary of names; and the different phase
the metal is made to assume, would astOnish oil
Vulcan himself. In style and finish, the imprOve
ment has been real, leaving nothing to be desire
that point, but the severe competition in price
to which they have been subjected has deprive
them of many of the more substantial qualitie
desirable. This seems more especially TO have bee
the in reference to cook stoves-an article
domestic economy that has more to do with scoldin
wives and crotchety servants than most people i'm
agine. The public have long sought an Improve
in this article, and we believe ready 10 pa
any reasonable price for cooking stove, If 1t onl
Possesses the merits Of size, weight, convenience
durability, economy, and perfection Of manufacture
These qualities seem TO be possessed most fully
the Econ pmist-a stove, perfected and brougl
out the past season, by Gessrs. Treadwell, PER-
4 Norton, of Albany. We heard much OF thf
stove, and it looked much like stove intended
for use that We concluded TO try thems and III
result Of the experiment convinces us that ga
proDrIstsrs, in their determination to make thebe
store in The a1orld have succeeded We regard "a
Economist as possessing all the merits above end
meratet-as the great stove Of the day-far in ad
vance of anything attempted in the line i
stoves, perfect in all its appointments, and true
its name in durability and the use Of fuel anon !
the many conveniences attached to 1t, may De mer
toned large oven, with hooks arranged ior sur
pending meats while roasting. copper "ate
tank, holding from u to Is gallons-Harnln
closet, broiling hearth, DC, &c. Inc DroiiIn 4
hearth is of the most noticeable features OF Ih
remarkable stove. There never mas Deeu' 70 OF +
knowledge, any broing H. ture that was Ieaily "a
isfactory in it's operation. The prOpIletors ol 10
stove have been conducting series Oh eAperiihGh
upon broiling, elieiting some valuable iact5 anu
suItiu.. in the invention Of grldIroh auapted Y
ttis stove which has been secured ny let'els aten
- = o,,c ~ the most admirable things Of the kin
w EVER say-broiling without smoke, and keepiur
tLe cnaI- in "A constant glow. We are always Rl1H
- ~ i1stice TO mechanical inn rovemeuts, and e
S;,fiv s,Ich rs contribute largely to the genera
r,o,J "a the one above mentioned.
The ECONOMIST, which is commanding such a lar.
s.Ia will be fund 0ilIy at SCANTLlN & STE
PHEES's, Main St, between Water and frs
Evansville Ind mart