The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-08
Zee Economist.


IETSEES STO S-ks ms I'd N EN- TEE
- first premiums al every Fair where il has
been exhibited. At the South Western Indiana
District Fair, held her, October, 1859 there were
but two premiums offered for cooking stovesone for
the best wood cooking and for the best coal
cooking stove. The Economist took the FIRST
PREMIUM FOR THE BEST COOKING STOVE
For WOOD. Rocker, KlusInan Il Go took the first
premium for their cooking stove for coal Ne other
premiums offered. The large silver medal was
awarded to the Economist ut the New York State
Fair aud the ttrst premium at the United States
Fair held at Chicago aud twelve other state and
County Fairs in 1893.
In no branch Of mechanical art has there
been a more apparent advance Than in the
uiacture Of stoves. 1t is but "a few years since
the very novelty, representing "a
huge, shapeess structure, almost as devoid oi
Use as ornaneut These have gradually given place
90 patterns of and utility; until the varie
our markets now present have almost exhausted
the vocabulary 81 names; ana the ulneret phases
the metal is made t. assume, would astOnisI old
Vulcan himself. In style aud fiuirl, the improve
mcnt has been real leaving nothing to DO desired
that point, but the severe competition in price,
10 which they have been subjected, has deprived
Them Of many of The more substHutiai qualities
desirable This seems more especially Z" have been
the ia reference 10 cook stoyes-an article Of
domestic econoay that has more TO do with Seeding
wives and crotcils'y servants than most people i'm
aeIne- The pHbhr have l"hS SOUGHT an improve
in tins ,rtice, aud We believe arc really % pay
any reasonable price t,r cooking stove, II il only
',oss4sses the merits If size weight convenience,
durability. economy, and perfection Of manufacture.
These qualities seem Ia Le iSs6essed Dio5t fully ia
the Ecou.lnist--5 new stOVe perfected and Drought
4 Norton, Of IbanN. We heard much OF this
stove, nnd IL looked 81 much like stove intended
for rt~e, that concluded to try them, aud the
result of The experiment. c0nvinces as thai the
proprlctsrs in their detcI make the best
store IN The r0lI have succeeded We regard the
Economist possessing all the merits above
uisrsted--4s the great stove OF the day-far in al
vance of anything ever attempted in the line Of
stoves, perfect in all its appointments and true
its in durability and the use Of fuel. Among
the many convenienCes attached to 1t, may he men-
toned largo oven, with hooks arranged, for sus-
pending meats while roasting. A copper water
tank, holding from u to - gallons warming
clDset, brOling hearth, dc, sc. The broiling
hearth is Of the noticeable features of this
TeuaFk able stove There never has been, our
knowledge, any brnilifig xture that really sat
isiact0Fy its operation The proprietors of this
stOVe have been conducting series of experiments
upon broiling, eciting valuable facts and
snlting IN the invention OF gridron pied 10
this stove, which has been secured 10y letters patent,
and of the admirable things OF tue kind
we ever sasy-broiling without smoke, ard keeping
the Goals in "a constant glow. We always glad
to do justice TO mechanical moi Tovements. and
pecialIy such contribute largely the general
good, the one above mentioned
The Economist, wiIit h is nmandiu snch large
sale, will b. found 6aty at SCANTLiN n STE
PHENSS, Main ST., between Water aud First,
Evansville, lnu. mart