The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1860-01-18


agricultural fairs, and stump-pullers in o
= GRAFTON on dry and on green swamps. larg
and small We have seen one break. an
smother get out Of order. and another i.
tried; but we have MOI yet had the pleasur
4 Of Witnessing the operation Of any ,hu
D satisfied us that il wss "ihe thing" Bu
thSrs j. an account of new one whie
seems 70 be full Of promise. Necessity
> (Which Is the mother Of 20 many covd inyen
: tions. appears to have been the paren, .
this.
i Caleb Bates, an ol and honored name M
New England, was part owner Of heayil,
Numbered swamp Of fifteen acres III Kings.
ton, Massachusetts,, which he undertook ,o
tile-drain and clear up for cultivation. Per-
Irevcrance accomplished Tie drainage. and
repeated fires destroyed the bushes, root
and branch. Ia, after this, he says, he found
siumper ia tho shape Of the ancient and
modcrn sfumps. 10 get rid u lhese, H.
examined all the stump extraciors that be
could hnd, but none vf these satisfied him.
They all" he says. ID Letter to that
excelen, paper, the Maine Flrmer, -ap-
pear 70 be bulky aad costly. tquring oxen
ANA anchors, frSfIes to be set where there
is no place 70 eel them, levers, chains and
50 many other fxinss. ihai they diI not ap-
pear prscicai. While Ia Ills state or ex-
cited desire, an idea came into my u.ind.
which have now rat into iron. to late for
your ) uie Fair. of woult nave brought il
% Ausns'a Z
AID oelvw i bis full account of his idea
10 iron.
My machine j. without revolving shaft
gear pu!ly, bolts or ,halnr. except FOR fas-
ienins " rocks o. s,uups that cannot be IA
Ken with lIie simple Look, void IT friction.
-equiriag no OH, suffers no,hiag ty expo
.nrr. draws vrrlics.ls, no waste " poser b,
'ide pressure, ~ ieyers 70 lin after being
'nce rut into thtr places. csn be changed
. few seconds from quick and light daft.
without letting 70 its hold % q slow and
powerful ons; mmalerill what lhe condi
ion AID shape u lie land aud surroundings
i the stump Or rock u be rihdraMn:
wants no enchors; weighs little over o00
ouncs, ind pendent VI i!s derrick, winch
! simply three jsints or pvles fastened at 7
he tor. II parts can be instantly detached.
nd ~ quickly put tegeIaef; no part 50 hra.
y ,hai man caunot handle il a.:.. easel
an be used with TWO ur more men as re-
nired. | have Just tested il. | took All ].
lat belonged 10 it 10 horse agon TO The n
xamp that ws-, and put i up m, - II. then \
alicd two mcn and hooked on h stump"
beat lj inches through Tie butt, Which
ime oat without hardly feeling Il. lheu
lsiened "a ~ The largest stump kaow Of
nd in five minutes i was four ie,t up On :"
ne side, taxing with i not less than ton
earth, now i II up i feel like The man II
lat drew the elephant in a rattle -- don't
nuw what 70 Do with ii. 1t measures 22 H.
! 20 feet across is roots, and tile roots are
inches deep at the connection with the "
unk, four y ke Of oxen could not drag II Y
say now il i clear Of the earth, and YET y
W men took X up with ease. ~
The machine can be of almost unlimited rs
'wer; bur a. power il al the expense Of NJ
'ccd, and l desire only 20 obtain practical o.
suits, have constructed The present mn. b
line of three grades; FIRST, the men mulil. ou
y their strength 25 lnes. and raise tie 81
Dmp 81 inches with an up and down stroke N,
xt they multiply IS times aud gain q
ches; lastly one man is equal 10 10 men sp
th liz vf ]. inches. The changes OF dr
wcr can be made without delay while the
lchine Is in motion. The machine costs frc
i lutte, and is within the reach of all. III,
After publishing this ralhnr incredible al
count Of tie new stump-PulIsr, Doctor
dimes. the practical editor of lhe Farmer. 10
skes the subjcined comment; e.
80 D4'ss 'o'"a'ueu ~" '"e ABOVE los
diagram illustrating the
scrIption % his invention. which we have W
amined. There is 40 doubt that bis cal. Nh,
lation Of the power Of his machine is cor
'ily stated. and its cheapness and simpli-
y cannot fail " enable II 10 cone into
neral use as litter up Of STUN pc, rocks
q vther heavy bodies.
lArA witness in n Hnasi.v N 49, k.;,<