Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-10-20

VTNHE proprietor of the above invention wishes
10 call the attention Of horse owners in Sandusky
county, to this invaluable and novel invention An
animation of the shoe is all ask To thoss who
not it. would that this shoe attached to
the horses boof without nail screw, in the most
cure manner imaginable and in way that affords the
greatest possible protecton for the heoE The worst
hoo In the world be shod with this shoe
Several months test OF the shoe In ali kinds Service
has fully verified all that can be said of 1t. ste
The shoes are made of iaesbie iroB and are there
fore the cheapest and best shoe in
Our object Is to call attention to the shoe. We sim
ply want people 80 examine II. Il will then tell its
story For this purpose, publish the following
tces that have appeared in leading public journals:
In Thursdays Chicago Tribune we dnd the following
editorial: tsEfss ssS8qEsES EFEH wRR
AGooD INvENrIoN.--Among all the improvements in
modern mecansm the art of horse shosng has met with
little advancement The old fashioned way of mailing
the shoe to the hoo with all its attendant evils remains
inyogue- srsfs - s-aaesg-s
We have just been shown horse shoe invented BY
Thomas Skelton, Of Rockford, ILL., which will be very
likely to work completes revelation in the practice Of
horse shoeing The shoe consists of hinged pate with
four five little anges projections extending
the outside of the horses hoof casping 1t like many
little fingers making a neat and perfectly effective at
tachment to the hoof On the bottom of this hinged
plate the sole of the shoe so to speak, the part that
setscrews whereby the snged plate is held firmly
the foot, the whole making handsome easy and dura
BE Shoe which can easily be put on and taken oh and
instead OF endangerng the hoof after the manner of the
odashioned nailed shoe absolute preserver of the
hoo adapted to those that split tender thin
The shoe is made maeable iron and can be manuac
tured at cost of fteen cents pound and being
economical, safe and abor.ssving do not what
will prevent its coming speedily into general use.
DR.. G. Il. Dsdd, the celebrated Veterinary Surgeon
examining the sboe gave It his hearty endorsement
says 81 consider it one of the most valuable and per-
feet pieces of mechanism of the kind invanted"
One Of most enterprsing horse owners is having
his horses shod with this shoe. b. ssse.as. - :
Thomas ssos
for few days at Dr. Dadds Veterinary Inrmsry, No. 81
South Adams street. where may be examined BY those
interested. % 5f. r---r
The fact is, ,Sketon and Furman have sstruck e for
which We congratulate them r'ios+s
Rockford, Oct 9Th; 1856.
Mr., y ". SQuIREs-Dsar Sir. In reply TO your In
quiry regarding my opinion of the superiority
my, durability andconvenience of the Skeston Patent
Joint and Flapge Horse Shoe the old shoe
ing horses, would say that after having used these
shoes upon my own horses and after examining them
other horses for several months, heartily recon-
mend them for the of all other who desire
rational mode of fastening shoes upon the feet of horse
consider them vsst improvement in e art of horse
shoeing Yours, respectfully, DARIUS FISH
y, e.'. ti., ~ Rockford, Oct. 6th, 1866.
Mr.. J. W, SogIREs-Dear Sir: In reply no your i'm
quiy my opinion of the practicabty and
durance of the Patent Joint and Flange Horse ShOe,
would say that after having given them thorough and
lengthy trial by using them upon my horses and
having examined them in use upon other teams, can
heartily recommend them to general use, consider
them vast improvement upon the Objectionable meth
cd of fastening BY means of nails. t-E -f -,
Respectfully yours, . JOHN PLATT.
This Shoe took the First Premium and Sill
yer Medal at the Illinois State Fair, held in
Chicago, for. 1866, and the New York State
Fair, for 1865; also the first Premium at the
Wisconsin State Fair for 1865; and at every
other Fair where exhibited. -. ss-.s
N Call and see it at Croghan House, Fre-
mout; junction Hotel CLYDE
je@s JAS. Fl. WILLIAMS, Proprietor,
,--.-----For For Sandusky County, Ohio.
October 20, 1856. 42v2'