Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-10-27
kELT oN's
PATENT HORSE SHOE,
Patented July Is, 1855,
BY THOMAS SKELETON,
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
Important to Every Owner of
Horse.

THE proprietor Of the above named invention wishes
i to call the attention Of horse in Sandusky
county, to this invaluable and novel invention An
animation of the shoe is all ask To thoss who have
not it. would say that this shoe attached TO
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greatest possible protection for the hOof fhe worst
hoo in the world be successfully shod with this shoe,
and the horse at be enabled TO travel with ease
Several months Of the shoe in all kinds fservce
has fully veTiaed all that can b said Of 1t.
The shoes are made Of maeable iron, and there
fore the cheapest and best shoe in use.
Our OBJECT is to call attention to the shoe. We sim
ply want people to examine II. w then tell Its
story FOR this purpose, publish the following
tices that have appeared in leading public Journals:
In Thursdays Chicago Tribune we end the following
editorial:
GOOD INvENrION.-Among all the improvements IN
modern meeanism the art Of horse shOeng With
little advancement The old fashioned way Of mailing
the shoe to the hoc with all its attendant evils
invogue.
We have Just been shown a horse shoe invented bv
Thomas Skeiton, of Rockford, H. which viii be very
likely to work complete revolution in the prA tlce Of
horse shoeing The shoe consists of hinged plate with
four or i've little anges projections extending up
the outside Of the hoo clasping it like so many
little fingers, making neat and perfectly effective at
tacnment 70 me nooi On the bottom OF this hinged
plate the sole of the shoe speak, the part that
in contact with the ground fastened by strong
set screws, whereby the Hanged plate is held 6ry 70
the foot the whole making handsome, easy and dnra-
BILE shoe, which easily be put on and taken oa ard
instead Of eadangerng the hOOf asr the manner Of
o fashioned nailed shoe sbsolats preaerVer Of the
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well As all others a..
The is made of malsabe iron and can be nsnutae
tured at cost Of fifteen cents per pound and being
economical, safe and labOr-saving, do not what
will preventits coming speedily into general use.
Dr. g: D. Dadd, the celebrated Veterinary Surgeon,
examining the Shoe gave it his hearty endorsement and
says: 81 consider it of the most valuabls and per
feet pieces Of mechanism Of the kind invAn.sd"
his horses shod with this shoe
The owners of the patent, Messrs. G D. Furman and
Thomas SHELTON, both Of Rockford viii exhibit ths shoe
for faFTda at ADD TnGrr NJ
interested
The fact is, skslton and FurmAn have 'sruek s for
which We congratulate them.
Rockford, Oct 9Th, 1866.
Mr.. J. ". SoUIREs-Dsar SIR: In reply to your in
qury regarding my opinion of the superiority in eeouo
my, durability and convenience Of the Skeleton Patent
Joint and Flange Horse Shoe over the old av Of shoe
ing horses, would say that after having used thess
shoes upon own horses and after examining them on
other horses for several months, heartily recon-
mend them for the of all other who desire more
rational mode Of fastening shoes upon the feet Of horse
consider than vast improvement in the art of horse
| shOeing Yours, respectfully, DARIUS FISH.
Rockford. Oct 9th, 1886.
Mr.. j. ". SQgIREs-Dear SIR In reply 70 your in
qury regarding my opinion of the practicabtY and en-
durance OF the Patent Joint and Flanes 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.
| Respectfully yours JOHN PLATT.
This Shoe took the First Premium and Sill
yer Medal at the Illinois State Fair, held in
Chicago, for 1865, 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 -if
eE Call and see it at CrOghan House, FREE
| mOut; Junction Hotel Clyde.
JAS. II. WILLIAMS, Proprietor,
For Sandusky County, Ohio.
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