Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-11
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y WITHOUT sbond or tie,o f,tisr me.
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Some green. ard grind. sud pati,l.ss wood.
pom some desert waste .sctnr nsoantsip hosr
along som island SOLITARY sAore -
oh vii, ever come thas gtsdkome dsy,
When can spusn ,h~ss bonds away.
Aud oe stree as moupt.is airr
lis enough 10 chafe ih- tried srifis v des pair
TO see the joyous bisds wheel high.
And wander through the azure OF the sky.
Withou, hand 10 cneck their a,yht.
envy the very ir--ay Of the nisut.
The freedom he GEMS not dear.
On w"o can derict the horrors rse
Who in quietuds could DIV II
In tn foul. revolt,ng reeking helis
An. Fancy do not thy task TOO ~eil.
Nor p,use mid these dreaded scenes sgrin
Lest The stiil horrors turn my giddy b. Ain
IT,
o. that rur brothers in gr nd array
woad come nd rend these walls asay.
How would isgra.ien's hanhes al ise
To lxht tue dome OF ,seofgia's midnight sk es
How ~oa d tue shrieks of dying m II
Acne for tie /, ia,. Of th,s suileD dens
How would burning an awsst d la d
I. .eu,Lle beneath the avcnging brand.
And repay The oppression .of iaany tyrAntf
band
How woali re wrap our w ong- in gore,
And reap u vengeance never kno~a before
ClI.r PAR asr.
Andersonyi.le Prison, Co.. Aug. ~. isSA
SELr.RAxIxo REAPERs Accepting the
invitation OF E. A. McNsir, Esq Of this city,
we on Monday last rode with him to the
farm Of Mr.. Christopher Dillon near Rock
River Bottom, nine miles from CorIOva, II
linois. where in company with D. Zimmer-
man. Esq, Of the latter village, and other
we witnessed an interesting and
highly satisfactory trial Of the self raking
Reaper manufactured by the Messrs McCor.
MICK and now INTRODUCED throughout the
West The machine trs,c,l was entirely new
u was put together for the first time on
the ground where tried. The first field se-
lcctrd was a piece of oats, ba lly lodged and
tangled, on which Mr.. Dillon had tried a
4. 4.
but was compelled TO abandon the attempt
at cutting. The Mccormick machine went
through the tangled grain with case, though
drawn by only two horses. and cutting
swartli of five and half feet. The rakcr
worked admirably, throwing of the bundles
with a regularity and cvcnnrss not 10 be- cx.
celled by the most expert harvest hand.
There were places where the grain lay too
fit to be touched by any reaper, and which
this ma hinc Of course could not cut. but
wherever the sickle Ill its work the r..ker
we'll performed its part
a more Conclusive test was then made on
The adjoining farm of Mr. Cain. in n field of
wheat, in which the straw was OF extraorain
ing a ride of nearly thirty miles and was
very badly lodged and tangled Here Mr.
Cain had attempted TO use Il Nanny reaper,
with Woods raker, recently purchased, but
had been compelled 10 take off the latter and
rake by hand. II was not strange, therefore,
that similar result was confidently predict
Ell for The Mccormick, but was far from
being realized. With four horses attached
the machne easily cut and raked of the
mammoth bundles, leaving them with butts
even and compact really for the binder; not
the least semb!ance of choking, or Of scat
tering, as in many other rakcrs. The test
was severe one, and a complete triumph
for the Mccormick machine.
This raker is simple addition to the reg
ular Mccormick reaper. and though looking
awkward enough when seen as the rake is
elevated in mid mir, is remarkably ee from
complicated machinery the rake being al
'achcd to the reel, taking the place Of one Of
is arms, an,l separating each bundle directly
from the froat of the sickle. There can be
no doubt that these machines will bc eagerly
sought for mex, harvest, and thus another
valuable labor saver be widely introduced
over Illinois and Iowa. and the entire West.
From Dt,ily Ga-eue, .j,ay 2sth. 1884.