Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-03-21

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ed to be wrapped up in one gran
object. aH u r ~
His wife, from the very begin
ming of his work, thought tha
his mind was giving way; and tn
poor, patient, enduring woman
finding their stock of money rap
idly decreasing, took in sewing
while he sawed, planed and CHS
eled at his model. He grew mo
rose, and seldom spoke. Some
times he would gaze abstractedly
upon the model for a long time
and then, as if reassured, he
would 60 to work again with
renewed energy; and SO he contin
ued for many long weary weeks
until the model was finally com
pleted, and stood before him in all
its parts. AS he worked it in the
presence of his wife, a CLEAN of
satisfaction sat upon his counte-
nance and he smiled. 1t was the
first smile that had illuminated
his features since he had been at
work on the model. He carried
it off to a finished mechanic, who
engaged to make a fine duplicate
for 500, and when he had finished
his job, the wife saw him take
that amount from their splender
store more in sorrow than in an
ger, but she knew the utter fallacy
of protesting.
Richard Miller now for the first
time consulted a friend in the mat
ter; and that friend, having had
some experience in procuring pa
tents, gave him the benefit of his
knowledge. To procure the patent
would cost thirty dollars more.
This alarmed Miller; but the pa
tent must be had, and that amount
went. In due time letters pat
ent arrived, and he had the rough
model and the document-nothing
more. Out of them it would be
next to impossible to realize. No,
he must have q machine capable
of working. He felt satisfied
that nothing short of a machine
would enable him to dispose of
his right. But how to get ma
chine built was the question which
puzzled him sadly. No one ca
pable of making perfect machine
would undertake the job for less
than one hundred dollars. Alas!
he had no longer that sum of
money in his house. Miller was
almost bordering on dispair when
one of the mechanics to whom he
had spoken called upon him to
make more minute examination
of the model. He was eminent
ly practical man, and he made
a most thorough examination, at
the end of which he declared
his firm conviction was that the
machine was a great invention
At all events, he would be willing
to build one on contingency
If it failed to work, he would
charge nothing, butif it answered
the expectation of the inventor
then he would charge two hun
dred dollars for the machine and
risk. This was virtually taking
an interest in the success Of the |
invention, and Richard 8 closed
with him. The machinist was
prompt and energetic, and putting
his whole force to work, in a few
days turned over to Miller a COM
plete machine. f@' 20 r -
His next business was to give
the machine a trial. He went
over to Camden, where he had an
in the brick business,
and prevailed upon him to let the
trial take place at his yard, next
aay at l l o'clock. The proprietor
had very little faith in the ma
chine, but as he had large lot of
brick for sale, he was willing to
submit to almost anything TO at
tract attention to his yard, To
This end he slyly inserted an adj
vertisement. in, several of the dai-
y papers of Philadelphia, announ-
,ing the trial of a wonderful pa
tent brick machine, naming the
time and place7-which, q. course,
he thought would be another ad-
litioa ito the long catalogue of
failures in. that line of inventions.
81 Next day Miller partook of an
lyibreakfast, and then possess
I'd himself Of the last dollar to
pay current expenses. He bade |