Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-05-17

Wheeler Wilson's, Howe's. Florenre, Globe
The Button Hole machines of he Am-ricsn aud
the Union Companies and rh- F.rily KaIt-inp
Machine. The invention 10 American, and al
other machines are MOI fc4tions of tn. Amer
icsn idea The p0rti Of the shed occupied by
these machines is msin pint Of attraction
The marvellous rspidiiy WITH which button
hole Is worked, or q stocking knit, by simply
turning crank, is suficient TO sstonish those
who p'rhsps may never have heard Of such ma
chimes an confident that if the Jury on this
department is as honest as that embracing loco
motives, Americans will distance all competition,
on'y the difficulty will he how to decide between
the several machines IRON the United States.
PLATFORM SCALES.
The Fairbanks Scale Co. and the Howe Scale
Go. have Contributions The Fairbanks Go.
hsye every variety, from the grOcer's scale up
to one Of capacity for weighing locomotive,
with rSduatl0ns for all countries-even Russian
and Chinese. Thousands have svailed them
selves Of the Opportunity TO be weighed on the
" American Scale - | have not been through
all the circles to see what other nations have
contributed, and have only noticed that Italy
sends pair Of old balance--thst Turkey has a
contribution OF steelyArds Of toughest workman
ship. The Fairbanks scale-the principle upon |
which It operstes-has Just now been adopted |
BY Russia, and is introduced on the Russian
raj. wsys, snd as Russian enterprise extends l
eastward, - This sc,le viii 60, by and By, |
across the Ural Mountains. to meet the same /
scale now in use By the American and English
merch Its in China
AGRICULTURAL IHPLEMENIs
In the shed We find respers and moWers-the
Perry, Mccormick, Wood, and the Piper ma
chimes. Here slso are ploEs from large num-
Der Of manufacturers Step over into the Eng
lish shed close by and see the difference between
the Contributions /; the English mowers contain
nearly twio. the weight Of iron as the American.
Their ploWs are a great deal heavier longer in
mould, With much more Of &" toggery about
the beam American mowers and reapers have
already made their reputation, and If these can
be tried in the field there is no doubt ss to the
result IL is not the season Of the yesr for trial,
and an informed that there will be no work.
ing Of the machines before the jury give their
Lewiston.
English plows, though heavy, do admirable
service in the heavy lis Of that country. The
burrows turned by an English plowman are
much narrower than those cut by American i'm ,
Elements. and the plewing, ss a rule, is not 20 ,
iarp as in the United States toS deepening the
'lrrow. second plow follows the fret But
Ae pluHt sent IN uy Otuer cuuhtrlte are curlOel-
lies. Il is impossible to describe them they
must be seen TO be understood. Most Of them
= pvcially those from France and ltaly, are Of
. pc Ike those used by our granifathers-greAt,
iesvy uugaiuly affairs. with wooden molis,
gith hor-e-shOes and bits Of iron nailed up q
he same. A case Of forks from the Partridge
nsnGiactOry in Leominsjer, Mass, shows 3
marked contrast 20 the hest Contributions from
Eng tni and France. Here we see again the
popularity OF American c0ntributious-hght- ,
lees, superior tIish and form, all combined 70
make the met useful implement or machine.
Jtler nations build Instruments ~as strong
much stronger eve. others make them with as
igh flish. but for use there IL DO, that study
& means % ends which characferiZss the ma
hines aud implements Of American inventors
To N. ntiou the articles in the American de-
.srImeut would be TO copy the catalogue, sad l
aa oa select here and there an article.
ELECTRIC MACHINERY.