The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-12-17


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Watkins time and energies were tested
to their full extent In augmcn,ng the
number ofhis machines, and extending
his works until they covered some five
acres, and the number Of hands employ.
ed to about Ave hundred; the produc, of
which was about tifty tuns of bolts and
nuts per day. The works OF our enter
prising American have continued to be.
enlarged, and now they cover an extent
OF twenty-four acres in the city Of Bir-
m'ngham, and the hands employed num-
Der about twenty-five hundrcd-produc
ing ono hundred tuns per day of these
small goods. Tho capital stock OF the
London Company, which has SO quickly
sprung from such asmall beginning, un-
der the management of our energetic
countryman, is now two million dollars.
Mr.. Watkins informs us that his ship
mcnt of cotton bale ties to this country
will reach this year the enormous uuan.
tity ofs six or seven Thousand tuns.
The prime object of Mr.. Watkins vis-
1t at this time Is to establish agencies and
to receive orders for railroad supplies,
of which he Is undoubtedly the largest
manufacturer In the world.
Mr.. Watkins taste for inventions has
not abatcd since he first took out patents
some fifteen years ago; and notwith-
standing his Immense business cares,
when he visits this country, which Is
about once year, he brings with him
several new inventions on which he
obtains patents, making oath To the pa
pers as citizen of the United States.
The career of Mr.. Watkins is remark
able example of Yankee enterprise and
success. .-.Scicntfc iMcricun.
cheap Ice Houses "A Good Plan.
The Scientific american, after remark
ing that ice has slid out Of the catalogue
of luxurics, and become comfort if not
necessity, gives the following plan
whereby those beyond the reach of a
daily ice delivery may preserve for
Themselves supply of the geld luxury:
"a family ice house need not he an
expensive structure. 1t may bc built
cheap!y, subserve its object cxcellrntly,
and add to the attractions of "A home.
stead by being a slightly object. 4 build
ing OF twelve feet square and eight or
nine feet high is sufficient for the wants
OF the most cxacting family. 1t may be
a frame building, entirely above the sur
face OF the ground, and better if sun
| ported on posts, elevated few inches.
to be certain of good drainage. Built of
Joists, two by three inches, with an out
cr boarding, having inside another Sc
ries OF uprights, also boarded, from six
to ten inches removed from the outer
shell, with solid floor OF plank, the
space between ihe two walls filled with
tan, sawdust, straw, or ehair, aud roof
OF good pitch, the ice house j. complete.
n drain for water should be made from
the floor, and the space above the up-
rights, between loose flooring and the
pitch of the roof, filled with straw, hay,
or some similar dry, porous MATERIAL
On the roof should he Il ventilator. the
top defended from the rain or snow.
The ice should be packed in one solid
mass, the sides not reaching the inner
walls OF the building, but allowing :
space of from six to twelve inches al
around. The top Of the ice should b,
co>c.ed with straw, and the door shoult
be like the sides of the building, G.
double door, should be made, one in tn,
outer and the other in the inner wall. -
Plant morning glores or any climbin;
plant around the building and Undue,
them to creep up the walls and over tn,
roof IA an additional defence against til,
fervid sun of summer
STRANGE II TRuE.--.Aid from an un
expected source comes to the Union Pa
ciiic railway. DR.. y. Burnham, VIII,
has the contract for getting out ties ant
floating them down the Laramie Rive
from the mountains to the track at Wy
! oming, found it necessary to rebuilt,
dams at different points. Parties wer
set at work erecting dams several day
; ago and when the men left their worl
J mt night beavers began where they lc!
off, and continued working throughou
I the night, doing vast amount of worI
in a satisfactory manner Not only thi
G but In two or three Instances whcr
1 breaks had occurred they repaired thel
. in the most workmanlko manner. Th
/ amount Of labor already performed b
them is worth hundreds OF dollars
the G ontractor.
:. pxs~Thc time for taxing the benefit I
If the Bankrupt law ends with the 81
day of December, 1858, and it is hardi