The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-09-09

" wi IVdpOTdJUI, GulcrSu Dy L.
&c. Butler of Bellows Falls, VT, is galvaniz-
s.aed iron trough to be set over an arch. 1t is
$40 IL ft.x4 fit. IT is claimed that it will boil
~ IL barrels of maple syrup per hour, produc-
ss3ing from IL to Is pounds of sugar.
81 No. $40 is Wbittemore's Self-Locking Rake
sfa horse rake with wheels, the great Feculari-
sssty of which is the Lock Lever which holds the
|teeth to the ground and prevents their sliding
Cover and leaving the hay as is the case with
s7some rakes.
q No. 1873 is Stump Fuller by Holmes s.
& Blanchard, Boston, which works by a lever
Swith which one man can lift weight of five
Astons; it is simple, and appears to supply a
sawant long felt. The same parties also exhibit
92and have IN operation Hand Corn Mill by
(Which man may grind one bushel of
eScorn in one hour, making good meal
ga larger size of the same can be operated by
sihorse or other power The stones are French
s3burr.
n No. 939 is corn and potato planter, by N.
4Hawkes, McLain's Mills, Maine. 1t can be
Exchanged to a horse hoe, cultivator and potato
ISdigger, and is recommended to do either of
athese as perfectly as those that do but one kind
aslof work.
q No. 573, entered by Kendall s. Whitney,
.sis thresher, separator and cleanser, which is
Every compact, is easily operated and does not
Yget out of order.
q The same parties show a novelty in the shape
sSof "clover MILL" which is worked by horse
sspower, and seems to us to supply long felt
Swant; also an apple grinder, which they claim
Twill Grind hnSh hoY IL 4.
CAT the same time much more thoroughly than
s9those now in use. The thresher and clover
Mmill are manufactured by l.. Whitman, Win
Eathrop, Me.
II They also exhibit True's potato planter,
(which they claim will cut the otatoes, drop
Sand cover an acre an hour.
u THE TRoT.
q The rain of last night and to-day made the
Htrack 50 heavy and slippery that it was deemed
Sadvsable to postpone the races assigned for
Eto-day until tomorrow forenoon. In conse.
Squence of the large number present manv
\ more than yesterday, scrub race was rot nm
tswith the following entries:
q "Snow Ball. Titus driver,
d Lewiston Boy" Pinkham, driver.
Il Brown Dick" Hill, driver.
q "Fenian,' Marston, driver.
81 "Abdallah Boy" Batchelder, driver.
\, n W, J,udges-O. l.. Hatch, VIM. Ellsberv. VIM
2sWhitcomb. '"'i'' " |"
q Mile heats, 3 to s, in harness
"a @"Ss Hedt-After good deal of time spent
an scoring, the horses were 'Ined', and got of
aon the next trial. Abdallah Boy shot ahead
sson the start, closely followed by Brown Dick
9iand Lewiston Row whiIa tl,a o,bar tx-o yvere
dcohslderably behind. In this order they con-
.3tinued to the close, and though Abdallah Boy
;:abroke several times he did not lose but gained
.aslightly, and won the heat in So. Brown Dick
iawas second and Lewiston Boy third.
a Second Hedt-The send-off was good at the
Kflrst trial, the whole five keeping close to the
saback stretch, when Lewiston Boy showed some
Mine speed and took the lead, hard pressed by
Thrown Dick, but on the home stretch they
Sbroke and passed the wire on the run, and
awere ruled out, thus giving the heat to Abdal-
4lah Boy. Time 81. Also the race.