New-York tribune., 1870-09-14
THE ANERICAy fEsrfTUfT FAR.

! The 1000 people who visited the Esnpir'
Rink, yesterday found much to entertain ana lnsthSo
thcm in all the departments, especially the fourtn-
chemistry and mineralogy-which, under the manage
ment Of j. C. Hull and c. s. Cagwell assistant mas Deen
made unusually attractive and more complete than any
other portion Of the exhibition.
Among the many useful inventions which may be seen
at the Rink is the vapor stove exhibited by the inventor
David H. Lowe OF Broadway. TIE fuel used is naphtha
which IL contained In small tank. and passes trough
pipe TO the fire chamber WHERE IL is lighted, and ss own
heat speedily converts it inta vapOr ls which burns
with strong, steady and easily ycontroued flame and
without smoke, smell, ashes. These stoves are for
both heating and cooking. ". W. Robinson exhibits
neat circular Of Mackay's eggbeatess and today
mixers, each with red blue, stack handle, in which
simple apparatus causing three surved wires attached
to large and stiff central wire ~ turn back and forth
with great rapidy when the handle Is pressed down
Charles Pratt o, Fultonst, eXhbits Astral C and
other ofs in a rack OF long glass bottles He also
exhibits Of She peculiar square gallon and five
gallon guaranty Tin in which Astral oil is trans
ported, OF the being packed in the wooden
boxes used for shipping JohnsIaggerty OF Jersey City
exhibits the Farmer" fountain. naraed in honor Of
we-known New-York phanthropist This combination
of aud Is designed for paror conservatory
and unites trailing vines falling waters, gold fish, and
flowers. In form embossed oval bronze vase the
foot forming owerpot, in which ivy is planted The
handles represent young lady in arbOr offering to
shake hands with you, and continued above IN neat
gOthclike trels meeting IN an acute arch Ihere are
two basins the upper one cut-gass shellshaped
and full Of gold fish the lower OF bronze resting on
the rim OF tine vase. out VI the glass basin springs Jp
shaped bouquet holder filed with flowers, and sur
rounded by eight Jets shaped Ike rushes, and throwing
tiny streams OF water downward There is no chance
for scattering and overflow prevented by valve and
floating lily, by which the water il automatically shut
OF. The hight of the fountain 10 the top OF
the trellis is fiyo feet and eight inches, and
o. M.sTnkham exhibits, for Perkins, stern Co. OF
Vesey four dozen bottles Of California wine including
Hook. Caret, Angelica Muscdte Port, and Champagne,
besides Grape Brandy and Pacific Btters These bottles
are neatly arranged around SMALL mOsscOyered stand,
through which rises white column ten feet hgh, anu
Ike "A yeranda pillar, with "A vine twinlng around 1t and
stretching long, leafy at the top But this
vine il rOugh gasppe the leaves are base limitations
within which make them look temptingly IKE the hcst
white Muscat grapes The device one OF the hand'om
est in the FAIR.
one of the finest exhibitions of photographs and
stereoscopic views is that made by j. LOefier new
Broadway artist, whose work compares faNordDy Win
that OF the acknowledged master OF Photographic
Howard az Co. OF Broadway exhibit an at;racuYe case
OF gold aud silver chains and WaitbaIn NaJches' lho
striking feature OF this exhibition IL adys watch set
with lO5 diamonds" bri lants'On both sides or the
case and the slide and tassel of the chaln Another
watch claimed 10 have the finest movement ever made
i'm this country Itis nickel tenwinder, with Jewels
gold, and IS marked 100000. this being the nuulDer
of watches actually made by the Walihan company up
10 last March Among the fourteen dierent
exhibited ia a new one, called the Halfway lime
keeper" This has unusually quick Deal ana - pro
yded with a novel and accurate regulator one OF the
movements is exhibited in siXOunce silver case, nad
on one side gold locomotive. The chains Include
several new patterns, among them the lanes OPeId
chain which GOES around the neck and ends ia sliding
tassel and a genteman's chain with pendant ana a
swvehOok, instead OF bar for attaching II 10 the bu
t0nhoe. one Of the silver watches mas case ~elghlhs
a pOund-twelve ounces troy. Such neaYy watches are
actually carried on the Pacific coast; west OF the
Mississippi five and six-OuDce cases are required IN
ONO and Illinois three and tourounce cases Mlle III
New-York and New England two-Ounce cases are gem
orally used.