The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-07-02

IA I'liii0Stlou VIII tle JoHcisJ, o. =,
silverware mandatory of chat esteemed
gentleman, Mr.. E. A. Tyler, No. l45 Canal
Street. We need no longer send abroad
for any article in their line of business.
was much struck with the variety OF
style and excellence of workmanship dis
played in the paper and wooden boxes
exhibited by the metropolitan Box Factory,
No. ll2 Magazine street, superintendent by
Mr.. II. Otis.
Messrs Wynne & Farr, No. III Gravier
street, exhibited a complete list Of new and
valuable labor saving machinery, for cult
waiting, harvesting and cleaning rice, now
so important a Louisiana staple. They
took a number of first class premiums for
these apparatus, especially "Cahoon's hand
broadcast sower" the "Star," thresher and
cleaner and the "Victor" rice mill. A
special premium was awarded them for
"Phifers's skeleton gang pillow and cult.
%vator,' also premiums for pumps, for broom
making machinery. for Smiths centrifugal
earth drill" for Winchelrs portable steam
engines, and for other useful plantation
machinery; and the diploma for the ceIe
brated "American Needle Cotton Gin and
Condenser the only gin that uses tho
round smooth tooth instead of the saw.
One Of our Oldest citizens and one of the
most ingenious mechanics in the South. II
Spillmann No. SO Baronuc street, received
the highest awards for best and most
comfortable truss" best truss pad
"best shoulder brace best assortment
of good trusscS" and best display O
orthoepoedic attachments.
Speaking Of Louisiana worknleH ant
Louisiana raw material, let me not forget
the exhibition of joiners and turner's work.
made by Messrs. Roberts & Co. No. 301
Grayier st. Of the oldest established Louisi
ana Sash Factory. Louisiana cyprus alone
was used. Every one praised this beauti
full and elegant display. The wood looked
like the finest satin wood polished anc
carved in the highest style of art.
This gives occasion to- notice anothe,
New Orleans establishment undoubtedly
the largest and best "machine shop" If
this country, that of Messrs. D. & J. D. Ed
wards, on Delta, Front and Gravier streets
Their display of brass work done IN Their
own establishment, was one of the finest
and most complete ever brought together
by any one manufacturer. They took g
large number of premiums. The differ
ent newly invented apparatus of Mr.. Erar
Shelly, of Plaquemine, Iberville parish
La, forhulling and preparing rice for mar
ket, and also for clarifying sugar, which all
took premiums were exhibited by this firm
Their chief display, and one of the finest
pieces of workmanship that could be ex
hibited anywhere, was their great copper
steam sugar train,--Three vast pans with
steam coils,-all of hammered copper
mounted with brass, and valued at SIS, 900
This took the diploma for "bestarangement
of evaporating pans for evaporating sugar
and syrup"
Among the numerous washing machines
was the Home Washer" made by a large
Company at Chicago, and brought into no.
tice here, a short time ago by Mr.. Salisbury,
at 1856 Canal street. It's local sales are al.
realty very large and it excited much at
tention at the Fair forts simplicity and ease
of working.
Mr.. B. j. West, 119 Magazine street, ex,
hibited q large variety of labor-saving i'm,
plements walking and riding %cultivators,
hay rakes, plows for which he received
premiums Of the highest class. He took
the highest premiums for the "World"
mower and reaper made by e. Ball & Go.
Canton, Ohio, the gearing of which is all
enclosed, and is all cut out by machinery,
thus ensuring freedom from clogging, ex-
act, even running and durability. He
took the first premium for Felton's i'm.
proved Patent Mill, making excellent meal,
and also crushing and grinding the cob and
shuck together. Mr.. West is agent for sew
eral first class machinery houses ; the
Buckeye Bell Foundry, the Moline Gl1.)
Plough Co., and for Pool & Hunts port,
able and stationary engines and Leffelrs
double turbine water wheel.
Mr.. W. l.. Gushing took some sixty pre-
miums. He was one of the largest exhib.
itors the articles embracing r. Hoe & CO.
circular, straight, upright and cross cut
and railway cutoff saws; Lane & Bodley's
single sawmill for plantation use and their
splendid double circular saw-mill L. & BIS
lath saving machine and their new mill
head blocks; Fay & Co.'S beautiful ma,
chimes for tongueing and growing, and
working mouldings, for mortising, COR ten.
oning, for scroll work Hoag's ingenious
selffeeding hand saw-mill; P. W. Gate &
Co.'S sugar evaporating pans the "Seam-
less portable Evaporator of ScantIir &
Co., Evansville, Ind, (Which took the
highest prize"D the new and powerful su-
gar cane mills for horsepower, of Geo. L.
Squire & Bro, Buffalo, N. Y, and their
new sugar evaporator; IngersolTs improved
"portable hand power" segment screw
press for cotton ETC., which took the highest
prize in chat line; S%teadman's cotton press
Albertson's cotton Clubhouse and
horsepower combined; Lane & Bodley's
stationary and portable steam engines and
boilers and the portable engine and boilers
Of the Ames Iron Works the Utica steam
guage: Lane & Bodley, shafting, hangers
and pulleys: Straub's portable -four mill,
took the highest price; the
best meat cutter: best paint mill :;
saw GUNNER; best lace leather i;
& Bros horsepower; Sedgebeer's
hand corn mills; Squire & Bros sac
and other useful implements
my space to name. =
The highest prize for :" best portable en-
CINE and boiler" was awarded to Mr.. E.
Ivens, of this city, over fifteen competitors :
Mr.. H. A. Ames, 5 Peters street, N. O., ex-
hibited his popular "Star" evaporating
with circular steam pipes at bot
tom. The prize for best centrifugal ma
chimes for draining sugar." was taken by
Shakespeare & Co., of the old
Shakespeare Foundry. Harper, Guttman &
Co., 80 Carondelet ST., received the blue
for their two horse Wagon for gen.
eral plantation use, and for their levee
.heel-barrow. Bouton, Smith & Co., 1s5
.ravier street, besides making a large dis
play of carriage hardware, took the pre-
MUM for the best ~wagonjack and best
ron wagon axle. Mr.. Superveille, IS Old
Levee, exhibited a new, simple, economical
and efficient sugar train, the invention of
Escnbier & BONN, of New Iberia.
Messrs. Leeds & Co, of this city, exhibit
led a centrifugal sugar draining machine;