The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-02
Chr 4l2ftt Ndrth.Atttst
I4HHtiH rF.4 # Il a. r.
A REMARKABLE HISTORY.
How. y, +si,cn<~r Struggled Ind VIM.


IN tho Sc,er'tGS aniSs@~on we find story
ui Ike struggles and triumphs Of m invent.
r. ~.j'n ls~Vrin preservation. The sub.
sla.,ru. Il is as foi!"ws;
IN ft.jS ,r.tinu- Shcclsan. Of Dunkirk
..l.. foreman in The blacksmith depart
ln,..i Of H. fllr railway shops u, that place
r,rtcu,el "A u .'.un'inr apple. which. ii'ous'.
Y II s Tx @ a,Ss"i I" Th Hf wa" va.
II, first invr,riun: aud the cost Of its com
III! ION. Together with one years struggle T.
Manufacture AMI Introduce Il. completely
,>h ,lstcI. IL. :SIirch!N's means, a1d re
IA CT hln Ia The EXTREMIST poverty. lie.
;,is. IL ia"t. in pretty nearly the same con
iii "a ~ Palsy the potter. a' the moment
,.t n.> greatest t-. s<-s- 4 wife and rigli'
cIitlrrn il Sh"rh .n- FAM = Were r.ducesi
KIP fy s IN " %" '"T;'s ,'s sa en- "sf
Just at this crisis. $ D. Colwc!l. general
agent 81 HE Erie Railroad ~ Dunhirk
Sth,n,e.iT,o p,ert MIR hhcehan in tltekthcls
Of rkut Town. and arros'cd him with:
Wen. Tlo!nHs. how are the grapples!
h,a, they ANA ased tS,rtp" /
s.v,',. ~, NY ,d * "; w,.,fi h:5sev;s
-rrr '+r,n.", .--- = ....,,-- l,-1-,
"1rASf.4 III II s s''y S"S ii'i'shsas - '
u Lave orc. amos. done" said Thomas.
49,. rn,s,' shaE .l will by yna.ifqEty d"'
lar tor it. -, Abhvt-itua for picking VI
ye.ml II, ,l.c Aqfk.'~ Thcfnon"v Wilhelm w'n
il y"jr rrrsti sp.ergenry, and you can 60
e. a., uI iva Efp. your,famiIy." a.,
'."'''I wiH." taid 'lho..ns.
Kack to his humtJie home went this invent
or, "ith rev horcin BIS breast. and set him
10 trtf :" nit ~ the grapple wl!h nll due speed
HuI .uro,t what .skalds3 threads do tire tor
juu,s ~ T.. en hxng - k,ap. the only one our
'"fryru,dr hn,7of=Ss,c- c-f.qtnrcd.' suddenly
s.rlt a a.,f,,h-s-andss ~ jA All sssUht'a ~
.stt- ,,,reics- Of the work. he. MHst have
In rhrs trait, be applied to his wife I"
lend hI..i twenty .fivt cents ~ Nuv the neces
- | :" 'r r rae ar fe4aest tr 1 '%
v,,y good rva>ons- first. that sse b* .Iieved
4, Ibc A,uuex; would. be thrown away it SLY
!u.c It 10 her husband; and second. tina
,ii-'pad rd' the money IL give i,'ms even u
- rs ,''s,H,t1:" Thr refusal was sens med with
,s~Mr very hot wore, spice that made II very
uul,. 'ci1r rn Th"ma~ But he M,h"lyh
lun of IA merchant s,sho:.io bHshtsrIAys
huu >r,n the color of his money. and who,
uriIHi,- would now give Inn credit tor the
..u,all .u.Vdmum Of ,sicel re4sIcd Tor the
.
tap
To tlis merchant he HE'D. and. s0inewhat
reluctant 10 prcfe his request began Gat'
iug nbouthhe bush; and finally. .s,raying
iiIo politics. hot words passed between
them. and our friend, feeling his manliness
would suffer too kccnly toy asking credit for
the s,scl, came away without II. ~
With 40 definite purpose he went home,
x,ndeIiug upon WOW ho-shou4 slgnaun'
uis, nov no trifiihg obstacle, of TIC lnoken
Mp. -
lie found his wife making lyc for soft
~onp. bur her aei' iNw insHl WY peutrsIzed
~ Tie alkaline reaction. DcspOndent and
dI,couraeed. tie sat down. in NJ, very emit
uulc mood when he Glanced To spy piece
OF non lying near the tubs al which HI
spurr>" was working Mtdiiating how b,
could make thst piece Of iron hard enough
luI Il tap. hc was .til 10 a rather rude exper
I linen. liercsul,s Of which have IN thc'end
made him richer man than he ever dreamed
Y Of Ming. ~,. .. j" d 49,. ~
1t 40 happened that from II distant rela
r I've. IA Roman Cn'hpio- priest IN jrtl"hd
our friend lad inherited quite library "l
wtorht on chemistry. sonic If them rare and
valuable. Ne had read some of these ln" X!
% arrY yood purpose rTbesetS surfl!
carbon in that lyc.'i Thought he 1T lcou
only. got thai into. this, IRON in the propr
I IIn ID lions. lshi.lN dave steel. And frcH
lllni nay tap. and 80 finish my giapp'r."
With liAie htpe or iailh that he should
su,r, cd. hr took some Of the &c. and add
ing. wHh"u' amy psutHan'r r,s~s' tor -
uU.ng. some sal peter and common SAT-
n.af,r'i ,>nst'w nh lifis s"lulion AID u liar,
rruHs"l ,aurrrtnl of IA" htilc remaining
H0l.r ll,rry was in he house. He then t"rgr'
dkxrp. Anl eIlvyopilg. lin iiF tpAste. pu
yhc Il hole into 4 iluici iron box and expo ct
/, Ia heat for two hours in blacksmith
ivy" his py and surprise. whsp he tool
'on'. il was hard ckough to cut Cast stsc
.. ~ Ia gyspplr WAS finished. and forty dollar
flowed iupn the family treasury Of Th"ma
str'ihn iir went back 10 his Old work. dis
gust. d " i,h patents, and resolved never 4
have anythingto do with one again. Bu
lh. rucn!hrrncc of the tap. hardened IN =
III .onc = l.anuer. still haunted him llav
- irtt 4 ri AZ d,al Of tnsr hardening ~ do. h
49,. thought one day he would repeat the exIrI
'yimcnl on large scale, which be gu wit
perfect SUCCESS. s,.. 1t0 sah yep =. {" -t'H
:. For twelve months he went on to exper
m, nt purchasing the materials with his Ow
--- nl,,sey. and working IN secret by night, AN
= rat ODD ls,urs. Al Nc end " twelve n!Dntl
E. l1e Observation-Disclosures Of cOhdImna
ton on patents, and applied for one on ID
process. which was granted September
1861 tsss.kld6l l%kK,fof standardization Z
~: 'Woia ;sllis. 'ni,ie.. cd,nnon salt, antl !.
J,hy,e 4f zinc, for case hardening iron.
1857. w Fn,cn,cd an Improvement on III
,. .rai,0vc nriyi, process In iS06 hs took o.
a,io,ii,r ra,en, tornn entirely new process
which consists ia the useOt raw linest''n
40 'rGaYc,Ial. black oxide VI lnang apese. sal 81
da. common salt and pulverzca rosin, con
=, 8. bmal. tor converting iron. into, steel. whiG
q ~ ,ow wide ~ used. and from which he b.
>, 3 reapid quite fortune. .s...
; a. $50 Ie.s than lweniy.lhrce If the leadiu
= a. Htt!mayss in AmI rira now use this process
., under license from The patcnicc. TOR tar.t.'
ing the links. guides, pins and nu1sOf loo
slG'hs'!'ytHS Advantageous all3dbags s!sss
a. each E,cuao, I'VE. tiD'ob v,arings,h host u,
-'tij, 'sorssgicnt. .vvpp ,hs lktatf of link
guides and pins. lyt +;s-.td:eio