Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-03-24
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body TO tell me "Iff Hlilp doOut ie, as L
have been through it, and around 1T, and
know al about it. Through and around
what. s9u ask : Why, our Sank County
e.e3haut Of course, and here | take the
liberty Of affirming, that We have the great
est curiosity III he state, right over hero,
a3d if YOU, or any Of y5,:r readers have
any doubts about it, you can come over
and see for ourselves-adtnission % cts.
-. 4arjess IF age, sex or color.
This curiosity is located at a point ON
uoney Creek, some II miles from Sank
city, in the cntcrpri>ing village Of Black
Hawk, which, if duly mustered together
rlih fife and drum, would be found to
consist Of GriSt-Mi!. Store, Hotel,
B.4.k >n.ith shop, 3 Dwellings,. Saloons
anc ou1 elephant, which are so conven-
ie.,llv = parAteti flom each other by fields,
~. 4-n~ aud -nch ike, that it will be i'm
poSsibl. % bnru more than one at time,
which circumstances ought to be a great
Involvement to insurance agents to come,
or seeurc their custom.
Having been informed that the doors
" ere OPEN" and 1.-The performance about
to commence" / mounted my war horse,
advanced into the village, drew up in line
Of battle, and awaited the rush of events
AS they did not rush at me, determined
to advance and close upon their works,
and unless repulsed by Overwhelming
numbers, enter the same and report the
result. Dismoupti:g and leaving my
Steed as reserve in case of repulse, and
retreat, so as to have somewhat to tall
back ON, and reinforce the advance and
furnish rallying point, immediately be-
gan series Of forward movements upon
the works held 10y the said elephant, which
! were carried into and over all obstacles,
until lolt that was master Of the situa-
ton, ter which collected together what
ever information had fallen in my way, ar
! ranged them into an order Of my own,
which is low transmitted for publication,
minus the rcd tape, which has not been
| furnished to the force in the field Of late
The institution which / have referred
to under the title Of Elephant" is a Beet
Sugar Factory, lately set in operation,
which after many vexatious delays and
mishaps, now promises TO be success,
and, if so, viii! prove TO be a powerful
stimulus to the industry and prosperity Of
this section of the country.
I first visited the weighing house."
where the farmers weigh their loads of
beets on large Fairhank scale, presided
over by clerk who keeps a faithful rec
ord Of the amount brought by each person,
so az to determine what proportion of the
manufactured article shall be returned to
them Close by, the beets are emptied in
to a large room, partly below ground,
through large doors in its walls, which
will hold hundreds, perhaps thousands Of
bushels. and which was more than half
full at this time After looking on awhile
at the farmers feeding through four Of
these doors, the greedy man of this vora,
ciouS concern, | ventured inside, to OBJ
serve the ia rther progress of the doomed
and dirty roots. In this room there were
four girls at work, cutting off what the
l. ln1., lDff of hn +np &c tIn
beets, so that none of the green, sprouting
crown might be left, after which the beets
to a washing machine in the main build
ing This washer consists Of a long, re-
volvirg cylinder, slowly turning in water,
receiving the roots at one end in their ma
tive dirtiness, and emitting them at the
other, looking as clean and white as lot
IT chlldrefS faces before school time.
From the washer another elephant takes
them to The ,hird floor to the rasping, or
grating machine, in which they are sub
iectei to the action of number of saws,
which instantly reduces the beets to mass
of eravi>h pulp, and sends it down into
trough of iron below from whence it is
shoveled into a huge iron hopper shaped
bucket, running on the segment of cir
Gle, so as to convey the pulp to the mouths
of four large centrifugal machines driven
by steam power. When all is ready, this
bucket containing about goo lis. of pulp
usually, is moved over The mouth Of one
of the centrifugal machines, the slide
which closed its bottom, removed, and its
contents allowed to fall into the machine.
which is kept in rapid motion for twenty
minutes, the pulp being macerated with
water f, IN time 70 time, introduced from
rubber tubiugS, until all the juice of the
beet> is driven outwardS through the wire
lining and perforated sides of the machine,
and the pulp left against the wire lining, a
damp. tasteltss mass The stockholders
receive 80 lbs of this pulp, after it is de-
prived Of juice, for each 100 lbs. of beets
! they have delivered, but others are charged
5sctS. per 100 lbs. This pulp is said to
make very good feed for stock, but my
! horse prefers oats and corn.
The juice, greenish disagreeable liquid,
| passes from the centrifugal machines into
trough of galvanized iron, from whence
it is distributed, alternately, to three defa-
eating and saturating pans--!arge cylin-
e},- al huiIcr-iron, five Geet deep and six