The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-12
AN AUTOMATIC MASTERPIECE,
From the Trey Times

From the Trey Times.
Joeenh Bergman, who lives in little
wooden house on Farm street, Job Hill,
has for fourteen years been steadily work
mo with one object in view-the perfec
tion of wonderful piece of mechanism.
One night, fourteen years ago, he dream
ed of uch machine as he has construct
ed. At first he thought little oft. Then
it began % occupy his mind to the exclu
sion If other subjects, and after time he
began the work, at 1irst at odd spells, and
then continuously for days. Some mex
plicable power was urging him on when
ever he thought of giving it up. When
the spells of infatuation came upon him
everything had to be abandoned. His
ordinary work had to be laid aside, even
though there were no bread upon the cup
board shelf, and many a night the poor
artisan went hungry to bed. But after
years of anxious toll the dream is verified,
the work is completed.
Bergman is a German of about htty
years of age, and speaks English lmper-
fectly. He is little diminutlye man,
with pale, sallow countenance, and a
look which speaks of care and thought,
if not of positive suffering He is very
poor-the house is almost bare of furni-
ture-and in speaking of the dream and
the work which had so infatuated him,
he said il would have been better for him
if he had never experienced the one or
undertaken the other He is cabinet.
maktr, and the skill of an almost marvel
Gus h,ndiwork, as well as the stamp OF
remarkable inventive genius, is to be seen
In the construction of this machine.
The machine eclipses all the automans
In the world The reader must imagine
a beautiful miniature structure set upon a
huge mass Of rocks, with road-beds wind
ING 40 the sides Of the rocks, and streams
of running water coursing down preclpi
tous bluffs. This miniature house repre-
sents the residence of wealthy old mil
Ter, with his grlst mill, saw mill, oil mill,
etc, adjoining. There are some thirty
figures to be seen in the foreground and
about the buildings and mills. There is
also little fountain in the foreground,
with the water playing and a lake with
a boat and Oarsmen.
A these mills and figures and playing
waters are set IN motion by means Of a
com pinatlon Of machinery similar to the
works of clock, and when they are
wound up and set running every figure
takes up it automanlc movement. The
old miller sits in an elegant apartment
reading newspaper. His eyes follow
the rolumn downward. His head inclines
with IL corresponding motion The col
umn IS finished, and the sheet is turned
over, aad the eyes attracted to another
portion of the paper. Every motion is
wonderfully life-like
The millers wife sits in another apart.
ment industriously spinning. The do
mestlcs are going about performing their
daily toll. The saw mill is fac -si0aile Of
such an institution. The log is in its
place, and slides along to meet the teeth
of the saw, which is working up and
dOwncutting it in two. The attendants
are all busy in their several duties. The
grist mill is also going. One man is tend
ing and feeding the hopper. Every now
and then he goes back and forth with a
tray on his shoulders, the contents of
which he pours into the mouth of the
hopper.
The great water wheel is moving stead
lily under pressure OF water from above,
and the elevator keeps up It's show of re-
Il6NlnS cdndl pOdC Oh IlS lOau Oh grain.
Teams loaded with sacks are seen going
to and from the mills. A man is perched
upon the gable of the miller's home, adj
justlng little bird cage to the caves, aud
doing his work most perfectly.
The oil mill is also at work, and the
figures are all busy about it performing
their several missions. The boatman Oh
The lake is rowing backwards and for
wards, and apparently having good
time all by himself Thus the entire OPP
erations of an immense establishment is
carried on with as much defniteness and
aim as in real life, every figure doing its
work with the utmost eXactness-tht
whole forming wonderful combination
of machinery.