Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-13

course), the teeth that fit the hicks offa
 for instance, or of t, will fall into those
 hicks when they reach that letter.
 "Now add the necessary mechanism for
 lifting out each letter when reached, and 7 carrying 1t where it is wanted, and you
 have the principal element of the- type |, setting machine. Lastly, let the supposed comb be fixed
 instead of moving; and instead of type
 jtere as the eract confluence of Baslto',g
 nd Fdber-instead of type to be carried u1 ,der tho jointed teeth, or fingers, and to let these fall into the proper hicks, let the
 teet Il, or fingers, be lifted by marks in pape r or other fabric, raised or embossed
 as i'll printing for the blind; and, as the Eproje ctions answering to each sound lift the t eeth, let these teeth, continued by
 meant equivalent to tho leaders from the
 keys ii1 piano or organ, open the pipes,
 reeds, ol valves which emit that sound
 'HThera that is the heart of my mystery
 I am not in the least afraid of telling it i;
 for have |, monopoly of this application
 of Alden's d.wice and this, you see, en-
 abled me to dodge all the infringers I
 should have had the Old Gentlemans
 own time if I ha q recorded an application l for patent. Aa 1t IS, I have worked the l whole thing ont tt' perfection at my lei
 snre, and without one particle of annoy
 ance or interference> F. 4- e.... .t. lr.' I could not help sdmiring the truly American combination of mechanical and political genius thus Ile scribed: and, if
 my praise did not sat. sfy Budlong, he
 must needs have been b or ribly vain for
 gave him most hearty portion of 1t.
 Indeed. I challenge the intel igent reader 1 q seorn to address any othe-. to refuse | m hIc nf o1r f., naf | remarkable instance of inCenu lty ill me-
 chanics, and masterly shrewdnes g in man.
 agement. Would that all great inventors 1 could have done the like 1! We should l not have on our records sucE m lserable | stories as that of the the thievish sersecu-
 tions that swindled Whitney, Il or the other similar cases. -. The factory of Messrs. Budlong' and Faber is on Twelfth Avenue, close to the North River, and between the wat,,r and Riverside Park. 1 we'll remember bel ug struck, as we entered its precincts, by tl,e dreariness of thepremises, and the contras
 between theirsordid commonplace and th brilliant conceptions that were being shaped into actual existence inside. There was a plain brick building of re- spectable size: the usual tall chimney and squatty engine-house fiat ct it's foot, as if worshipping it the staring windows, | their digny glass uncovered from the hot ! sunlight, like eyes left lidless by some ! tOrturing tyrant cloud of black smoke: ! the chatter of a small high-pressure en- ! zine, and the corresponding splitting dis charge of steam from an escape-pipe a | marrow lane of black dust and sorie be- tween the sidewalk and the door; two or three broken cog-wheels, shafts, and other portions of invalid machinery, leaning against the outside! of the building, like | old soldiers summing themselves in front of hospital sr .. :7,4srArG5 .aaI 2 We entered the office where Budlong left me for a few minutes to attend to some business or other. In his absence, l betook myself to inspecting divers arti- cies whioi. adorned the walls of the little room. There were II flow por- traits of eminent public speakers, both lay and clerical; various drawings of machin- cry and one rusty old print, executad i., n coarse cnnns NtIbn consldera- DIG srYlt.
 The imprint stated that it was view of the newly invented ''Kaihuper iSe8ainasi- ana" date, 1907. This parcel Greek and parcel Latin appellation was somewhat diff ticult to interpret, might perhaps be taken h,tper-eUea ahead of-any thing thereto fore invented in that line. The picture represented curious machine, or mill, worked by a large crank, at which were 1 labOring several stately persOnages in ac- edemic or clerical costume. Into a spe- cies of hopper, at one end, other gentle men, of like demeanor and costume, were gravely casting huge pumpkins, squashes, cabbages, turnips, and other matters known in Yankee realms by the collective title of ''green sarse." From the discharg- 1 ing-trough at the opposite extremity hop ped and tumbled number of little lively black creatures, which took at first to be frogs or diminutive apes. but which, upon closer inspection, were seen to be small clergymen of prim countenance, and iaun- ty and priggish bearing, accurately arrayed in well-ftting black garments. At their l first exit from the machine, they were represented as falling upon the earth in ! helpless, sprawly state, on their stomachs, OF on all fours. But they quickly hOpped up, and were seen marching off to parts unknown, with trig strut, and an air of satisfaction and delight, curiously sug- gestive of those young birds who run about. as naturalists tell us, with the egg shell still on their heads.
 l was still studying upon this ancient 1 caricature, of which, indeed, I had heard, { and which I had sought after il vain, when my friend came to show me through the factory. 'tWe are filling an order for assorted ministers, this week." s.id he, t'and except few specimens in the show l room, you can see hardly anythingelse to- { day. But the difference is entirely in ex- ternals. -- 7<-t
 We entered first one or two work- shops, ] of no very particular kind, with lines of shafting overhead, lathes and drills whiz- l zing below, the belts sliding and ,lapping, and busy workmen operating upon combi- nations of wood, metal, hard and soft rub Der, and gutta-percha, which might, per haps, be generally described as seeming to be the progeny of the marriage of a mouth organ with a wooden clock.
 , There, observed BudlongAs hc paus- ed before a eoncatenation of delicate springs, wheels, pipes, and valves, ''this IS the principal portion, whaG we call the 1 main action, of the works of a pat. ent minister This is the vosalizing part, and must go into all of them, of course. There is also always the bellows, the trans carrying the prepared printed matter, and the power, or handspring, which runs the II whole. The rest of the works are detach- ed actions for several purposes, all driven by the same power, but which need not be put into the machine unlsss required, |, and which can be thrown in or out of gear as desired. ! These a,e the gesture movement, which operates the arms and hands, legs, neck, and spin4 the expres- sion movement, which runsthe face :; and i the stops. About these stops will show you when We come to q machine set up."
 It is not needful for me to detail the arrangement of the wocksheps, nor the numerous neat devices and the gener- al compact arrangementof of the machinery.
 The junior partner, inieed, who would
 have been the best manto do this, was, as have shown, absent in Washington on a business-trip. Sufise 1t to say, that the factory includes ths following depart |, | naents ,.''0'