The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-10-21

dcvclopc the inventive principles 10 man,
In christian, not 10 heather countries, do
we find oxpositons like this, which are
browning glory to our national character.
The fair was opened Oct, 25tb, and
will continue a month or more longer. 1t
continues to be throngcd daily. On
Thursday the number Of visitors was Co..
600, and the receipts $4,000. To day
the number was much larger s-.---,...
MACHINERY.
The department of agriculture is every
year receiving fresh aid at the hands Of
science and genius. In plows, cultiva.
tors, secders, corn shelters, hay leaders,
reapers, threshers, corn huskers &c., the
improvements are many and various. The
Gang plow which turns two or more fur
rows at once, is novelty. The corn
husker enables farmers and their boys to
husk indoors, and with an case and celer.
ity hitherto unknown. This machine I'M
dresses the corn instantly, leaving not
shred of clothing on the car The ears
are thrown into receiver, whence they
work their way down into long grooves, in
which rollers furnished with spirals and
teeth revolve, carrying the ears round
and round, stripping off the covering un.
til the ear is perfectly naked. The dressed
ears drop opposite into receiver. In
one class Of these machines, the corn is
separated from the stalks, then husked
and elevated into the cribs, while the
stalks are laid gently down side by side
at either end of the machine. 1t does
the work well. Not grain is wasted.
The capacity of the machine is gagged
by the size. A medium one, run by hand
will husk about 1000 bushels in ten
hours. Steam or manual power can be
applied according to circumstances This
machine ought to vote. 1t speaks volumes
as to the retirement Of difficulties and
hard work, our fathers encountered in
their agricultural pursuits,
BOOT AND SHOE MACHINERY.
This machinery affords profitable study,
as it indicates what perfection has been
reached in this department of industry.
There are cutting machines, which shape
the leather, and if holes are. necessary,
punches them at the same movement.
There is four motion sewing machine,
adapted for repairing boots and shoes
with the soles on, sewing on patches, put.
on new tops, stitching within half an inch
of the sole, and in every direction. There
is vamp folding machine, skiviug ma.
chine, wrinkler for wrinkling feathers
as to give it snowy appearance, an eye
let cover, for boring eyelet holes, and a
machine which sews UP the inside of a
boot leg, not subjecting it to be turned
prior to completion. There is also peg.
ging machine which makes pegs ,bores the
holes, and hammers home the pegs at one
revolution. Surely, this branch of art
has attained to point of perfection
which gives it rank, and renders the term
"cobbler" obsolete.
TIN-wARE DEPARTMENT.
Here the operatives wero busy making
tin cans. A man operated cutting ma.
chine, which cut the bottoms the exact
size and turned beyeled edge, which was
intended to catch hold of the body of the
can. AT another machine "a roller young
lady rolled the bodies of the can from
strips, into circular shapes. A solderer
ran an iron down the seam and the two
edges were united in wedlock. Still an.
other fair timer fitted on the bottoms aud
handed it to a fourth, who ran a machine
around it, forming the moulding. which
is so ornamental to tin.ware. A man at
a powerful piece of mechanicism, put a
round piece Of tin under the mould showed
his foot down and out dropped the cover
OF the box. Placing the cover on the
can, it was complete, the work having all
been done by machinery except the sold.
eriug.
TYPE MAKING.
This department Of industry, by which
the "art Of arts" is preserved and to
which the world is indebted for its ad.
vancement in knowledge and literature,
attracted much attention. Metal plates
were placed in a machine and came out
in form of type, one every second. Two
fair operatives gave them immediate finish
and they were complete. Steam power
has the credit for the celebrity Of the
work
TRAILS &c.
In the art gallery, observed, on can.
vass modern lady, painted in fashiona-
BILE costume, with saucer-like contriv-
ance on her head. and trail behind near.
y as long as herself. This was contrast.
ed with the sensible costume of twenty
years ago. One gentleman asked anoth :.
er, what could be the advantages of these
enormous trails.
The reply was, they not only tatten
commerce and create much larger yearly,
importatons of goods, give employment
to double the number of mantua makers,
and put everybody in state Of enquiry
and wonder, but they enable their fair oc.
cupants to become excellent scarengers,
and highly useful in sweeping the side.
walks Of all cities aud villages.
From the Pacific Coast.