The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-07-08
For tho Roplster

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weeks ke'g'tcr, there u a most unjust
iusiudaiion respe.tisg tho "Acn,c."
machine that y boiug introduced into
New England this season for the FIRST
Una,
Either blind telfintercs, o, nal;co
must have ac'uated the writer or inform.
err The notice insiuuates that tho ma.
chine in question lacks "prac,icability."
AS a witness OF ,ae behavior of tho ma.
chine ID tho field, on that occesion, we
would inquire in whdt does this want Of
proctica5ility' consist 2
The luachiic IN question did its work |
at the trinl perfect work-wiih one
N ri less motion of lis sickle. aud with
loss tnan one half Of The noise Of any
other machine vD the ground
1t was Tree From lateral vibrations -
or side shake" rs it is termed, which
was 80 conspicuous an element in the ac.
ti"n OF all the other computing machines.
Inc finger bar nnd tongue was mora per.
iectly balanced by tho weight Of the dri.
YER than in any other irachine present.
/
pontS Ut the guards elevated ur depressed
10y the same lerer; the fnger bar being
elevated III MS Whole length to pass Oh.
staclcs more easily than III any ,Bachiue
90 the ground. Tocse ure only part
OF the superior, desirable elements pos.
sessed by tho machiue in question. In
the fact that 1t possesses superior. deslra.
5le elements--elements that are possessed
by no other machine before tho puolic, is
perhaps to be found the reason If its lack.
ing "practicability." .
To insinuate, aueer and carp il one
thing to be just and truthful quite an
other thing The worst aud meanest OF
all lies ia the mixing up Of untruih with
faint praise. However much the machine
in q lestion may lack in practicability !"
in the opinion of an interested critic, still
it is being built by thousands in no less
than fire first class shops 10 our country
Arrangements have been fully completed
for building FIVE thousand of these ma
chimes for the New England trade alone
In twenty-six competitive trials tall that
it ever entercd) it has so far invariably
taken the fr.t prize. Its draught with
Il four aud one-half foot cut has been re-
peatedly shown 20 be less than $50 lbs.
while the draught Of Woods machine, the
Clipper and the Buckeye. Of tho same
class on tho same ground, ranged from,
1872 to 275 lbs.
The conspicuous FEATURES IN the ma.
! chino to the eye Of an intelligent farmer
! or mechanic are, tho conditions to realizr
the grea est durability simplicity and cas-,
pt management. To fully realize thes,
8 principles iu the highest degree, tn,
.. Acme carries double or changeabl,
: speed of its sickle, which in all orJiuar,
grass relieves the machine of oue.ihir,
:. OF the otherwise wear and tear a cush
toned, elastic pirman bY means Of whic
:. the " side shake" or lateral vibration, t
, VIII oh all other machines are subject, an
- which is Il most destructive fault, as wei
n a' e''"~e -"""ysnce, Is avoided adj ustu
>, hle toxes which may be replaced at
IL slight cost by the farmer thus obviatin
the necessity Of sending the machine bac
to the manufacturer to be " re.habhited.
- aud iu,uIing again,; the possibility Of tn
- boxes wearing uncqually 10y the shat
4. - being out Of line )" enclosed gearin
rs and oil cups to protect the wearing su
ID faces from The effects Of grit andnlnsr, n
elcvatng lever performing two ofices,ot
no TO elevate the inger bar. the other
+? tilt "or elevate aud dcpre,s the poin
We Of the fugrr-; flexible hinged jni,
N that can nerer b. +" broken hack On
Or wax pint in all 9th r mt,hines) 30 ;
he to throw the sickle AMI ritinan out OF liz
I'll with the point at which The power Is al
Ar piled an Tuner sioc that is proc. gain,
II, cogglng even when mown .rass is thrott
ru upon il, together with "pef,ct ba
y ance." by means Of which the weight
II. the diver is made to coun' CIR b lance Il
o. weight of tongue filgcr bar aud flag
to bar attachment. Now not single III
ms chine on the ound at he late Trial pc
,r sessrd tho ano,e esrablc, essential 81
Of mcuts but the Acme. The history Of Il
al M 'chine up t. tho present. (this ia Il
&c. fourth season that it has been large
.at bully is THAI OF almost entire treodo
for from hreakage. Possessing fewer picc
ne than other machines upon the market,
in we'll as being subjected to less strain al
friction, such result is only an newt
bic effect oil a Legitimate cause No be
ter recommendation of the machine cou
be ofrod, than the fact that the pate
err tees, Virgil W. Blanchard, NJ. ID.
el, Weybridge. VT. and G. W. N. Yost Is
ed OF Cory. Penn have secured the sc
10y vices Of the widely known Bradley Ma
'ut ufacturing Co, Of Syracuse, N. Y as
40 builders Tor New England and the Sta
he OF New York. We have Just been sho'
Ids a letter from this firm in answer 10 an {
or der for ma, hines that Of the two tho
vas sand that they have built the present sc
nat son all are sold, with orders still conf
ppi iu.
ra. As this machine as an invention, a
M as superior labor saving servant to t
co. farmer, not only in Addison County. b
oes Tho whole country, largely owes its cxl
the ence to well known resident of this
'nd entity. We could not in justice TO him
or justice to the farmer to when he
zen been most faithful servant. we say
the could not in the name Of fairness, dect
ice cy or gentemanly courtesy allow the
'os' situation in the last weeks issue Of q
nc, paper to which we have alluded, TO go
re- truth.
'.e As to the orders given for the Woo
Mr. mowers ut that time. the price had M
'in influence we think than the working
rn, the machine. We are credibly
ical formed that the ooent If that mower
,lared that he would not he un5ersod
~ hat time, If he had tic give away his a
VI, chimes. and TO make good his nsser'io
old The I've machines he that day tt
~. orders for. at some fifteen dollars or nj
~, less each than his price to others. St