Middletown transcript., 1874-12-05
A History Of Moving Machines.

i A History Of Moving Machines.
The oldest moving machines. though
very rude, were used BY the Gauis, a !
cart, having blades arranged in front.
was pushed forward into tie grsin BY
oxen hitchsd behind, and thus cut Of
the heads. A system Of six rotating
scythes was made by Joseph Boyce 10
1899. and an attempt to nse the same
principle was made BY Gonprsts and
Mason ID 1852. In lsl1-1s15, Smith.
OF Deans. onoe brought ont ! machine
in which . short vertical revolving cy-
hinder carried knifslon its lower end.
but all these rotating machines have
proved impracticable. Robert Meares.
in Frome. in Somersetshire. established
in 1900 the shear principle as the only
practicable one. Salmon. 10 Woburn,
in 1907. built machine with = row Of
blades and fingers moving over them, t,
and also applied the reel. The Scotch
parson. Patrick Bell Of Tesforsbins, in
1926. and William Manning, Of Plain.
field. MI. in 1882 were the founders
Of the present style Of machines. Man.
ming was the iirst to attach the draught
Il the side Of the machine. al Others
previously having beenpushed from be-,
hind. Obed Hussey, Of Ciseianati. at
'tachsdA the ide-platf0fm 'shda slit-fnJ
GER: MoGorpick 81 Roctbridge, Va
now Of Chicago. IN 1885 improved sheII
.MannipsIand Hassey maAhines sndithe
Of these u tie Lshden *
position. IN 1851. 'ltas The hel1f Tor
their introduction ii4toi' 'sienss.l ddse, i,
The oldest thrsshing- -maehiee (exespt
the antiqueO qwas made by MishaeL
sMensies. II o17s2l,i wlpsrhaps isss sthe,
SHINE time BY T1li,' consisting Of alSsa-
ting cylinder With a.ils, ssyei.l ostsrs
followed shortly. some Ike ! aeur-mill.
sandsin 1922 Willosgbbyy Of Bedford.
nids ons'like tkstt " Mensie5. which
Won Thaer brought to Germany, = and
which served j. model ior tie Meek.
lenburg threshsr. 1 The machine Of.
james WardroppI, ~ Anpthsll. IN vir-I
'ginia. is on 4 similar principle. only
the beaters are sticks moving up u and
down, Finally. inl7S5, Andrew Msikls,
cfTypingham. East Lothian. laid the
foundation Of che present form, BY u.s..
ing 1 drum with four beaters parallel
to its axis. that carried the grain be-
tween itself and . concavs. furnished
with; similar rods. An American named
Mofis, ID 1854, asubstituted spikes for
the rods, though Mensies' machine "a
here's to The old .yssem,
4; Ami Unrr6nLr sIsRzRsur1lon.-Ths
boys tell a, good one on Jim Bsrudsl-
lar. Of The Ossge agency. H'sssms he
had sent bis washing 70 ! full blood
Usage ,sauav. who yas to have i done
and bring It home. on Saturday night.
The squax failed 70 fulfill TIE consrset,
However. and IN Sunday Jim had TO 70
to church 7vitk the same ..ais be nmors m
during the week. In the meantime be
had sent word 70 his washerwemsn to
t'briag them shirts." he had Just got
comfortably seated in tie church, and
the grave. minister had opened mp in
thunder tones on Gnnersl generally,
when 10 stepped . big Osage Indian.
with q package under bis blanket. Who
began making III kinds Of unintelligible
signs to our friend. Jim appeared to
take no notice Of his pressnee. however,
untilsby his sudible whispesisnd fran
tic gesticulations the Indian had at
tracted the attention Of the entire con-
gregAsioas and fairly hosrifed ourl hero
by drawing forth shirt with a stun
niugIy clean front. several pair Of socks.
and other things that 30 70 complete .
fashionable youpg mans wardrobe -
This vas too much for him. and be im-
mediasel7-arese, and bschosing thepsr-
sistent l.uadry elstk Eoss. he then and
there exhausted both the English and |
Usage vocabulary Of spitbets. sfter |
which be took charge Of the clothes and
told Il the dusky warrior to 60 his way. |
Profane language j., prohibited Al the |
agency but It p said that Jim made |
good uae ofall theasmphatic religious |
that came within his grasp.
-Gc6ssv3a1e { Kan. Courier. lass
SIT 80 '-, s------s =. ------------ SD ut
i.'Lo. rnE Poor ,WoMxH.-T The woman |
n politics has twice made her appear
ancs. during the recent elections. One |
lime was inp9n obsoure Alabama town, |
where half dosen negro women.
pioneers 10 the Advancement Of their
Tex. pat themselves ioto' psntloons and
voted, and we're subsequently jailed for
!. The other wa. y Pougbkeepsie.
wherc Mrs. Hanks. Of Brooks Semi
,sry. bearing the banner Of the crusade