The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-17

l1e Stabe atEs AOeOs
Icorrespondence of the Press
I can only give your readers faint
plimpses Of things seen.
PERRY COUNTY
PEOPLE were there in hundreds and so
was Perry county wine of the vintage
of 1874 made by Weaver & Ream and
by Martin Kagay. This wine consisted
of Catawba, Clinton. Ives, Concord, Del
aware & Iona. No premiums were offer
ed for Iona or Clinton, two of the best
wines known to commerce orthe paiates
Of wine drinkers. No difference how
old or how young, the premium was .
each for Catawba, Concord, Ives and Del
aware and $50 for best display in which
oaal;fv was the chief element. No dis
tinction was made between pale and red
Concord. The pale is made by express
ing the juice from the grape without
lnashing-the red by first mashing or
grinding. In the first instance but lit
tie of the juice belonging to the rind or
skin OF the Concord grape is obtained
and il is therefore white Concord wine
that is produced. 1t is very apparent
from my observations that the State
Board of Agriculture Is a very inadequate
patron of Horticultural interests.
POST HOLE DIGGER
made by Theodore MIthoff of Lancas-
ter, and ditching spade with long han
die seemed to be the thing for easy work.
A WASHING MACHINE
costing $500, took my fancy 1t runs
the clothes through futed rollers and
is very simple in its construction.
THE FLEET WOOD SCROLL SAW,
is about the size of sewing machine, is
worked by foot and will cut the figure
of a horse, or hand out Of any thin
board. It has also attached drilling
auger for making holes. ] thought my
friend Tom Stillman ought to have one
for making his brackets. Cost SO to Slo.
THE MAssrLoN HARVESTER
don't allow the grain to fall on the
ground until the binder throws the
bound sheaf where he wants it. 1t car
ries two binders along with it and they
have the pleasure of riding while they
do the work and it seems only three
hands are needed to run machine.
WATER DRAWER
has chain running on wheel in CEN
ter of windlass and delivers water out
of self emptying bucket. Made at
Cleveland, Ohio. To think more and
sweat less is the drift Of aspiration
sULKY PLow
is invented and Reuben Shellebarger
5 miles south of Lancaster, an old farm
er said to me, 81 have one-it does well
Il bought only the sulIy and attached
my own plow-I am too old to walk and
plow-I pillow the garden lot even and
don't think Of walking any more when l
plow with bar-shire
Motherwell's ditching spake, Lancas-
ter, Ohio, proposes to abolish STOPPING,
muddy feet, and irregularity in depth
of ditch.
NEW cENTRIPETAL MOTIVE POWER AND
COMBINED MACHINE
with which farmer can thresh his own
wheat, or other grain, or grass seed, peas,
beans &C., binds the straw. He can saw
his own wood, cut roots, make cider, saw
fence boards and lumber, shell his corn,
grind his grain and cut his feed for
horses and do what planning he needs
with his own horse. A carpenter with
four attachments can do his own saving,
planning, moulding panneling, rabbiting,
boring, &C., without sending abroad for
help.
Dram Tile and Brick are made by a
machine made in Tecumseh, Michigan,
and run by horse or steam power. ]
never saw a more perfect brick and it is
claimed that it need not be laid on the
yard for drying but admits of immedi-
ate removal from the mould to the kiln.
1t is also asserted that it will pay 10
manufacture brick close to rail road or
Cdndi IOI snlpt1euI 10 mdTket.
CORN CULTIvAToR
constructed. so as to enable the plowman
to ride and drive two horses, and pillow
two rows at once. Made in Hastings,
Michigan. Also at Chillicothe, Ohio,
where also is made the hollow tooth
harrow.
The Van Gorder Sulky for plows or
harrows:-
1. Lightens draft on team.
2. Furrow is of equal depth.
B. The plowman is never weary at
night.
4. Any person able to drive can plow.
8. 1t is cheap and durable.
6. The pillow or harrow is lifted by
lever. Price for sulky and harrow $45.
EXTENSION LADDER
for painters, timers, and fire companies,
took the premium easy. The patent is
on the device for shortening, lengthen-
ing, and holding the two splices togeth-
er securely and rapidly. This device
can be attached to common ladders if
one works inside the other. 1t is the
best ladder 1 ever saw and every ybody
ought TO have one and every town like
Somerset ought to own 90 of them.
NJ. X.
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Theodore Tilton leaves Brooklyn to-
day to begin his lecture season, and will
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