The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-21


Not far from the main entrance of
Machinery Hall is a mighty engine,
whose ponderous wheels are the embodi-
ment of rugged, shaggy strength. If 1
may be permitted an animal illustration,
there are engines there that have the
quick spring of the lion and the tiger;
they arc sleek, and polisheds aud fine
the engine am speaking Of row is in
comparison to them-a grizzly bear or
hippotamus. A sewing machine makes
more noise, and yet in these pistons, and
levers, end wheels, is the power of
thousand horses. Turn yput back for
moment and place your ear to the railing.
You are now in position to catch the
most delicate vibration. You hear dis
tinctly the ticking of the watch in your
pocket, yet here work two mighty levers,
giant piston, and q ponderous ay-wheel
twenty feet in diameter; and yet 80
noiselessly this leviathan moyea that &c
infant might sleep beside IL and never
have its alumbers disturbed. Tie mnss
of to-day is the utter absence of noise
and the ease with which it performs ite
tasks. The great engine described above
is for the grinding of suga--cane, and 1t
scarcely seems as if so much power would
be required tor such purpose.
A little beyond the sugar mill we come
to the ice boats. Elegant affairs they
are. On good ice and with fair wind
they are capable of making their seventy
miles an hour. Ploughs for cutting ice
and providing us with those luxuries of
ice cream, not to mention smashes, san
gerees, cobblers, and oil those fascinating
beverages in which the average Afaefican
doth SO much delight. It s8ould. appear
that there is nothing in the range of
household economy which ia considered
too Insignificant for American genius.
One man dcvotes his life to the success
of double-action rolling-pin, and au-
other to the improvement of two-stnry
pepper-box. Washing machines innu-
merable have lifted theload of Atlas from
the weary shoulders of the, housewife; /;
and now blue Monday comes around
without its angry terrors-thanks to the
labors of these unwearied benefactors Of
mankind. Who does not recollect the
time when in his miserable boyhood he
was bounced out of bed at five o'clock
In the morning to grind the coffee. and
how you stood on candle box to do it.,
and the mill was screwed so tight you
could hardly turn it, and how the handle
came off and the boz upset, and rubbing
you- shins you said "cuss" words that
you didn't want the old man to hear.
These reflections were induced by looking
at ccffee mill made by the Enterprise
Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia.
Why did not they invent it thirty years
ago9 What lickings they might have
saved ME. The mill is highly orna-
mental affair, with couple Of fy-wheels
and so admirably is it constructed that
when you once sci it going itwould 81
most run itself. And then there was q
wonderful facet, by the arrangement Of
which you could snea' ire any amount oi
molasses or syrup from half-pint to q
dozen gallons; q marvellous cheese knife
With which you could cut of half q
pound to half cheese; tobacco cut
ter that could nip plug of cav5ndsh in
TWO as easy as if it were brow: paper
presses for all kinds Of meat and fruits
and something that will make woman.
KIND rejoice 80 long as their. husbands
shall wear white shirts and their own
aimlty has to be immaculate. Thisgrea
invention il n sad iron; think it ough
70 be called q glad iron; tho handle iS O
wood and round like the handle on {
carpenters plane, it takes OF from tn
Iron while it is heating; no burned fing
ers. no hlis.e:-c;aa c;a i hands, nd, nc inward :='s=
Ing when they would have you thinl
they were singing, "I wantto be ~
sugei;" nothing but peace, serenity ant
Enoa :s. i-c::::as Il Z; ;s :idyvd Il fortunate :aa
whilo We hasA 1.s.i 't,c.AA AA4sA and hh
ce..i:ss.. rss..s, anu our waisul5, rua uu
Krnpps, that we' have also a clasa Of mel
Ike those representing the Enterprls
manufacturing Company, who devot
their gediuaahd,iheirylists 10 iifting th
lighter loads from the shoulders Of aegaI
ing humanity, and choosing those thing
which the, greater inventors conside