The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-30
FORTUNATE DREAM.
xy rNyFNTTON THiT rs BRINGING
MILLIONS 10 4 SIRICtSIN.
Nuii.n mud ~ Quarter thnt II hns Already
urnught Him The Sew Method or Making
80, ttou, nt "A Les. Cost than Iicrnre.

sno ,rVentor's story Of hi. Success and the
Muiion aud ~ Quarter ,hnt II has Already
u.,ught Him The Sew Method Of Making
Bc,er Flour at ~ Less Cost than Before.
syu,crsr. May 2o.-Thomas ID. Jones 5 sud-
scn loap from comparative poverty tothc possess
.t,rof A million IL the talk Of the town. lie saw
d,io.,. IN the common process of grinding
e,ur and by u simple invention that has rcmc-
dicd thcm, has made in less than ten months
,t25nOoo And. seemingly. this is Just the be-
ginning II what ho is To- make. The secret il
IN the dressing " the milestone that grinds the
wheat lie saw that. 10y the ordinary king
process too much surface was made on tho
,toncs. Tho kernel was crushed. He wished |
# To bc granulatcd. The stones became hot,
destroying tho strength and the color Of the /
grain. and taking ont the gluten. He saw that. |
ly lossoning the surface these defects must he |
overcome. and he set himself TO work to over |
cone them. He has succeeded.
Jones lives In q plain. but elegantly furnished |
housc at % Shonnard street THE Sun rc-
roror visiting him found all the neighbors
talking II his good luck, ms they called il. and
estimating his wealth at millions. lie returned
from Europe only short time ago. aud being
modest and unassuming had not proclaimed
bis ercu, success. as some might have done.
But the story would out and as usual it took an
exaggerated form. Mr.. Jones himself opened
tho door. He is Of medium height. portly. and
with somewhat gray hair and whiskers He
was perfectly willing TO tell what he had done
ard how it had bonn accomplished. and his
story was narrated modcsty and A. though he
were detailing the most ordinary of events.
am O Wcshman." he began; no Scotch
nhout me- as has been said. | journcyed from
wales while only three years Old. MY father
bought two farms near Brlgewater. in Oneida
county whore he yet lives; and In early boy
hood was apprcniirod as n miller 10 Thomas
Roberts. who ground gristS In Matcrville. I've
been irving to invent something all my life, and
In lesser attempts have sometimes been sue
ccssiul. saw that the old method OF making
-four NY grinding 1t between two almost smooth
stones DESTROYED the life Of the wheat. The
kernel was mashed to powder. My notion
wis that could improve II 10y eranulaiin- II.
must. therefore Invent some kind OF stonethn
would not crush the whcat-thnt would save
the middlines-a Stone that would not get
hot and bake the color out of the -four and take
its strength and gluten from 1t; my milestone
must have less surface. While | was thinking
It all over moved 10 Ohio. and there | tried 10
work out the problem by changing the boiling
cloths. That improved it somewhat. but it
wasn't the thing. hadn't got rid Of the friction
between the stones. didn't own mill. and 80
had 10 work ii along as best could, as II was
hard work to get any one TO bear any Of the
md making some improvements On the old
manner OF dressing stone. ! at length made an
engagement with the Throop Grain Cleaner
Company. now Of Auburn. 10 travel IT. gave
mo an opportunity to see many mills and mill
Ing processes in the country. | studied and
fiuded. and thought over that prolle while
was travelling thought IL over night and day.
even 20 worrying over II.
The grand idea hit mo. in dream. I put
mp at the ST. Charles Hotel in Toledo to stay
over Sunday. ] went to bed as usual, studying
and studying, and at length went to sleep, and
thought II all out before | woke W. Just as nat
urely as though had been picking away at a
What did you do when you woke 2,
-" said. have II ai last. We somethlng now
VIII VIII MAKE Sar more erc farrow Than land Mcrrs Viii
understand that expression. went TO Senator
Quaker. and told him | had something that
would give him all the mlddlings he wanted
cents to dollar barrel. He owned the Spring
Valley mills. and he told me 10 70 TO work and
rSnSSSs SSS fb ef @ we mil n Il %S jr PrncfB a dd
after that was OF one hundred barrels, Gighry OF
sold the new at 81 barrel more than the old
'"fwagted.to get more ltdentqtl?n. moro fur
rows. No. my process ISN'T cold blast on Min
5esoa oGr Or aHyhins i.: q that s0r' use
rubbing Of the sharp diamond quartz on the
ttone makes the indeniatons and, the mid
Instead Of having lis life crushed out,
Il costs nearly one-third less than the
u %S1h9a $ N5 faaG a ana can Be- mnsis sG &c.
~ the old way The only secret about II is how
tho diamond quartz i 4appli9a. hqRye pgt my
Pehnnld 4 Lyons and Darston & ROYCE, and
Booliitle, Ames Co of Oswego, and firm in
100000 In this country before met
Mr. Aipplsby O, Appleby 4 Sons Of Bla.k-
over and put il i IN Tor lin. did SO Last July,
Sold Lincolnshire to Marshall < Sons Of Grims-
~ ior $4,000. the neat little sum q, s75iNOO-
thht Is sold il rs agent for my wife. Mrs. Ellza,
beth Jones. who owns the whole thing, sold
the town Of HUI for 63OO0j sold 10 Davis "
t75oo Davis 4 sons turn out moro iour than
any firm In Great Britain and they use my
method They paid, me for the use Of their
Cornwall -on-t the Sea Tor 81 500. Three milling
Fms m Liverpool have L. an .acJ have I, n
forilngbridge md Dover, and Kent and Birk-
'hhedd. all 10 the tune OF million and quar-
Here Mrs. Jones announced that the mail had
gov" -ie said, '''''' 40 -" ''0'-'
Glasgow p soid Mr. Jones. that's what I've
Mr Jones read
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That's a fair sum-" he added. The last
gay was IN LONDON made one sale Of g.. 800.
- Nrrnt T. Ireland, and the Sh0cketons
o. Liverpool say ! am benefactor 10 the hu-
man IN'", and they have proposed the very nb-
honor
"Fslwqbout tho future, Mr. Jonesfp
a. t'ht propose 10 sell much in the United
stle7 now. ! can't bother with this country
lam here 20 improve my patents. and the work
II, N',ug manly done in Utica and Rochester.
4Le Mlnson Brothers in the former city are
ttrlnr.ns my machinery, and expect % sail
,I LNrrpool week from saturday shall 70
tHtuush France and Germany. tell you, sir,
"-9tes millions more in il than I've yet GOT
Mr.. KEYS PROCL4IITIOy