Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-10-16

tive merit and general application. Is
Ladd's Eureka anti-shaft RATHER. This is
a steel spring to take the place of the rub
Der which is put in the shaft coupling to
prevent rattle and wear. This spring is
made a continuation of the yoke which
holds the clip to the axle, and with curve
comes up behind the shaft part of the
coupler, and by its force holds it firm and
strong against the bolt or pin which fas-
tens them together. In this coupling pin
only is used-and with a pair of tongs
made for the purpose, the change from
shafts TO pole or vice versa can be made
in about a minute. 1t looks to be cheap,
effective and lasting. Mr.. Rice was
awarded diploma on the antiratiler, and
silver medal on the combined articles,
The GoUdell Manufacturing Company,
Antrim. show several articles, first u in
terest with farmers being seed sower for
broadcast sowing of grain, grass seed, etc.
This can be best described by beginning at
the top, where bag hangs by strap
around the neck of the sower. The bot
tom of the bag is fastened to small hop
per, in the front of which there is an open
ing through which the grain passes into
the sower," which in shape and size is
like large, quite iaring coffee cup, with
the bottom broken out, with strips of sheet
iron one fourth of an inch wide running
from the rear outwards, and adjustable to
control the throwing the grain. By turn
ing crank like pairing machine, this
sower is made to revolve rapidly, throw
ing the grain evenly and rapidly over the
ground, taking land" of forty feet in
width. This is an implement which
should be better known, and would pay for
more general use by our farmers. They
make another power machine which may
be attached to the hind end of wagon,
and put in operation by connection to the
hind wheel, when the driver just drives
on with his cart and the thing does its own
sowing, while the driver. in a reflective
turn of mind gently whistles, What shall
the harvest beP" This company also en-
ploy about one hundred hands in making
butcher, shoe and table cutlery, which are
all hammered goods. They make table
knives ranging in price from 80 cents to
S24.00 per dozen, and make speciality of
hot-water proof handles, which are dura-
bile and handsome. They also show apple
parers in several varieties, parers and
slicers, and a corer and slicer combined.
OF farming tools and implements there
is large exhibit by Everett & Small and
Ames Plow Company of Boston; the Hig-
ganum Manufacturing Company of fig
ganum, which were chiefly of articles well
known, and are put in mainly his an adver-
tisement for the firms.
Fruit made fair show only, though
much better than that OF our state fair, but
the poverty in either place is surely not
owing to scarcity of truit-perhaps the
prizes don't pay for the trouble of showing
it.
In ART HALL the show was very good,
but there was a lack of articles of the
poorer class, which was very grateful to
the artistic eye.
Thursday was the great day, and the
financial success of the thing is assured
already, though it continues through Fri
day. We gratefully acknowledge the cour.
tesy af the Ulcers of the society, and the
kind attention of the Mirror C Furme,
folks, whose kindness we hope sometime
10 repay in kind.
Here rs at other fairs we have attended
: the keepers of the eating stands feel the
hard times, the receipts in many instances
) not meeting expenses. Visitors bring
their lunches. enjoy home-cooked foor
and save their money, and have heal
better time. The peddlers do slim bust
ness and people are getting over some o.
the extravagant habits engenGered by the
plenty during war times of currency o.
fictitious value, and are coming to firmel
basis and more healthy tone which is in
separable from a proper appreciation o
our financial condition and reaching tht
= hard pan of gold basis, which is the ac
: knowledged unit of the worlds standar,
of values.
This we believe closes our attending
fairs, and finishes lots of hard work.