The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-04-18

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The hlasH8A i Ills Industry Ii n
iltii, r.iAntkai,ie Altinnrh 'he ftilts
i,svlf hna isstn known anil IN ~. II
n~si sn ntinftan4 Instances anil Ill
various part. II til rHnhirs fnr III
l~nst ihiits wears. II has nni until
rr.nil,. within III. last funr year.
CONS. tito general notice,
More ti,an twenty years ago haih
Wire felac. Nas known aud used ai
Austin, tn. IN ist,a n barb @lfe
fence was hnilt ah.l used M Hyde
Park. nne II I'll. suburbs ~ Chicago.
~ well known lawyer ~ that place.
~ liz nsaitl.ines mnts than twenty
years ago farmer ~ Mayiield, I'LL.
constructed valrh Il fence, several
other instances In Illinois. one In
Stephenson county. nnr In Kan. TO-.
aud one near Joliet have also rpnr,
~ light. II was nlsn nsrd In Court.
land county. n. L.. and somewhere IL
Ohio, NIL more than twenty year.
ago. And there nrc also other MI.
thentir instances IF It's use In differ
cnt parts III the country. or cours.
these Various fences differed la de-
/ tails Or construction somewhat. hut
\ obviously nll we're uifshotS from ii
single Idea, originally suggested hy
the common thorn hedge. This L,
apparent from the circumstance that
| In many Instances n common wire
fence has been found with the bran.
chcs al osase plants interviews
| therein.
When We consider how long this
fence has heen known. and how ex.
tcnsivcly IL Il now used. II may seem
remarkable II did not sooner come
into general Use. This. however, Ii
lcxplninud hy the fact that until ~.
Gently. In lisa. II WINS never made nj
article III merchandise. and OF course,
until farmers could purchase II lik.
ordinary wire. II naturally would not
be- extensively used.
The first burh fence which made Its
appearance as nm article Of mcrchaa-
disc, was that known rs the Rose
fence. 1t consisted of Il wood strip
driven full III harh~. and designed IL
b. hung upon the wires or IN ordi-
nary wire fence. Considerable nf
this fence WIS sold and used, and Ii
wns exhibited ut fnirS ns early n
i 1879 This nude Il very good fence,
but II wns difficult OF transportation.
nnd for this reason. probably. never
would have been extensively used.
/ Bnt the person Who first actually
| introduced bnrb wire fencing as M
article of commerce, md 10 whom, all
credit In the matter Ii due. II Jncah
Hash. of De kalh. Ill. And his sur.
cess Iii introducing II was due ID the
fact that h. first put II upon Spnols.
so'thnt II could III easily transported
and bundled, and also readily paint.
"a by dippin. the whole spool into Il
vat or tub. AZ soon rs Mr. HAIsh
had done this. It's value rs Z substl
tutc for the common board fence h..
came at once known, Il being more
durable, efficient and cheaper, nllt.
being found in this form III NIL thu
IL 4 Ia
general usr. NJ one now known II
entitled Id the credit ri invcnting the
nrticl. itself, al. no patent FOR Ii can
bc valid. The public however, III IL
some degree indebted 10 Mr. Hash
and Mr.. Rose, who first made Ii mn
article uf commerce.
The business grew very rapidly on
Mr.. Hai-h's hands. and his orders for
wire FROM the En>t were large nna
frequent. LII lh1o hn ordered four
ear LIQUIDS III wire from Mn-hbnrn 4
Moon Manufacturing Company. III
Worcester. Mnsr. This unusually
large order excited tho curiosity or
Nh. WA.hL,,rH III that company, nnl
lca him 10 visit De knlb 70 enquire
into the matter. H. then learned
from Mr.. Hush NIL about this new
: industry. nnd with Yankee shrcW.l.
ness forcsaw 10 whit immense pro.
portions tile business would likely
grow. liz accordingly. us stated hy
Mr. Hash In nj affidavit In one OF
, thu suits NOW pending III Chicago,
proposed to Mr., Hash such IL plan
Tor getting control ~ the entire bust
nraS. IL w hive before described.
Mr., Hni~h declined 10 enter into any
such scheme. The Washburn 4
/ Mocn Company, however, vet about
/, II al once. They dug up out OF the
Patent Office I'll old patent for q
: bnrbcd fence which had been grant.
ID ~ one Hunt, upon IN impracti
, chi sort .. thing, which never Inns
hccn and never Will l,r used, consist.
ing VI Il wire with cog wheel spurs
strung loosely upon II, tho design III
! The ingenious Hunt htsiuY 10 nvDtd