The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-12-06

BEFORE MANY. EYES. q
STANDING THE TEST LIKE A DAIsY-A3
TRIP TO WESTMINSTER YARN MILL
THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT UNDER.
FIRE-A BATCH OF oPINIoNs-THE
OUTLOOK OF THE ENTERPRISE-SoME
PROBABILITIES. s9 -as
ATLANTA, Nov II
On last Tuesday evening a party of
gentlemen met at the passenger depot at
8 O'Clock. They had been walked by
telephone, by porters and by each other.
soon after meeting and talking over the
inspiring purpose of their search. They
were going out on a hunting trip-hunt
ing Clement Attachments. -
Among the Attachment hunters were
Mr.. H. 7. Kimball, of the Atlanta cotton
factory; Cen. John B. Gordon, of Kirk
wood; DIR. J, S. Lawton, Inspector of fer
tilizers; Judge ]. t. Henderson, Commits
sioner of Agriculture: Col. E. P. Howell,
of the Atlanta Constitution. w. p. Orme,
capitalist, farmer ard manufacturer; Fred
Bell, of the sewing machine trade; Maj.
Chas. II. Smith, the famous ''Bill Arp;
Mr. Howell, mill-wright and machinist;
Jim Anderson, of the Covington Star
the undersigned. Keeper of the Chroni
cles, and some Others. 1t is not essential
to the purpose of this writing to detail
the adventures of the trip. | need not
dwell upon the delicious freshness of the
morning ride-the stealthy good humor
with which conductor Brannon coaXed
Us on the engine, where, under the keen
eve and strong arm of Terow er, the vet
eran of engineers, we were swept through
great clouds just blushing at the suns
Establishments, over the giddy crest of the
mountains, from which the meadows dot
ted with peaceful herds might be seen
afar, and panorainas rich with autumn
woods, forming cascades, all sparkling
with dew and aglow with sunrise, were
unrolled as if by magic. Ineed not dis
cuss the ravenous delight with which the
breakfast at Bolton was attacked, nor al
lude to the fact that it was served by a
son of cousin John Thrasher, who seems
to have inherited from that genial and
goodly purveyor the knack of poaching
eggs and the right to produce yellow leg
ged chickens. I need not even touch
upon the doubling fear with which this
writer-a sort of apostle of Clement At
tachmentism, who had looked at the
working of the little wonder with
thoughtful but professional eyes,
awaited the result of this visit of practical
experts. These things are not important,
! nor part of the notes of the trip. 1t
| is sufficient TO know that we reached
Westminster, and were introduced to an
| infinite number of Striblings of all sorts
| and sizes, and discovered that our party
had grown to about twenty persons by
additions along the route. Buggies were
provided for all the party save DIR. Law
| ton, who insisted upon riding grey
mule, which he did in the most stately and
! imposing manner. 'i 'sf -
THE LITTLE sscLEMENT" AT WORK.
Arriving at the mill, we found mod
est looking plank house at the foot of a
placid mill pond differing in nothing ap-
parently from an ordinary country grist
mill It was not running, as there had
been death among the operatives and
the survivors were off at the funeral. The
Striblings, however, soon had small
force on hand and announced that they
would start the mill. Before it was
started the two Striblings, who manage
it, spent an hour describing to the visitors
every part of tue machinery, which was
SO simple that its very simplicity required
Explanation. After every possible ques-
ton was answered, the water was turned
on and the mill was started. / described
its operation and mechanism SO fully in .
former letter that I do not think it neces.
sary to go over that again. The little mil
never behaved better. The seed cottor
fed into the gin came out in the most reg
ular and heecy silver that could be imag
ined, and the crowd had the best oppor
tunity of examining its work. Only one.