, 1879-01-21

st'c l"rE Saa. J1r. II.
One t1ag Inst Wcck, Just alter the newspapers
had announced tbat prof. Edisnn would take q
vacation before completing the task Of liscoy.
ertng an anttdute for The e1cvatcd-raIlway
racket, plcasant-fooking gray.1,alrcd woman
boarded katn at Fifty.nnt1, street, and made
her way to-tl1e renr platform OF tho last car.
There she stood while tic train was rattling
ntong, until conductor came out aud said TINT
lie Tas eosry 10 interfere with her entuy-
tuent, but hc should be compelled 10 request
Madame 10 step inside, because passengers
Ecrc not nlioWed to ride on tho platforms. The
wuEan expressed herself as being tnfnCd To Five
hin airy trouble, but said TINT She was riding
l!lcre fur purpose, md that she aho,i reinnln
there ,lnlcss he choss to curry her III. the
at the shilling face and atl,I1c furlli, usiI &C.
treated to tile otl,er end Of tho car On tic pro-
vsous dur Edison ha,1 ridden III the road with
stick III Ills mouth. trstng 10 learn where tho
sol!nd ca1ne from and how Il Gould he stopped !;
a:l man who aat Just tnsidc lie opc,, tlour
facet.ously remarked that pcrllnps the wot,,au
on the rear platform was tho Mcno Park wizard
III disguise. Sic replied that she xas not Ei,-
sou, only Ills substitute willie he was taking Ills
After riding the length Of tho Metropolitan
Elevated Railway, thu smiling grav.Itarci
womnn returned 70 her hnuse at No G3 West
Iwsllth street, and began whiting out with q
pcnknitc model uf tho structure on whlrh tho
tracks are la!d. Two sssg!rs, for which sI,n
hlt pa!.l focr cents, Furnished tho timber, aHl
paper Of pil'a furnished the necessary bolts.
In tie cellar Of her house she oct up her morl,
anu expctiihcnttd I'll secret, hrnntl lDltcd
I0urs. with tlcVicc for absorbing tllu sound
produced By thu c!cYate,l-rltlway tralnt. totu
In june she ntie1 Tic Patent Ullfee of her in
tentlon to nPply FUR letters patrut OH n Aes!cc
OF that kind, aud 0a tho 3ast Of July rAYeat
was duly flel. After tlotug this slle went Il,
Alr. Beard with her plan, mud arrangements
were n,aslo to ha7c tho, devicc tested on
thu metropolitan linc:. The rtsult OF thr test
invention 10y slo.0txl, md agreed to pay ilcr .
llbrrlI royalty OH sales OF rights to atlcs cu,.-
panIcs. The invention consists sl.up1y
of boxing tho rnlls with sand an!
tlmes cxcrrt In very co!l weather, tue sound IL
very tiiuc tcatlcncl BY ta ,levlGe, but When it
s very Guild the effect IL not nearly favorable
The woman WHO thus got ahead ii Elsuu wliIlu
West Twelfth street. She Inns already received
$f,0N Of the sum which the Metropolitan Ete-
waited Railway Company Will pny l,cr iur her
patcMt.
,rllis i. not the frat time Mrs. Walton Ia.
brought forth an invention. Shu otlee Invented
III !nipruyGl steam whistle, which renscu her
husband so much TINT le Invited tn u fricntl to
sre u wors, which friend was 50 pleased wlsh
i that he a. onee got Il patented aud cheated
f,g device likely to be her Inst Invention. for
she is now engaged on the model Of u evntrty-
ance which, s!.o says, will Lc used iu eyer;
house In New Yurk before tho cnd OF two
ytara: She tlcrtiurs to give my hnt OF its Ia
lure, but SAYS the application for patent viii
b9 made wlthin q few weeks.
Mr. =. 1}rlsac, vi u Fourth avesiue, saya that
tho boxing device Is Ills, aud that tho Mctrapu.i-
tan Company refuses tO pay him for using It.
Investigation d'scIoscs the fact thai l,c il ol,e
OF ten different pcrsn1is who have applied for
ratcnts for substantially tue satne invention,
Each lsas bccn officially tn!ortacd trn the Pat
cnt Ot1Eec that bis or hcr application Interfere,
Will rccclyc cyldene OF urlorty. Atr. beard,
who has cflargc Dt tic matter for tho AiciruuoI.
tan, tays that undoubtedly Mira. Walton was
ahead III tiIc rest IN ding her papers, There l..
question eau ou legally settled. SO many H.
vcutora worked Ut tho unse problem, and all At
the sa,lc time, tllat rival rlaus 10 my loYice
selected were inevitable,