The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-23
Patent Stump.Pullers.

Inc latest special 1rauu upon 1arm-
ers is WilliamV. Horton and his stump
clearer. William V. is in New York
in fact, in Nassau street-and he adver-
tiseth in the country papers to the fol-
lowing effect. William v. says:
"Stmps! Removed without Bor-
ing, Blasting or Burning. By our pro-
cess, new and old stumps can be effect
ually removed from the land the first
three months at a cost of less than half
a cent per stump. Enough material to
kill and remove 250 large, new stumps,
with instructions to apply the same,
sent on receipt of 81. A boy ten years
old can apply the material to kill and
entirely remove from the land Z5O large
new stumps per day."
More than this, William v. sends out
circulars which set forth the excellence
of stump extracting in full. If one-half
these claims are true, the readers of the
american Agriculturist ought to know
it, especially as the headquarters of the
stump-puller were not very far from
our own Office. The matter was of
sufficient Importance for one of our edi-
torial staff to make personal exami-
nation. He went to the place in Mas
sau street, and found the usual narrow
stairways, the numerous offices, the ar
ray of motley signs, but no a" Horton"
or " "stump-puller." Then commenced
search upstairs and downstairs; he
was told that there was no Horton in
the building; was informed that there
was a Mr.. Hoyt. At last, somebody
recollected that a letter had been di-
rected to Mr.. Horton on the floor be-
low, and, after much search, the local
habitation of Horton was found.
We give our associates report of his
experience: "I found myself in the
presence of a young and plump-looking
man." "What will you have, sirp"
he said in very welcome tone. 81
wish to inquire for Mr.. Horton" said.
"William V. p" "Yes-the man who
has a way to pull stumps fast.'' 'Well,
he's not in Cthey never are]; he is out
in Piedmont, N. II. There is no such
place in the Gazetteer or Post Office
Directory1; but we do his business in
his absence, and, If there is anything
special, can send to him." 81 only
wished to inquire about the method of
pulling stumps, and see some of the
material which you use, If it is some
sort of chemical" William VS. au-
thorized agent then took me back into
his little Office and gave me a chair.
He said: "The substance which we
use is a white powder" az should
like to see some, as friend of mine is
greatly troubled with stumps," said,
growing interested. "Well, we have
none of it here to-day; we expect some
every hour. Our orders are supplied
directly from the factory. Our letters
come here, and we open them and send
them directly to tho factory to be fill
ed" I saw the factory, which stood
near my chair, and it was filed. felt
so sure of it that no questions were ask
ed on that point. "How is the pow
der appliedP" I asked the sage of
stump pulling. "You drive two nails,
one at the root of the stump and an
other at the top, and connect them by
a wire; then a pinch of the powder, The
showed me how to take it up, with his
hand1 is put right on the head of the
upper nail, and this produces current
OF electricity, and in q short time
about three months-the sOhole of the
interior of the stumps disappears"
THAT is quite wonderful, and it must
be great saving of labor, for we find
it takes a stump several years to rot
down, and it is hard at the bottom"
Yes, it is a great discovery and in
vestion. You see it is electricity that
does it, and we do not know how much
electricity" said: ''That it was true;
lightning can perform many wonder
full freaks" and spoke of the vivid
lightning which we had during the last
two days. There was q pause, "a still
ness for a secondhand, not caring to
be interviewed as to my stumps, their
number, locality, etc., thanked the
philosopher and withdrew. p. She
said: '.If the bark doesn't loosen in
about seven days, it is best to put on
more of the powder. American Agri-
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