The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-10-22

pletely enVelOped with q continued
sheet of the weed, the proceeds of
which, makes 50 happy and pleasant
the home of the farmer. ! behold viii
lagos and towns where but short
time ago the hazel bush claimed right
To the soil. An enterprisng spirit is
manifested upon every side, through
the bosom of the tall, dense timber is
seen the curling smoke from the Chin
ney stack of the engine; the fields are
made noisy by the inventive genius of
progressive people; many depart
ments of labor once 50 tiresOme, we
now fold our hands and see .arried on
with speed and ease beyond the grasp
of our imagination.
Every little town | have had the
pleasure To call at, am made t. think
that the speed of the progressive wheel
Is increasing every day; each day
/ witness new inventions and peculiar
ly constructed plans for money-making
of which, a few weeks ago my mind
had no conception and to do Justice to
the inventive spirit and ambition of the
people of one little town (Spring Lick
which had the pleasure to take in on
my tour, will embrace i'm my remarks,
! found TO be genial and hOspitable,
ambitious and enterprisng, which was
perceptible in every locality that met
my gaze. | here found two wonderful
inventions, a chicken coop constructed
by \. G.. Rowe 4 Bro. and "a pump
power by DIR. II. l.. Raine, which is one
of the wonders of the world.
a complete description of these COM
plicated inventions | think language
is inadequate to give.
In the construction of this wonderful
chicken coop, it has two rows of de
partments classed of into LIST, 2nd, Sd
and 4th stories. The object i'm the in
vention of this coop is the manufacture
of eggs at all seasons of the year. Ii is
81 arranged that the eggs in the top
when laid will all roll to one side when
they will rest on a wheel, over which
extends IA belt; on the outside of this
belt is bucket to every story that will
contain as many eggs as required.
When certain number of eggs rest
upon this wheel the weight will raise
small catch which will set the entire
machinery in motion; each bucket
passing through the entire coop and
small brand-box attached to the bottom
of the coop. Each bucket will let
down sufficient amount of brand to
bury its own eggs. The above mention
ed belt carries each bucket into an egg
case when they empty their contents,
leaving sufficient quantity of brand
to prevent breakage. When the box
is full, containing "a certain number of
job eggs the weight bearing upon a GER
tain little spring will cause the lid to
fall; the eggs are counted and ready
for shipping, without any attention be-
ing paid them.
Being SO impressed with the peculiar
construction of this wonderful inven-
ton, and seeing what inventive genius
was accomplishing for our country, and
having learned of this valuable pump
power erected over DIR. II. J.. Rains
well, but little insisting, | was soon off
to witness the operation of some more
of this little towns genius. When |
arrived at the well | beheld an object
which will weigh about three pounds,
placed upon a box about the size of a
martin-boX, and this upon the well
frame. To show me how il operated,
and the capacity for pumping, the DIR.
took hold of the handle to work il the
motion was so quick and rapid and the
handle short that | thought the water
ran out of his coat sleeve. The DIR.
says the getting up of this valuable ma
chine cost him about thirty cents. Ii
will be much admired by all passers-by
it is easily observed from the T.. 4 Z.
II. II. 1t resembles in appearance,
formation often seen hanging from the
ceiling of caves or drippings from pair
of bullet molds.
The time is not far distant when our
chickens will ship their own eggs and
place the money in our pockets; and
our wells furnished with perpetual
revolution of a column of water from
the bottom to the top, making this
world a second Paradise.
a few such men in all the towns
through the land, would lift the head of
the temple of fame in our country, and
battle it in the silvery clouds of Heav-
ell. J X. T..