The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-07
A Few Remarks Concerning CeaA
Oil Stoves.

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Few Remarks CONCERNING CeaA
Oil stoves.
There are few new inventions Of arttclo
belonging to the household economy shieA
have appeared within the last ten ysaD
that have been received with mere favo<,
or which are of greater convenience thsa
COAL OIL COOK srovEA
Like the sewing machine they seemed toa
once find favor with the housekeepeS
crude and incomplete as were the first -
tempts to produce substitute Tor tine o.
fashioned cook stove.
Within the last two or three year5 SD
| Improvements have been made in their -
sign and construction that firstclass =
stove is now as perfect and efficient an -
ticle for the purpose for which 1t 10 -
tended as any cooking apparatus that q
made.
An item published in the daily pren
few days since, giving an account Of II
py which two VERSIONS were seriously -.
|jured. led one Of our reporters to investk
gate the affair and find out the facts Of tha
case, because large numbers of these stova
are in daily use and the demand for then
|
is danger or liability of their exploding, 4
is best the public should know it, or il ths
danger exists with one kind and not with
another, why, the unsafe should be d.
nounced. . rfu aqa
Nothing definite from the parties coA
cerned could be learned as to how the acok
dent occurred, or whether the stove -
ploded or was tipped over by accident,
though the general impression was thA
the boy who had the stove in chargA
(which was an old-fashioned one, noa
almost entirely out of use, and has pea
or tank between the oil tank and the fiso
which is intended to be kept full of wate1
so that the oil may never become heatedS
had filled this pan with oil instead of ~
ter, with the result as stated.
Knowing hit MEssRs. SPEAR & Co., d
! 142 Walnut street. were the first to intrs-
duce oil stoves into this locality, and thst
they had been engaged in handling thsn
in large numbers for several years and hsd
probably sold more than any other hOuD
in this city, we called upon them for q
little information upon this matter of eI-
plosion. One of the firm whom we found -
J much interested in the matter as any ono
could be, cheerfully showed US the differ
ent styles his firm are carrying this season,
explaining their different special features
of merit and their construction, show.
5 ing us several in operation whem
boiling and baking was being done, and %.
sured us that out of the thousands Whioh
they had sold, to 60 to all parts OF til
! country and into the hands Of all kinds Il
people, they had never known of an aoeip
dent occurring or of the oil exploding. PEI
haps one reason was that they never SOL
any but those which the severest tests an1
experiments mad demonstrated to be aha.
lutely safe from any possibility OF such ~
cident
A stove which they are selling large nun
bers of this season, and one which seemed
to us to possess several features OF superioE
ity over others, was the one known as
THE FLORENCE
manufactured by the Florence Machins
Company, of Florence. Mass, who arr
/. known throughout the world as the manu-
= facturers OF the celebrated Florence and
, Crown Sewing Machine The particular
: features of this stove are that it is made d
! cast and wrought iron lin the place of tin
+ as many others arel it has no tin reservoir
to leak no water basin to watch, and ha1
= no separate fountain with close wick and
: tube chamber, where gas will generate and
render an explosion liable.
I stoves to be absolutely and perfectly SAFE,
and when we have said that we have said
: enough, for the reputation of the house i
sufficient to satisfy any one that what they
t say is so. The Florence is made in differ.
: ent sizes adopted to large or small families
Q Two other favorite stoves, which they sci,
are the Summer and Fairy Queen, littls
: lower in price but in many points equally
, good. They can also supply any othsl
8 styles in fact all the varieties in the mar.
r ket that any first class house would like b
handle and owing to their large trade can
: offer better terms to dealers than any h0usl
: where their trade is comparatively limited.
: One thing our patrons may rest assured Of,
r every stove which they sell will prove just
as represented.
Q They also keep full supplies Of wick2
T. oil, and the furniture specially adapted ts
4 these stoves. They make speciality of ths
r celebrated ''Sterling" Chemical Wick,
which will last longer and give purer and
z whittier flame than any other, and emits %
9 odor while burning The firm are among
4 tho largest dealers in the city in Tampa
0 chandeliers, hall lights brackets and lamp
|, stock generally, also coal-oil, and petroleuu
fluid, and are one of the most reliabas
houses We invite those of our patrons in.
terested to visit this establishment and
make a comparison Of the merits OF ths
, different stoves in the market
Park is showing fine lot of sun umbra3.