Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The An -ican Institute Fair is now in
progress and a throng Of people, apparent
| lyas curious and interested as in previous
years. crowd the ai-ies. According to the
statements ot the managers the crowd is
larger than eyer before Coming into the
large building the visitor IS puzzled TO
know where 70 begin sightseeing. and it IS
wise II he viii at once relinquish any hope
Of being able to investigate fully every
feature at one visit. Machinests, farmers
and housekeepers are the three classes that
find the most 10 please their tastes In
machinery hall the largest crowd surrounds
the artisan well borer. machine similar
10 those used in the Leadyile mines. It
has already sunk a shaft 1Oj feet deep.
| mostly through solid rock. The well con-
tains s. feet OF water, and furnishes most
Of the water used 10 the building. A
sturdy machine that crIshes pieces Of rock
to any desired size is much wondered at.
a universal grinder having steel discs.
reduces to any degree OF fneness a long
list Of substances, ranging from iron and
gold ore to grains, rubber and shaving
the latter being prepared in this way Tor
| bedding for horses. 4 cider mill also at
tracts much attention. Turning Iathes
and scroll saws occupy considerable space,
the latter being used for such elaborate
work as producing portraits Of the Presi-
dental candidates.
Many interesting machines are in the
main building Here on the north side
are large number Of sewing machines
/ and buttOnhUle sewers. with operators in
| charge. A machine near these manufac-
| lures paper bags, from roll Of paper,
| with great rapidity, and here also is an in
| ventIOn that rolls, fills and gums cigarettes
! There is potato masher with the appalling
capacity Of a bushel in six minutes. Per-
haps the most ingenious invention shown
is one which receives loose tobacco in a
funnel, wheighs it accurately. packs IT in
cloth bags for the pocket, presses it into
shape and delivers the filled bags at the
| rate Of thirty a minute, on a revolving ta-
bic, where a man stands to draw the
mouths Of the bags together aad the oper-
alton is finished. a second person is re-
| quired to feed the empty bags to the ma
! chine. Other attractions are the glass
| blowers, the telephones, the type-writers.
and the art gallery containing many pho
| tographs and crayon drawings. There is
a large exhibition OF furniture, with all
manner Of spring beds and easy chairs to
| please the weary.
Periodically some band Of fossils pro-
Tossing to hold an invisible commission
| from on high to prosecute heavenly work
in the world, meets to discuss the wicked
ness of men. Upon the shoulders of these
| intellectual mummies rests a weighty re-
| spOnsbllity. Their mission is to turn the
world from friyOlity to a serious contempla-
| tion Of heaven and hell, and tithes and
| things like that. One Of these bands is in
session in New York. On Monday the i'm
portant question Of amusements was intro
| duced, and some old legacy from bygone
| age, whose heart seems to have been just
about large enough to fill his brain cavity,
| said that Christians ought to find in pub
| lie and private prayer all the relaxation
| needed in this world, ald he triumphantly
| established his point by asserting that no
| where in the bible are we told to laugh!
| That ought 20 settle the matter. Now let
| everybody NOPE about with face as long
US this servant of the Lord pretends to
| wear and we shall all be happy--in heaven.
The trial Of the action of Charles Dean
| against Mrs. Theresa p. Bell, tie wife Of
"a San Francisco millionaire. TO recover
Sj, 900 for alleged services as her travelling
| companion aud escort, attracted "a large
aud curious crowd into the Supreme Court
/ bafppa Tuetiaa nwiUht ou Tunlluv Roth
Of the parties were fashionably dressed.
| Mr.. Dean testified that two years ago Mrs.
| Bell engaged him TO travel with her to take
care Of her property and generally to look
after her interests and comfort, for which
| he was to receive u reasonable compensa-
| tion. lie accompanied her from San
| Francisco t. other principle cities Of the
| United States, and acted as her escort TO
| theatres, balls, or wherever else she re-
| quired an escort. He also guarded and
| protected a quantity Of diamonds, which
another witness, jeweller, testified were
worth $22j,000 He went with her to Eu-
rope, and while they were at Paris she dis
charged him, In answer, Mrs. Bell claim
ed that she had fully paid Mr.. Dean for all
| his services which she considered Of little
value. He had attached quantity of her
| property thus compelling her to stay in
| New York at an expense Of $500 week.
which she put in as cOunter-claim.
John D. Townsend for the plaintiff, Robert
| II, P. Tighe for defendant.
Cash-boys are being done away with as
fast as possible in New York. A Grand
| Street store now uses a brass railway upon
which small cars convey bundles and bills
to the cashiers desk and return with the
change. This is a needed improvement,
and the cry Of leash boy!" will soon be a
thing of the past, much to the pleasure Of
our large shopping community.
October %, 1880.