Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-04-04
The "Monarch" Oil Stove.
Is PROVEN A HOUSEHOLD BLESSING
As Demonstrated to q "CrOwded House
l~se ~oek Monday, by the Indom-
liable Curt Austin.

| Is PROVEN A HOUSEHOLD BLESSING.
As Demonstrated to a "Crowded House,
l~ss ~"ek Monday, by the Indom-
liable Curt Austin.
Last Monday afternoon, our old friend
and townsman, G. w. Austin, held a
public levee at J. F. Andrews s Sons
hardware store. Court" desired to meet
his old friends in a social way, so he pre-
pared an open public feast for all who
might choose to come. The lunch con-
sisted of hot coffee and tea and hot bis
cult and maple syrup-and good cigars.
We must admit that Curt" had an eye
to business in connection with this dis
play of generosity. The most of his
friends are probably aware of his being
in the employ of the Adams g. Westlake
Manufacturing Co. of Chicago; that he
has responsible and influential position
! with the house-and that this firm are the
leading manufacturers of oil stoves in this
country. The Adams s. Westlake oil stove
is considered standard everywhere. Well,
the A. s. w. Co. have invented new
stove for 1883, called the Monarch" and
curt" took this occasion to show his
friends what it was capable of doing.
The Monarch" approaches an ordinary
cooking stove in appearance the nearest
of any oil stove we have seen. The top
of the stove proper, or heating chamber,
So Io 81 *, Io1 wit +,
two 8-inch round covers, SO as to accom-
modate regular No. 8 steve-ware. The
oven is made of tin, with a lining of sheet
iron at the back and across the top. The
lining at the back serves as a tlue, which
carries the products of combustion up to
the openings for ventilation, which are at
the back and top. There is a warming
closet under the oven which is heated by
radiation. The course of the heat is first
under the vessels, then into the oven
where it circulatcs freely, escaping finally
through the ventilation openings as men
toned above. By this arrangement the
same heat that is used under the vessels is
used in the oven for baking and other
purposes. The Monarch IS the only oil
stove made that accomplishes these re-
suits. It is also claimed that there is no
Oil Stove made on which such variety
or amount of cooking can be done at one
and the same time. Tea and coffee may
be stepped by placing the vessel on tasty
rack which stands over the ventila ting
openings at the top of the oven. There
is also ample room on top of the oven for
warming plates. The Lamps for this
stove are complete in themselves and may
be used separately and entirely discon-
nected from the stove proper; but when
combined with them make the most COM
plete Oil Stove ever invented. For Iron
ing. ETC., they may be placed on or beside
the ironing table, thus saving many steps;
or, being light, can easily be carried from
room to room-a great convenience in
case of sickness. The Cornwall Patent
Broiler sold with these stoves is the same
used on the Adams and Westlake stoves
for several years past with the greatest
satisfact ion The Monarch Stove is the
only oil stove made that boils and bakes
or roasts at the same time with the same
heat, and that affords place to keep vic
tuals warm while others are being cooked.
Now, these are the prominent claims made
by the manufacturers, for the Adams q
Westlake oil stove, and we have good
reason to believe that they can be sub
stantially verified. We were called in to
Messrs. Andrews store to witness test
of the stove, and we saw pan of biscuits
baked brown in less than 8 minutes, as
timed by ourselves. The stove. in every
respect; seemed to work complete and sat-
isfactory. From seventy-ive tc one hun
dred people examined the stove critically,
and witnessed the operation of baking
and cooking, Court" acted as general
cook and exhorter, and Messrs. Andrews
& Son dealt out the hot coffee and tea and
biscuit and syrup to the spectators. The
exhibition of this charming household ne
cessitY was kept up all the afternoon,
from to 6 O'clock. Several stoves were