Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
About Corkscrcws.
The ~rk,

30 facilitate the removal %: ""a
from bottles. WI n u cork nro s"F 8
from the neck of the to' tie ,ar ."''s'
to admit OF grasping it with theb ,,,sh
elinching it with the teeth, a corl'""u'm
is unnecessary. But when n cn. gteN
flush with the bottles montb
through nnsNill nj MI lipulation. Ut,
become lodged down in the nect As
corkscrew is MT only a convenion,..s
but almost a necessity. The bottl" ee'
be emptied of its liqrid contents nay
crowding the cork down ,hro,nh ,ppsy
neck with a pc holder or II o,S "a'
suitable Article that may DE at banIIF
but this method OF opening a bottinaii
generally rega ded rs i~neierant. !"
There are several kinds of corkscrou,
That which has b en- the longest in w.
is The simplest. For several hondr,ss
wears it was the bes. unit! a pcn;'l
added an improvement VIII CHI bsyonnh,
it toperfection. J he ptilncval cork. cs a"
consisted of a wire, po ntcd at one end
twi- tedintoa piral with about five ,nrN'
tempe ed SO rs TO give rigiiity to it .na
provided with a wooden handle H.
that Of q gimlet. The spiral part ~
tile w,re was about two. inches )on VI
after being twisted, the part la,
straight was of about the same lenrt6
and the wooden cross piece W.,
round, and about threeinches in lengtn
and half an inch in diameter. Tna
handle wa made fast to The metal NV
putting the wire through q hole in ny
wool and clinching 1t. The metal was
not FURNISHED, nor was the VOID mol
ished or painted. 1t is safe to saw Tho,
there never was a corkscrew joj wh;c%
could not have been &c omplishcd
with one of these primeval corkscrews
The name of the in entor of tbs
corkscrew has not been handed down
to these generations. He lived befoa
the days Of lete s patent. 1t is held
by a certain school Of theorists that hs
was no other than Archin cdes. 'rh,
similarity Of the corkscrew to the spir,l
of Al, himedeS is "a theta. The 1ork.
screw a not ha G u constant ca lati,n
for the pit h varies not only in different
screws, but in the di.ercnt spirals of
the same screw. A cor screw fash.
toned after the cquat' on OF the spiral
OF Archimcdes, with important modii.
cations. would be serviceable; but there
seems to be no SUI licient rea son for b.. |
lieving that Ar himcdes invented tina
corkscrew.
An important Improvement in ccrE. |
screws is mentioned in the ~toreooiDs
In order to comprehend its value, tn,
praati al use O. the ordinary corkscrcw
must be understood. The bottle i,
gras ed 10y the neck with the left hand, |
the top of the cork is p licked with the
point OF the spral, aud abo It tx or
seven half twists are gwen to the cork
screw. Tie body OF the Dottle is then
grippcd between the kne -, and y lit |
ing force is applied to the c.rkscrcw
and through it to the cork. The re-
moval of the cork is accompanied BY q
sound which may be airly inflated Dv
putting the left foretinger in The mouth
with its end against rne inner surface
o. the RIGHT cheek. initiating the cheek, |
and then removing the finger by Il quick |
push against the yielding right hand |
corner of the mouth. His perfected |
corkscrew has the blunt end of tie wire
brought back through the wooden
handle and twisted AFRO nd the sten OF
the cor.screw TIL it comes down TO the
top of the spiral, where it is woundino
q conc nitric coil. When the SPIRAL has
sunk into the cork the blunt end of this |
coil strikes against the cork near its |
periphery, and with the purchase thus
obtained the cor is turned around in
TIC neck Of the bottle and withdrawn
far more gently than with the uaim.
proved co kscrew. A GOOD article o;
the perfected pattern may be ouch:
Tor about fifteen cents in almost any
general store in the country. In a cut
Ter establishment n tn CITY the prce
would not ieoper Sevcnty-five cents.
There are other 90 pIicat ons whtca
are intended to increase the usefulne,,
It the corkscyew or make it more coy
veniently porab e. A metalli contr;-
vance shaped like the bow of q Jews.
harp, is substituted for the wooden
handle, aud the stem Of the spiral is
fastened between the en- Is OF the bow
with a pin in such manner that the i'm
plcment may be shut up like a pocket
knife. This pattern of portable cork
screw Is adapted 10 excursion OF pie
MICS, where there may e bottles ofmilk
to be opened. There is discovery eIabor-
kind of corNsrrew sold in some 0.
the drug stores and cutlery establish
ments. 1t is nickel plated and looks
as formidable as a toy st am engine.
1t is so constructed that at,r it has
been adjusted the engineer has only to
keep o. twisting and The C TX will be
hoisted high and dry. There are q few
rules regarding the use OF the cork
screw which are generally observed by
the elite. The place 10 the corks: rev
IS not by the side OF the hostcss's plate,
Champagne bottles are not opened
with u corkscrew, nor condensed milk
cans, nor c%ocoanuts. Any crson who
has tried to take small cucmbe pickles
from a bottle with q corkscrew VIII
ever attcrwa"d endeavorto have a pickle
fork a hand, i lie d cs not 90 to the
extreme OF having the pickles. removed
from the original package before they
are brought to the table. 1t may De
set forth rs a general rule that any ST.
tempt TO utilize the corhscrew for any
purpose other than the removal ofcorI
VIII result in embarI assment, and ha
pest not be tried except in privacy
N. Y. San.
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