The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-21
MONTGOMERY BOYLE,
Electrician.

the very latest mode and tired smile
worn down almost to grin on his face.
''Be seated" said.
'3nanks, that is my card, Montgom-
cry Boyle called for short Gum Boyle"
and he made the weary smile get up
and show itself once more.
81 beg pardon" l said, but the pro-
fession, electrician, what does it mean ?"
Professor" said he, perhaps you
are aware that science is taking such
giant strides that she is knocking the
heel lifts off her shoes"
1 nodded assent to the plain PROPOSE
ton.
"Science," he went on, "carres our
messages over the electric wire in writ
ten and spoken words. The laundering
press sends its white sheets over the
world, while steam annihilates distance
and liver pads annihilate pain. Ma
chinery performs the work of man, and
the laborer stands and looks on with
his hands in his pockets. Weather sig
nals warn the world of storms and
Virgins prints our almanacs. Peace
unfurls her white banner and gets it
perforated by Krupp gun. Vast rail-
roads have gone into operation and
several into bankruptcy. Education
and religion 90 hand in hand; but
through all the triumphs of science YOU
will observe that electricity is the motive
power. Electricity speaks, writes,
moves the car, lights the street and
home. Electricity does everything, and
it remains only to demonstrate that it
can now do our cooking. 1 have with
me in my wagon the acme of invention,
the ne pins ultra of genius, completed
by Mr. Edison at Menlo Park, August
10, 1885, and now for the first time on
exhibition, the electric cooker" You
wish to sell, | suppose" | gently limited.
."Sell nothing" said Mr.. Boyle, 81
wish to showmy machine and lecture to
your class in applied philosophy" On
giving my consent he backed his wagon
up to the door, and by the assistance of
four of the young men unloaded and
carried into the lecture room what
looked like large cabinet organ. This
he opened, showing a bank of keys
with about five octaves. Above the KEYS
We're about twenty stops, as IN ordinary
organs. After we had looked it over he
cleared his throat and commenced as
follows:
''You are aware chat electricity may
be permanently stored in cells and
carried any distance or any length of
time. This electricity may be- used as
desired and in any quantity. A package
of charged ceRs may be placed in a
street car and furnish the motive power
to run it or placed in a house may be
drawn ON to run an electric light until
exhausted. | may state that | have
now in this machine charged cells con-
tanning five thousand candle power of
heat. | generate the heat as | need it
for cooking These keys instead of
notes in music, each of them represents
condimem or spice or seasoning used
in cooking pepper, salt, vinegar, Wor-
cestershire sauce, etc, etc. As | touch
key the desired ingredient drops into
the general receptacle and seasons a
dish. Thus the production of a meal
becomes scientifically exact and is a
prelude, symphony, an overture
played on this delicate instrument
Thus | pour in pitcher of water, con-
meet the stored electricity in the cells
with the cooker and steam instantly
arises. l touch this key and salt is
added; this one and pepper falls into it;
this one and a handful of rice is added;
this one and we have beef extract; this
one and a delicate odor of mace is
added; now | remove the con-
nection, take out this dish, hand
you q spoon and ask You if
this is not genuine booyaw soup, pro-
duced in one minute. | see YOU are
pleased with the soup. We hold a
patent on it and it can be produced for
eight cents per gallon, boon to board
ing houses and charity hospitals. You
observe the stops above here Pull this
one out and you have a boiled dinner
This one and you have a baked pudding.
This one and you have Goldfish balls
This stop alone took years hard work
in invention. Please observe that this
machine may be learned as you learn
the piano or organ from sheet music
We furnish sheets for every desired
menu. Simply play the instrument
according to the notes and you have a
perfect meal. When in operation we
shall also furnish cells containing the
electricity at nominal price | am
about to demonstrate to you now that
this machine is nearly human in its
preparation of food. l pull out this
stop and commence to play" We
observed chat his hand trembled and
the cold sweat broke out on his fore.
head AS he commenced to touch the
keys A grinding sound was heard in
the instrument, it rocked to and fro on
the floor and some of us crept up and
gazed in awe. The stop he had pulled
out was marked in large letters "HAsH."
After a moment of Hnearthly interest he
stopped playing, opened a slide and
took out a tin dish with about two
pounds of as elegant hash on it as ever
gladdened boarder's heart A shout of
applause went up from the eager stu
dents, and a mad rush took place
toward the smoking dish. He lifted
his hand and silence fell on the room as
he continued the lecture: 1--WE were
aware that any machine of this descrp-
ton to succeed in America must be able
to produce the National dish. Edison
wept when he undertook this feat How
was he to determine the number and
size of the hairpins to allow to the
pound; what quantity of bones to grind
up; how much red flannel to allow TO
give it the right color. Genius for a
time was at stand still. He had
samples of hash from Greenwich Street.