Wichita eagle., 1888-07-12
A PROFITABLE BARGAIN.
Fo. q Glass of Beer a Drummer Gets Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars.

E1oc Q Glass OF Beer DruH1nueI NceS L W.
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
This may seem large sum for small
article, but it was virtually paid by a man
of great resources who had an ingenious e1-
,edient for saving the horse flesh Of tie
world About ten years ago veterinary
surgeon who was with the army in Bombay
found that the excessive heat of that country
caused the tops of the horses necks to sweat
freely and thereby produce sores under the
leather collars All the e1pedients that he
could suggest were of no avail to remedy this
state of things. .One-fourth OF the horses
used for draught purposes were laid up by
what is called ''sore neck"
This ''vetn in his younger days had studied
chemistry, and he found that sulphate Of
zinc was the best and almost the only cure
for horses ''sore neck, but the difficulty in
applying this preparation lay in the fact that
tie horse had TO rest during the times OF
the application, otherwise the collar would
rub it off and there was no chance Of the
horses recovery A thought struck him
that to make a zinc pad and put it under
the collar would at any rate prove an ameIl-
orative, and may be a cure. The man,
though ingenious in his way, was much
given to drink, and was looked upon by the
officers Of the army as ''ne'er do weel' with
bright ideas While this idea was simmer
ing in his mind and before he had put it
into an actual test be happened to be in a
drinking bar. His finances were at
this time at the lowest ebb, for his future
pay was nortgaged for all it was worth and
the publican refused to trust him with any
more drinks. An American drummer hap
y,opaj 10 ba re.T1rasanSiDr lar leafhar
house and knew good deal of the difficulty
with which the American farmers Of the
southwest had to contend The two men got
into conversation, and as a natural result the
veterinary spoke of the idea that was up
permost in his mind and said that he thought
that be knew of remedy of that most
troublesome of compla ints of which all horses
in hot countries suffered. The American was
perfectly convinced that he was talking to a
man of good ideas, though bad principles,
and asked what he would take for the idea.
II am awfully hard up and can get no
more drink on trust, SO will give you the
idea for glass of BEER
'sDonei' said the other.
The American at once saw that there was
probably millions in this and he conceived
the notion that the matter oozing from the
sores on horses necks would corrode the pad
and produce sulphate of zinc-thus the dis
ease would provide its own remedy. He also
saw that zinc, being non-conductor of heat,
would keep the parts cool The more he
thought Of it the more he liked it, and al
though his business should have kept him in
Bombay some months longer, he in a few
days took the first steamship for Liverpool
and then for Boston. Arriving at Boston he
threw up his appointment with the house..end
started the manufacture of zinc pads, after
obtaining patent for the idea, and is now
worth 100000 These zinc pads are used in
every country on earth and are the greatest
blessings the farmer enjoys.-London It'd
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