The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-08-28

STABLES
This is true alike OF tus tools used by the
farmer ami his sons, in the fields, and by the
:armer's wife aud her daughters, III the
louse. Many things that were formerly
iisagrceahle and toilsome drulgery have
become almost pleasures, what was formerly
lone by hard hand labor being now per-
iormed by machinery driven by steam or !
Irawn by horses in the fields, and much OF |
5he hard 81 labor of the household also being |
performed with machines and improved
,ools, that usel to require weary hours OF
hard and slow work. In no field of labor
has the genius of invention wrought more
marvellous or more beneficial changes.
F,RuERs WORKED LIKE SLAVES,
from the earliest dawn of day to the last
lingering light of evening, fifty years ago.
and then did the chores and men'ied thelr
tools by the liz hit of the great fireplace or
tin lantern furnished with tallow dip And
their wives toiled earlier, later, and still
more incessantly.
The outfit of a farmer in 1S40 even if he
were pretty well off, was about as follows IN
the way of tools and implements: One heavy
lumber wagon tod style and clumsy); two
plows (heavy of their kind and harrow,
also heavy and clumsy iml lenent; heavy
hoes, a heavy spade, a heavy pltchfork,
rake, sheep shears; one log chain; one chain
for wagon, plows and harrows; harnesses, II
he had horses; yoke for cattle (home-made)
ak, a few carpenters tools (every farmer
| was then his own carpenterl, iron wedge Tor
splitting rails fails (home-made); cast ron
shoes for sled or sleigh (had to make the
| sleigh himself, and it was heavy and strong
enough for loggingl; two iron rings for
maui made the maui himselO cradle and
scythes for cutting grain and hay by hand
labor That WIS pretty good outfit, too,
| for those times.
The wife's outfit was fully as meager.
| She was
| LUCKY IF SHE HAD A CHURN.
| Generally she hadn't; but had to use a tall
| lar, for which her husband made Il wooden
cover with a hole in it through which to ply
homemade dasher. Some had rude COOK
stoves. but more depended upon the wide
fireplace and CHIN iey. Her pots and pans
were few and heavy, her dishss ditto Often
she had a big loom and spindles with which
she spun the yarn and made the cloth fol
the fsmIy, and then had to be miliner,
dressmaker and tailoress for the whole con-
cern, men and boys, women and children.
Tire light steel plows Of all sorts, the cui
tivators clad cruShers, threshing machines
corn huskers and shellHrs hay cutters, sect
ami grain drills feed grin ling mills, separa
tors, light steel spades, fnrks h ,os and rakes
and the scores of other handy tools and I'M
pements CT to-day were totally unknown
| And so We're
. THE HOUSEHOLD TOOLS
| now so common. The sewing machine
cherry stonar, apple peAlar and carer, knit
ting machine, the elegant cook stove witt
all its furniture am! deems of Other tcol
; that the mod n housewife must have, wer
rot then invented Life on a farm was the
a perpetual wearing grind of hard manua
labor Young men of to-day can hardi
realz. what farm life used to lie; but th
old pioneers can tell them what a wonderfu
differences invention and improvement hav
made
This Improvement is still going on. Fac
| year briu rs out new inventions that becoEl
necessarics in short time. Modern fam
life has become something like manufactul
ing, am. the modern farmer, with his fin
tools and machines, needs to be something L
an educated mechanic.
FARMERS FAIRS
nowadays are devoted as much or more
the diaplay of machinery and tools as t
agricultural produce In fact, the shows c
| implements and machines are generally th
most important part. They give farmer
| opportunities to compare and select the bes
implements and machines, upon which HI
success now SO greatly depends, AMI whic
make his work rapid, easy and profitable
But no ordinary farmers fair can adj
4 | quately display what he needs. 1t require
}. a great exposition to which
WHOLE CONTINENT CONTRIBUTES
| exhibits of the latest inventions, improv
ments and adaptations in labor saving mi
chimes and tools, 50 that the farmer ca
have all the advantages of a great gatherin
of the hest and latest. Such display wi
be afforded by the Detroit Information
: Exposition, Sept. II TO %, when no lc
u than fifteen acres Of space will be con
/. pletely covered with exhibits of all sorts
farm machines and implements, from IL
latest pow to the big steam thfeshiHg m
chine, and from the best hoe 10 the mo
!, economical portable engine. Besides, Il
vast machinery hall will be full of machin
and tools, many of which are used
farmers. Aud the farmers wife will fiji
also all the best household utensils and tool
from the very latest cooking range, SEWN
machine, and churn, down to the neate
g device for making butter pots, the late
L. fruit jar can, or the newest patel
:, crochet machine. And there will be also
+, WORLD OF OTHER ATTRACTIONS;
grand concerts, banl and other tourn
II ments. games professions, races, a graz
ID display of paintings and statuary i'll gre
II art gallery, and everything that inventio
a manufactures, or commerce has to show tn
is beautiful, rare, costly, curious or useful.
They Want Our Shoe Factories Now.
CINCINNATI, Aug T.-Several shoe ia
"A tories in this city have been asked their Sc
ing price. The offers came through t
Bradstreets agency, and were represented
coming frnIh E lglishmen who were alreaC
in the east, where some purchases had be
made. Unlike the brewery syndicate tt
shoe factory syndicate offers cash for all pr
chases, their purposs being to run each ia
tory bought as an individual concern, u
der charge of a manager.
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