Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-29

u . auid and Light apparains for The
rapid generation Of carboaic acid @.
II was 20 light that It could b readily
carrisd about by one man, and proved
Of valuable assistance In putting cut
small firss- he sold the patent ON his
to certain manufacturers for
$4,000 in cash, and II has long been
known in the market as tho Babcoek
fire extinguisher. He afterwards in
vented q soda fountain, u method Of
extracting gold from ore by the vacu-
UNI process, various electrical sppli-
ances, and in all had taken out about
80 patents, not one OF which has proved
q failure. The first process for con-
verting cast iron into malleable steel
was invented by DIR. Boynton, and
method for coloring buttons and glass
ware, which has long been in success
full operation, was the result Of his
genius.
AT the time Of his death DR.. Boyn-
ton was perfecting . patent wan
plaster, and he was just about to close
negotiations with parties 70 put IL up
on the market. On Saturday, r. L.
F. Strashy, Of Owen Sound, Ont, made
arrangements with him for the patent
night for Canada. A glance at the lab
oratory Of the dead man showed cubes
OF plaster and thousand and
one things pertaining to the in
vention. Mr.. Strathy says the secret
OF the invention is unknown, except
in one or two minor discoveries. The
doctor was always careful TO preserve
data pertaining to his Inventions DIR.
Boyrion was also interested in the
coarse salt manufacture, in partner
ship with Lyman A. Stevens For
many years he was interested in the
Boynton tar roofing. utilizing the coal
tar refuse from the gas works. He
sold his interest in this . few years ago
TO other parties.
SIT was the Doctors knowledge Of
geology that enabled him 10 denounce
the Cardiff Giaut- He maintained
from the first that II was humbug,
and showed conclusively that the al
legged prehistoric man was . fake.
DIR. Boynton was with DR.. Henry s.
Tanner during bis famous fast in New
York City in 1850. and It was the
doctor who furnished the press with
daily bulletins of he faster's condi-
ton. DIR. Boynton also tasted himself
for n period of twenty days. The ex-
posure Of the famous Tewsbury aims
house horror in 1883, when it was
found that human skin was being
tanned into hide, was first brought to
the attention Of the public by DR..
Boynton. He was also the president
Of the Father Columbia newspaper.
published in New York City from 1851
10 1885.
There were few more regular attend
ants at the sessions OF the Onondaga
County Farmers club each Saturday
than DR.. Boynton-
For the past few years DR.. Boron
was deeply interested in collecting the
history OF the Boynton family, and
today the compiled records of tina,
family, stand completed, although no.
ye, published. DIR. Boynion was mar
ried three times. His first wife was \
Miss Susan Lowell, Of Maine, by
whom he had two children, who sur
vive, Randolph II. Boynton, an OPP
tician OF Portland, Me-, and Susan
Boynton, of Boston"
Brother Hale sends with the fore
going. the following additional data,
supplied by himself:
Several years after he married a
second wife, lived with her a few years
and then divorced her. In 1876 or
1877 he married Miss Caroline Har-
riman, Of Georgetown, Mass, who is
niece Of Elder Henry Hartman, of
Utah, one OF the Presidents Of
the Seventies. J. r. Boyn;on is a
brother 10 Henry Harriman's wife
Clarissa, and also the brother Of Olive
b. Hale, wife Of Jonathan H Hale
my father. Mr.. Boynton, before his
death, sent me the genalogy and record
of the baronets OF the Boynton family
in England, also the Am srican Boyn-
ton directory"
John F. Boynton was . member
Of the original Quorum Of the
Twelve Apostles selected by the
three Witnesses to the Book Of Nor.
mon on February 18th, 1885. When
they were arranged in the order Of
seniority, his name stood eleventh
on the roll. He apestatized In 1888,
and his place was filled by another.
Brother Hale states that since DR..
Boynton's separation from the
Church, thirty-two years ago, he
has never been known to speak n
word to its disparagement.