Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-09-09
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A correspondent Of the New York
world tells af some curious petents
which have been granted the cranky, n
not crazy, inventors of the country,
among which are come funny once, In
deed. An illuminated cat for frightrn-
Ing rats snd mice wss patented In 1874.
Another patented cat, equally funny,
bat of finer utility, u . sheet Iron cat,
which u operated by clock-work, and
has q bellows inside Ia furnish the breath
On howl With. it Il provided With steel
claws and teeth, aud voc betidc the dar-
Ing midnight Thomas that dar~s to tack.
" u. You wind lt up and place u IN
your hack shed. aud Get u bowling. AL
the cats In the neishborhcod soon Jump
for it, aud its poisoned claws Nil every
our that IL struck by thcm. The inven-
tIons for smokers are .o many that . d.
vision of the patent ofilcc has been given
az In them. There are umbrellas that
can b. turned Into plpcs and pipes that
can he turned Into canes, anil there are
some Inventions for cutting Oh the euds
of cigars. A lovers gate IL . gate that
swing. both ways. and can be raised ar
lowered To suit the slrc 81 the lovers.
An adjustable pulpit, on somewhat the
same principle. is also patented. Among
the curious things IL . patent machine
for forcing hens Ia lay egg, and there
are numerous ones for the prevention 10
their eating their own eggs ar breaking
them. Many of the patent hens nests
have Ave or six false Eggs. glued Ia their
hottoms. aud the inoocent hen drops her
rgg on trap which iets Il slhle down
Into q box beneath; the trap then
springs back and the nest IL ready Tor .
second laying. There IL one branch %
the patent ONCE known n that of the
cow-tsil holders. There ARE patents for
holding horses tall. ss we'll I. cows
tails. The most curious among them,
however. IL the patent 90 q Yankee Who
has Invented an adjustable fal.c tall for
horse.. 4 Western man had patented
q shisld la prevent horse from bsing
cut by wire fences, aud this consists 80 q
sort ~ armor ~ padded cotton or leail'.
~ vhlch !. strapped around the meek.
breast AMI froni legs of the horse. An
other way ~ preventing horse. from
hurting themselves on these fence. is
found la the electrical division. tn.
sire. are charged With electricity, ani
when the horse gocs against them be-
get. q shock which drives him hack. In
the same division there !. q contriyance
for preventing horses from cribblng.
IN. manger !. charged With electricity.
anil "a. moment ih. horse attempts to
crib d. get. q shock. Then there !. q
chicken hobblcr, consisting 81 q spring
attached Ia hen. lex, ~hhh, u the hen
attempt. to scratch, Will NOV. her on
ward, aud Will. In fact walk her RICH,
ga, ~ thu garden. The patents Ia make
women beautiful az. numerous. There
ar- fac. powder. by the hundred, aud
bust lmpro,cr. by the score. III. no.s
lmpro,sr !. Que ~ th. most curIcu. III
these crasy patents. u has made, u Il
.sid, q fortune for its Inventor, aud u
consist. 20 q metal she'll formed 10 I've
parts, which arr connected by hinge.
| IN. .hstc 81 lis in.ii. IL that ~ per.
fec, no.s, aqullip-. Roman or Grrclan,
I. may - preferred, and u doe. lt'
work In the night. The patent state.
that III. no.e .hould - fret well hsibe,i
Ia warm water. Ani then grcss~i With
olive oil until u 10 thoroughly .of'sn"i.
Aftsr TIL. III. impru,er !. to b. siisch.'i
anil ,b. pcr.on u.ing II IL to 20 "a bod
aud .i-.p until morning. ~ nrsi u u
.aIi that th. operation Ia somewhat palm
full, this war. 81 IN q few nights, aud
the .oft cartilage IL the no.c 5000 bs'.
GIN. Ia s..un. Oh. form 81 ID. beautiful
.haJ. lmpro,rr. ~ ID" cni of slghi
week. the .xp~rlmentsr has brani-bew
nose, which rrmslns With her, NO