New-York tribune., 1891-02-15
THE CONTROLLER ~ PRACTICAL Use.


day or two ago The Tribune printed an ac-
count Of the Snilss Patent Horse Controller, a
Chicago electrical invention for stopping run
away horses lou simply touch button in the
carriage. and the current is communicated T. the
hors" by wins concealed i'm the lines, and the work
is done II seems that II is already coming into
use in the nrghborhooI of Chicago. thorough
trial Of il having just taken place in Englewood.
n prosperous suburh.
There lives in Eng,cwood LADY named Miss
Trltmorr As the Miss would seem to inLi-
cate. she Is unmarried. We do not know Miss
Trotmcrr's aer. No man knows Mis-, Trotmorc's
age. with the possible exception Of tie DIS
reputable census man who descended on En-P-
wood l,,t June Bat the wicked. Of whom thc-c
are great nuLibrr, in LngicwoJd. have II that
Mss Trotm0rc j. - near forty rs She is thlfty.
This may be. bat u argues nothing against the
lady, and as for her not being married. il is no
doubt wholly from choice. as She is and always
las been. a most attractive young lady. OF late
youn. man named Henry Garfield. about
twenty-five years Old has been turning his attrn
tiou toward Miss frotmorc but his actions have
been marked by a painful absence of force.
which Miss Trotmorc has attributed e. his
Youth The kind lady has encouraged the
young man in all of the simple little maioienish
u. but to no practical purpose Henry keeps
horse aud carringc and has taken Miss Trotmorc
out rdng frequently. bu' even the potency of
long MOONLIGHT drives has failed 10 cause the
hcsitatmc Young man Ia say anything to the point
thuu.h his general conversation has been cyl
cuuraging Mis- IrOtmOrc has always affected
more or less distrust of horses and carriages and
the other day when She read of the SnlegS Con
troler she instantly decided that Henry must
have one She told him about it, aad that very
afternoon he sent into the city and got and
adjusted il ~ his carriage. Tie had no sooner
done 10 than he drove over 10 Miss Trotrnorrs
and proposed that they take ride and give the
invention a trial. They accordingly drove oil
up the Cicero Road and amused themselves by
letting the horse 20 at a fast rate and then
bringing him up with the controller. 1t woriicd
admirably. and i was beginning tp grow dark
before they turned back They took a shortcut
by what IS known as the Swamp Road, but before
they were halfway home it was pitcl-darls
Henry knew the way perfectly, however, and no
opnrchcnsion was lelt. They c1mt To- very
muddy place in the road and the horse was pick.
inc his way carefully across it VIXEN suddenly
he stopped as if pctrilied. Henry did not know
what was the trouble and used all of the Ian
puape allowed in good society 10 accelerate
the motion of horse, and even touched
him with the whip, but he would not bulge
f. suddenly occurred 10 the young man that
the controller had got turned on in some way. but
tbourh he worked long and earnestly, he could
moi tnrn il of He told Miss Trotmore candidly
that il would he impossible to set the horse or
| carriaqc out of the mud before morning At ths
the lady displayed great CONSERVATION, and eyen
showed signs Of tears. something which moved
the Young man deeply. He got ont and explored
tho immediute neghborhood and found the mud
| inther more than a foot deep. Miss Trotmore
| declared that she could never walk through IT..
| Mr. Garfield gallanty offered 10 carry her 10
firm carth but at this she almost screamed and
went in earnest The young man became much
| ooitated. and said tha, he saw but one course
they must remain in the carriage till morning.
lie had scarcely uttered the words when Miss
Trotwood screamed outright and wept hfrrsh.
| The young mqn was greatly wrpleXed, and
| cat on the dashboard with his head bowed, while
the lady sobbed hystericaly and declared that She
cou,d not remain there during the night with man
The agiated young Mr. Garfield saw hut one
| covrsc-he got of the dashboard and threw him
self at her feet. lie had long loved be told her,