Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-04-13

| the knobs of window springs From au-
| thentc records there appears 10 be nc doubt
| that Franklin Wheeler also studied out and
made the fret working model Of 'breech-
loading, six-shooting revolving pistol' ever
made or invented. This was when he was
s years old, and his revolver anted&tsd
Colts by ii years.
| d. Nj. Smith Of Springfield invented
machine for making hooks and eyes which
was marvel of ingenuity, and one of his
workmen, Alvin Mason, rn ie an attach
ment which counted them, put them on
cards. and boxed them ready for market.
! A single one of these machines cost $40
600. 1t is believed that Mr.. Smith was
the first inventor of the typewriter, and
parts of his original machine are now pre-
served at Springfield
Rufus Adams of Randolph invented the
first spring steel pitohfork. This was about
| 1927. Before that heavy forks forged by
blacksmiths, and fastened into sticks cut In
the woods, were the only ones used. In
| 1920 Frederick Porter of Spring field while
engage in card covering by hand, invented
a mach ne that would make the hole, in the
| ather, bend the wire, cut it Off, and insert
it ready for use This machine was not
patented but was used for many years I'M
der lock and key by help sworn to secrecy.
Silas Harris of SALISBURY was the first
man to invent and make carpenters
squares.
The best machine ever made for gradual
! ing carpenters Iosket rules was that OF j..
| Hedge OF Windsor. He perfected his inven
ton in Brattlohoro, where il was used in
the rule factory of f. A. Stearns d Co.,
and is still in use by the Stanley Rule and
Level company of New Britain, Conn.
An interesting inyenti) III in IL lin. already
mentioned was that OF Arthur Field Of
Springfield who. in 1880, made the blade
OF hoes of two layers OF metal The inside
| or upper part of tho hoe was taiu b alo ot
tempered It ell while the other side consist
ed of Il thin layer OF solt iron. These two
were welded together. The soft iron, while
it protected he steel from breaking, wore
away more quickly Ga the bottom edge and
left cutting edge or thin steel, acting as q
sslf-sharpeusr. He al,o mads an improved
socket for the handle, ana the hoes, which
he manufactured as long as he lived, were
held in high e.teen by farmers.
THE MODERN COOKING sTOVK.
An invention described in detail was that
OF the p. r. Stewart cooking stove, about
1886. Stewart was nun OF pnissiounry
and benevolent impulses, and his object wos
to meet the wants OF poor Inca with a stove
which would at once cook cheaply and well.
His idea vas to use a single stick of wood ss
large as mans arm, tp into three pieces.
These pit cos, laid side toy side, would 70.
burn, 50 he turned up the sides OF his sheet
iron fife box, bringing tho sticks close to-
gether, suspended the fire box INTO The oven
10 give heat all around, ana with tina tire e
STICKS DID the baking fer himself and wife.
A single additional stick on the Goals al
ready maio sulticed for ironing. Thus
.l,.
was the modern cooking stove developed. -
Gov. Fuller described al length the differ
ent nveniions for quarryin2 and channel
ling marble, watch were the work OF Yer
mon.eis and which have revoutouizcd
this work vryUhers. Tie perfected ma.
chine is hat OF Aired Ball, now the ELI
olsnt superintendent OF the Sullivan Ma
chine company OF C.arenont, n. II. |,
works equally we'll in MARBLE l!me'tone,
sa ndstone and treestone, aud IS used ia the
bsst quarries iu Vermont as we'll as a. over
the country.
THE FIRST STEAMBOAT -CLAIMs OF SAMUEL
MoREf FULLY ESTABLISHED.
10 the lie Of Robert Fulton, by Knox
it is related that Samuel Morey, betweer
$50 aud 1894, made experiments on the
Connecticut river by propelliag boats bJ
steam. The facts appear to lie .hese: Gea
Israel Morey OF Hebron, Conn, me we'd t.
; Oxford, n. H., in 1865 and TO Fairlee, Vt
! in 1852. He soon after obtained u charte
for ferry between the towns OF Falrlo
} and Oxford, across the Connecticut river
} he hau five soma and two daughters. Tn
second son, Capt. Samuel Mercy, is withou
. doubt entitled to the credit OF having in
vented, built and operated steamboat a
7 his fathers ferry between Oxford and Fair
lee 10 1890 to 1894, or more than u year
, before Fulton constructed the "Clermont'
t on the Hudson river, and is the person oil
ludsd to in the biography OF Robert Fulton
Rev Cyrus Mann of Oxford, y. ii
3 states that ne saw a steamboat made b
/ Morey i'll successful operation upon the Con
: nsoticut river at Farlse before 1893. Ii
? also states that he built larger boat tina
= ran from Hartford to tue city OF New Nor
, in 1874 where 1t was seen by Chancellor
: Edward and Judge L:vlngatOn and msu
others. he also atirns that Morey ex
g hibited it to Fulton and that there was cor
, respondence between him and Fulton.
A l73' Moray built steamboat at Borden
o town, n. j., and ran it between there an
9 Philadelphia. This was side wheel boa
e and is we'll authenticated. Morey built
;. model of his stea boat and took 1t 10 Me-
t YORK and there exhibited 1t, as he caimed
o 10 fulton, Livingston and others, the mod'
;. Of VIII ca is now in existence and in the pc,
y session Of his heirs, and will be exhibited
d t1s exposition in Chic,go. III, origin,
engine in the boat which Norey first OF
n Grated across the ferry at Fsiree. ne after
! wards placed in larger boat which he Goa
= sttucted and called tue Aunt Sally an
i tooS TO Fairlse pond and piled IL there; b,
: being unsuccessful in introducing it int
commsrclal life, he became discouraged an
9 sunk the boat III Fairlee pond. During La
b winter party having knowledge OF tt
b search OF waters has bsen cutting holes in IL
J. Ice, making careful examination OF II
r pond with the hope Of discovering the r.
y meins
u Morey died in 1913, and down to the do
Q of his death he claimed that he gave ii
l. idea to Fulton; that at one time thee WI
= a bargain bstwseu them, and that, becau
g of its non -fulfillment he felt that ne WI
& greatly wrongsd, as we'll as having his il
y venton appropriated by another. In r.
y gard to this charge of Morey. Prof. Thur
10 ton, in his life, gives full creience to Il
IT | claims a Moray AZ tn fha in Of | IL