The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-24

ering apples from trees and for cleansing th
| same Mabana, Benson, 1865. an sutomati
| folding gate; G. d. Brainard, Danville, 1861
| a bag holder; A. Whitman Jr., Londonderry
| 1884, q beehive; W. w. Townsbeud, Add
son, 1912. cheese press; J. Underwood
Moptpelier. 1850, self-acling cheese press; H
Kendall, Dainty, 1913, improvements in th
construction Of cheese. press; A. b. Arm
strong. Dorset. 1871, a cheese vat; A. Bailey
PouItney. 1881, a churn; o. r. Tyler. Brat
tleboro. 1852, butter working cburn. Thi
was made by revolving paddles operated by
crank, and Is In use at the present time. S. Fl
Scribner, Stowe. 1867, combined churn ant
bntter.worker; s. H. swasey, Morristown
1868, barrel churn; P. Edgerton. Rutland
1870. churn dasber; A. c. Mason, Springfield
1866, churn gearng W. A. Lewis. Spring
field, 1873, churn power.
For House Wives.
G. Perkins, Burlington, 1867. invented q
machine for rolling dough. crushing sugar
and the like; j. c.. Loveand, Spring
field, 1866, dough kneader; G. Il
Gross, Montpelier. 1867, rotary dough
dresser for use In a bakery; A,
Brown, Springfield, 1870, an egg holder
j H Fairchtld, Hlghgate, 1862, sap bucket
used In the manufacture OF maple sugar; j
Bullock. Brsttleboro, 1866, sap bucket hoop
j Currier, New bury. 1868, sap bucket.
FIG Butler, BELOW Falls. 1871, invented
an evaporatng pan for making sugar: j
Thomas. Hsrdwlck, 1870. device for regula.
ting the flow of SAP to evaporatOrs; II G Gil.
hertz Cambridge. 1867, evaporators; j Smead,
East Wallingford, automatic feeder for evap-
orators.
G Mills. Johnson, 1870, invented new
form of fence; 7 Lambktp, St Adams, 1869, a
new form of portable fence; Il NJ Naramour,
North Undcrhill, 1865, a gate.
Grain binding machines were invented In
1859; tanning and asserting machines, 1858;
grain hulling. cotton seeds, rubbing down
whetstoues, 1889; grain separator, 1910; era
ding machines, 1855. K W Adams, Marble.
70. 1903, invented grist mill; E Holtop,
Westminster, 1885, mill for grinding grain.
Vermont Scales the Types for all.
The invention of the platform scale by
Thadieus Fairbanks In 1881. was OF impor.
lance to the world. Erastus and Thaddeus
were doing business at st. johns
bury In making ploughs and stoves.
and dealing In hemp, to facilitate the
weighing of which Thaddeus invented the
platform scale and received his first patent
Tor Ii in 1881 The distinguishing features OF
It were the knife edges which carry the
movable parts. To carry out successfully the
of scales, special machinery was
invented by him. More than thirty patents
nave been issued to HIM, and numbers to
other members Of the firm, revolut0nfzlng
ne construction of Weighing machine, which
nave retained their supremacy.
Early in 1856 Mr. Frank NJ Strong OF Yer.
,ennes, workman In the Sampson scale
works Of that city, made special study of
Weighing machines with a view of Overcom-
ng the wear upon the plvots and bearings.
d has been stated that while engaged In this
tudy, holding grape shot In bis hand,
t slipped ami rolled upon the floor,
triking the wall and rebounding; this sug.
rested The novel idea which be afterward IT.
orporated In the scale. He said, III l could |
,ut the platform of scale upon balls like |
hat, whenever any weight struck 1t rudely |
ould arrange the platform so as to have the |
urroundng frame receive the shock, and !!
hereby increase the life Of the scale.' BY |
flowing the platform to move readily and |
ulckly all the vital parts Of thu scale are
thoroughly protected.
This, IN short, constitutes the principal
Inference between the scales OF the compa.
les, Howe and Fairbanks, although minor
differences exist In every style of construc.
lon. There are today more than 20 different
manufacturing firms engaged in the making
I weighing machines. and yet these two Yer.
nont firms outrank them all In Importance.
Some More Brattleboro Inventions.
( the Rebellion was making such heavy de-
hands upon our army, Samuel S Pike OF Brat.
leboro, invented q portable cannon. to be
transported about the field by hand, used up
n q light gun carriage, or upon the deck OF
hip. He described his scheme to the writer
I his shop on Birge street, and showed q
l0del illustrating one method OF construction.
n Its best form it has since been worked out
. the tripod class of small cannon, and in
be rapid re form of constru ction now being
Introduced In the navy, minus the reco.l or
apid fire system of dlychareiug. look upon
as tie conception of the krupp wedge sys.
I'm of firmatu Q. AMI EN- oracirg also the sim
lie fire of the rapid fire class.
Mr. Pike was a gunsmith of rare talent; he
1as consulted by Samuel Colt IN regard to
ne making for him Of his revolver, and OF.
,red for the sum of four hundred dollars 10
Dnstruct the ii rst revolver. agreeing to mike
10 good style. perff CT 10 operation and frs
ASS In workmanship, that should serve as n
erfect model to be copied In subsequent
Mr. Colt thought he could ge:
done cheaper, but afterwards tod Mr. Pike I
I his error 10 judgment.
William Gould of Brs'tieboro, was man
peculiar fertility of mind IN matters cor
pcted with water works and appliances. In
;J6 be inventfd improvements In fire engines.
1t probably his greatest invention was In q I
achine for making lead pipe, and lead pipe
ith tin lining. This occurred between 1910 :
I'd 1850. The msch!ne was finally sold for
d iron about 1850, although some OF the
inor parts of II are now at the old shop on
lark street. As both of these inveLtions
VOWED large Interests sni immense sums Of
oney, II IL singular that they never came I
to notoriefy. hut DIR Rockwell says that I
orr Bradley took two strangers there to see :
e machine. who were 10 the Interests of one
the parties of the lead or tin pipe litigation. Z
About 1915 a patient at the Vermont Asy- Z
N, by name of Willis, Invented the locking Q