New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-21
THE LAWN MOWER.
A PROTEST FROM ONE OF IT'S VICTIMS

From The Hartford Courant.
The inventor Of the lawn-nower may have made
money. Presumably he didn't ear. for th1i,
ac,ers who think only to hand their names down to
postcrlty along with those % Watts. Frankli1. Ed
son ana the other Public bcncfactors IL made
"veiyety lawns possible. People WHO look upon
erald examples may bless his memory and declare
phone bette tnaa without tho lawr-mower.
mower OF the lawn, In 4 word he f. tn person
in the community who most fully appreciates the
descriptions of the horrors OF the cuban campo N
in the hot ana muggy weather Iiis work looks
pretty The SOUND OF the clicking blades makes
merry music through ia" street The odo: OF ne"
nown hay Is amo-i constant But AZ he plofs his
weary round day after day his thoughts run back
TO that fellow VINO r"volulicnized the lawn bust
ness by inyonting the mower MS lips do not
hopes the genius had &c disagrc"ab.e an experience
possible with the Grim K"aper's old-fashoned
before the Iawn-rnower came grass was the
desideratum- good. healthy grass ;hat could wave.
grass grew 50 high that the children got LOST IN
IT. some neighbrr who had I've stock 10 cater 10
kept a, tho rowcn stage. Not more than three or
four clips in summer were necessary for the
did not crowd in and choIc Mans toughest home
job was chasing pussy IN ~" Garden Ih-a iay:
breakfast at incoming and after dinner-ls com
peratyely a pastine.
the lawn-movcr invention. Farmers say they never
knew spch grass co" try r are right No Sne
moving is heroby emphasized some summers you
can feel. with SIR Olcott. that lawns are mowed
naut along that II may he hard. but you VIII not
have To- do II again for a week or ten days. This
States territory, experience cary taught Won that
your work ls rs cphomoral a. a N"w-fOrk r..
formers. you'll have to go over the same. ground
again tomorrow or next day, Tho grass VIII not
down. II is hard to subdue rs the FlipInas
II you let rain stop YOU The shooting blades Will
gain such strength in few hours that T. viii take
your machine through th"'n. Then you'll have the
additional labor Of raking and OF wheeling the
harrow Meantime uncutabe wire grass. herds
grass and grasses Mr.. Olcotts garden never
dreamed Of dandepns Pan,an and all wssds too
like mushrooms. You know. too, they are equally
energetic in the Garden. though you never get
The boys have left your wife has to gather You
must devote some time to outside business.
wear old clothes. There are about as many hoes
In for oil rs there are on locomotive. and every
one Of them Is nnappr9achablc nochnsr OF p h
ever your teeth viii BE- set on edge by the squeak
irg. II processes 10 cut grass on lawn It's a
humbue. II cuts only in the open and where every
thing IL smooth az 4 billiard table IL can't be
coaxel within six inches OF tree fence or under
plnning. and II will skim complacenily over the
grass that borders the walk and the driveways.
II does not want 20 usurp the functions OF the
hand-bstering pruning shears; II vii. bark the
run OF into flower beos. and the one thing II never
falls to slash is a stone piece OF metal on the
swsri no use wondering how the strengthening
obstacle came there; the lawn mower appears TO he
able 10 create IL.
They are class with those who would improve
the war management; Tantalus was better on
bnr 10 catch the litter The machine kicks out; the
machine forthwith kicks all around the cloih
doesn't GU: nj all. They lie awake nights yainly
rr.ving 10 puzzle out something that shal elevate
,se e % I nun yrve soi 70 se
espt the lawn mower Just A. It Ia Your only saliva