Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

come. those were happy days, gentle
men, and was the happiest man on
earth; for had not perfected the most
astonishing machine man had ever
dreamed of? How little then did
ever think that it would turn out to be
a Frankenstein that would rise up in
its might and destroy me at one fell
swoop. Yes. thought I. wealth and
fame and name will be mine as soon a
l get it on the MARKET"
wont you tell US about the machine
itself?" asked Cleaver. Cant you tell
Us the principle upon which it wa.
constructed, how it was operated and
all about it?'
The Man looked out into vacancy
for moment, and then crossing his
right leg over the LET: knee ard tap
ping the ash from his cigar, replied:
Yes, suppose I might as weu-row.
It can DO no harm. You see," he con-
tinued, in the first place it was an cleo
tric mixer. It's system Of guide wheels
was SO complete and perfect that it
acted as though it were possessed Of
intelligence. Gentlemen. that mike,
ran itself. 1t was only necessary that
the cattle be driven into a ter-acre
lot and the machine set going. Gen
tlenen, whether yon believe it or not
it is nevertheless fact that that ma
chine would make for the mich cows
only. It wouldn't run within ten feet
Of calf CT steer. It was worth 60
ing ten miles to see that mixer dodge
stumps. It's movements were the po-
etry of motion. It's four little leg.
swung along as rhythmically beautiful
as quatrain by kipling-"
But where was the milk collected"
asked the Doctor.
Il am coming to that" replied The
Man. From the tank Of the mixer
proper there extended back to the
edge Of the lot four rubber tubes, the
other ends Of which were fastened In
side porcelain bathtub standing on
its own platform OF the other side OF
the pasture fence. The tubes, being
on the reel in the mixer. and rubber
at that. would Of course stretch as
the ground covered by the mixer in
creased"
And, gentlemen. the strangest
thing about my mixer was that it
was its own skinner, its own churn.
us own cutter, its OWE stamper. YOU
think I an telling you an untruth- /
VIII explain As the milk ran through
these rubber tubes to the bathcur
on the other side Of the fence and
fell into the little vat there pro-
vided, set OF paddles were put into op-
GRAFTON that so jigsled the milk that
the cream rose to the surface almost
instantly. This cream could be bottled
there at cree and taken to the dairy
house. or wherever else It was needed
by the bathtub attendant. The re-
naming milk was handled II this way.
The aforesaid paddles did not cease
operations They Continued their con-
slant cburn1g until the butter had
thoroughly formed, when four knives
would drop from the top of the tub and
cut it into chunks Of the required
size. These would be instantly seized
by another set of paddles, which would
work the butter and roll it into long
bars.
That was al there was to the ma
chine" said The Man. 1T was upon
that machine that I based my hopes;
It was by that machine that they were
shattered"
How" asked Cleaver. Didn't you
give it a trial?''
Yes" replied The Man "And thou
sands are the times since that I have
wished I hadn't"
what about the tria1:''
1T was made out in Washtenaw
county, this state. had managed to
interest dairyman by the name OF
Sutherland, who lived about six miles
east Of Tpsilanti. Itock the machine
down there. It was a beautiful day
n early sumner. It was the grass
butter time Of the year. Iset up the
pasture I stretched the tubes over
the fence and connected them with
the mixer
When all was ready SCI the ma
chine going.
"Gentlenen, you should have been
there.
Il shall never forget the result O,
that trial as long as live.
with a whirr and a rip Of wheels
that mixer started for a mich COW
about ten rods down the pasture.
The COW heard the noise and turned
Instantly her ears and tail stood per
pendicularly parallel She gave one
deep low and made break for the
open even before the other cows in
the field had had time to observe the
cause of her fright. She dashed
through the rail fence and broke for
the road, with that mixer after her.
At the shattered fence the machine
heStated an instant, owing to the
tubes having stretched to their ut
most, then with a snort, it seemed to
NE. the milker tore loose from the
wires and rubber Of her fasterirss and
darted after that cow. On and on she
sped-the cow. And On and On down
that country road dashed the mixer.
The speed of each was awful. Suther-
land and I ran across lots to head of
either the cow OF the mixer. but when
we reached tie road. half mile below