Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-12-14

a. In over ti.. doorstep too tired ~
a. pale ani fa!atin., Is he sat down. n"
grain hroagAt - lie tavn. the shea'fS
were unbound ana i rem on i threshirS
nspr. am: tva men u.;I fails stood oppo-
site each other. ltoaE a!t"r hour and DAY
a.;er day. pounding the wAeat oat ol .hs
stalk. Two >tro tes, apt then cesSahon
q: SQUAD IunmQ. taurp, tuuinp* thunp.
.Aamp. thump nounie ONCE ~nd then
turGei o~c- TO ha pounded again SLOW;
ver- slow Ihe hens rpcklei and e4ucAea
lv III, door an! piekei NJ IN" loose grams
/ aua the horses ,ls,t asleep aud doztnS over
I ;he mareer, wAhIrlthe hay aad "eeH.
Can you imagine ansthin, II ore heautl-
m than the sea island cotton. tnkc nb
+ tie unme,iet snow in my hand How beau
ts:cl il is4 But 80 you Know rv what ,-ains-
taking and tedious toii X rassed into any
thing like pract!caii's' Il You examined
/ TIA. cutton, you would Ind IL iuli 81 seeo>:
. /, Was IL severe PROCESS ~ -hica iae seed
was 20 be extracted from the aber Vast
lof ulations were leaving the South be-
T eaU>c thev could not ruaA- any living our
a ttis rrcduct. ope pound ot green seen
cotton was all haA a 2uan could prepare IN
one day tut Eli Whitney, a Na-eaf husetts
Yankee. woke up cot hnhdini 81 cotton
and went IL constructing u wheel Tor tAo
parting of the fiber ana the seed.
Teeth On cylinders, brushes on cylinders.
r.leels on wheels. South Carolina gave
- 80 Geo tor his Invention. and. instead
@. one man taking whole day to prepare
pound of c5ttQn for the market. now II"
may prepare three huudredweieht. and the
South is enriched, aud tho commerce o.
the world Is revolu:ioniz"I. and over -
600 000 bales OF cotton were prepared this
year. enough to Keep II WORK in tili- coun-
try i SEQ 00D spindIcS. employing -Iuu0D
hands ana enlj-tins >2oI 100 coo Of capital.
TaAnk YOU. Eli Whitney. and l.. :. Chi
chester of New YORK. Ills Successor Above
all. thank COL for tl,cir Inventive Eenins.,
that has tone~so mach Tor the prosperity
OF tie world.
Thirdly. look Is $40 what the whee. lras
done ior the trayelin1, wdrl' No one can
tell how many noble and self sacrtI"inlc
inventors have been crushed between tho
coach wheel and the modern locomotive,
between the paddle and the ocean steamer.
] will not enter into the CONTROVERSY as
to whether John Fitch or Robert Eniton
or Ihomas Somerset WAS the iEven-
ter OF the steamboat THey all SUI
farei and were martyrs of the wheel. and
they shall be honored John Fitci wrote:
"Ehe 2l-t Of January, lIi}. was the fatal
time Of bringing ne into existence. know
of nothing SO lerp.eXiDS AMI vexattous TO
a man or feeling rs "A turbulent wife and
steamboat building. l experienced tho
former and quit in season. and had | been
in my right senses 1 should undoubtedly
have treated the latter IN the same man
ier: but, FOR one man 10 be teased with
both, he must be locke ei '.pna rs the most
unfortunate man in the world"
See the train move ont of ono o! our
great depots for "A tloneand-miie jour
Aey! All aboard. Tickets clipped and
baggage checked AMI Iaortcrs attentive 10
every want, undcr tunnels dripping with
lampness tnat ne7ar .aw the hight: along
Iedges whero an inch OF the track would
be the difference between a hundred men
living and n hundred dead. full head OF
steam ucl tT:, :Ge1 =. tsa a!Ceai"o otiva
charged with all tine responsibility OF
whistle and Westinshous broke. Ciankf
clank! go the wheels. CiaIki cIank! echo
the rocks. Small villages only hear tho
thunder ana see the WhirhTind IA the train
shoots past. n city on the wing. Thrilling.
startling. sublime. magnificent spectncle-
q rail train in lightning procession.
While the world has been rolling on the
eight Wheels ot the rail car or the four
Wheels Of the carriage or the two Wheels
Of the gig it was not until 1876, ut the Cen
tennal Exposition at Philadelphia that
the miracle OF The nineteenth century
rolled in-:he bicycle
The world could not believe its own eyes,
and not until quite far en ia the eighties
were TIE continents tnchanted WIKI tne
wAiring flashing, dominating spectacle or
mach!ue t15at WIS 10 oo~so much for tn:
pleasure the business the health aud the
proht = Hations. The world had needed it
for 000 years
Eo@sthIE. look into t1c iitcrary world
and se" ~hat tie wheel hu- accom- pltshed.
/ am r4ore ;,et0tla .iti with This than any
thing taat has preceded. EeAold tho al
most 'airacuIog. printing Irc-s. Do you
not feel tn" ground ~lr4.s" with the
ehinery u the N-w orr irookIyn Eoaton
IAiai-l Ihia Uaehir-t@:s. aEi western
iailic-> some - u rrHeuss.r when tho
hand ink rriIsr was run over the cylinder.
1.1i ~ -reat hast. 500 ccf.r- ~ I'll. village
news ...Ier Hrr" i~,f.ci III oue day and
live- .e-t Egt Invention has crowded in
yeatia: al w..""i jJ-ttei wheel. ster.o-
tyftnI,. eI"c'r1tSiinc. t3.sIi; tAetr PLACES