The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-09
INVENTION WANTED.
Things Which The Ingenious Mind Has
Failed 10 ContIiYe.

/ Things Which The Ingenious Mind Ha.
Failed to Contriye.
II Is agreed on all hands that inven
tion offers one Of the surost roads %
fame and fortune. and one Of the short
est, too. Now, there is no lack OF in.
yentiye geniusi there never were 81
many clever people in the world as
there are today, but somehow their
energies are not always applied in the
right direction, and SO they fail II il
Just the old story OF eyes and no eyes;
you cannot see what is wanted.
There is a plumber laborously pour
ing melted lead over pipe joint and
smoothing it down with a leather pad
Can you not think of way to Join
those pipes cold, and to do it quickly
and thoroughlyY II you can there is
a fortune waiting for you. And here
Ia nice easy little invention guaran-
tted to bring in thousands; just a
simple and effective means OF fastening
panes in window frames. Surely il il
slur on the inventive genius of tnc
age that we should still have 20 resort
to putty in this enlightened twentieth
century. Then there is the pdrlor car
pet. Have you ever thought what an
in sanitary Institution That carpet Isl
However diligent a housewife may be,
she cannot keep IL clean. The dust
goes through the fibre, and whole
worlds Of microbes are safely entrench.
ed in its soft pile. Now Just think out
a cheap and sanitary covering for floors,
soft and warm to the feet, and you will
have no need for an old.sge pension.
Have you ever seen tram driver
leaning over with q long crowbar to
shift the points AZ junction or man
nt the corner with lever for the same
purpose? Very clumsy and primitive,
don't YOU Think Devise at plan where.
by the driver. by simply pressing a
footplate on the car platform, might
move the point whichever way he de-
sired, and every tramway company in
the country WIN take up your inven-
tion.
Tramways suggest roads. The wealth
Of Rothcbild is waiting for the invent
tr Of satisfactory paving material.
At present the rule seems TO hold that
what is good for the wheels is bad for
the hoofs, and vice versa. That is TO
say, where the road is smooth and the
wheels run easily there is no grip for
the hoofs; nor where it is rough the
vehicle is hard to drag Then there is
tee motor TO consider. Propelled by
the back wheels, il is bound TO skid
if the surface be at all greasy. What
Is wanted is smooth, hard, absorb
emit surface, with at the same time a
perfect grip. II this is to hard for you,
try to invent spike that could be
quickly fixed on horses shoes--by the
give grip in time Of frost.
There are scores Of little things mr.
gently wanted, which would certainly
be used and for the invention of which
no technical knowledge is required. One
If them is a really good tin-opener,
something that would cut the tin open
with one round sweep, without risk
Of gashing the fingers or running the
temper.
Then there is a crying need for a en-
velope that would serve for sending
small articles through the post. There
is nothing of the kind in existence. And
an envelope that could not be opened
without detection would be hailed with
wild enthusiasm by lovers and all
those whom circumstances have placed
at the mercy of inquisitive landladies.
The bottle that cannot be reflled is
still wanted. There are several on the
market, it is true, but the right one
i vet to come, And how about boot |
and glove fastening? Think how much |
time you spend in lacing your boots,
md how annoying it is when the lace
breaks, and you know that you have
lost your morning train in consequence |
If the delay caused A neat, quick, and |
simple little device is wanted-some-
hing that would cost little to produce
md would be easily replaced when
worn out Invent, and you are wealthy |
'or life,--Tit Bits.