Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-28
MANS MISD- AND HAND HAVE NOT
BEEN IDLE.

Dear Editor and Members OF The Cor
ner: wish. TO thank the Corner Member
for the nice calendar. e-s
The exhibit Of the New York centrart
first train at the exposition last fall
makes one think OF the great changes and
improvements in the past century Ths
engine with its pile Of 'cordwood IN place
OF coal, barrels to hold water. and tai
stnokestack is much different from the
modern locomotive. Il was called the De
Witt Clinton. naraed for New York's
seventh governor The De WIT Clinton
va. buiit- by the West Point foundry,
New York in 1881. II was taken from
New York to Albany by tov1oat. arriy-
ing at its destination on July z5th. and
made lis first trip July 50th. 1881. Or
Aug Sd it made the. trip from Albany e
| Schenectady. a distance of. IL miles, il
one hour and IS minutes. The maximum
speed was 80 miles an hour. The return
trip. with Ave coaches vas Htde in IS
minutes, Upon arrival at Schenectady
the train was greeted ,ty muse from
| bands and roar Of cannon. TIE cfhcia.
opening OF the road 'was MOI until Seoteni
Der of that year The coaches were built
on the lines Of the poet coaches and Bear
! little resemblance . the modern passen-
+ ger car. Each .c@ac',' & as. t--ee i1s.ds
seats and an ou.sii, sect on each md
across the tor o...he ~oec',. --t.--lT- =, at
ing is passengers. Tll, train - n &C.
tive service for Il :-es -. -'sss -as-
sengers to ride On a tr-- drawn - a
steam locomotive wee h-Ie'1 ~ = De
Witt Clinton engine on go ls1f rver
the Mohawk ard -fSn1Soa r7f'-o7S n.
original ur9t OF III, New York rtil raj
lines. Dave Ma,trew was ths lnor-' nic
who built the locomotive and was Us frst
engineer The first cc-dr~'c- v-7- John
T Clark and the first fares v--re collected
by Marquis de Lafayette wiTi.ms The
/ combined weight OF the engine ard ten
der is less than the weight OF s pair of
driving wheels Of a modern locomotive
and a modern Pacific locomotive longer
than the entire De Witt Clinton train.
The steam boat. the electric cars AMI
automobile are much quicker than The
old OK cart or the faithful morse. al
though not always as safe. The teie-
graph. telephone and Submarine tei.-
graphic cable keep one in touch with
al places far or near. The printing
press needs only a. mention. to set ono
thinking of its Tremendous use In ths
world. The typewriter adding ma.
chimes, calculating. macniness cash reg
lister. etc. are great labor savers II n
Interesting to note the invention Of IN.
sewing machines which were contri.
Nalces tcr initiate mechanically The
movements of the hands in sewing. u
, the machines of Thomas Stone am
James Henderson in 1904 there were tw,
| pair OF pincers one Of which seized I'll.
needle above and the other below In,
cloth on either side alternately. In 1881
Thimmoner and Ferrznd contrived
. machine, producing what Is known a
: the chain stitch which would ravei GU
n the end Of the tread WIS pulled. Il
: 1854 Singer. an American devised a ma
2 chine with mechanism for tying = kno
! IN the seam at every eighth Ritch q
help .overcoune this fault. But befcr,
| Singers invention Elias Howe. a poo
: American mechanic. invented the hrs
really satisfacforz sewing machine, 70
S which he obtained a patent In May 1871
: Hove's Machine used two threats one Q
which passed through. the needle Will
another was contained in 8 small shu,
Il. and produced the lock- stitch while
could not come undone by pulling
, | thread. Many improvements have sine
been made.
Then the many madern- uses Of ei.c
e tricity. the many machines on the far
including mowers. tractors. cream ser
/. arators. milking machines. the man
q large factories. sky scrapef, hufldinK.
L and many other things too nunreors 7
n mention show that mans mind and han
{ have not been idle.
Best wishes to ALL,
SPRY BIRD~