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stream of cold water was then poured on it by one of our city- 

 Fire Engines for nearly one hour, putting it to a very severe 



test. 



" On opening, the contents were found uninjured, the pa- 

 pers not even charred ; some of them, however, were slighly 

 discolored by the steam generated by the application of the 

 water. 



"We consider the trial of this Safe satisfactory, and have en- 

 tire confidence in its safety as a means of protecting books, pa- 

 pers, and other valuables, in cases of fire, and hereby testify to 

 the Safe, being a very superior article, and in our opinion able 

 to stand any fire without injury to its contents. We take 

 pleasure in recommending them to our community and the pub- 

 lic in general. 



" In regard to the locks we would say, they were not in any 

 way injured, and from their construction and position consider 

 them proof against powder, as well as being secure in case of 



fire." 



These Wisconsin-made Safes are constructed entirely of 

 ■wrought iron, rendering them stronger, and capable of resisting 

 a much greater degree of heat than those made partly of cast 

 iron ; the heat necessary to melt wrought iron being very much 

 more than is required to melt cast iron. Should one of these 

 safes fall from the upper floor of a building to the basement, no 

 fear need be entertained of its breaking to pieces. The com- 

 position employed is of a kind recently invented in Europe, and 

 not generally used in this country for the manufacture of safes. 



j;i"o. 3. — The Portable Forge and Bellows, or as it might be 

 called, the Miniature Blacksmith's Shop, appears to be an arti- 

 cle that might be made very useful on many of the larger farms ; 

 being a neat, compact, and very convenient method of starting 

 a smith's fire for the performance of small jobs of mending, &c., 

 thus saving much expense and more loss of valuable time in 

 sending to a distant blacksmith's shop every time there is a 

 " screw loose." The apparatus is the invention of Mr. C. Y. 

 Queen, and was patented in 1845 and 1848. The space occu- 

 pied by it does not exceed that required for a flour barrel. The 

 contrivance for preventing the wind from affecting the wire; 



