390 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — I presume the gentleman does not know what 

 it is to wash dishes. There are men who do. They know that 

 it is disagreeable, and is an everlasting round. If this machine is 

 what it chiims it will be welcome in many iiimilies. "We should 

 encourage whatever will lighten woman's labors. Many women 

 have hired girls because washing dishes makes their hands black. 

 I am in favor of auytbiug that will make white hands, if the hands 

 will work. 



Dr. Peck. — Some women have hands permanently disabled by 

 coming in contact with hot and greasy water. It produces salt- 

 rheum, and year after year they keep their hands tied up with 

 cloths. 



Mr. John G. Bergen. — I have several Irish girls at my house ; 

 they wash dishes, but I never hear of their having the salt-rheum, 

 while my wife and daughters have it. 



Mr. 11. J. Dodge. — It is notorious that Irish girls and women, 

 generall}', who do the house work have sore and cracked hands. 

 As to salt-rheum, it is known that many diseases are hereditary. 



Springs for Heavy Wagons. 

 Messrs. La Boav & Campbell, Jersey city, exhibited a model of 

 a new spring for heavy wagons. This is a new device, made of 

 cross bars, with rubber at the ends, by which a wagon can be 

 kept level in loading ; the elasticity is claimed to be superior, and 

 is cheap. As only a model was shown, and as the subject is 

 important, a committee was appointed to examine them in use on 

 a wagon, and report to the club. The chair appointed Messrs. 

 Carpenter, Meeker and Todd. 



Crea3I Strainer and Refiner. 



Mr. Brimier, Cortlandville, X. Y., exhibited a cream strainer 

 and refiner. It is so constructed as to save the cream that goes off 

 wuth the buttermilk. Often, only a part of the cream is churned, 

 and there are white caps, all of which are strained through a cup 

 in the bottom, with small holes in the sides, and which retain all 

 hair, strings and flies. It is claimed to make more and better 

 butter, and to prepare the cream for coming in less time. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — This is not exactly new ; still it has 

 advantages. I have one myself which is siuilar. 



The strainer was referred to Mr. Josiah H. Macy to report. 



