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me Fleming Manufacturing Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., exhibit the Boss road 

 grader and leveler. This is a two-wheel machine, easily handled when at work, 

 simplAin construction and direct draft, the tongue being attached to the knife or 

 scraper^ An excellent machine. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



J. W. Buchanan, Indianapolis, had on exhibition a very fine looking coal cart. 

 It had the appearance of being able to bear an immense load. 



L. D. J^ilsback, Indianapolis, exhibited a double-acting stone force pump, a 

 simple, powerful pump, anti-friction stone cylinder, and so constructed that the 

 valves may be easily and readily taken out. 



The Indianapolis Pump Company, Indianapolis, exhibit a double-acting pump, 

 with rods inside secured from damage by binding or kinking. A good, durable 

 pump. 



G. W. Hutton, Indianapolis, exhibited a safety wagon-tip tongue attachment, the 

 invention of a lady. This is an iron tip to be placed on the end of wagon tongues, 

 with a very simple and ingenious device for locking the neck yoke securely, so that 

 it can not possibly slip ofi". It is inexpensive and practical. 



The McCoy Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, displayed a great variety of 

 doubletrees and singletrees. The pecular merit of the.se consist in the clips, which 

 are put on the wood cold. Each clip has two spurs, and are attached by a bolt, 

 forcing the spurs into the wood, preventing them from slipping or getting loose. 



E. Over, Indianapolis, exhibited a lot of bolster springs. They are substantial 

 steel springs, the center resting on the bolster, the ends outward and upward, 

 springing the load from the center, whereby they claim the wheels will pass over 

 obstructions with greater ease and less jar. 



Whitman Agricultural Company, St. Louis, Mo., exhibit a horse-power hay-yress. 

 This is a rebounding plunger press, with steel shafts and bearings, continuous in 

 its operation, and very powerful. 



John Fennimore, Orleans, Ind., shows a hay-press that is very simjjle and power- 

 ful. One end of the press is filled while the other is being pressed, making it a 

 rapid baler. 



M. Henley & Co., Monrovia, Ind., exhibit four nest-boxes. A simple, ingenious 

 arrangement, whereby the hen shuts herself in .secure from intruders. They are 

 boxes, slatted at the sides for ventilation, with the door attached to the nest, which 

 rests upon a spring, so that when the hen takes her position upon the nest her 

 weight closes the door. The moment she steps off the nest the door opens, and she 

 is at liberty. 



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