1864. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



181 



THE UNIVERSAL CLOTHES WRINGER. 



Several years ago, a gentleman 

 brought into our office a machine 

 for wringing clothes. We had 

 ■ever seen one before, and hardly 

 supposed a simple arrangement of 

 rubber rollers would squeeze the 

 water out of cloth as well as is 

 done by hand. We mounted the 

 machine on our office water-pail, 

 and commenced a series of exper- 

 iments with towels, &c, resulting 

 in an opinion that the machine was 

 a good one for the family, and that 

 we would have it tried at home on 

 a larger scale. From that time 

 we have never been without a 

 wringer, and we would not be 

 without one if the present prices 

 were doubled. 



Our first machine was a small 



affair, promising to hold itself on j 



the tub, but really requiring one \ 



hand or more for that purpose, ; 



and so adding much to the labor 



of using it. The upper roller was 



moved by contact with the lower. 



We have replaced it with one like the above, | ly keeps her house in order and her children's 



which gives much better satisfaction. The pecu- I clothes neat and whole. We know other families, 



liar features of the Universal Wringer, are, the | where a servant is employed, at good wages, 



manner of attaching it to the tub, and the cog- j though the work is light, because the mistress of 



wheels turning the rollers. By the manner of at- ; the house- lacks a little only of the time and 



taching it, the wringer is held firmly upon a tub strength she needs to do her own work. In both 



of any size. By means of the cog-wheels the these cases, introduce a sewing machine, a clothes 



rollers are relieved from a great amount of fric- j wringer, and other like labor-saving inventions, 



tion. We have never understood the advantages and the work becomes easy, the servant is dis- 



of these cog-wheels until recently, when we have missed, money is saved, health preserved, and toil 



tried a series of careful experiments with a wring- turned into enjoyment. Every labor-saving in- 



er without them and one with them. We can vention benefits directly the laboring class, and it 



use a wringer without cogs, and have done so for is to persons of small means that these machines 



years, but there was a necessity for constant care are particularly valuable. 



in preventing the clothes from drawing in too rap- " 77 77 77 77~~ , , „ 



10 For the New England Farmer. 



idly, preventing the upper roller from revolving I SHEEP — NOTES PROM MAINE, 



and bringing a strain upon the fabric which would { With an abundance of hay and feed for sheep 

 tear any light material. In a wringer with cog- through the winter and spring, and a desire to 

 wheels, when the crank moves both rollers must have them do well, it is seldom that sheep look 

 move, and move equally, and no strain can come and . do sc 'Poorly as they have the past winter and 

 ,•,,,.. , ,. spring, .barly in the winter they began to show 



upon the cloth, because it is acted upon equally 8 ^ mp f oms of J SC0UYS and 8tarting ' off °f the WO ol, 



from both sides, and experiences only a direct with moping, weakness and a desire for seclusion, 

 pressure. We should, therefore, not use any and every now and then one would fall out. 

 wringer not having cog-wheels, if we could obtain Flocks of fifteen to twenty-five have had their pro- 



„ -.u u ..,- u~. t. i portional number of dead to be supplied, as well 



one with such an attachment. r ., e . c . . i i i 



I as those ot seventy-five to one or two hundred. 



In conclusion let us" say a few words about the j Ask the farmer how his fodder held out, and he 



economy of such machines. We hear people say will reply with a cheery response, "Shall have hay 



frequently they cannot afford such household con- \°. 8 Pf re 5 do you want to buy ?" Ask him how 



•„ r L rt. , . , ... , ,, his sheep were wintering and the cheery expres- 



veniences. We cannot afford to be without them. • m i i i u .. i .. *i i . 



sion will suddenly change to a downcast, fiought- 



We know many a family where the mother works f u i one , and after a little reflection you will elicit 

 from early dawn till late into the night, and bare- j the fact that his sheep are pulling their wool, los- 



