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admirably adapted by the inventor and maker for the purposes 
indicated, and are found to be very efficient in practical use. 
Filer, Stowell & Co., Milwaukee, had on exhibition and in 
operation a large variety of machinery and tools, mostly applicable 
to saw mills, among them being: saw mill carriage and head 
blocks, saw jointers, axle lathe, gang lath mill, samples of saws 
various sizes, steam gauges, self oilers, etc., etc. The machinery 
made by this firm is widely and favorably known throughout the 
Northwest, 
0. L. Packard, of “Packard’s Machinery Agency,” Milwaukee, 
added greatly to the interest of the exhibition by a valuable col¬ 
lection of samples of machinery sold by him, some of them in 
operation. Among his stock were four-sided iron frame stickers, 
shingle-mill and jointer, shingle buncher, sturtevant blower, hand 
and power bolt cutters, poney planer (in operation), double shaping 
machine, etc.—all first class machines, specially adapted for 
the western trade. 
Heater and Lime Catcher—Pump for Feeding Boilers. —James 
Shinff, Milwaukee; home inventions, simple and well arranged 
for their purpose, and effective in practical use. 
Iron Shears —Gr. W. Marshall, Big Spring; an ingenious 
labor-saving machine, which would, we judge, be an economical 
attachment to any smith’s shop. 
Portable Trip Hammer —Gr. B. Cubberley, Milwaukee; this 
home invention, worked out by the practical daily needs of a 
mechanic, cannot be commended too highly. It worked for itself, 
in the hands of a boy, and made many friends. 
Agricultural Steamers— Three sizes, for cooking food for stock, 
by Greo. Worthington & Co., Milwaukee, and J. F. Antisdel, 
—all of them compact, handy, easy to manage, and creditable to 
ihe inventors, makers, and exhibitors. 
Fanning Mills —Blake & Elliott, Racine, had four of their well 
known mills running; H. H. Brinton, Chicago, the “Monitor” 
mill; A.. P. Dickey & Co., Racine, three of their machines, favor¬ 
ably known for years; while a new competitor for public favor 
appeared, made by J. S. Rowell, Beaver Dam, called the L. D. 
