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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
December
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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The poetic oíd iuillstone is rapidly be'.aming u tliiiig ol the pare. The proverjial hanlness of the uetUer tnillstoúe will )u ni adajíe of long ago. The gcrlptural eíerence to the terrors of haring i inillstpne haned about the neek, while the venar if lilis terrible uecklace is C&st luto lie sea, may lose its torce when the pole have liever seen a millstone. Steel ollers are rapidly tukinj; llie piuca ol the millstoue. anii all new ;i'Í8t-niills are furnished with the patent roller-systein. The icv Ityle ot Krinding whentdoes uot grind t, as a Hioerlán miht remark. The wheat is cracked, and the cracking ís fallid he HnngariaD procesa, whtch now teeds our hnngry inasses with bread. The wheat pami through live sets ot rollers, each set closer than the tonner. These ollers are thiity im-hes long and ten in diameter. Afler pwsing betWAen ach set of rollers it is "bolted" or sifted hroiifíh tlie cloth. The last rollers are lariily anythlng but wheat hulla and the vaxy ffenns whieh do DOt crack up but mash together. So ttour is now cracked and disintegrated without rrindinir. The flrst rollers crack tho wlieat, say, into Út )ieces. The starehy substance whlcli ratles out drops through the cloth sieves or olün; elolhs. These six plnoM are broken tween the next rollers into thirty-gix ieces. Then the white starnh cruinbs are ifted out again, and tlie thirly-six pieoes re assed Uetween still lightor rollers, vhich crack tliein into 21i pieces; uiollur et of rollers multiplieseach of these partiloa into six paitieles, maklng theni aggre(ate 1,296. Another set ol' rollen iorertd flgether with tremendoiis preMlire make,776 pieces. The scientilie niillcr says a graiu of wheat is rinally cracked into 7,76 ¦ :i ees witliout beinj; ftiound at all. - Jlichgan Chrislian Advocate. It was in a breach-of-prouiie case. Said lie delenilaiit: "I nicrely asked her if alie vould niarry me, and she said yes; lut I idn't niake any promise lo her." "You on't seem to be a very promishiir yonng lian, that's a fact," said his lioner; "but s you iaÍM-il yOUUg woman's expectaions, wh 8hall expect yon to raise $10,000

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News