A CHANCE FOR INVENTORS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 10 September 1880, Page 2

A CHANCE FOR INVENTORS.

Why (>s\-s :i r<'i- t 't.t Knslisli piper), 'in? n^hnrly invented .«neh on apparently s-mrle tiling ns nn automaton leech, as <ti'l! as sncli eMiora'e machine* ni the lU'omntnn Hiiclf. the sneaking machine, "id a hundred others? It really Sterns rnorp phi'd's pl-*v to mns'riip.f a IHile •n^'Mim^nt which should np^om^lis!) the '■ork of ttin<jf* nisnereciMe rreafures. l'il)in<:s of o''«eene nnd nn^v-'ly firm, 1 ■is "^lip'lv wnuH i^pcpribe tlinm. and so tjire .eirk ppople from much anncrsrce ■ind dis'iiis*. 8n 1 poor wom^on*: ! o r seg fp-m the avful fate of being; used to feed t!ip«e !>Jnnd--j'ipfc»rs. A letter just rpceired frriiri Bordc;ui^ civcs a frish'ful arcnnnf of the Irech ponds ten milps from t?»nt c'ty. Th« !eech»s are rpgn!.-ir?y fed fmm lhe h'oOd of old horses, which •ire driven into the ponds, where the Ippc'ips sn<*k llipm till they grow fain^. Tli^n thpy are tiken out, «nd allowed to 'jr:>z> in tin* fields till they regain a little sTenj'Jj. whpn they are Bi?ain drivpn into the pund, and the pmcpss is repeated till if 1 i«t they are drilled out, bloodless mid dpscl. We rp|o r oe to heir 'hat a w>U-knon-n TCnglish veterinary surgeon, wlm Ins done so nri-'i fo mif'ga f e the horrors of so'tie of the Continental vi.'tp'"iii'" i y schools, 'ia3 takon this rm'ter of th" Bi.»rdpaiix leech pinds in han I, Thf> French nuthnritsp«, for the credit of rlieir onntrv, if for nn other reason, nre Hkelv to nid him fo stop sn^h barb ristn. Thp pompletpst remcdv; however, as we <aid before, will be thp invention of a nu'ent automation leech. Who will nrike a fortune as well ns achieve a work of humanity hy pin^ti-uftin? sneh a thing.