Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1894 — Renovating Candy. [ARTICLE]

Renovating Candy.

A machine has been patented “to clean and put in eatable shape” any kind of confectionery. It is doubtful if anything could have been devised which would be more appreciated by the patrons of the old confectionery women on the corners. Take your antique gumdrops, for instance, and throw them into the vibrating sieve of the machine. This sieve is concave and lined with a brush that is something between a carpet sweeper and a squirrel’s tail. Running lengthwise of the sieve and having a sweeping motion is a long brush made of the finest bristles. The body of the brush is hollow, and by means of a blow fan on top, a blast of air is forced between the bristles on the goods. There is no reason why candy should not be renovated like feather beds.—[Boston Transcript.