Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — Makes Early Rising Unnecesary. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Makes Early Rising Unnecesary.

The illustration shows an automatic device for lighting fires, which has just been patented. The object the inventor has in view is to provide a simple contrivance by which a fire may be ignitecNin range at any desired ttmeT so that the housewife is not required to rise early In the morning and entei; a cold room for the purpose of starting a fire. This device might also settle the question

of who should get up and light the fires by eliminating it altogether. The arrangement consists of a rotary shaft actuated by a coiled spring, with an abrasive surface at one end nnd an ordinary alarm clock, at the other, and a fuse or wick for leading the blaze from the matches to the kindlings in the stove.

AUTOMATIC FIRE-LIGHTNING DEVICE.