LESSER KNOWN FACTS ABOUT E. REMINGTON & SONS

A great many people, including some native Ilionites, think only of the Remingtons as manufacturers of firearms. Such is not the case. One of the other products manufactured by E. Remington & Sons was the "Sulky Rake". The story, and photos of a model, can be found by clicking on the words Sulky Rake. In addition, I recently came across a newspaper, FOREST, FORGE AND FARM, which was published by E. Remington & Sons in the late 1800's. I obtained a copy dated December 1881, which is comprised of eight pages, almost two pages of pictorial ads for Remington products. Articles included are;

Modern Rifle Shooting	The Jury System
To Detect Incipient Small Pox	Ancient Female Inventors
Automatic Freight Car Brakes	Suggestions of and for the Season
Where Does American Game Go To	What a Cabinetmaker did for Cohoes
A poem, "The Angler's Confession"	Draw Poker as a Disease
Can a Patent be Sold by Sheriff for Debt Like Other Property	Luxuries of our Ancestors
Names of Steel	Timber Planting
Notes on Scientific Subjects	The Use of Short Words
The HammerLime as a Preservative	Growing Demand for Meats
Pins	Feed for Laying Hens
A Model Man	The Father of the British Army
The Moderate Bear Story	The Rifle Tournament
What a Cheap Cigar Will Do	A poem, "Two Women"
A Little Too Previous	Home Decorations
A poem, "Man's Mortality"	English and Foreign Song-Birds
The Multiplying Uses for Cotton	History of Ear Rings
The Cotton Trade of the World	The First Christmas
The Poultry Yard - Hints for December	To Sis
Southern Agriculture	The Old Fashioned Mother
Sheep Husbandry with Cotton Seed for Winter Feed	Domestic Brevities
Farming for Boys	Pullman
History of the Tomato	About Kissing
Trading in Mexico	The Razor-Back Hog
Farming in Dakota	Sweet-Flag Candy
The Close of the Atlanta Exposition	Household Recipes
Firearms	A poem, "Der Moon"
The Southern Rifle Tournament	A Wail
A Compliment Well Bestowed	Grass Bouquet
The End of the Tournament	Chaff
The International Match	"Darn It."
What Invention May Do	Feeding Young Colts
Fruit Trees for Ornament	A Hint on Household Management
A poem, "The Farmer's Wife"	Epitath on a Western Hotel
A poem, "Among the Pines"	and several anecdotes.

The only reason that I listed all of the items is to point out the diversity of subjects in this, a monthly publication. The size of the type font appears to be smaller than an '8'. It would have to be in order to get all of the above, plus the ads, into an eight page newspaper. It is interesting to note that, in a newspaper published in Ilion, NY, there are ads from companies in New York City, Austin, TX, Portland, ME, Augusta, ME, Chicago, IL, Pittsburg, PA, Rochester, NY and Newark, NJ. To see copies of the ads for other Remington products and to read some of the articles to obtain a feel for the composition, language, etc., click HERE.

Paul T. McLaughlin.
Village of Ilion Editor

Back to Village of Ilion

Back to Herkimer/Montgomery Counties GenWeb

Back to New York State GenWeb