The Delawarean, and farmers' and mechanics' advertiser. (Wilmington, Del.) 183?-18??, 1836-12-17
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now A NEEDLE is MADE.

lOgttHeT duu pms are USEFUL 10 lbo-
ten clothesin wearing. Both are in
daily use andismall as are needles
and pins. Macy thousand persons are
always employed in making them
Indeed, needles and pins are so use
full, that the most beautiful dresses
could not be mnde or worn without
them. Needles are made ofsoit steel
wire, which is first cut with large
shears into pieces or lengths. These
pieces of wire are fastened in bun
die, and rolled upon thick iron plate
until they are straight
The pieces of wire are next point
ed by grinding upon a stone wheel
and when pointed, the wire is again
cut into bits ofthe length of the nee
die.
The eye is next made, by first fiat
tening one end Of the needle upon a
small anvil. and then striking it with
sharp steel punch; when the eye is
complete.
The head of the needle is then bent
hack with fine pincers, and the hol-
low part, or gutter, on each side Of
the eye, is made with a fine file; the
head ofthe needle is next filed smooth.
In this manner very fine needles are
quickly made, by women and chill
dren.
The eyes of largo needles are made
by fy-press What are called
gold-eyed needless" are made BY
dipping the heads in gold dissolved in
very strong spirit. When needle
cuts the thread, the eye is not proper
ly finished,
The eye aud the hollow part being
made, the needles are again straight
ened by olling, as when they were
Ilrst cut from the wire. Many thou
sands together are next put into cast
ron vessel and being made red-hot,
they are dropped into cold water.-
They are next taken out olthe water,
aud kept upon a hot.iron plate, until
they are covered with blue rust. BY
this heating and cooling, the needles
are hardened and tempered.
Next, each needle is again straight
ened, by strokes Of a small hammer
upon an anvil.
The needles are now ready for
securing. This is done BY placing
many acknowledgement upon coarse
cloh, smeared with oil, soft soap, and
fine fiour-emery The cloth and
needles are then tied up in rolls,
which are moved backwards and for.
ward, as clothes are rolled in a man
gle This is done for two or three
days, when the needles are taken from
the cloth Clean and bright,
The needles are next laid straight
not with the fingers, but by shaking
many thousand needles together 10 az
iron tray. To arrange them by hand
would occupy so much time, as great
" to increase the expense of manu-
the needles.
Allthe heads ofthe needles are next
placed one way, and all the points an
other those with broken eyes and
broken points are also picked out
The whole is done By women and
children with astonishing quickGess
The needles are next polished upon
n bint stone aud are then made up
in little packets for sale.
IL he finest needles are made at
w htechappl, in London and White
chapel needles are so celebrated, as to
be priced in the middle ofAfrica. At
lialhersose, small village in Derby
shlre, whole families are employed IN |
matchmaking. Children are taught !
to place aud sort the needles, when |
they are very young as they grow
up they work at other branches Of
matchmaking; and are thus able to
assist their aged parents with their
earnings.
Common needlesare sold at a CHEAP
rate although in making they pass
through many hands.
The finest needles are beautifully
made and polished. In the art Of
making them, we see how substance
u little worth may be worked into
.rtlcles ofgreal value, Now, a pound
It iron is worth only one cent; but,
fhtn The iron is made into steel wire
I may be formed into many thousand
Ie1ties, and these will be worth much
lore than their weight IN gold.
Needlewurk, or the use of the nee
lie, Is the mast seryiceable employ
nent for females. Little girls should
caro- to u.s. the needle when they are
'fry young it will make them neat
. Their dress, and happy BY the FIRE.
ide at home.
AS they grow up to be women,
'eedlework will afford them many
omtoris and help them to earn their
'wn living.
AS they grow old, they will find
eedlework pleasure; it will not tire
hem like hard labour but, it will
make them cheerful, and contented
'lll that station in which it has pleas.
d God TO place them.
QUESTIONS
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