Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-06-08

PRINTING.-.d neU era IN Printing is abo,
10 Dawn upon rs, the advantages and effec
| vi winch, It Is quite impossible now for any on
70 determine. In the following extract from
reheh print will be seen full description of
ne" invention in the art of printing, by whic
.hls invaluable auxiliary in the advancement G
human civilization and intelligence, may be rem
dered available in tenfoid degree to these i'm
poflant purposes The Moniteur Induatriel stat, $
.la. M Gauoert. teacher of Mathematics a
| antwerp, hasnventeda machine, which by mere
" throwing the letters into kind of hopper, ar
ranges them, they fall out, on an inclined plane
SO mat they may afterwards be collected to forn
| words. Dy touching the keys of an instrument re-
sembllBg plano-forte The 29l letters and char
ac'ers IN composor's letter.cdse, are first sepa
! Faeo INTO twenty-five SERIES by an oscillatinp
movement OF the hopper and the inclined plane
ne most numerous of this series contains only
Hfteen different ch racters the thickness OF which
Is not the same; they are separated at the will OF
the compositor who touches the keys, whilst pas
sing on apate with holes like key -hoIes so adapted
as only to admit each one in its proper letter. 1t
IS stated that, bv means of this apparatus 1874 :
Voo letters may be lifted in eight hours, whilst a
skli1ui comPosItor, by the present SYSTEM can
scarcely set $4,000 IN the sane time. 1t is the
BEGINNING of new era in the art of printing,
which, with very little practical experience,
win renoer the art OF composing type so simple
ara elega that ladies may set down as to piano.
forte, and set up in type their own sweet efusions
with as much ease as they can commit them to
writing. The keys are marked with the letters
and when touched with the finger the correspon-
ding type falls into its place with the rapidly of
spelling. 1t will multiply printing, and reduce
It's price, without diminishing the number of work
man, or lowering their wages for cheap produc-
ton mutiplies demand.
A reeentnumber Of an English periodical work
entitled The Phalanx," has. we OBJ .erve, been
Typographical by this machine. -LangLevs lido,
Agricultural Products of the United
States.-The population OF The Unted
States is l7,069,453. Bushels of wheat
raised in the year l84l 81, 642,957:
bushels of barley, 5,624,73l; bushels of
oats, l3G,607,62 bushels of rye, 9,233,-
474; bushels of buckwheat, 1868 ,544;
bushels Of corn, 387. 35O,I95; bushels of
potatoes, liz, 1869; tons of hay, H.
8O47O5; tons of fax and hemp, l0l, 1885,
pounds of tobacco, 240,l67,ll8; pounds
of cotton, 578,O08.473; pounds of rice,
88,952,968; pounds OF silk cocoons. 2OO,.
683; pounds of sugar. 1876 l74,644; gal
Ions of wine, l25,7l6; pounds of wool,
35,8O2, IA; pounds of hops, 1.238,5O2,
pounds of wax. 62S,5O3. Live stock;
horses and mules, 4 335. 500; neat cattle,
l4.97l,586; sheep, l9.3ll.374; swine,
80 1913 ; poultry of all kinds, estimat-
ed value. $9,344.4lO; value of the pro.
ducts of the dairy, $33,787, OO8; value of
products of the orchard, Sc $685. O4; val.
ue of the home made and family goods,
S2o, o23 $50; value of the products of
kitchen gardens, $2,6Ol, 1876; value of
nurseries and flower gardens, 1898, 524.
Number of men employed in nursery
gardens. $685. Amount of capital in
vested, $685. 74
Destructics Fire in The Ha1pers' Prin-
ting Establishments Between and 5 !
o'clock on Wednesday morning, fumes
We're discovered bursting from .he upper
part of the extensive printing establishment
of the Harpers, on the east side of Cliff:
street. The upper story was occupied as
1 ware-room and The third and fourth sto-
ries as bindery, aud in the two was a
arge and va liable stock of books, chiefly
n sheets, including the entire edition of a
lew novel by Mr.. James. The second
tory was the press room, and the first
tory the general depository of the books
eady for sale. The contents Of the three
upper stories were almost entirely Destroy
d by the fire, and the roof and upper
loors of the building much damaged,
While the property in the lower part SUI
cred chiefly from the foods of water {
CURED on it from the engines, which were
romply upon the ground, and efficiently
II
The property was insured to the amount I
f S4e,5o0. We are happy to learn that
he loss will not probably greatly exceed
he insurance.
The fire was unquestionably the work {
and incendiary. The building was
'rcibly entered from The rear. by pryine
# the bolt oil a window shutter, the desks u
the lower part were broken open, togeth- t
: with the door Of the bindry in the third c
DRY, and some of the tools of the burglar :
ere found upon the premises. 81
The great loss is in the reserved num- !,
'r ofthe publications which the Harpers n
ave issued for several years. The CON- Y
'sing rooms, with the type. the stereo-
pc toundery and stock of printing paper, r
ere in the building on the opposite side !
the street which we uniniured while Il
e large col lection OF stereotype plates are :
course safe, being deposited in a vault
lder the street between The two buildings. =