Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-08-13

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SALIgBuRY, JdlH 81, 1915.


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SALISBURY. July 81, 1886.
The manufacture Of IfOn here a. intima,ed
IN my last isnCt carried much beyond reducing
It into the wrought bar; though there are one
or two scythe and hoe establishments, where
more or less ofthe article is applied to imme-
date service. There was formerly one gun,
and an anchor and cable establishment which
consumed considerable, but are now discontin-
uedo The works of the Messrs. Ames at Ca
naan Falls, turn out annually vast amount Of
heavy drsught, such as rail road car axles-
tire for engine wheels-commOn axles and tire
cables and special draughts,-and presume,
receive their raw material from these establish
men,s. Their chief market for it, however, is
found. in mercantile houses and workshops a.
broad You can hardly conceive that snch a
predominsting influence as this iron interest
should be supported at the expense and to the
impoverishment Of other industr al interests.
Neither 10 it, in fact. Altf ough it is large
and apparently overshadowing the rest, yet il
allies, cherishes, and fosters them all. As |
have before said there is not any-even the
simplest elementary labor which it does not
quicken. IT nerves the woodlands arm to his
task in the wild solitude of the mountains
yea, the ruder economy Of picking berries up.
on their ''barrens" feel its impulse.
In the other branches of manuiacting art
there is here corresponding allowance Of en-
ter7rise. Saw.mills, grain mills and wooden
manufactures are seen on the banks Of almost
every stream where nature offers an advantage.
Neither OF these is extensive enough to be re-
markable among the crowd Of sturdier kindred
establishments. known in our land; yet they
al combine to endow the place with an impor-
tant manufacturing economy.
There is however, the knife establishment
ola H Holley, Esq which merits attention
from the novelty Of the manufacture in this
country Of this kind Of utensil-and the full
cred .nce it gives to that principle Of Ameri-
can philosophy which assumes "that some
things can be done as we'll as others" Some
of his operatives are necessarily foreigners, by
reason of the infanc of this delicate art in this
country, and some are real Americans. How
much arithmetic, think you, it would require
to calculate how long il will be, before the
"knack" Of the latter will imbibe, yea, eclipse
the skill Of the former. Twere no strange
thug SHOULD this occur. The deep vegetable
mould OF the Western prairie is not mole obv'-
o,sly adapted to the termination and gf"wth u
AN immense harvest-than is New England
mind to the embrace Of the principles Of prac-
,ica! skill, and an infinite extension Of its pro-
ducts. Being free!' and BY necessity ofnature'
oui.k and versatile, it demands but the ele'
rncntary principles, from the hoary genius oil
foreign skill and at once almost, II mod'hes'
=, laryes. new combines, and fashions them in.
to a creation of products as inexplicable, as
tonishinS. and beautiful withal, asthe changes
OF mascian's wand.
The most transient kind Of visit t, this es.
Enlistment did not possess me OF the extern
OF its stock. products, nor sales can how
ever saw that | was shown there as sPienoic a
collection Of the different varieties OF the Pock'
G, knife as ever saw-each pallns, III appear
ancc at least . even the lustre Of the oGT0rF'ons
kn:oss OF Cook, Spies, and Rodgers hiin<eIi'-
in proof Of their ten .'tr, Though you may MOI
deem II compllm ent to the knife, considering
the chlrography Of the letter0 can iur'her
xv. in "the- house. that Jack-built" style,-
Tins is a letter, witt by pen, nibbed by d
blade from Holle.'s, and II hears on its side
the enobling imprint Of &c American Cutlery
This concern is situated al Lakevill', recent
" known as turnace village, as intinated in
nv last. The source OF the present name may
no, be very obvious. One might conclude
ina, il was derived from family Of the name
of Lake, BY reason Of the propensity in these
times TO make such digniiying association be-
tween the names Of families and places. But
there IS mol, nor ever was, one OF that denomi-
nation ~ the place, that ever knew Off
except lac ~ mose, stif.legged, old fellow who
figured as a domestic in my boarding school
DAYS. have sufficient cause Of gratitude! to
forget the ..old Doctor" las he was called,)
since j, was his solicitation and the proffered
use Of his deeply imuregnated pipe, that sop
sned my account" in the accomplishment Of
"eariy smoking" But that was long since
closed up, as also the Doctors gave! Peace
be to him!
But to thy name. Near BY and adjacent to
the village. is as bright and beautiful lake as
was ever ruifled. lii
..The mirror where the stars aud mountains
The stiffness Of their aspect in each trace
1t. clear depth yields Of their fair height and
hue"
"A voluptuary, in the arms OF the latter
(which decline gently TO its Pebbled brim,
catching and enjoying the smiles Of the for
mer.
The citizens OF the village las the Furnace
which gave occasion to the original name, wa
long since discontinued and even decayed'
wished change Of name, and moreover desir
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