Tri-weekly journal., 1848-01-22


ter in the Boston Recorder, who has lately been
travelling through Connecticut, thus describes
the way in which the people geta livelihood:
Beginning in the northwestern part OF the
State-where, by the way, some OF natures
true noblemen dwell-we find many furnaces
smelling down iron ore Of the best quality,
from their own mines, making each from two
to three tons of pig iron per diem, and each con-
Stunning at single blast of eleven months
million bushels of charcoal. There is shop
manufacturing some of the most delicate and
best cutlery; and another making huge anchors
and chain cables for our navy from iron wrought
at their own pudding furnace.
Fifteen miles eastward lies village of l.
500 people, situated at the outlet of splendid
sheet of water which in its descent of so feet
carries all needed machinery. Here the busi-
ness is scythe making Another town is ia
nous for its brass kettles an article made no.
where else in the nation, and the trade of max
ing which, il is said, was stolen tr Jm England.
Hard by are twoconuguous towns made dense
" populous even on the rugged hill sides, and
independently rich by the manufacture of brass
clocks These articles of the ordinary kind,
costing from nine shillings or two dollars are
sold over the world at an advance of 800 or )
600 per cent
Coming farther eastwood into Hartford coun-
ty, you find gang of hands digging copper ore
from the bowels of mother earth. Then you
enter a town of l 900 people, supported en-
tirely by making axes. Following the Farm
ington river, and passing many establishments,
you alight at a town of 800 inhabitants, right
in the gorge where the river, in its dashing
! freaks, like lover without eyes, insteado of ma
king its way easily and honestly down to New
Haven, breaks its way through the Talcott
mountain for the purpose of making a union
with the Connecticut. These people are Scotch
men making carpets. But this is only part
of the establishment, the remainder is located
ten or fifteen miles northeast, where is found
a community of 800, from the same country,
and engaged in like business.
Observe here, in these two towns, are three
| very old fashioned Presbyterian churches. Pas
sing by community OF Shakers, who supply
the land with garden seeds and brooms; and
j Hazards well known power mills, where the
"vilainous saltpetre" is made into an abomin-
alton to cast missiles at the Mexicans, also
! some distilleries too detestable to blot paper
with, you enter growing town where are
made paper, cloth OF different kinds, iron ware,
and card teeth, the last set to order and in
quantities sufficient to strengthen all the fibre
which ever grew on a sleeps back, or cotton
plantation.
Passing through the city of Hartford you find
IOWn OF O,OOU lnHdUltdntS, HduuldCtuflDS VI
rious sorts Of brass ware, 10 mention which
kinds would be 10 write half the names or ar
ticles of hardware shop. Hooks and eyes
must be particularised; enough TO hook togeth-
5 erall the ladies' dresses in the land, besides
those of one-half Queen Victoras subjects.
But, to return over the Connecticut river,
for in our rapid flight we have already crossed
il twice, and in making our way into Tolland
! county, we enter the region OF cotton and VOL
y ieu f.''.'---Aad here. at the outlet of beau
I utul lake rendered memorable by Tire .slifa of
: poor Sarah" who died on its banks, you must
S stop to see village of 200 people, grown up
: in the course of dozen years, having some six
: or eight mills making satinets and the incest
cassimeres in the country. In other sections
of the country are furnaces, cotton and VOL
len mills, and machine shops.
Here, too, is q town. and it is our own dear
"Mantua," with four or five silk factories.
where the great part of our tailors obtain their
Italian sewing silkand twist. Here the screw
augur was invented, but time will fail TO speak
of all. Hard by, in Windham county, is pop
! ulation of 500 making cotton cloth. In the
eastern part OF the country, in the valley of a
I single stream, in the space of twenty miles,are
at least twelve cotton factory villages.
New London and Stonigton are growing rich
, out of the whale fishery. Lyme, situated at
the mouth OF the Connecticut, furnishes sea
and seamen to man their yards. Sailing up
that river, now filled with seines for shad, YOU
pass query of free-stone. Then you enter
a shop, branch of a large establishment loca-
ted at Meriden, who monopoise the whole
business Of manufacturing ivory. Here you
find ivory combs, piano forte keys, umbrella
tips, dice, and al kinds of ornamental work
made of the elephants tusks.
Then you need not smile at veritable es-
Enlistment for making patent ink-stands, en-
poying thirty men. Next you find shop
turning out axe helves next a screw factory
Then you pass on the bank of the river, anoth-
er quarry, rich vein Of gniess, splitting about
| as readily as chestnut timber, vein sent vast
quantities of stone to various parts of the I'm
ion and to the West Indies. And then anoth-
er quarry of red sandstone, employing 300
lrishmen and their overseers.
had almost forgot a whole town, made
rich by the manufacture of all kinds of bells,
such as sleigh, horse, clock and COW BELLS In
this city it is no easy task to tell what is man.
ufactured, except coaches, clocks, intellect,
theology, law, and physic. Fairhaven fur
nishes the whole of New England and some
portions of N. York with oysters
Waterbury, with almost 1900 inhabitants.
makes buttons, brass wire, and pins by the
ton. And then there is Birmingham and An
sonia, two contiguous villages, making cutlery,
pins, and hardware. Just above them, a large
hliekpnant roaLinr a,o,ro nh;eoal. a.l ~.