The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-28
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A writer in the Boston Recorder, who has
lately Travelled through Connecticut, thus de- |
scribes the way in which the people gain live
lihood:
Beginning in the northwestern part oil
the State-where, by the way, some OF ma
| lures true noblemen dwell-we find many
furnaces smelling down iron ore oil the best
quality from their own mines, making each
from two to three tons of pig iron per diem.
and each consuming at single blast oil
eleven months million bushels OF Char
coal. There is a shop manufacturing some
of the most delicate and best cutlery; and
another making huge anchors and chain ca
bles for our navy. fiom iron wrought at their
own pudding furnace. i
/ Fifteen miles eastward lies village oil
fifteen hundred people, situated at the out
let of splendid sheet of water, which, in
its descent Of one hundred and fifty feet,
carries all needed machinery. Here the
|, business is scythe making. Another town
is famous for its brass kettles-an article
made nowhere else in the nation. and the
! trade Of making which, it is said. was sto-
, len from England. Hard by are two con- |
} tiguous towns, made densely populous, even
: on the rugged hill4'ides, and independently
rich by the manufacture Of brass clocks.
= These articles, Of the ordinary kind. cost
e ing from nine shillings to two dollars, are
r sold over the world at an advance OF 500 or
i 200 per cent.
a Coming further eastward into Hartford
S county, you find gang Of hands digging
r. "copper" ore from the bowels of mother
r. Iearth; then you enter town OF thousand
n people. supported entirely by making axes
" Following the Pennington river, and pass
n ing many establishments, you alight at a
N town of fifteen hundred inhabitants. right
N in the gorge, where the river, in its dashing
d freaks, like lover without eyes, instead Of
~ making its way easily and honestly down
* to New Haven, breaks its way through the
ye Talcott mountain for the purpose OF ma
S, king a union with the Connecticut. These
We people are Scotchmen, making carpets
ms But this is only part Of the establishment
Is the remainder is located ten or fifteen mile:
NJ northeast, where is found community o
ny eighteen hundred, from the same county
s. engaged in like business.
Ter Observe here, in these two towns, are thre'
id, very old-fashioned Presbyterian churches
ne. Passing by community Of Shakers, VIII
In supply the land with garden-seeds AM
nd brooms, and Hazards well-kn powder
nd where the "villanous saltpetre" is made in
or 10 an abOmination TO cast missiles at tn
to Mexicans, and also some distilleries, too d.
his testable to blot paper with, you enter
or, growing town where are made paper, CLOTH
ian OF different kinds, ironware, and car
as teeth-the last set to order. and in quaint
the ties sufficient to straighten all the fbr
he which ever grew on a sleeps back or CO
in ton plantation.
md Passing through the city Of Hartfon
to which our bird's-eye view seems to max
on. only mart for traficking in the workman
this ship OF other and honest hands, you find
he town Of three thousand inhabitants mani
ugh featuring various sorts of brass ware.
gar. mention which kinds would be to Wi
ter. half the names OF articles in hardwa
nee shop. Hooks and eyes must be particula
nee sed, enough to hook together all the ladie
2 to dresses in the land, beside those Of one-ha
ter. Queen Victoria's subjects.
ad. But to return over the Connecticut rive
- for in our rapid flight we have already Gro
,ere sed it twice, and, in making our way in
.rge Tolland county, we entered the region
are cotton and woollen; and here at the outl
iful of beautiful lake, rendered memorable
With the "Life Of poor Sarah, i" who died on
the banks, you must stop to see village
and twelve hundred people, grown up in Il
nag. course Of dozen years, having some six
over eight mills making satinets and the nice
heir cassimeres in the country. In other sc
cry tons Of the country are furnaces, cote
and and woollen mills, machine shops.
age Here, TOO, is a town, and it is our ov
un. dear "Mantua, with four or five silk fact
NJ. res, where the great part Of our tailors q
-(ul. tain their Italian sewing-silk and twi
oud Here the screw-auger was invented. B
.oad time will fail to speak Of all. Hard by,
san. Windham county, is a population
ain eighteen hundred, making cotton cloth.
the the eastern part of the county, in the vail
ents Of single stream, in the space Of TWEEN
hole miles are at least twelve cotton factory v
on lagos.
with In New London county is manufactur
and India rubber in a variety of forms.
has Norwich woollen and cotton mills abour
and And here one single paper mill, the OWL
ems informed me, made $4,000 worth Of !
now per per annum. New London and s
sted nington are growing rich out of the VIII
that fishery. Lyme, situated at the mouth Of I
,airs Connecticut, furnishes sea captains for {
cted London and Liverpool packets, and ST
E of men to man their yards. Sailing up tn
vet river, now filled with seines for shad, y
gyp- pass quarry Of free stone. Then you 1
anne ter a shop, branch of a large establis
the ment located in Menden, which monoE
or if Uses the whole business Of manufacture
ky ivory. Here you find ivory combs, pia
and forte keys, umbrella tips, dice, and all kin
k is Of ornamental work made of the elephan
ONE tusks.
rich Then you need not smile at veritat
buds establishment for making patent inkstan'
na- employing thirty men. Next you will fl
cap shop turning out axe-helves; next sore
and factory. Then you pass. on the bank
ele. the river, another quarry, rich vein
the gneiss, splitting about as readily as chestn
lest timbers vein about twenty rods wide, fro
vase whence have been sent vast quantities