Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-06-19
From the Boston Transcript,
THE PALATE M GLASS

soiae are eACeilent, CinerS are contemplate, and
no more represent the productive skill, ingenuity
and activity of any section Of our unrivalled
country, than they do the condition of the arts
IN the moon. Why has not Lowell, Lawrence,
Springfield, Worcester, Pittstield, Northampton,
and some forty more towns, distinguished for la
bor-saving machines, for various useful nlanufac
lures, far beyond what any one of them have de-
posted here, been sent on? Powers Greek
Slave is all that saves US thus far from severe
sure, for no one at all familiar with the artistcal
and commercial character of the people OF the
United States, believe this is fair sample OF their
attainments in civilization.
All the cloths, shawls. cotton goods, &c., are
admirable-but there are not specimens enough.
Carbonized pigs of metal bars OF assorted cast
steel, from the Idirondic Company, New York !;
the unmatched harness and saddlerv, from Lacy
4 Phillips, Philadelphia, -eyceedingly admired I;
Chlckering & Hews's planes, from Boston, I'M
rivallcd in tone or exterior workmanship, are re-
deeming ponts,-but they cannot save us wholly
from severe remarks. for no one questions our
ability to accomplish more. Now and then in
the course Of promenade up and down the lofty
aislcs, an American bunders upon something to
enlarge the sphere Of his notification. Foo eX-
ample, broad side Of sole leather is conspicu-
ouSlv suspended Just where it should not be, on
which are painted in large sign letters. Sole
leather tanned ,rith hemloch bark, contributed by
Hon. Zadoc's Pratt, Il. NJ, Pratirille, n. "
(
GENTLY ridiculous by adding Hon. and A. NJ to
the name of. | doubt not, very worthy tanner,
ten by twenty photographic view Of that aston.
shiug region on terra firma, where the Hon. deal
er in hides has local residence, is hung up bear
ing this Inscriptions Residence Of the Hon. L.
Pratt. A. NJ, Pauitrihe. Pratirille taanery bait
in 1925. since trhc one million Siies Of sole teath-
er HAS been tanned ,rith aemlock BARK
gentleman of the bar. from New York, was
SO horribly disturbed with the bad grammar, that
with his wet fingers he contrived to obEiterate
has but hare could not be inserted in its place, so
the line looks as though it had been used for a
target. Sample bottles of S. p Townsend's Sar-
saparilla are spread upon table, with label
staring Won in the face, Ia Conway, whom the
old residents of Boston well remember. "None
genuine ,cithout Dr. James r. Cations certificate
on the outside rrapper." God save the Queen, If
this is the way the intelligence and constructive
ness of our enerprising country is to be express
ed before the eyes OF all the powers IN and out OF
Christendcm. for it is quite certain there will be
nothing left Of Us. II was whispered that
Swaim's Panacea was also in a right honorable
! position, somewhere in the apartment. | imma
diate,y went in search OF it. fully determined TO
drink the whole at once, for the sake Of putting
the vile stuff out Of sight, having no fear OF the
consequences since without faith in its infallibll
/ itv. it would be harmless as Schuylkill water.
I and besides. it has no business under the roof,
4 nor has the Compound Srsapariila. A Doctor
I Lewis Feuchtwhanrer. of rat eNtcrmlnating no.
torietv. is ettered as large as life. iii, Wadea
| Lane. Ner York, Z. S. ~ over what is denom-
| mated "A rare and valuable collection of miner
ais fresh water shells, fossils. &c, exclusively
| American productioas.' Shame on putfs of
( empty air. How very miserably mean these bits
and fragments must appear to the learned gcoo-
( gists who are coursng through the avenues every
/ hour Of the day. and who neither recognize IN
/ this shabby collection either clue to the miner
j alogy of the country. or name associated with
/ the onward march of science in America
! Maryland has pretty case of her productions,
embracing grains, specimens OF wood, and man
( ufactures. but there should have been more
! New York has plenty Of hats, equal to any that
John Bull can produce. ID. Simmons & Co., OF
! Cohoes, New York, have case OF tools that
might excite the envy of Sheffield cutters. Brown
! s Wells of Philadelphia, have done themselves
! aud Philadelphia credit \ patent coffin from
Broadway is rather a cooler. Visitors look at it
as though thew were in fear of being caught an
] eXpectedlv. They don't understand the utility
/ of the invention. There is no lack o. inStru-
ments Of death-for Colts revovers, II endless
profusion, show that the idea of human exterml-
nation is prominent idea on the western SIDE of
/ the Atlantic. notwithstanding the annual demon
! STATIONS of the Peace Society. Goodvcar's
unique coatrivances in India Rubber. and the in
finite uses TO which his fertile powers have adapt
!, ed il in domestic economy, give him decided
! claim as public bcnefactor. There Is some
better dentistry from America, than from other
! sources, ont woful neglect to show oil what we
have and what we have accomplished, IS mani
fest to all who have any toierably correct his;or-
ical acquaintance with our national history.
Boston, without any assistance, m ght forward
enough scasonaby to convince the hardest un-
believers, that we have enough and 10 spare
Some of Dgury & Fairbanks locomotives; Cham
berlan's admirable philosophical apparatus; Dam
| lei Camberlain'S engines and lathes, massive as
we'll as elegant; Wightman and Davis's highly
finished electrical and galvanic machinery: and
the printers ooS-binders, boot-makcrs, tMlo"s
manufacturers, and in short, hundreds OF
meritoyious contributors might be brought into
the field, who perhaps unexpectedly 10 themselves
would ascertain they are more deserving OF for
eirn commentator than they imagine. OF tins
| however no more need be said. If packages are
on the way, their arrival will be hailed with vo-
ciferous expressions af delight. Huge boxes and
wagon-loads of all sorts and dimensions are per-
petuav arriving and the interior Is undergoing
constant Transformations for the admission oil
new objects. or the erection of some device tina
is to increase the splendor of the whole. 1t is
| rather source Of modification. too, 10 the few
who know the inventive resources of our father
I land. to contemplate the empty space set apar
for the model republic. Paviloas, tents, alcoves
recesses, mounds for the advantageous display q
fabrics of all conceivable forms and devices, TO
rcther with suits of gorgeously fitted up frescocc
apartments, with beds fit for goddess to repos'
upon-stained glass. fairy scenes, letting foun
tains of bronze and marble, infinite in splendor
while music of organs, harps and pianos at dis
tances too great to interfere with the circle o
each others harmony, tranquilllzes all the rest
less spirits And with all this maze of solemn
reality, thousands upon thousands of beautiful
living forms glide quietly along the enchanted
way--silently illustrating the poetry OF motion.
1t is actually bewdering to the sense to re
main too long in one position. Ii any one serie
of sections is more captivating than another. ii
the department Of artistic perfechbity, it is t
, be found in the manufacture of silver plate
Some Of the table services are the most superb
of manual creations, showing, beyond question
| the extraordinary attachments Of the silver-work
ers of England. 1t is quite impossible to de
scribe, with any prospect of being understood
the splendor of the various pieces composing
set. The exquisite taste of the designers, the in
conceivable nicely and delcacy observable in tn
statucttes that profusely adorn the various dishe
representing warriors, heroes, martyrs, emperors
{ philosophers, beauties, imperial ladies, and al
, the animals known to naturalists, together wit
some that are yet TO come, chnging to the brims
bearing loaded salvers on their shining head
. kneeling under the pressure of Flora's bountes
, coursins on spirited chargers, whose bodies ar
soup turreens, coffee pots or cake baskets.to 50
nothing of numberless other devices equally bold
rich and intrnsicalv beautiful. are among tn
convincing proofs of the high order of genius EN-
ployed, and the eminence to which an ornament
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