Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-10-11
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


Yesterday evening and this morning being rainy the at
tendance the Great Fair general il would other
wise be. New continue make their appearances all
the garden and the machnss very busy in srang
log TO the exhibition Of mills presses, sc. which
require the use Of steam power TIE shew il momenary
increasing IN variety and interest. give descriptions Of
things Of general utility which strike me, follows
The BRooKLrs FLINT GLASS COMPANY, manufacturers
plain, cut and pressed glassware Of all coors and descp
ons whose Office at 80 south William street, New York.
present exceedingly rich and varied of goods in
their ine Many Of their specimens quite equal il
superior to the finest cooed glassware from Bohemia which
sometimes finds its way this port and their glass is
rich the finest which produced abroad So strikngy
beautiful is their that half dozen obbng merchants Of
the city have Of to the Fair to be exhibited as
sold by themselves sa1 I'D # s,tA
My is really nslequate do justice the Of
this company in their beautiful and useful art may how
ever write that they fail to take FIRST premiums when
they exhibit similar exhibitions Thus they have
taken every premium for flint glassware of the s quality
awarded by the Franklin Institute within the last fifteen
years. That admirable institution only gives premiums to
articles which excel those Of similar character last dsn
guished by them Thus in the estimation Of its judges this
Brooklyn company have been exceed by any others in
that time. having themselves continued year ly year inn
This establishment commenced in 1923 by Mr. JoHx
L. GILLAsD private enterprise To this day be
nues form It's head and 'front.' experimenting its business
and works. notwithstanding his advanced age. question
whether either hemisphere contains another who has done
much for his valuable for explained above, be has
kept these works steadily in the very front rank Of progress
As jealous the Bostonians Of their own supremacy in
the manufacture and ornamenng Of flint glass; they hesitate
not to award this company first premiums the of their
own being exhibited side by side with Them They have
Of goods in the Worlds Fair which the trade in New
York expect 10 take the premium in competition with Bohe-
mia, France, Germany, and England, each Of which
tries excel in the manufacture Of particular description
of goods in the preparation Of which this company challenges
the competition of the world Nothing be besuti
u in It's way than their asbasters urquo pure white
by and Bohemian green crysopas nged ware for all which
the Bohemian has been remarkable for many years
They make up much work Of every other hue-purples,
green's blues yeows Scin which glass is manufactured
any where. notice that many Of their specimens react
back the light like the diamond held plain wine glass Of
theirs let the rays light full it, and il gave forth
spakles like those Of precious proof Of the remark
able cearness and coseness Of its grain have
this effect produced any thing like the degree glass made
elsewhere either side of the Atlantic. They employ
about hundred and thirty hands, and their sales said
to be 100000 annually.
]. 81. O. CosRor, SO Fulton street, New York. exhibit
Of fishing tackle Of great beauty very superior finish
This house has taken the first prizes awarded for goods
their line by the American Institute every year they have
hibted Thus they have borne off five medals and two d.
pomas Their specimens this occasion consist principally
of rods rees artificial flies, and other decoys for the use of
the disciple Of old Isaak Walton Their fes for trout
salmon and black bass fishing principally and are formed
hovo 10
from England in Canada where their wares are almost
alone used by spo,smen They also send quantities of their
improved rods silk nes and hooks throughout the Southern
States The eldest member Of this firm, an Ingenious
chins and dear lover Of fishing has invented fifteen dis
nct Improvements in the rod, reel and decoy fly His
and salmon rods exhibited remarkable their
symmetry and wel-aranged joints Many Of his reels
constructed have all the wearing their axles
agate pivos-four the reeand 10 his finest rod
the line pays out from its end through agate ring rounded
the edge, prevent the in the line which results
from long Of metal ring for that purpose. noticed in
the Of this house bait for the Muscologue lake
pckere which abounds the ST. Lawrence the Great Lakes
and other Northern and Northwestern waters It is termed
the "Archmedan olan arcbimedian screw Of brass or
German silver with three four haconceaed hooks attach
ed around it. The sportsman drags it through the water
and the game, attracted by the gening Of its thread as it
goes through the clement, seizes it with avdiy It proves
be better fitted 10 its end, understand than any thing
ever before used for the purpose 1'
The Conoys deserve great credit for driving foreign COM
petition entirely off among sporsnen resident ID the city
that is in fine articles in their line to speak OF" being
imported now. ass-t is
FRAScIs LoUrRELL importers and manufacturers Of all
descriptions Of stationery show Of various kinds goods
in their line. Among these account books of oil Sorts
(he full Of books for the Grocers Bank Of New York
city, which is just going into operation being In this lot,
manifold eter-wr,es diaries for 1882 with pocketbook
combined croon ink copying presses &c. question he-
ther beautiful exhibition of stationery and desk appur-
tenances made in the United States Their mani
fold eerw,ers peculiar to their house, being far
convenient than any copying press be- They labor
and preserve far better copy Of the letter than be obtain
ed by any other conrvance Within the last year they have
made great improvements in the scngpaper Of these books
well in the style in which they got up. Their
counbook factory of the business curiosies Of New
York. being stocked with greater variety Of capital machine
y (much Of which is the invention of Mr. Francis hirse
than any other in Gotham They have for many years done
extensive supplies Of their to the South and West
Their manifold writer cannot fail to take first class premium
for it manests great improvement the similar article
made by them last year, which then far ahead Of all
others like it, domestic imported. & tiia 17Etsa
J.lH. BowIs & Co., No. 80 Ferry street, New York,
exhibit capital leather hose and FIRE buckets These wares
remarkable for the substantial manner in which they are
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