Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-01-24

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FROM the London Chronicle.
ne preparation and .nanuiacturc oi FiGS,
One Of the greatest ob-'abios which las h''i-
crto stood in the way Of an extended cuN.yaft.i
Of lax, viz: that of the trouble. dcluy and cy-
p9nse attendant npon lis stooping " To Pre-.
pare It for market, has now been removed. by
an invention which entirely disDcuSes with tim,
process, and enables the grower at the smallest
possible cost 10 send the fibre into the rllf',n'.
By this process, Of which Mr.. ID n'au IS 'hc
inventor, the results are obtained by a comb.
nation Of chemical and mochlnica means :
and As il avoids all the expenses connected
with STEPPING. the fibre may he rrc;a,.d a' a;
/ cost considerably below lha; incurred i'm the
present process, and may he made We are as
,nrcd. app' cable either for fibrcs Of the coarse
ness Of mail bags or canvass. or oflhr foou Sc
/ ot the most beautiful Brussels hcc. BIZ not
only IS the expense considerably less. bli the
time consumed in the preparation Of tie fhre.
which by tie old process range. from ten days
to three weeks does nat nvrocl as mani. ,,,,'.,
Gy the uustec?nd mode. J. also p,sscs-c- y
vast superiority on account oft'e eXfr,.n, sim.
rlclty OF the means adopted, which may b.,
made ineligible to and crflrmed hy a moro
chl'd. But by far the most important and val.
nabe part of this invention is. that il prrluc.s
fibre perfectly clean. aud in its natural ..,,p.
without any OF the Stains or impurities w!..rh
necessarily attach themselves to the Gbr, dn-
ring tie process of sleopinr. and il a'.o ro.
'csseS the advantage of securing that rrrular.
ity and uniformity of strength which rp
greater or less extent is wanted in tia .tc,--j
fibre.
Application has been male for cLqr,qr ,r
Incorporation for a comptny ,yl,;rh will n, ..ra
plred To purchase the fax rro,nccd upon 100
600 acres in Irol.,I -, ira
prepare II Tor market in cases where tho er,a-
(. "'"y NOT POSSESS TIE necessary facilities for
preparing himself. Tine uniform + Of strength
ara freedom from stain or mpurity which en-
ISIS IN the flax prepared by the uu>,ccped pro.
cess, mas within the last four dtv>; led To tie
Prac'caI demonstration OF an invention. cf iA"
'aIue ana Importance Of which, to agr.cuirr.
!"''>'s ana manufactures of this country, it j.
'"'PosS'oic TO form AN adequate idea, and which
consists among other things of the adop'ipn II
ne lax ihre to cotton machinery. The pa
len'ce OF This invention is NJ lie Chpvalicr T.
L auSsen. member nt the BRAZILIAN I1siifufr.
well known AS the inventor of the circular
loom, and by his collection Of objects of natural
history and plants Of South America in the + j.
tSh Museum and in the Museum at Pnis-
We STATED on Monday last that lie had ,larcd
in our bands a quantity of fax royinrs and
yarns spun upon cotton machinery BY Inc in
ventor. Since that period we have had an %
portnnity of personally inspecting at Mancho>.
ter the whole process CONNECTED with the in.
vcnion. and the result has fully convinced ns
of lis PractcabI'iiy. The finest portion Of the
warn spun, IN onr opinion, and We were con.
iirmed in it by gon'lcm1n OF great experience
and long connected with the cotton trade. was
equal in inenoss to 12)'S cotton. the coar>osr