The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-30

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sired to perpetuate his skill, which gives,
we saw, the perception of temper in a
rich damson-likc color of the steel.
The finishing by grind-stones, of which
fifty tons annually are used, and the pol
ishing, by a succession of emery wheels,
graduated in fneness for the purpose,
are done in the building on the road,
where the dressing and packing also
come under the proprietors' hand, so
that their wares may take the favor their
quality may deserve in the eye of the
purchaser.
A market is found both at home and
in the cities Something like third
of their manufacture is adapted to the
woodsme en- of Canada, where perhaps,
original forest habits prevail, and the
choppers arm is death on reaction with a
cordial of his own. Even six pound
axe is used to pioneer the bold Briton
into the forests of New Albany and 9TH
er regions, which the Indians never
dreamed of defending. The stalwart
laborcr of the Mississippi valley has al
50 here a tool for himself, in which the
benefit of momentum is intended to be
added to the spontaneous force of the
implement in its descent Near third
of the axes made are for that market.
and third, weighing none too much, and
shaped so as to chip from the bottom,
are made for those whose eye teeth arc
cut as precisely as those of the Brooks
es, and whom they hardly need be war
ranted not to cut in the eye-the univer-
sal Yankee nation.
Our visit was on Saturday at noon
The senior partner was absent but we
saw all, and risked something to follow
our ciccrone by a short cut across the
dam, on float of string-pieces, that
might have made paragraph of the WIS.,
tier sooner than of the works, and sent
us perhaps as a "dead head to Charon
below but we survived, following close.
ly upon the track ola respected County
Judge, who was by no means meant to
be drowned. The men had mainly fin.
ished their weekly task, except two, that
were near the further extremity of the
shop, in the almost open air of summer,
striking SO cordially, nay beautifully
1.-THE and young in their shop-dresses
that the eye dwelt upon them ; and two
who were older, beside us, and were still
continuing the first processes by the forge
The fires and anvils are at different sides
and we pass between them. The former
have no chimneys, but are supplied will
air by tubes from common bellows. a
are the latter with living water in vessel
for use. The fires were ready baitet
with anthracite for kindling the TEN
perer's room exhibited its casks of rud
but needful chemicals for his work. Al
was cheerful ; the work was suspcnde
because accomplished. We waited b
those nearest the entrance to see the frs
parcelling of the material, by which ban
8 of iron are clipped singly into Jumps {
the weight for an axe, being held for tn
. purpose to an implement, called shear
, some three hundred pounds in weigh
of a .fy-,rihg shape, operated by lev'
q power, and dividing them as simply
q Capt. c. will candy in cool day I'll
!. bellows is fanning-mill on a new pla
Il and doing the work for all, the appre
~ tice blows and strikes no more, but onl
p strikes like the journeyman But v
I claim no skill in processes, nor EXPIRE
90 regret for changes which all look to Il
r same showing-that the policy on whit
% labor may depend is in the brain, al
that a good wit may prove this in col
q munication with the hand, if not on p
n per. "