Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-09-28
Life in a Powder Mill.

10 your old friend, .,,>,,>-o
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
= Life in a Powder Mill.
Dickens thus describes visit to the powder mill
of Hounslow, near London:
ain this silent region, amid whose ninely-seven
work places no human voice ever breaks upon .he
ear, nd where indeed no human form IS seen, eA
cent in the isolated house in which his allotted TASK
is pcrformed there are secreted upwards oil Two
hundred and fifty work people. They are peculiar
race not of course by nature IN most cases put ny
the habit of years. The circumstances OF nomen-
tary destruction in which they live, added to the
most stringent and necessary regulations, have sub
dued their minds and feeling to the condition oil
their hire There is seldom any need 10 ENFORCE
these regulations
"Some terrible explosion here in work O: Il
similar kind elsewhere leaves fixed mark on tler
memories and acts a constant warning. nee, 10
shadow of practical joke or caper OF ANIMAL spH-
its ever transpires-no witticlsms no oaths no clai
fling r slang. A laugh is never heard, smile sell
dom seen. Even the work is carried on by the men
with as few words possible and these uttered Ill
low tone. Not that any BODY lahcles lhat mere
sound will awaken the spirit OF combustion OF cause
an explosion to take place. but that their feelings
are always keptsubdued. y Is 20
"If one man wishes to communicate anything to
another or ask for anything from soneo at Il
short distance he must 60 there, LOT nc Is never
uermitted TO shout call out. There IS parucu-
lar reason for this last regulation. amid all inns
silence, whenever shout does occur, everybody
knows that souue imminent danger Is expected tie
next moment and all rush away headlong from the
direction of the shout AS to running toward II TO
render any assistance, as is common In all other
cases. it is thoroughly understood that none can DC
| afforded. An accident here is immediate and Dc
yond remedy. If the shouting be continued Tor
some time, (for man might be drowning IN rlver)
| that might cause or two OF the boldest to re-
turn but this would be rare occurrence.
t is BY no means TO be inferred that the men are
selfish and inscnsible to the perils oil each other;
on the contrary, tle! nav .ne $50; 'min,,ar.
ton iol Gacr p.lie., Us .n no 10 H.. ~ othr and
ana llihk vi nc u'ilsei W ~. 60 ". 49,
the properly AT STAKE d, aii tliies, , u ' III
| cial!y Ill all tic more auhseious :I, an a.;
prnpf'c'"rs OF liie various e"hpo" uet NM, ''i Vs.
play inc same cohSueiu''ot ~, d..
whenever al! improvement, ts.u'n: W @
ger, IS discovered o! one II Is il'ieuii'cli
| iicated 10 an inc othcis' Inc ""se' " @ ~
are soou aho INC nou's ,e'! ,nn,, - -
lights are used Ill inc WORKS Inc! al ASH mem
Scivcs-back, White anu pfonZe-aia ieaNc inc
mills at "a III the afternoon WINTER ana SUMMER
|
LG'don tdshion Jor aeeu NY ieM
IL, nrrieraiioS and may be anticipated for next month
.,nuiis .hc greaist oyclIic in bJnEcts is the allan
straw trimmed round me rom WIN loud low ol us
Sari is'" >''>''' 'rA'a'e' W r'N''
| Up II worked bpnnc,s, OF yellow und back crinone.
,inne with bows Of chine ribbon in ,rish, shades, such
yea ri ; III, ,,,,' viii n,iyr ho,ycrs
| 10 match the color II the ribbon
Thin n!ane!eis are SUI mich worn fn5oluerea mus
10 ,ry re cyrceinyv Ii,ht ,,n,nifccnt nonce of
application tins The edge the mntcci, ROUGH
yte oI pink guaze ribbon is placed on The top OF The
oufe sun more eesa one ,s n, IN u from, s h.
hi,d 49, " -
The pasodcs, formerly exceed ngly wide, have been
redIced TO more modest ir9po ao.s,e! we III
, j., their innines as have also ucl
casra and MAI gucsses all which made either
II cmb,"ideIed in cI'ion mixed with vaeGeie,es, EnS
use en , VIII" 'a''"es ia''' pun" -
| $50 . ID ID.
|
| c,,i,rs incident look Mace on Monday night ot
| the Vaudeville. Theatre Paris which has cscit,,,
| n GOOD deal of conversation 4 new niece Dom
| mi Srmpson was produced founded as the title
indicates on CIV Mannerne. In the second act,
one of The characters is made TO say: .'ie will
return, for force makes right, to which the other
rcples "Aly motto is that it right makes force"
The audience took I'M the point and bv their an
plause and counter applause showed that the house
was divided into physical force and moral force
the egitimiSis for the latter. What gave piquancy
to the thing WINS the presence of Jerome Bonaparte
and the Minister oil Police. General Perray,
lcgitimiSt, called aloud: che would return, for
that his right male his force Thcp piece has been
suppressed. This is the first political demons,Ia-
ton that has taken place in any theatre since the
I'd December. -f is--.a--s '..
i Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.
i ....t..,srf -F--r-----~---
I Winnsboros IS ,C) Register says that Mr.. F. &.
Fowler one Of the conductors upon the Charlotte
I railroad, has adopted new plan for driving cattle
Off the track A man. with gun well charged
will, small shot is stationed on the front of the en-
zine with instructions, when the cars approach
cattle on the track to shoot them in the flank,
l. .