Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-29
blucness showing when they are tempered


empathetc affair. To see il, we must find
ourselves at tho mill again. The water pow
or there appears to he moving hali-a-dOzen
mnngles: and very like mangling the pro-
cess is. On very coarse cloth, which lies
upon another coarse cloth, needles spread,
TO the number of forty or fifty thousand.-
Emery dust is strcwed over them; oil is
sprinkled upon them, aud soft soap is daubed
by spoonfuls on the cloth. The whole pre-
cious mess is then rooled up compacty, and
tied at both ends, aud round aud round, ns
tight us pack-thread can bind il; and we
have before us disgusting bluck "rolypoly"
dumping. Several Of these are put into
one OF the manglcs, where they roll to and
fro for eight hours. BY that time, the emery
is worn smooth, the packets are taken out,
and the needles nre dressed with fresh emery,
oil, aud soap; and another eight hours
mangling succeeds. From this, the needles
como out dirty enough, and smelling hor-
ribIy; but they are capable now Of show
ing their brightness. They are washed with
hot water aud cleansing materials in iron
pans by boys, who seem &c enjoy the shaking
and bouling of the needles with real zest.-
When clean, the needles are tossed into saw.
dust, aud tossed about in it, until they are
dry, aud then the sawdust is tossed out from
them they are tossed into bundles, and sent
10 the munuihclory, to be sorted and put up
for sale.
We shall not come back to the unsayoury
mill any more so we will ask what that boy
is doing; aud how any sione-breaking can
he necessary to the making of needles? lie
is breaking into smaller pieces those not large
white stones, from which emery powder
comes. We follow his barrowlul OF pieces
into little shed, and find that the water
power is working, up and down, the pcstle
of n greut mortar, where the boys ffng-
ments are broken into dust. A man is
sitting whnt comes out OF the mortar, and
returning whatever will not go through his
sieve.
Once more in the mnnufctory, we find the
inulty needles separated from the perfect
Among so many, some must be broken, some
bent, some with bad eyes or dull points. We
inquire what becomes oil the refuse, which is
called "scrnp;' and the answer appears to
us so curious that we nre glad we did not
miss the information. The bright needles,
which hnpcn only TO have lost their heads,
arc eagerly bought by picture. frame makers,
mud cnbinet-makers. They are invaluable
for delicate fasiings, for veneerng, and
where n null Is wanted of extreme fineness
''scrap" is equally prizod for another oh |
lect,-ior making gun.bnrrcls. 1t is sold |
by cartluads M the fincsi-icmpcred steel |
HAT gun-barrels can he made of What
an idea this gives,-or would give, if we
could receive it--of tie extent OF the manu-
laciure
The manufacture is now complete; but
the making ready for sale exhibits n mir |
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eyes.
A handful of needles, lying ak manner of
ways, is put in n tray, which is shaken
backwards and forwards, until the needles
lie all one way. Those Whose points lie left,
from those whose points lie right, are sepa-
rated. A little girl spreads heap on her
counter into rough row, wraps Bit of
cloth round the iorefinger of her right hand, !
shakes the needles lille, and brings out |
batch, with their points sticking lightly in |
the cloth, and their heads supported 10y her |
other iorcfnger. These she lays side, aud |
does the same thing again, until all are sep
arnted. A hemp is thus separated more
quickly thun we cnm tell how it is done. But
these needles are of different lengths. How
should ice set about sorting them? Certnin-
ly not IN the actual way. The operation
just described is called "headng." This is
called "hnndling." A narrow piece of wood,
like thick flat ruler, is llenped with ns
many needles rs will lie upon il, almost from
end 10 end. A woman feels along 9th sides
with the lower edge of her hands, and lifts
from the rest with her fingers aud the palms
Of her hands, the lougst needles, which
she places on one side. Then follow the
next longest which she places on the other
side. 1t is altogether an affair of tact; aud
fine must he the touch, and long the expe-
rence, required to do such sorting with ac-
curacy.
Then VIC arrived at the scat of another
wonderful woman, who is pronounced by her
employer the most rapid worker he has ever
seen. Her business is TO count the needles
into quarter hundreds, aud paper them up
The squares Of paper lie ready; the needles
nre before her. She separates twenty-five of
| thetu, whips them into a paper, and counts
ngnin with incredible rapidly; folding ihe
| Filed papers when about hnli.a-dozed are
rendy. We are so persuaded that Our
readers could mover believe how many
packets this woman folds in duy, that we
vii! not sny how many thousands they num-
ber That 20 many should go forth into
the world from one house, wonderful enough;
that one woman should PUT them up for
their journey, is more than any readers,
not needle makers, could bc expected TO
believe OH the declaration Of nn anonymous
writer.
Next, we come among boys aud girls
One little boy is cutting out the printed la
bels, which have had their figures neatly filed
in 10y an older lad. A third is spreading tho
cut labels on board smenred with paste. A
girl is putting Them on the packets OF needles.
Another is putting on the warranty ticket, in
like manner. Another is "tucking;" slip.
ping one end Of the needle paper into the
other. A lad is looking TO the drying of the
papers in the warm dry ng-coser, in the same
room, where they remain about two hours
md he and another are Tying up the papers
into packets. Finally, we return into the
WAREHOUSE, and see the piles of gay boxes,
which are TO be filled with mn assortment OF