The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-10-26
Sinu.tes,ss Of Iron.

ly We wandered into machine shop yes.
ter'lay. Everywhere, up stairs and doxn
stairs. intelligent Inechauics were dong. the
work once done by, thinking and toiling men
In one place, a chnckle headed affair; look
ing like an elephan,'s frontispieae, was qui-
city biting bars of cold iron in two as ii
they had been so many eaten straws.
In another place, fierce little thing,
with spindle shaped weapon sort Of me
chanical 'eDevlPs Dgtrniny Needle "--was
boring square holes through solid wooden
wheels, three inches or more in thickness
Away there,'i in a corner, a device, about
as large and,hoisy asa humming bird was a.
musihg itself, cutting uot pieces Of steel from
solid plates, as EASILY as children punctRre
papea patterns with a pin. .'o o"1 anaMr7j
tdAllby itself,in another place was ma
chine thatswhistled like q boatswain, and
rough boards came forth, planed and groov-
ed finished ready for something; somewhere
for somebody. .g,o1a nfIig f.. Cta.aa ylg1a
Everywhere these queer machines were
busy doing all sorts Of things in all sorts
of ways. boring and planning. and groov-
ing and morticing; turning and bending, and
sharpening and saving. 7'a ,2.oada maft
Down stairs in room by ITSELF as if it
would be all alone, we found the grand NOV
'er of all these machines good Sfaa bluo~
Li In a corner soms distance from the eeni-
us we write of, a fire was burning, perhaps
tokeep it"'just comfortable," :" and perhaps
n0t.s tH11u2 tJ2HtmJ Htrl ..o4f as ~
1T was very busy-the thing was moving
on arm ofpolished steel, backwards and for
ward over O. frame, equally polished and
glitterlng;as one in thought setting by a
table passes his fingers to and fro, al ong the
smooth surface Of the mahogany oj i SD
p We said twas busy, and so it was; busy
doing nothing. Invent nowhere; hammer
ed nothing planned nothing, ground nothing
butjust passed its ponderots form backward
andifofward. tt neither ate nor spoke from
"early mora to dewy eve" it timed the toll
gong on, every where around and above IL.
There were, in eed, few men of flesh,
sixty or SO, here and there, about the estab.
llshment, FURNISHING rather than DOING the
work. 50 Eol 7ia@saaY 4.i 4 ena a o.
fa lhat thing with the iron arm works the
wonder. 1t will work more.--N " Tri-
6ane.nL .@Foai2m L4ataHi aa "aa@ag
la ebfld i-ELlu Luil .aElrn .algYI E445,a
aR A You've PdILANrHhoprsT.-- The follow
ing letter wasrecently addressed othe may
or Of New Orleans, and speaks pleasantly
enough for itself: +. II 7, .. I,lal
Jpa1ig iSuARoNYILLE ONO, Sept. Z, 1858,
+, p DEAR SIR; Ny little daughter, Alice, sew
en- years old. hearing me read Of the, New
Orleans suffering, on going TO bed prayed
i"the Lord would keep sickness from New
Orleans" The nextday She inquired If she
might send the contents other money box.
It was duly broken open, and displayed
twenty-rix cents in copper and three cents
in silver. As the act was voluntarily, / said
| would make the sum Of five dollars for
her. She asked the Irish servant girl and
man what they would give. Each contrlbu-
ted one dollar. Please appropriate 'aRoa
''9@i And oblige your humble servant \
'9a ~ PA's s'' ~ ''n'' 's"@i 'a@ U.s.