Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-07-03
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Il ONE DESTIMF, pna .-iais
rst s...t-..st y
Ls3s 1855. ~ 3. os..s Z. 4. ',,s e.,
air islrncahowiih Che songs aof birds, aaud
laden With ihel Rellumesy Of flowers. The
public buildings conssi, Of new court.
hoiise, numerous fine churches. Ihe large
and airy college buildings, wiiRlfne grounds,
four rine unjon school houses, and some
,semiparies o., learning. Prof, Kingsly is
superintendent Of ,he Schools and they are
il aiprcsperous and tletaled lposhiong q M.
,Keisan prden, friend or education, and is
uslngleyery lepdc9vore 10 ensure superiority
in these institutions that constitute the basis
q our equality and republican Character.
ai'afesfs nI ihe college, eiihbheI
9hf4 q thAsai
fnnRe o hseIpI mess tbat jl Iiat ever emit ed.
IN addiiio6 10 lis ihisfhaf sdvanibgts d
possesses the important ones ofa heal,hvlo,
cation. auiids,!a population alnsurpassed in
intelligence, and Of ALL social and moral
.qualides y,,..,,,, ,o.s,sw gta
j The manufacturing power of Marie.pI
Would not' be considered valuable, FOR want
Of coal. and'frem ahe fact lhatthJ fresheisI
srshderq,hea water power
.uncenaiI ye, There considerable menu
featuring done here. /. The new chair manu-
factury Of Messrs. Dsna. Booth & Co., IS a
valuable acquisition 10 Matieua and all This
region Of cO0nlry, as many Of their chairs
lind market here, where they ough. 10 be
manufactured; bu. they furnish a good ari.
clio. much better, indeed, '.han Cincinna.
III lor variogs reasons. Chats Of all de-.
scrlptions are emade here, from those selling
Tor hlly cents apiece, TO those of {, five and
ten dollars. They are made Of walnut, ma.
hogaEy, maple, and every species of wood
ever pd, inio chairs. The division OF labor
and The yarietyi Of machines isin,eresliag,
and is ihemaih cause of the chenpness.
beauty and durability ofajheir work Their
machinery we regard as approaching near
perfection as possible. They use Steam
power. burnipg Sbhl liule coal, and keeping
up fires mainly with waste wood aud saw.
dust They manufacture all kindsof idrni.
iure, .als0, 10 supply their customers, We
much admired large 10. OF their ligh, bu,
strong beds,eads, of which they manufac.
iure vas, number. '''i"i1 fI3i@ 'f
1.-The bucket factories, of which there are
'wo., ,are Interesting 10 the visitor. The pine
logs are brought from iAe Allegheny ir,o
the Muskingum, drawn up into the mill BY
steam, sawed in thick planks by one man /
cut win a "cilnder saw iG'ihe right length.
the blocks a,e then thrown in,o another
room where st,circulsr or barrel saw GUS
.hlem into, slaves, They are packed in lhe
dry houses by other hands. When ihey
are taken from here, one man by two mo.
,ions on MACHINE, tongues. grooves and
slopes Them. Another seIs,lhern up, another
cuts the chino BY a singIs mUiioh, anolher
smoe,hs the outside and puts 'oH one hoop.
another theinside, another by asihgle whir
Of q wheel plainsihe bottoms, another in lhe
same way cuts them round and makes ,he
blocks fly, another inserts the b0,i6ms.L
They are then prepared to 60 up another
story, where a man cuts shee, iron in,o
hoops, making hole in each end, another
bends and rivets. another pots On, landlher
smooIhs over with putty any li,Ils seam in
the wood, anolAeri primes, smother paints.
another puls on'tf ears. another cuts
wire inIo handles, another boreS Them, an.
other slips them on, and so on, each doing
JUST SO much and touching nothing else bul
his'own work. Each bucket goes through
some forty hands before II is finished, and
we should think they came OUT of the lasl
mars hands al the rate Of five minute
% Messrs. Frank & Co., have good foundry
and machine shop. These, with several saw
and Touring mills, constitute the principal
manufactures Of Marietta. They will prob.
ably be increased by the completion Of ihe
railroad totha. place, the work on which
will be Recommended In some ten days. and
the whole work pushed forward 10 cumple
ZION alfthe earlies, possible day. 8''ed '"i
y We rtjoice ir the presen. progress and
prospective prosperity Of Maritta, for we
regard her people as well worthy of il, and
her location rs well calculated 10 continue
her atn6Ug hs'fpsl 1owGs oI esodthet Stern
Ohio.-4 Wheeling GdS. '''i ''9"ft'S 9o!
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i, ,OPINioNs qN The LAw.-The following