Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-03-02

buffet a snow storm. | have thought that the
prying into such places and watching their
modus eperandi would moro thoroughly instruct
a man-ir- the true sense of the word--than all
the theoretical drill you could ever give him.
All that we know in this world-that is, all that
we know TO be true, comes by science or reye-
lation. A man may theoriZe-, philosophise or
poetize himself through vast trains OF specula-
ton, but he learns only-he knows only-as he
is brought in contact with something tangible
and real.
But about my visit to the factory aforesaid,
before stray too lar off down your columns.
/ The highest floor is occupied by the frame
makers" where the numerous pieces of whale
bone, metal and wood that form an umbrella or
parasol frame are fastened together by series of
operations, each performed separately by one
man or boy, by which means the maximum of
rapidty and excellence of workmanship are OBJ
tanned. Here also is the "foreman's" Office,
where the various accounts necessary to this
branch of the.manulacture are kept. The fore
man exercises entire control over the workshop,
| furnishing out TO each artiZan his allotted week
| ~ labor, and carefully examining all the work
when finished. After the frames have been du-
ly inspected and all defective ones rejected, they
are lowered TO the next floor where the covers
are sewed on. Here are from hundred 10 one
hundred and fifty girls, who are busily employ
/ ed ten hours day with their needles. This
| floor also ntains the finishing room" where
the "tops" and heads are put the parasols,
aud handles and "ferrules' to umbrellas
The "forewomans" Office adjoins the finish
| ing room, and is so situated to command
n view over the entire room where the girls
are employed The forewoman's duty is to
| lay out the covers, elastic bands &c, ready
for the sewing girls, to examine the work when
done, and to keep an account of the amount of
work given out to and returned by each woman.
| a smart girl can at this business, from ten
to twelve dollars a week for four months in the
year, and from five to seven during the remain
der Those in MeSSrs. ID. IL HIS establishment
are not in the least degree like the haf-starved,
miserable objects we read about in sensation
novels, as working for few shilings a week,
and obliged to sew from early morning till past
midnight, for bSrely sufficient to keep life with
in their shivering bodies On the contrary,
these girls are bright, lively looking lasses ply
ing their needles rapidly and cheerfuily, with
pleasant smiles on their pretty faces, and gem
eral appearance of contentment and health.
The next floor Gelow is used rs u store room
for the vast quantity Of material used in the
business. The cutting room occupies one end
of the floor. Here the corners cat and
sorted ready for the girls. Here shelves full
of Silks of all colors and grades = cases Of Cot
tons and Ginghans, black, blue and green are
also here, in apparently boundless quantities.
| Huge piles of whalebone and rattan, shelves
loaded with brass trimmings boxes of heads
and tops, barrels full of horn handles, and vast
stores of all the articles necessary for such a
! large establishment are on this floor. The next
floor down is the sales room. Here may be seen
busy statesmen showing goods to buyers from all
parts of the United States. The most beautiful
and recherche parasnls usually bought by
Southern dealers. There numberleSS varie.
ties Of parasols in this spacious room. The
prices range from 10 cts to twenty five dollars I!
| The gentlenanly propretorS are always happy
to show visitors through the stock, whether n
sale is effected or not, and the clerks, from the
! bookkeeper down to the GRAND boys are inva-
riahly courteous to all.
Yesterday evening happening up on Tenth
street, near what are called the STUDIO BUILDINGS,
! | made it point to sail in ut the room occupied
by Thomas Buchanan Read, celebrated both in
painting and poetry. Here likewise our
| friend John TAFT, we'll known especially to your
Bethany readers, and somewhat known over
the United States and Europe as the author of
two very readable works-Ihe one prose, the
other verse. l found him busily packing up
for Europe, whence he sailed this morning at .
o'clock, to perfect himself in his darling art of
painting He is yet mere boy, kind Of
Chatterton in his way, and predict for him n
brilliant future.
enclose you a little poem upon the "Cable,"
which Mr.. Read gave me, and which will wOr-
thily fill niche in the corner Of your fourth
page. q.
P.S.-Since finishing my letter have hap
pened upon of the conferees in the late rail-
road convention. 1t seems that Erastus Corn
ing, of the n Y Central, was not in the room
Mr.. Moran, of the Erie, having positively re-
| fused to go into convention where he was
At Washington, during their convention there,
a grand burst up occurred between Moran and
Corning on this wise. Corning charged per-
sonal fraud Cn relation to former agreemenO
on Moran, whereupon Moran (who was in tho
chair) walked up to Corning, shook his fist uns
der his nose, and told him (Corning) that what
he had uttered was false, and that he (Corning)
knew it to be so when he uttered it. | AIN in.
formed that Corning wilted. So, in this conven-
ton, just closed last night, the notorious Dean
Richmond represented the n. Y. Central. He
come down strongly backed up with delegation
of his allies from the Michigan Southern, and
other roads, and wanted them to he let into the
convention Garrett, of the B. & o., who had
come alone moved to clear the kitchen OF these
allied understrappers, and to go into Presiden-
tial session only, whereupon Dean Richmond
gave vent to the elegant and rhetorical express
sion that "they might all go to heir if the
allies Of the N. Y. Central were not let in
Garrett replied that his road did not run, nor
had it any connection with that locality, that
being route over which the n. Y. Central had
full swing. Dean was very mad, but come
down and went into conclave. Moran want
thaf NJ v Oh 10,