The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1860-01-19

operating room there is a bin for the
oysters, the capacity Of which is
$50 bushels; from these bins the
oysters are to each trough by GER
tain hands, as they are required;
those who are engaged in opening
have but that duty % attend to,
every facility being Afforded them.
AS the gallon cans ap@sfilled, they
are taken to the spout which emp,
ties into two bushel tubs Standing
in the packing room, and the score
marked down by the clerk; one tub
is for the largest and the other for
the smaller oysters. From the tubs
in the packing room they are taken
and placed in a seive Of two bushels
capacity; water is pumped upon them
to drain off all THE juice, and to re-.
move the Shiny matter and other.
impurities, when they are taken up
with ladle and poured through q
funnel into cans. Two kinds of
cans are used in the house-quart
and half gallon tin cans, and half
gallon, one gallon and two gallon
ash cans, in the shape Of diminutive
barrels. These cans are all manu-
featured in Conneticutsthe wooden
cans costing 7 cts. piece; they say
these eau be made cheaper there
than elsewhere. These cans are
not sealed hermetically; the object
is not to exclude the air, but merely
to make them water tight, as they
are all packedin boxes in ice; cap
is soddered on the tin cans, and a
stopper put in the wooden ones.
The cans of oysters are all sent off
every morning, after they are pre-
pared. 9aA ea8a
In the house 20 hands are con-
stantly occupied; with all their force,
some Of which is engaged day and
night, the proprietors assure us that
they have not been able to fill two
two-thirds of their orders. They
open about 700 bushels per day,
making 5000 cans; one bushel will
make 3 or 4 cans. They have 30
oyster boats constantly engaged;
they bring the oysters up to the
door, a large tub is swung into the
boat, and hoisted into the house.
The oysters cost from 80 to go cts.
per bushel; they are brought from
about 40 miles down the river; the
boats bring from $50 TO 1000 bush
els each; the aggregate number of
hands on these vessels is 80, making
in all about 100 employed. E
These enterprising Yankees COM
menced business in October, and
have already opened 10000 bashels;
they will cease their operations in
April, and when they resume in the
fall, it is their intention to put up
additional buildings, and to com
mence Oh a more extended scale;
they have no apprehension of ex-
hausting the supply, as the oysters
are extensively cultivated down the
Nsnticoke. t' h
The celebrity which some of the
hands open oysters is astonishing;
one who has boen engaged at work,
opened SO gallons day; an ordina.
ry opener will open from Is to 20
gallons; dime per gallon is paid
for opening. There are severed
Yankees in the house, and only two
Irish. A distinguished feature a.
bout the establishment is Yankee
lady, and very pretty one too,
who is intelligent and well accom-
plished. Every one visiting the
rooms comes away sensibly Impressed
with this femenine attache. Par
parenthesis, we are desired to state
that female hands can command good
wages in the establishment, each
hand employed about it, averaging
81 so per day; the money is paid to
the hands, every night, at the end
ofevery week, or when it is required.
One sees in the house many intelli-
gent and well-dressed looking men;
nearly all are provided with heavy
India rubber long boots: many of
them have an apron on. There are
8 hands whose business it to pack;
their place is in the packing rooms,
all the rooms are we'll ventilated,
and warmed by coal stoves; win
dow is placed over every other
trough, affording sufficient light.
The cans are packed in saw dust,
81 to the box, and are sent to Elmi-
ra, Buffalo, Cincinnati, ST. Louis,
Chicago and other places, consigned
to their own houses, the firm being
Plat, Mallory, Barnes eco. They
have a special car for the transpor-
tation of their freight, for which