Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-18
tFrom the Boston Journal.l
The ChInonieTs of New York

TFrom the Boston Journal.l
The ChInoniers Of New York.
The cLifonier has become an established
institution in New York. forming a numer-
GUS class, and rendering quite an important
service in the industrial economy of the
metropolis Some particulars of his call
ings and habits, which we gather from the
journal Of Commerce, are interesting. The
most priced of his collections are bones, of
which n quarter to half bushel constitutes
q fair days gathering for one picker. These
are sold to regular buyers, who go the
rounds twice each day to the houses of the
gatherers, paying from thirty to forty cents
per bushel. The bones are always paid for
in ready money; the chiffonier gives no
credit There is such an active demand,
that the purchaser is very careful always
to bring the "ready," for fear that his
treasure will be bought at an advanced
price by some of his competitors. They are
taken to the bone-boilers, where they are
boiled for grease, which they yield largely,
and which is clarified and made very
marketable article. They are then broken
by machinery, and made into bone black,
while the refuse is sold formanure. The bone
black is in great demand for the purposes of
sugar refning and is SO indispensable in
the manufacture of refined white sugars,
that no substitute has yet been found for it,
although the European chemists have en-
deavored for many years to obtain one. The
city of New York contributes three thousand
bushels ofbones daily for this purpose, two
thirds of which are gathered by the chiffon
iers.
Brooklyn, it is said, furnishes q very
small supply OF bones IN proportion 10 the
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population, which Is pronaply owing 10 the
tact that SO many gentlemen nVlng tneTe
do business and dine IN new 1ork, Whlle
the !adies and cnlldren al nome 90 not 90
much INTO roastlng pieces. ohe olu cnli,
1onler, OF consiuerapIe experience, e1PresseI
the opinion tnaI DroOklyn PeoPle n!eu
100 much on SAT- nsn, iSrmllg MS his opinion
from the nones ne ga,heIeu' Inc larger
portion OF 'ne bones Plckeu up IN new lo[h
ure eoS ~ the 9uer'els ihnaoiIeu H ~ Vne
poor, VINO thro" lnelr pV9es Anto Ine sVreeI'
hags anu scraps oi olu paper u oouISe, T
ma welcome IN lne scaVengers pug Inc
paper Is SOFA 10 paper-makers, 70 oe worked
over again, ana ine COTTON ana linen rags,
alter Delng "asheu, are sUlu 10 pe manu-
Iactuleu lni1 paper atso, whlie .ne wooieI I
rags are Golecteu wi1l lhe oiu snoes anu
scraps ol ieaInei' anu sent 10 .he chemlst 10
constitutes tne plue aye lor our cottOn gooas
ana lnlerlcr wooden laorics, as well as the
oeautllul pigment >, RUSSIAN olue' -heSe
Woolen rags, however, someIlmes are solo
10 nanulac'urers' VINO w0rA N tneln i1Co nS, cheap
caIpe!ihgs' VI snouuy o,otn. olu IN
ware Is uy NJ hTans T1 Passeu W, no ni~'Vet
nom pat'eIeu. Inc tin Is naninle!eu ou'
na.i anu cut intT squares Vi Certain size
WIN Ioies pungheu ~ 'he cOlnerSi .nese
aie soiu ~ tle uo1en ~. o',J tms-H Vety
necessaly article' useu lor haIolhg oNer tne
Sungs ol casAs anu oar!els 0t wei goous'
Cigar stuhps anu olu qulus Vi 'ooucco ure
galheieu, "asneu, anu soiu, W pe recu' anu
serNeu up do loW eraue VI suioAirs "
oacco' AlCer snoW-sIor'n tne oniIonler
IS pre''y sure W nnu spoons anu iorhs, as
.ne snow prevents .ne servant glrls from
nearing the jingle vi the articles "hen Iney
are e., thFUwn IL inlo tne slIeets.
Inc GhlnoIler Pursuss MS !aoof oy nignt
as wen as ny uay, lor smigrHIion auus
greatly 10 t!e numbers Oh tne class, anu
ooln 10 snaip " 10 oSioula'eo eIrt
seNeLal huhuieu tnousahu uollars ennua!iy
are mus reSllzeu from .ne streets oI sLe oity =
SI new hork, gHlng support W nunuteus Va
taniii "nu NJ III, .L :
s tettas iSr St 10 ;e "l;,jn Ou.S INC
~ I L";aa ~ % n;.Sna =; ~ ~ Sie 80. onI
pdIioot 49, - ms eaS S ~ one SoieTso a.
optioIoa o. Tn%a % Hnny aIu tPo ePitg ohigl ons
anrin,s % dLo;r aTonin"a ~ W tba % nenIfont,'no
po;ob stirLs frnn ybita nG oaJor hnords h,,
~ nu'n nf '' nS,nrnd tl 49, "inn 0Va. iod ~
VeaLoo 80 ,msb &C. tbo 49, 49, .
off . Jo1sn or more ps sticks G the % ai1s Of straw
and the length of the board which is about
two feet. They sell these sticks to match.
makers at so low a price as to defy compe-
tition. Indeed the introduction of this
grooved.plane and the adoption by the chif-
foniers, broke down some of the largest
manufacturing establishments, which had
extensive machinery engaged in the busi-
ness. Included in the class of chiffoniers
are frequently men of superior education,
foreigners-men who, in their own land,
have been graduates in the universities and