The mountain Democrat., 1865-07-01

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to6dd ma 'fdhtksd ol lee INsyelt
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80 q PlsGsantntst u aaiNg.q HG g1trAct
thtss IekB6aFSs the glass hOut IT,, "
iE6SA9 %,Ba6 GA ISsd III t(hoF ths
PeculsaR esfieUatial Z tOIwhichc theuaR oi
GhS RaAiAg ~as6ovmeSty held Ihnd the
privileges O01safrt1i % it BY TAfices Coy;
ernmeHts o. y&0S6pe.' =. a. -, .,.,.,
Tbs sFk HsS lhps. almost invested .giIh
al air af,FonanGe, and maRufactuEe
| cOmmspdjpGn Uoh much a1trntiOn on the
part Of 'thS Gbeetpments Eks regarded
with gTet kharp of, ave and, wonder.
Il Ii net stTpFga, that. in this state OF
things, VariOus'isgehds should have been
identified With the manufacture and its
localities. y Awong tHese legends Was that
which ,aseFihed 70 the, furnAcs.6re the
property Of creating the mOnster called
the SalamPndsr.b.,It ives believed, too,
that at csEtaiFliMes tids wonderful being
Issued from bis a6ode and, As opportunity
offered, ethried back some victim to his
derry bed. > The dbUeace Of woFkmen, who
sometimes departed secretly to foreign
lands, was, always accounted for by the
hypothesis thls In SOpIe upguardsd mo-
| ment they had fallen prey TO the Sala-
Imander. "a Vnie6tA, too, whose courage
could sa1staiR AhedRy were directed to look
through. ths key hole to the. interior Of the
furnace, and no one failed 10 discover The
monster coiled in his glowing bed. and
glnFing with fIe+y eyes on the Intruder,
much 10 hiSi disc0mt future, Snd1 q eaeeG1allY
lAst0 bis fytFaat ;SSpms gaDsnt kOightt
armed SAP a:;pie. II is said, idoved . coMkPa!
with The derry dragon, but slwaYs return.
ed dictated; he Important net DOUBTLESS
SeiuG then unknown n ;Or overlooked, that
steel Arp'or, bsiNg . rspid cOndncIOr oi
heat, would be likely to otempt more
ready approach Of the fAbled monster.
There was Another current notion thai
glass was as; eAhily rendered mailcable a
klillle, but .umt the wOrkmeR concealed
the art and the life of any one attempting
the discovery was surely forfeited. Al
ancient writer on. glass, lSidorus, states
that, in the reign Of TiberiLH, an artist
bAniShed from Rome on political consid
eraIiOns, in hiS reliIeDenls discovered th'
art Of rendering glass mailrable be ven
tured to return 10 Rome, in hopes Of pro
curing remission Of his sentence and
reward for his siASrntion the glass ma
[kers, suppQsing their interests to be q
stake, employed too powerful an infu
encs with the Emperor (who was made
believe that the value Of gold might b
diminished. by the discovery that b.
caused the artist to be beheaded, and hil
secret died with him. Blancourt relate,
that as late, as the time Of Louis Kill.
: an inventor having presented to Cardina
Richelieua SpecimeR Of EralleA6le glass o.
his own Inanutacture, he WsS rewarded by
n sentence Of perpetual imprisonment leSl
the "vested interest" Of French glass man
ufacturtrs might be injured by the dis.
covery. Even at the present day the error
is . pOpular one, that il the art Of making
glass malleabls we're IuAde known, II
would have the effect of closing nearly all
the existing glass works; while the truth
Is, that quite The. reverse would be the 70.
suit. " henever the art Of making glass
mAlleAble5 is made knOwn, it will assured
ly multiply the manufacture to tenGold
degree. ....
1t was formerly the custom for the
workMen, in setting pots in the glass fur
mace, to protect them> elves from the heat
\ by dressing in the skins Of wild animsls
from head to foot; 10 the "Outre" garb
were added glass google eyes, and thus
I the most ihideous looking monsters were
readily presented to the eye. Show was
then made Of themselves in the neiHhbOr-
hood. to The In6nite alarm Of children old
women, and others. This always occur.
red. with other mysterious doings, on the
occasion OF setting the pot, or any other
important Increment attendant Of the
buSinsSs. The gynund was thus furnished
for very much Of the horrible diahleGie
connected with the whole history Of the
manufacture,
A belief was rnsae prevalent that glass
drinking vessels, made under certain ss-
Economical Influences, would certainly fly
to pieces if any poisonous liquid was
placed in them; and scales Of vessels of
this kind were made at enormous prices.
Another idea, Psrvaded ths community,
that vessels Of certain form, made in q pc.
culiar 4tate Of the atmosphere, and after
midnight would allow . pure diamond to
pass directly through the bottom OF the
vessel. Various articles such as colOred
g0blets. were thought to add to the flavor
Of the wine and dttract materially from
the Intoxicating quality.
All these arid rtany other popular no
tons. added greatly to the mystery and
'enOwn If glass manufactured We close
this number with An extract from " How.
ellis Familiar Letters :" " Murano." says
he, "a little iSlind Sbout one nile from
VeOicej ,sthS place where crystdl glass Il
made, asd II il . rare sight to sse hole
streets where on The side there are twenty
furnaces At work. They say here lhat q.
though one should transfer furnace from
MuranO to Vehi6e, or to any OF the little
assembled islands ab0Ot he ., 'or. to any
other part Of the earth besides, to use the
same material " .tbs ,EaNo wGENen. the
same fuel and the self sane ipgredisnt
every way, yet they cannot make crystal
glass in that perfection for beatty dhd ILs.
ter aSat MUrsas. Some imPAt1fFto tRe
circumaWbisnt air.. which ria,Pufiiea and
attenpslsd, ,hY heJ Je0ncurFe0cs olso many
Ores that are in these furpaces night and
day perpetuaily, TOP they are Ike tie YES.
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