, 1866-05-01

p to The chi LED goods AS the wool comes IN
be second foor. where 1t Is TO nunergo The p:o-
:ess Of c1lpp1t:, and sorting, one Of Tie most in
posiani oi Ill through which II u to pass, A. upon
koennets of pefe,plto auonx ,he workmen htre,
ueperd In great measure Ill the subaeQuept ya1.
ues Of ihe manufactured goods Each fleece come.
In the lc.m Of . tightly rolled bundle, firmly bound
fcrsh Irregular thcet of d1.eolosed wool, nns1ed
ard Ino,teo With dirt and bnrs to an extent which
appear 10 any cEe but = ncof-woyker mott ur-
Nazareth. Ii IS 10 BE- regretted tha. Western hrm-
erz sre not more el1eul In The preparation oftaer
wool fer fhe markell a. The statc "a which The, p1t
n1si 81 s p1sseaaion S. a.bouid 6e to % feep ;asir
Iheep elean during The: w.n:er-so over
cGme the delnsion that come. seem to
M hse hsss e
ita door may be. TEcir ne1t care should b. ~ clip
from the deeee Ut letst ftr proportion Of the bu
and tass Which adhere , 20 II s'tsr snsa.n y; ,ny
wool three or four cents per pound. and make II
rate in The market with New York md O1io. both
q which now command much better prices than
To return frotn the feece-e1ower to the aeece.
The weight Of the aeeees Sar1es greatly but The
average seems 10 be, Of Minnesota Nool
four:snda. half to fre pounds. As each dirty bun.
die IL unbound, 1t Is spread out upon great
Flop,ng ianle, where an experienced workman at
'sess = wn rapa nnd 5r 2,
of and cnsts ASIDE as worthless Glib A4fn sr1r is
ihc remainder Of The beccc be t-.aee er
ttnct grades o. clear %ool Is hafa sos an tnexpe-
s, o. tage, coarse ena lhe slightest difference Be-
tMss9 9ssed, and he Woiknen, defly WELDING their
sharp fheaIz, seem somehow 10 do It by instinct
rather than reasoD-, You NE handed two tufts ct
nool. which to your eyes eecm quite alike In qnal
ty, ard ealn 10 gour surprise tbat ona Is 'nunbcr
one'' and tho Other 'snumber i've" Or perhaps
"si1." Then lne mystefy q the in:eEsen!ng
fneness and eyeuncs8 Of the lozt govern the stec-
tons, but there Eeems to le no dentte rule for de-
tsmirtng ths.e Sasf an tie ss ssse and teach ot
Transferred to hugo Gins and bales II IN adjoining
From thete bins, Inc WOOL required Is iumbled
down narrow batchwny. or slide iuio the
basement to undergo securing. Or, more plainly,
tan oi Soap aud sola AT, it Is aoaked and stirred
until its impurities arc removed, and then an nt-
tcntlat, sIuie with long fork, pleks II out w,sp
y RS a1a u Il On 40
lets, between Which, nt a pressure Of about four
tons, The wner ID s9neszea out Of It. The aSe-a-e
tlnc Of tpakns in this vat IL oboBt twenty Minutes.
clean Sattf, md - ibis proees. msde quite whlte
and clean, ready for The Tats, when are loca
TED tn The same ROOM. There use tlree yats which
used for any desired coors other than blue, and
one biz Tub devoted e1cutfyelr TO 1lue. The
mere coIosipg OF wool - too generally know. IN It's
recipes md manner, to be worth de:ctiption here.
Srt6se It to cay that, alter being dyed hese, L Is
noisy, t1t1y machine Il slowed lWay up In the
nth etoTy, erd tts work is 10 open out The COM
pressed md tangled Abrcs OF tho WOOL It also
eSsa s S5a i Tns1 ses In e t.
"piekc.'' is not 1uitLe .1htli lhte.npe nachtne;
out o s eosea room
tossed out In the open air fton earrierz- 1t Is
vcry loose md dsJ-foo dry for workns-and ns a
n'eassa a Wa a1a y oil % ASoa, oar sasrts "a t
ol oii are u.ea on each bundled weight
q woeE 1he ns5t step, that q
ls carried on On the tocr betow the picker" the
wool 1elrg d1opped down here thlo1eh email sides
In thc process of cast!pg lhs wool passes through
and this fac'oy has no les. than vc Of iheee sets
The fItt machine through which II p1.ses Is called
The "fret breakcr." Thewooi Is fed iuto This u.a
from zen 10 fourteen ounces 81 time accosc,ng ID
tic weight CT the 'soIl" TO b. made, From fks
other end the cartled wool comes ont in long roll
Il Ii ehanee TO 70 be hiae, lie delieata Wrsathes
tnaokc which reflective smoker. lore to pnG from
their lips From forty TO fottyelsht Of taese LONE
59 easn E9n1d
doea it over ssaia; winding ,be soh roll e make:
upon spool. a. lho o1her "a baloTe, IN sloplns
stcht anges with T. 1he object Of @ iMs - seem S1
chance to be n. QUO or Two. III
s ~ssn1e tn H. set a as as q n
forty threads from n many saools oN the "sccona
h,eaker," turns them out aea:o still forty separate
threads no inpect than before hut now camptessed
tnsa.s. Glsmse1' 81 OF The thickness OF the
The iory threads q, they como OF ase all wound
Wl,hou. ssstes q ensrayinss snd almost intcf
nipable tp.cc for explanation 1t would be imposs1
bic to describe one OF ,heee carding machines. An
@ ., Fee ES0: es sttppei 0:aa.
blcf. .ieed roilere, 'Tub rolleit, &c, stun the
inquirer s:ser truth CD bis srss venture lnlo thi
rel ming chaof Of mechanical Information and With
np ia diegust. Yet the actual operation Of these
machines Is SO simple that ouc boy tends each tet
and eeens too 10 have quite an easy lmr to do It.
facts, VIC might and here dnc text for dlsqnisi.
instaneed ii tss contrast q ,Sis eardine nsehias
ard NOW almost obsolete eptnplng wheel. W6lle
TIC have gone on tn tMs- digreatton, the condensefs
9poin Of half dozen iack-tpoois linden with rolls
.uext process, that Of
BP1SSRsu.
Im; is performed on what ase termed Is sptnntng,
tdckt," erc1t mach1ues taking up a great deal oI
room and conveying lively impression Of scatter,
edness and uiscoEnec,edness Of parts. 1t does not
ser, cleaf Why one sNann.n9 mecItne n \ tnoaM be
called ''Eunef," another mule " and th1rd 4
"iack-" 1t docs eettn fhat moEc ernameuta1 bcasta
might have been chosen fos ii pclpetuauon oi
ss ss n hs .; e s,an, sna To-
even The most fertile imagination could hasr E3uced
a.s lsassnetame l. es,h.. 9'seanae g The bestts
onI Of ne QUESTION ae etymoiogv ~ Of I iSe waf M
hnnd1G .na 10 '9s 9s ,a;, soS * spin TO hug
Of tSc maehirr tat IN Winch ofe ,ane. shs s,t
dozen ons sios brourht from H. tr Nv
tsGs'ss 5 s;.tsnsTz sad t5s ol6s1 Pss sa!ea tae
istapcc oT seycn fet On rais.1y III far 'ofs
1nScaI - isseusa 70 spind5t nbsm IN" ,ha i9o
oi Inc machine src together and then The carriage @
set5g run assG fss o.. enfh q ess
by IN aaaneement of uachincfy beneath
The splndles in the earrisse The araount OF twist,
II nse5 ie5ss = Is r.
sctly lie n.ooer pons tne nrta5 Eno Az ana u e.
carriage runs bsck, ihe hidden, appafasus m The
eatts@ q he rtsass ss,as 1T ,as ess s hsp
ieurtt Of thread nox spnI a. II, sniudes n1s as.e
tnmblcd forward. The fhread thus spun i quite
ne a1d three strands Of H. or even ioar ne tslsted
md :.feeies." The names q botb ent,suenty ri 3e
note their utes. one cirl icuds botb ihetc' md
eiockfng safu per diem. OF tic : }acEs" man
tioned this establishment has at present three al
work, but uiil IN very short iime have thref
six stacks y viii Keen seventy Ioop.s at Work Or
tho conr.er grades OF cIoshs leans. etc. or orty Or
fine castimeIes. One mau tends each iacs.
!, naturally The ,tep Tsafs e. faj,ovpr .ptnn,nr
here It is that the rel taste and talent or he anu
facsares ss d,Fplased. The1o Is one preparatory
process even Ia this advanced etaee, which tne
~ rn1
jortIIy cassImerr, ali hsrc 10 uniereo Tnl
sswaiper" Is The Starting potnt for he iirer,.ni
fnr nrtI1nr IN .hr ham IT iha 1nnn ,ha, 1n.M1
tff.ad.. iIum efrbt hn1,drei ~ ibrc, ,henesnd IL
unmhcr sern,tasEo 10 the St,s ,nI a,s';te ~ rho
HMs r.nrtrsS r. ~ ~ Aas9 aar 4s1iss ~ y, se
Tnmhrr of rpira1es ton tho |jarR mr.
tnuarf. fcmi.c1truiar rask, and ihe
-:afe4o nom each b drawn OF regularly In
iof 100 looms. Inc looms might be ntade, nioue,
q saheet ior ienEiay chapter; ol4 no. the Fety