Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-10-12
EDITORIAL coRREsPoNDENon.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 5tb, 1907.

This city, sometimes called Elm City, go
famous for its Institutions Of learning, and
the beauty of Its location is, like many othe r
places, in New England, now making rapid
progress in manufacturing, and, as a neccs-
sary consequence, is increasing in wealth
and population. The beautiful "Green" as
they call 1t, in the centre Of the city, on
which is erected the pile of buildings known
as Yale College and its appendaaes, contains
upward of twenty acres of ground. This
enclosure is surrounded with large elm trees,
most of them older then the oldest inhabi-
tants of the city. This is also the residence
Of Gov. English, Andy JohIsons particu-
lar friend, who spent last year 100000, or
one years income, to secure his election.
The approaches TO New Haven from New
York, about 20 miles, are by railroad and
by water through the Sound. We left New
York at 8 o'clock Z. H., on the splendid
steamer continental" and arrived at New
Haven at O'Clock, being delayed over en-
hour by rough SEQ. The fare being only
one dollar, and the scenery beautiful, much
of the travel takes this direction.
Connecticut is the only New England
State controlled 10y the johnson democracy,
humiliating fact to many of its citi.
zens. Yankee ingenuity is now doing much
for this city in the way of manufactures.
On leaving New York, i was urged not to for
get aud visit the mandatory of Fish Hooks
;nfr ~
Mr.. Crosby, son Of DR.. c. o. Crosby, the
inventor of these wonderful machines, which
are destined to drive the English article out
Of eur markets. There are ten of these
machines in operation.
Into each of these machines wire Of a pro
per size was rapidly passing from q reel
fashioned somewhat like the "swifts" of ou
grand-mothcrs, and being automatically Gu
into the requisite lengths, bent, ringed o
fattened at one end, sharpened to point a
the other, bearded, filed, and dropped into
box under the machine and needing only f
be tempered to make them as perfect and eff
cient Fish Hooks as can be made-a singi
workman thus making sirty thousand hook
each, in day of ten hours. To say nc make
them, is inaccurate he supplies the wire an
then looks on while the machine makes ther
without fault or possibility of defect, @
fast as nails can be made, and equal to an
ever used. That they arc cheaper than an
other need hardly be added Hitherto, W
have fisheG with British made hooks; bt
that day is over. The European hooks al
made by hand-slowly, clumsily, expensiv
ly they will henceforth he made on D
Crosby's machine.
The needle machine is just coming in
operation. The steel wire is taken from
reel and one woman tending machin
makes, or rather the machine makes al
dresses out at the other end one hundrt
perfect needles every minute, ready to
tempered and polished.
Another ingenious machine, just comp
ted, is the Automatic Brush machine"
which two women can make 500 brush
per day. The machine bores the holes, G
larged at the bottom, takes up the bristl
binds them with a wire, and forces the wi
into the hole, and clinches at the botto
The back is solid, and the brush the mc
perfect made.