The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-09-07

lOSE-a IOTleLnOulu, ". H., paper
gives the following notice of the hose and betting
factory of sam'l Eastman, located in that city. 1t
commends the leather hose made there as a superior
aud satisfactory article in every respect
ain the first story of the factory the rough leather
is received and curried. None but the very best
Philadelphia oak-tanned leather is used, as may be
seen by the inspectors mark. The hides are thor
oughly cleansed, and stuffed with a preparation of
neats-foot oil and allow, TO render them soft and
pable At the time of our visit, some monstrous
sides Of leather were hanging in the currying room
that WERE as old ladies say, "a sight to behold {"
Considerable of this stock is sold for harness leather
In the third story the moist leather is stretched
by machines that exert a strain of from eight to
twelve tons upon it, testing its quality in the sever
est manner. The leather is dried under this great
strain, and any that would undergo such a test.
might well answer TO work up into reins for Apollo
to drive the chariot Of the sun with The great i'm
provement in this point over the old system of nail
ing on floor and drying is obvious
1.-The second story is devoted to the making of
betting and hose. The machinery, made by Weston
of Lowell, has the latest improvements. The man.
ner of making splice in the betting is so perfect
that the eye can hardydetect the union and so neat
is the interacng that it can not catch or rip uron
the edge of any floor that it may through. This
is called the patent locklap. The hose is made as
may be desired, sewed or riveted, but in neither
style is IT beaten in any point Of material or make
by any workmanship This hose has again and again
been subjected to the severest tests our Fire De-
partment could command. On Fast Day, the Gov
Hill, the heaviest ard most powerful machine made
by the AmOskeag Company, ordered out to try
to burst it, and packed all steam repeatedly on
H..
the Kearsarge tried the same thing, with the same
result, but not stray leak was sprung The city
has since invested in this hose and are now satisfied
the engineers and fremen that it is the very
best article made. These tests have since been
repeated hut there has as yet been no break even
when used after having been rolled up in half
frozen state. As We have said before made of the
very best materials this hose has stood the toughest
of trials, and praise from all who are concerned
either in the Fire Department or in the safety of our
property and should in the future need Of ANYTHING
of this kind be felt know that our City Fathers
will not go abroad to invest when such irst.class
work is turned out at home. We heartily commend
all in want of betting nose to Mr.. Eastmane
1.-THE MYSTERY oE EDWIN DRooD Mr. Dick
enss last published nsiallment of "The Mystery of
Edwin brood" ends in the following singular
strain:
al wonder whether shall sleep tonight, At all
events, will shut out the world with the bed clothes
and try
"Grewgious crossed the staircase to his raw and
foggy bedroom, and was soon ready for bed. Dimly
catching sight Of bis face III the misty looking glass;
he held his randle to /; for moment
90 likely some one, you, to comeinto snybody's
thoughts in such an aspectl' he exclaimed. There,
there, iherel Get to bed poor man, and cease to
jabberl'
With that be extinguished his light, pulled up
the bed-clothes around him, and with another sigh
shut out the world. And yet there are such unex-
plored romantic hooks in the unlikeliest men, that
even old tinderous and toueh-woody p J. T. Pos
sblY Jabbered Thus at some odd times, in or about
seventeen forty-seven."