Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-27

cHlmey iby thf3l Way,f Bhlch nel haet never
4 eommitteds1 Bun Sueh ass sthes Justice Of,
4 bur ihwsy and hesjayfully vi accepted that
1 solution of the mystegygi rsiisagzai aoqu
| Each Christmasi l. receive sfroMs him
the best and. fattest uefhisl drove, sandi
he whites me- frequently, eongratulating
/ himself on shisSeseape from the sgallOwss,
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| 81 .iIs Lace Manufacture. n ns.is'7a7a'e
-Untf1aBodtthfee Centuries aSgoIace was
made by the needle on a piece of fhe-
woven material" the threads of which
! were, drawn aside to- FORM holes or
meshes, held IN position by few, stitch
es.T I'm 1851 Barbara Uftfd ann, hn,'o Of Anna
berg, devised a method Of twisting
! threads, round pins 50 as to form a Knot
4 ted or Iietted Fabric; this was the real
origin Of pillow lace,, the making of
/ which gradually extended to various
! European, countrfes.. Pie implements
used by hand. lace max ers are few m
/ number, and -fh5ftifciaf IN tehafFaacter
j They Consist of a pillow or'' cushion,
series. of .bobbins or small cylindrical
4 pieces of wood, round which the thread
4 or silk etifpIoyed is wound. and pins
1 which are stuck into the cushion, and
| around which the threads are twisted
| The patterH offhe. lace IS determined
y & 81 $sp y eiS g e tSs si3s a T. ~
| Of parchment whichp isy laid yjApon the
! is accomplished BY the twisting together
ofFHH thrsKds upon Ihhe boFbins, aid
their bein woven NaIh0ng aId ardn3d
4 the pins. The finest pillow-lace is made
on the Continent. 4 The namessqf Rr1ss
sells, MechHn, Vale alenfiennesaa and dAlen-l
con at once call to mind the, chief seats
| of the manufacture. In, France alone,
before, the outbreak, of the Gwars mora
than 10000 women were engaged in
! PlIow-lace making, and their average.
earnings we're about a, penny an. hour,
| A good deal of lace is Also made, in the
! Erzeberg, mountainous district of Sax
| ony, bordering on Austria. These peo-
pie; fornar q, sort of race rapart3 the3msHT
4 do the cooking and Washing az d attend
! to the gardens, while the women and
1 children make the lace. By working
\ from morning tilfnight they baeanh earn
| aboutGsixpehce day; they live chiefly
I enepotatoesrandb sail; II but htlfeyo aeea de;
4 scribad tASaicIeanly,s cheerful, had COM
/ tented people. In Agland4 4aee- makers
\ abound chiefyiIi in Buck ghsfnshhe =
I Bedfordshire, the part of Devonshire
/ around Honiton, and near Coggeshall in
Essex. A fourishing manufacture has
also sprung up during the last forty
| u yOehIo NNy-CEA4A
Ihade-lace we wi1T not speak here. The
| Quantity annually produced is prodigi-
Gus, and tthe headquarters Of the trade
still center at Nottingham.
Some years ago an eficer Of engineers
at t1nich SoAtriveds an ingehaous plAh
I fOi making lace without eithe& human
labor or machinery. Having made
q paste of the plant on which a certain
+species of caterpillar is accustomed to
kfeed, he spread it thinlY. over a stone of
llthe required sizes He then, with a9earn- :
kel's.hair peneiledipp ilho dii, = drew The.
1 pattern whichlhe wished left OPEN The
Ii ftion and number of catefpi lfars placed
lat the 9bottomto fPhey yisaeee 4snd SPUN
their way up to the top, carefully
kjayoiding every place touched by the oil.
la piece neeSITipE $ ] SSaakE IN II.
4 inches weighing only Isl grains.
/ Saturday. =. -
uu2kLT ~ TVHTETS AANN
FRxperiment with a Mitrailleuse and a
T JackaSs.
II An English paper says it is in con-
II temptation to mount mitrailleuses on
the backs of camels, and work them in
tthat novel position. 1t is almost need
! been tffeefh En- elsild, for WisSt sxperii-
ments have we not tried? But camels
1ih England are not readily obtainable,
\ and the ordnance committee therefore.
selected one of those jaded. Old ASSES
\ which form SO common a faatrre IN the
4 landscape of Eritff and eWooiwich. THE
tanfmaT 'qiietly pernftted itself to be
Fused in the service Of science till the
FcriticM' moment The weapon had
! besA loaded and pointed Sat the btitts,,
iWhen it suddenly occurred to one of the
Z lcpmmittee that the pulling of the Ian
4 yard might disturb the aim. 1t was
therefore suggested that vths- discharge
should be effeeesd Yith tie fAse. But
the unpleasaht hzz& Oh the lat
ter appliance was too much even
for the patience of donkey. The
creature no sooner heard the unusual
sound than hsIsentseht hisT heels, and
mitrailleuse among the members of the
committee. The panic which followed
can heYbettef Apagihe3 than desc 4Eibed,
but kf5f ID ik8ely pevefy 6oay got 6atJof
harms way, and when the discharge
took place the wretched ass turned a
! complete somersault. After such con-
Itfetemps, we, shall hear no more about
/ aIbattaEon Of camel mitrailleprs. ..,;,s g i
i CANsN1,1BhallLiissa N 1,1Bhall IN PAsf Mr.! Full:
ton, in one OF his San Doraih 60 letters
to the Baltimore American, says : fih.'c
\ There is no doubt that oannibalismI at
one time had considerable sway among
the mountaineers, and that some yes
tiges Of it stiih remain. During the reign
of Geford, founmen and four women
kwere brought to the stake, and shot for
the offense, who died with all the en-
thnsiasrn,S that Christian martyrs have
displayed IN 5heir -last5 moments. % Fhe
sacrifice of theireefnl nldren ito optheir God
tis, the essence of their religion, and they,
/ partake of the flesh and blood with all
the Christian -sarerameRt of which the
Lords Supper, is partaken1 v5 bSoS
There issa priestess fof the order in
/ Puerto Prince, and it is Believed that
the saeriReeis now performed in secret.
Since the execution, of the'eight martyrs
the sect is said to have increased to such.
! an extent, especially in the mountains,
that it is not now regarded as safe or
polite for the Goyernmentto- prosecute
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