Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-30
How 4lox91ineD are Made.

SratlIy my curiosity, anO GU caStlOS my
eyes about NE. l soon fixed upon Wooas
Household Magazine, as the object Of
my visit.
This popular monthly, as perhaps our
readers are aware, is published in the
beautiful hillside city Of Ncwburgh, on
the Hudson. Could Natures surround
ing beauties in any WY affect a maya
zine, then Woods, indeed, would be the
grandcst in the world.
But it is Of my visit more especially
that intend at this time to speak. It
was on the last day Of the old year that
l presented myself ut the editorial sane
tuns sanctorum OF this noted monthly.
The on'ens were propitious, land present.
" l was enjoying social chat with the
editor of the magazine. 4 moro plea
SAINT and retiring man it has never been
my good fortune 10 meet, and / could
scarcely credit that the III ,dest, uuprc-
tending gentleman seated in the chair
before me- had, unaided by either
friends or money, and circumstances
most discouraging, in less than ten
years established On 6r.n foundation,
one Of the most popular " dollar month
lies" Of our day.
Having stated the object of ,ny visit,
Mr.. Wood very kindly volunteered to
initi:tc me into the mysteries Of the art,
il SO we call it, and forthwith proceed
ed to 9o,so by saying that the FIRST thing
in order Was the gathering Of material.
I was not little surprised when he
quietly Informed me that his g. matter"
ior the past year cost him no less than
six thousand dollars. Said be, II paid
Gail Hamilton three thousand dollars a
year; l have given Harriet Beecher
Stowe two hundred dollars per article :;
James Parton, fifty; Tilton, the sane
T. s. Arthur, ono hundred Horace
Greeley, one hundred; Joel Headly,
fifty; Wukely, thirty; r. X. Bsecher,
thirty-six; Virginia Townsend, thirty !;
Harriet Prescott Spofford, scventy-Gvc,
and Rsbecca Harding Davis, one hun
dred and twenty-five dollars, ETC." All
Of these articles vary in length from
one and half to six pages. Ofcourse
selected matter does not cost anything.
The material being now all obtained,
it is sent to tho compositor's depart
ment, which, being 10 another street,
and not in his main building We did
not visit. Tho "matter" being set
up" the forms are stereotypcd, nd the
plates are returned to the press room,
situated on the first floor Of the main
building. In this department We found
four large book presses, valued at from
three thousand to three thousand five
hundred dollars apiece. These presses
print sixteen pages with every impress
sion.
| The paper being now printed, it is
placed upon an elevator in the corner
Of the room, and with it we asccnded
to the fourth floor, where these sheets
of sixteen pages were quickly folded
by means OF large folding machines at
tended by girls; these sheets are then
taken where they arc stabbed, aud
stitched.
And now it remains only to paste on
the cover, and the magazine is ready
for mailing, and Of courscit is no little
work to post over three hundred thou
sand magazines. The mailing depart.
mcnt alone gives constant employment
to six female nailers. Mr.. Wood in.
formed US that he mailed thirty bags in
F day.
In I'LL, the establishment gives ON.
ployment to about City hands The
running expenses Of the house must be
Immense, and yet u very large subscrip
, ton list, enables the manager to send
3 forth dollar monthly, that is read and
enjoyed, no doubt, in thousands o1
homes from Maine to California.
Should any Of our readers eve,
. chance to go to Newburgh, take ou'
l advise and see for yourself what ",
have tried to describe. Dcmocrnti
+ Republican, Hamilton: ". r., ./un. 9th
1873.