The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-21
BY.sHOYT.. & CO..

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marvellous and intricate pieces of ma
chinery ever made by human hands or
invented by the human brain ). nothing
that I have ever seen in the way Of ma
chinery seems to act With such human:
intelligence. Every movementsnd every
motion is guided by wisdom that seems
littleless stian miraculous got tRiisdownI
in your note book, and don't forget the
envelope maker III Machinery Hall.
Walters great printing press from Eng
land occupies a position little north north
east of the centre It is a wonderful
piece of mechanism in one sense, but it
makes more noise at its work than all the
rest of the machinery in; the great hall
put together, including the great Corliss
engine. In contradistinction to this,
there is another press at the great Exhi-
bition which is the eighth wonder;of the
world. I refer to the new Campbell
press, the like Of which has never been
seen since the world began. All of the
best printing presses are large, heavy
and cumbersome; even the Bullock's and
Brewster's presses, and the most improved
Hoes are filed with complicated machine
ry' and inuumerable wheels; but here is
a press occupying comparatively little
space, a mere skeleton as regards ma
chinery, and yet doing work that the
widest dreamer never dared to hope.
The forms are prepared, the, rollers are
adjusted and the engineerissahds at his
post with the lever in his hand. He
turns it gently backward and 5g the way
she goes at twenty thousand d,7a az hour,
printed on, both sides at once, folded,
registered and piled up ready, for the
newsboys to take under their arms and
peddle in the streets, I have watched
the Improvements in printing presses for
many years, and there is no machine
which human genius has developed that
fills me with such reverence and admira-
ton. There must be point of perfec-
ton somewhere, and it seemed to me that
this morning, as I stood in the presence
of this monarch of mechanical skill, the
inventor might ipscribe above it, "ne plus
ultra," satisfied that in the mutations of
all coming time its superior. will never
be discovered. :.
Directly in the centre of the building,
and near the north entrance, which faces
the lake, is another wonderful labor-sav-
ing invention, known as the American
type writer. See that splendid-looking,
dark-eyed woman who sits by the ma
chine, and plays upon it like grand
piano = watch how deity her fingers fly
over the yielding keys. For moment
you imagine she is amusing herself by
running over some old, familiar tune
but not bit of it; that is Mrs. G. A.
Osborne, one of the most remarkable
operators on this instrument in the world.
She il ow-writing at the rate of:aIbun:
dred words a minute; and look, she
hands you handsomely printed copy of
the letter you gave her only few seconds
before, properly punctuated, your imper-
feet grammar corrected, your syntax and
prosidy SO wonderfully improved that it
astonishes yourself to think you can write
so we'll. With this instrument you can
multiply your copy twenty-seven times,
but it will require little practice that
will call you out early in the morning
and keep you up late at night before you
can become an Osborne.
Massachusetts, is here near the door,
with magnificent maritime display, and
you find models of every kind of craft
that moves upon the face Of the waters,
Full rugged ships are there that look as
though they could tackle, without wink
ing, the stiffest south-wester, or double
Cape Horn in June without striking a
moon raker or sky scraper; rakish look.
ing mackerel fishers from Cape. Cod and
Magblehead, and jaunty looking ngschoon:
eEs-such lass 60 down to the banks .o1
Newfoundland after halibut and cod
are scattered about. Oyster boats and
net fishing, find here an abundant illus.
tration, and the pleasure yacht in which
our young sprigs of American nobility
enjoy their ocean races, have several
magnificent models. These evidences Of
her maritime greatness are interesting
beyond the power Of description, and
among the collection is divers suit fol
exploration beneath the waves. l, never
see one of these but I think of the terri.
BILE esights frequently encountered by these
travellers under the sea. Here before u!
is the identical suit Paul Boynton wore
when he leaped over from the steamer
and swan to the Irish coast AS I looked
upon it and the paddle with which he
worked his way along the stormy ant
rock-bound coast, the whole scene rose
up before me, and came to the conclu
sion that if such an opportunity was eve
offered me of achieving an honorable
immortality, j would let the job outiat
very slight percentage on the origina
cost and call it square.
The crowd increases with the cooling
weather, and it has certainly been de
lightful. The regattas of the week passed
off splendidly, and I confess l wish tn
English had won. I am PARTICULAR!
glad that in losing they lost no honor