, 1876-06-08
4 Great Industrial Organization, Whose
Products Can Do It Every
Eight Days.
One Of the Host Unique and Important Of
All the Centennial Exhibits.
A Thread Of Silk Which in Little Over
Week Might Enoirole the Earth.
Something About "Corticelli" and
Other Popular Mysteries.

In everything pertaining II tk. The mystery
of It's inception IN the still 1ifc Of the cocoon;
The difficulty of It's various processes Of manu-.
facturc, and its perennial beauty when conf
plete In thread or fabric, make silk theme of
Notwithstanding interest. Here at the Ccnten-
NAL, close under tic shadow Of the mighty en-
gine by whose matestic power the Shafts are
driven that keep III busy play tic representative
Industries of the world, ls department that
rivals In interest the engine ITSELF 1t is the
operation Of manufacturing tnucltne-twlst and
sewing-s!lk, conducted by the famous
NoNo1uck silK COMPANY,
Of Florence, Mass. Every process, save that Of
the eolortng, I. shown. Machines exactly like
those IN the Nonotuck Company's vast works
have been set up, aud ate run By skilled opera
tvcs to the delight of visitors who surge around
tie stand frnn ,unrn till evening.
The products of this Company are known aud
adtnlFG ~ eytery 1i"ster of ts land: a'l The
pic Of every State. Tic tnort intense Of tynspa-
thy assl praise esMnes, of t,urse, fron thu fcint
niue pwrt'on Of the thronSs. Ladies know right
practically
TIE vALrE or rEKFEcr SILK THnEAp,
md the iufinitahlc "Corticelll" las been n
household word with them for years. But the
Importance Of this, one u the lHost character
istlc nf american Industries, Is obvious to nj!
sexes nni classcs, and met, women and children
uf every degree tuck around the Souotuck De-
partu,eI,t Iii uager admiration Of its whfrring
,nacfllncry, nimlle workers, and peerless guols.
cannot refrain from. joining in their enthlai-
nsm wh!cl, Is happily infectious, and giving
rcat!rrs Ut TIE 1HlHuSg sketch Of the nlctli-
ots by which the "Cortlc'lN" and other world
renowned brands Of the So,otuck aiik Is made.
The Company. starts With The I'nporte'l skcina
are harsh to the touch, and though roughly
glnssy. have none VI tlle splendid smooth uytre
which t. one Of the crownlng glories OF tuishcl
elk. Thu imported skrns ure wound Upon
bobbins un one machine, after whlcl. they are
"noCnLEuh
OH another. THIS process consists In running
several Eo*saIncr. thFca,ls togethcr to procure
cllines on which thc "lotlbling ii is effected uru
snarycs OF blended delicary, simplicity, aud
durability, antl work like mngle- Frames arc so
adjusted Us 70 stop Instantly une Of the thy
drawn OIL froin my of the !obbins. This OF
cuursc attracts thu operatives attention, aud
thu tihrc Is Incnded, or newy-tllcd bobbfn In
bertt,l, BY which 1atans thu uniformity IN the
size Ut The t!eld FL essential to It's excellence,
is SECURED. After "doubltngn colnts
TIT: "sPtNNiSG."
Here Is brought into regutsItinn ruachlne with
whirltng epnlcs wh!cf, do their own oiing,
and which rcvo1rt ut the animated speed of
nearly aix t!inusari1 turns i minute.
Back 10 the "loubling' frumes next 70
the spun lbrss. Three spun threads are wound
twisted coinpactly upon still unuther machine.
This completes the tlread, 80 far as Its sIzr IS
concerned, aud II Is now a solid, tenacious
cord.
The thread must now he dyed, for which
proess It Is reelcd oiWe more lntu skcfn form,
u},on I'LL accurate luaElnc suyEng I'LL attachment
wf,iyh stops the reel rs soon u the requisite
amount has brcn rcelcd Into cach "lank."
THE MARVELLOUS coloRlNG r1locEss
hy which the SILK tukcs on every beautiful hue
and tin: known to art Atl nature, could not b.
shown vt the Exposition, on ateount ii
s Ss limited a o,d snss fsscss Sssss i III a,ssps, Spsny
aye!usvs @ f'so u thu s0u Sonotusk M S'sS};s @o9Rs
Ct florcnce, and can ~ iu tl'is zap tor the
benefit of tic rcadcr. The skeins VI silk are
first boilcd for fpur hours In strong soap,snds,
to tres them from tllc "animtl gum u Which
the SILK Inherited In the e<,tsoun. Fru,n u cun-
paratfscly harsh thread, sllc blk e,slrrges frum
bqs. reduced In weight just about r per cr,'t
,Illcl. cotncs thu colornE. II dyed pure
white nr IN bright colors the weight Ia nut ILL.,
.rsased. blask Is tlls tue giving thy must I'd
silk ail inlty sni,le it ID possible to
ADD FoNE!1N MATTER
60 as to inereuse its weight almost Indefinitely.
This explains the nundcscript stuff sold both III
WHO hwy 1t mud arc yexva III soul at bring
sw|nlleI BY what seemed heavy, t5urublc gools,
c,sn HOW understand tllni their purchaser have
bse9 @ part r. s!ik an. larger part pernivlous dye.
OF ..bargnins' III black allk. whether dress
goods OF thread.
Tie Incompatible silk Of the Nototucl, Com.
panF, hAylnE been eulorcsl and dried, IL iIext
wound upon bobbns preparatory to being
il1iully
colLEp uros spooLs
for. packing. Tkc. sl,o'ls, as my fair readers
,' W.T. kyow' are Of vnrlous stzs: holding from
puny lnakts Its own sponls, having branch
factory for this purpose Vt Leeds, Mass.
TAubrnnd" "Curtirclll, known wherever perfect
t.s se%nEstlk is N used an unprecedented, is stalnpsd
sIools, tlr machine used inr th!s purpose tnv-
i,g been Invented by thu No,,otutk Company. |
nne oi t!.esc Inasl!nes, ~ exquisite picee .!
neena gen"s s at .s Z Er:!te; aS enasiS IS soxa W
here ~ the Cosnpany'a stard. 4 hoy can run !
1t, and 'aln prinl upon it
l3o sruoLs MINUTE. |
This Is equivalent to tell barrels Of spools ner !
dny, I'LL amount haslly needed hcru ut tn. Ex-
positlo', 81 the lnarhne run IL ut rctnrr1 sctt
hMl allowed tu rest Il portion Ut the ting, When
II Is remembered tint tie regular business Ut
thu Nonotnck Company keeps seycral VI these
nlHcnes tn stc.ltly operation trn hours tlay,
t!!c re!tlrE WILL not liz surprised to learn tat |
"Corthy)i" silk IS to he fnund III aln.ost every
household FROM tl.e AtlaAtie IN the Pavinr.
All Ut the inaclnrry exhibited BY the Mono
tuck people Il OF trlr own construction, md |
thu 1!ncllles hayo NJ riYas fur thu purposes fnr
Which they wcre perfected. Several ns them
HcTt HFGNtctit bf nave improvements which
were wrought out, by tnemhers Of the Nouot,lrk
cou'pany, aud these haye been duly protected I
~ letters patent.
The Nonatusk Company, whose Chicago office
Il at No. l4f State street, was the ptoAsur !M the
art Of making ln1ehlnc-twlst.
IN FEnKu4NY, t353,
1t discovered how tu remedy IL difficulty found
to exist when using 0r.ltuAsy Eewlng-sllk III
seWing-tnacltnes, ald tlle licart af lsIlc Singer
was nntlc glad beyond expression ut the tllsroy-
e1y. liz urelarcd that tic usefMlncss of the
sowiss-maetine hull been Increased very greatly
thereby AZ tils present tiale fully fve eiMlilioi.
lplars' worth af nlur''tne-twist Is sull every
year III tho Un!ted HtAtuy.
AKpA1a |
have been awarded IN deserved numbers to this
CttnIany fur years; a,ll Chill the lust natiuu
before OURS to hold worlds fair. i.s Just for
warued tho chief prt.r, u lncslal and ,liplulna
tur thu best seW!ns.stlk, " the Nouu.uek's
officials.
This Compsny's position is Indeed pleasant
anu .enstullt- Its matehluss brands, Monte
tuck and "Coftcelli," aru known md ,a-
mlled from a[alne tu California. II IL tho
recipient Ut pracitrul tributes of esteem from