The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-11-19
NUMBER Ill.
ONLY A PIN |
from the French j. T. De st. Gsrnaixs,
p. s.,
q aduate Of St Joseph's. Emmlttsburg Nd.
My Birth.

God said, "Let there be light and there was
light" Poor human beings so exalted witlr
life, and fl!s your hearts with pride, how many
of you and how many of your combined eAogtss
are necessary to make o single pint
With the Ssp Of =
machinery driven by steam, prodaoe the brass
wire which 10 to be fashioned into pins SEQ
third, the pointer sharpens the ends Of the wins
upon o grindstone; fourth, the pinker gives 10
the desired length; ffth, the twister diaposoe
1t in sprals to form the heads; sixth, the oetsee
of heads cuts and fastenS the heads; seveufhe
the cook rebakes the heads, In order to produ0e
the desired hexibility; eighth, the fAAhionsR o.
heads gives them an elegant turn; NINTH tAe,
rubber o fret cleansing; tenth, the bloachor O.
timing; eleventh, the extinguisheE Q cold-Was
ter bRthi twelfth, the polisher euru4 tharax
rapidly N cask Of bran; thirtesutb.
tanner separates the Plus from the bran; 81
teenth, the picker makes rows Of holes q Il
the paper fifteenth. the arraDger fills uHE SAeN
holes with pins. Numbers Of persons wegeN
employed in each one Of these operations, and
I passed through more than q hundred hands
before being an article OF sale.
[NoTE-The "making Of PIN" as described
above, is done away with altogether. Pins sr0
now made entirely by machinery, and coea-
pleted by one process. They are even stuck In
the paper by machinery. These machines are
American inventions.
II.
Ny Introduction to The Ford
With some millions of com panions, I was put
into q rapid vehicle, and we were sold, ike
modest slaves, for the benefit of the civilized
world. The case which served prison
was opened in an elegant store, and we were
disposed In largo crystal cups. Per-
fumes, gloves, ribbons for tho fair sex, were
clerk in charge of US, o lady's maid took mo
from the crystal cup, and, attaching me to her
neck handkerchief, transported me to o bril-
liant mansion in the neiRhborhood Of the
Chaussee d'Autin.
Ill
Grandeur and Okscurity
Oh! the luxury and osteut alton of this mag
nifcent abode! In examining the elegant paint
ings, the rich hanRings decorating the mansion,
it's splendid apartments, it's princsly furniture,
artzans whose reunited efforts had brought
about my triumphal entry into these gilded
ch ambers.
q 1ic-, Juliav cried shrill voice from the
deptns of a boudoir hung with silk. "Aud that
ribbon, have you finished it I"
Here it is, mad anne; II you only knew why
much troub Bile have had in TearraDging-"
Hush, mics, and give me PIN"
Hastily detachiug me from her neck hand
kerchief, j ulia passed me over to her mistress,
who was paying the mirror most assidious at
was now employed in carefully pinning
together q graceful knot Of ribbons upon the
neck of my bretty mistress. She departed
immediately the carriage was waiting. What
a delightful lot seemed to have become my
own What curious things was going to 000
and hear! The foOtman opens the gate, and on
We 20.
Bot half-wa across the yard, my mistresg
stoops TO give an order, and, alas for me! fall
bet ween two bricks of that immense pavement.
There Yves q great deal of moving to aud fro
coming and going, and, Is we'll a. could guess
The place was q vast bureau whore numberlcs1
,lerks were employed in receiving and paying
,ut money, for all who entered bore away
aFge bags of croWDS, or portfolios apparently
we'll filed.
Ny head remained upon the edge of the
pavement, and from this position could OBJ
erye q young man of modest demeanOr and
,rave, gentle air, who had jest entered the
lard. He appeared to reflect, Afterwards went
Jack few Steps then, as if making groaS
fort to recover his courage, he advanced
esolutely but sadly towards q largo glass door
'eAring the inscription, Bureau and Trea-
ury." His cOuntenRnce interested me.
Dged to be near him, and become better &C
ualDted, for 1 possessed the strange gift OF
iyining, by contact, the mind and character
f thoso who bore me. Z" If he would only pick
no upp said l. al would love to be owned
" him - but the ungrateful fellow his
houghts were elsewhere. aud he passed. me bye
1 soon saw him emerge from the glass doOrs
by . person whose gestores In
lied the refusal of what had been 90 earnestly
esired. However, upon another entreatyi the
bief clerk shows him the Windows OF th0
Principal apartment whence / had just de-
cendsd in such brilliant company, and con-
euts even TO Set an of1ce-boy conduct him %
he master Of the house, With whom be was
ilmoat Immediately engaged IN Tegy sEAe4
onVogsation.