Connecticut western news., 1876-06-02
MACHINERY HALL.

Humanity delights in motion-in life, or the semblance of life. What attrac- tion is stuffed giraffe or the hide of hlppopotamus, filed with straw, con- pared to the living, breathing, kicking and snorting animals, all alive? In ma chinery in motion all persons take a great interest, and to-day, in Machinery hall, the ladies were as interested and curious spectators as the most mechanic ally inclined man who did duty as their escort. And well they might be, for here is exhibited the mechanism which has conquered the world. Here is ma- chinery the most ponderous and ! ower- ful, the most complex and deli ute from the immense engine, which fur nishes the power to drive the tons upon tons of other machinery, to the compi- cated and delicate little machine for making the minutest portions of watch es. and manipulated by lady. Here are iron working machines, wood work ing machines, sewing machines, ma chimes great and machines small, of all characters and descriptions, which the ingenuity of men of all nations could invent, all working with precision and regularity suggestive of hun an intelli-
 
 were where the printing presses were striking off the daily newspapers. A band scroll saving machine attracted & crowd all the time. It is manipulated by very dexterous workman, who is a genius in his way, with lively streak of humor running through him. From little square blocks of wood he sawed out the most intricate puzzles, made eyeglasses, toy chairs, and hundred other trinkets, to the astonishment of all beholders. A loom at work weaving suspenders was novelty to many, as was the knitting machine, which was engaged in knitting the body of an un- dershirt 8 mile long. At least it would be mile long, if they didn't cut it up in shirts of the regulation shortness, and possessing, in consequence, all the un- comfortableness which regulation un- dershirts habitually possess. A watch company has machinery erected for the complete manufacture of watches, and it was pleasant to note that the ma- chimes, dozen or more different kinds, were all worked by women. There are indications that there is to be renewal of hostilities between the sewing ma- chine men; lively competition has sprung up among them in the matter of display, and I should judge that every kind of sewing machinery ever invented is here exhibited. At the south end of the building there is an immense tank, into which competing force pumps throw water and suck it out again. As there are great many of these, and as each raises the water some twenty feet, fore. ing it through pipes, from which it falls back into the tank, we have quite g number of artificial water falls. In this building there are exhibited also a va riety of steam fire engines, bright ii polished brass or nickel plate; fire ex tinguishers, railroad locomotives, pon derous machines for rolling railroad iron, giant marine engines, and every class of machinery which makes any thing. Some of these machines seem tc know more than the average man, ant why shouldn't they, when the inteli gence of superior men has entered into their construction Machinery hall vii require some little time to give it com pleteness, but already it is far enougl advanced to assure the visitor that man at least, can fix no limit to the capacity of intelligence.