The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03
GIT Is IN TO STAY"

u Hurrah for Uncle Josephp' shouted
Edward; and Edwards brother and sis
ter, Arthur and Annie, echoed the sem
timent. % .
According to promise, Uncle Joseph
had called to take bis nephews and
niece to see, the pottery. works. not,far
from the place in which they had all
taken up. summer quarters. Uncle Jo-
seph at the hotel and his relatives at a
comfortable cottage near by. ''1p1 #
1t was fine bright day and not un-
comfortably warm, SO the walk of a
mile and half to the pottery was en-
joyed by the whole party. So was the
visit itself and the walk home. the latter
made lively by a discussion of the many
interesting ghts which. had been wit
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The Young folks had each brought
away with them souvenirof their visit
IN the shape of a very ordinary-look
drinking cup,i decorated in blue and
brown colors. These tokens they es-
teemed not. for their value in money,
but because they had witnessed the
manufacture of hundreds like them.
They had seen betw cen thirty and forty
girls sitting before as many hat plates,
/ which, by the aid of machinery, were
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rate. Again and again, as occasion re-
du1red, aworkman placed a small lump
of clay upon each Of these plates. when
| the operators, with deft fingers would
work them into shape and fashion outEa,
cup. The form secured. the operator
would dip camers-ha brush into the
blue or. brown coloring matter as de-
sired, and, with q light touch on the
whirlng vessel, make therings upou its
surface, Each ring was but the work
of a second or so. The coloring I'm
ished, an attendant workman removed
the cups from the fast spiAhing wheels
or plates; further supply of clay was
placed upon them. and the process was
The voting visitors were exceedingly
| anxious ito learn how the ware was
hardened and glazed. and the proprie,
tor of the place very cheerfuuy showed
them the whole process. These soft
cups were carried to an oven, which
had been raised to a high Temperature.
Here they were baked with as much
caution as a good cook pays ito. .
Thanksgiving turkey Or a, batch of
homemade bread, lest they should
harden too speedily. From this oven
the cups were renioved' to a'seoend and
hotter one, and from the second oven
they were transferred to q third, which
was still hotter. In the burning heat
of this last oven they acquired the
bright gloss or glaze SO familiar to all
of us on the surface of brown stOneware
and pottery generally. isY.I * - . N
"There, SIR said the proprietor to
Arthur, as he showed him one of the
cups that had not yet had time to cool
I of after it's fiery ordeal;'" /" easily AZ that
color was; applied, neither you. nor 4
can by any means get; it ont. !. 1t is in
to stay. You may break the vessel to
pieces, but the color remains firm and
| fast. ~ 's'' 'f'ss, sen i-ti. ~
The young folks examined many of
the broken pieces of pottery aud found
| that indeed the color was permanently
burned in. They were assured that
| neither acid nor alkai would effect a
a change. There was no agency. how
ever powerful. that could do it,! - ~
. Much interested and not q little edi-
fed, Uncle Joseph and his small party
left the factory and started for home.
| The journey seemed far too short, so
| pleasant was the conversation as each
spoke of the object that had been to
them the chief attraction. ~, b ,s..l ls. :,
| They were almost home when Uncle
Joseph said: There is one thing, I
think. 1 shall never forget in connection
with our visit. refer to- the words of
the proprietor, who made us SO wel
come. = 1t is in to stay: he; said, and
| Annie, Edward. Arthur, i think our
pleasant mornings trip may be of last
ing use to us, if we remember these
words and the lesson they suggest. 1t
is almost as easy, think, to color our
character with bad habit as it was to
the operators to color those cups.
While you are young You will find that
your Impressions for good or bad are
more easily made than is, the case with
those who are older. You are now like
the soft clay. Your atter-life in the
world. with its varied scenes, will prove
like the three furnaces, making perma-
nent the coloring of youth. Many q
young person who in youth has given
way to some foolish and, indeed, sim
| full habit, with the idea that it could
be as quickly thrown aside, has in after
4 years discovered. that it was in. to
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