The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-09

cause there was no need OF them
The ink was as thick then as print
lux now is, and Il brush was
the thing with which ~ apply the
lux To the parchment. 10 the
present day the Chinese use IL brush
tor this purpose, us also do most of
ttit Or.ental nations. But the III
vcnlon OF paper nects>ltalcd more
delicate touches t.an could have
Eeeh maGc with ii brush aud the
first etfoit to meet the need WAS u
). lN iced. For d long time this
answered The purpose; bal when
greater nicely wa, demanded. the
goose gum Was pressed iulu sc, vice
aud Tor ages supplied the Il, uand.
D"rlns he last ctutuIA many at
temrts We're ln",ie 10 improve on
lie YnlIi, the Necessity oil constant
~ inenuihS 1t o.lnS il "iawo "rh 10
It's use, but ali were uiial aliing.
lhc attempts were principally III
lecled to ti,lIus Inc points with
some substance harder than the
quill. SO tuat mendlng would not
be needed, points vi Steel, copper.
agate, aud even ulaluoud au,. ruby
Ueluy tired, but ali 10 no purpose.
In the first years ii the present
century pens began IL be made ell
tirely Ut metal, and the survival .:
an old habit was plainly prominent
in the first steel VI metal, pens
made, they Doing shaped III the
torn OF d quill as uearIy It's possible.
They were tearfulIy hard, stiff
things, went scratching over the
paperwi,h must aI'olnilable noise
and spluttereu at "a great rate, aud,
as they sold for fifty cents each,
were not very popular. In $50
elliot, the pen manufacturers,
made IA wonderful improvement by
giving the pen three Sits instead
of one, which give more int1rxibi'i
ty. improvements in machinery
reduced the selling price SO that he
was able to sell these three. slit pens
for about $40 IA g'oss. .
1t is worthy of note that 4 better
article of pen is now made aud sold
for twenty cents IL gross than could
then be made for $40, the differ,
ence being in the perfection Of the
machinery, calling for less attention
from the men employed. The cheap
er pens are made by machinery but
the better grades art made partly
by hand, and it is computed that
the various manufacturers turn out
every year about four hundred mil
lion pens, to be used once or twice
and then thrown away. The pro
cess of manufacture is exceedingly
interesting, aud the persons EN-
ployed Sitting the pens by hand &C
quire wonderful skill, SO that a
quick cutter will shape tifteenethou
sand pens in a day, and a good slit
ter will cut tie Sits in twenty eight
Observation-Disclosures Circular.
Gov. McEnery has ordered cleo
tions to be held, for the election of
1st, A Senator in the 21st Sena.
torial District, in place of John A
Vance, resigned.
2nd, A Representative in Ascen
sion to succeed Ben. Gibson, decea
sed.
3rd, A Representative in Caddo
to succeed Judge Seay, resigned.
4th, A Representative in the 4th
Ward of New Orleans, in place of
John }. Fitzpatrick, resigned.
9Th, Two Senators in the 23rd
Senatorial District to succeed &.
II. Moore and T. 3. Ably, resigned.
9th, A Representative in Jack
son to succeed +. T. Rawsen, re
signed.
7th, A Senator in the 18th Sera
tOr!al DISTRICT to succeed Charles