Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-17

and Theaphratus sang praises of the | marvellous productions of the Syrians. | In Venice the occupation of glass mak- 1 ing was as jealously guarded and as !
 gifted calling as that of any prince 1
 of the realm. In their effort to guard
 the industry the Fenetians premul-
 gated laws that made divulgenee of
 glass making secrets and the carrying of the art into foreign countries pun ishabie by death. But still the industry extended!
 Rome developed the glass making industry in a remarkable degree and Greece and Italy, and Germany and Bo- henaia, and England and Belgium, all added stars to the Armament of art in glass making, and at length it's conn mereial possibilities widened and its uses multiplied to it's present day ina 1 portanee.
 The bottle making art is also an an- l eient industry. History tells us that when Julius Caesar was invading Gaul 1 boat was sent ashore from the of 1 fling to locate the most advantageous ] landing place (which, of course, was before the days of wharfs). A spot was ] selected on a shelving shore directly l opposite certain apothecary's shop. 1 in the Windof of which were certain 1 large bottles containing drugs which were in process of maceration (being l before the period of making tinctures | by percolatien) and the contents there i fore showed different celefed liquids. 1 On a promise of immunity as a reward 1 the arrangement was made that this apothecary would place lanterns be- | hing these bottles to guide the land 1 ing of the troops, which was made | that night. The undertaking was sue cessful, and to commemorate the same
 an edict was issued by Julius Caesar 1 that thereafter all apothecaries would be honored by being allowed to use
 colored carboys to ideRtify their es- l tablishmentS.
 l The same fashion of wicker covered bottle which we call a 'demijohn" to- day was handed down to us by the Egyptians, being known among them 1 by the name of ''damadjan".
 I The annals of France show that a man by the name of Macy conducted a bottle factory there as far back as 1290, and in 1892 John Petit Fay was commissioned by the court of Louis Il to manage a bottle factory. i From the best ebtainable informa .
 tion it is learned that the first indus
 trial enterprise in the United States
 for the manufacture Of bottles was lo- cated in Virginia, near Jamestown, ir , 1907. In 1893 coarse bottles were made in Salem, Mass, in 1883 in Philadel- ; phia, Pa. in 17S2 two factories were
 l operated in New York City, in 1T4I } one factory was operated in Cennec- l ticut, in 1754 one was operated il 1 Brooklyn, New York, in 1760 one wa: ? operated in Germantown, Mass, in 173,
 the first factory was started in New : 1 Jersey in Allowaystown, Salem coun.
 ' TNT ct El1o : 1 CT four skilled workmen from Rotter.
 dam ill 1795 the first Factory wa.
 started in Pittsburgh Pa, in 1S1 . there were five factories in opera , ton in that town.
 The appearance of the neck of al old bottle is surest test of it's age. Tn mouth of our first bottle was cut wit shears while in a plastic condition 2 which explains the irregular edge tha :, is entirely devoid of any rim, the bas ,, invariably possesses a rough circula aa II scar formed by breaking the bettl : from the punty rod which holds i e while the workman finishes the necl n Now of course the snap tool is useC , Between the years 1S40 and 1855 . there seems to have been remarkabl !, :, 1 progress in glass bottle making i = the Eastern States and Philadelphi
 in particular. Old shapes can be foun
 still in nearly every farmhouse wit I curious designs patriotic political an a masonic stored away in the cup board !. Among the first successful gias work in the United States was on < at Nauheim Lancaster Pa cenducte
 by Baron William Henry Suegel aboI
 17s9.
 '3 In 1I71 a glass factory was started i
 (kensington) Philadelphia. In 17T5 a glass factory was erected in Gloces ter Co. New Jersey at a point after 'i wards known as Glassboro.
 ~ As the business developed the con 's meFcial instinct to excel manifesto n itself in innovations from the ord nary to the fanciful novelty During u ! presidential campaign of 1S40 an CT
 terprising liquor merchant in Phili ie ie delphia sent his product cut in a be t[, tie the shape of a log cabin and wht -' P. T. Barnum brough Jenny Lind :: this country a bottle with long net was produced that bore the name 's the singer. The original metal moul,
 in which these bottles were blown a s9 still in existance
 With the further development
 4 the business the industry grew to in IL aense proportions until now it occl pies foremost place in importan lS among American essential industrit