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Show LIME ROCK, CONNECTICUT,; 1928-193 order, addin to the drudger of papermaking. During the winter, fc bad o b chipped from . Many daysther was notadeguate water e mill pon mmflnmm&helurbme[o(anylsn% Bmeemhcr,xQ; ), th xwexslookingbe((er alhenlnmalxdede ‘makingstationery seemed tobe the logical outletfor the paper tha ot be S0 to book petaters because Phi e any varfoussizesand textures, The proble was solved fn this manner Asheet,which would be unsuitabl for boo printing for one reason o another, would loo mucbette when cut up into statfoner size sinc thi tnated muc of the dirtand fmperfections noticeabl n the large size sheet. At least 90 percent of the fmperfect paper wa shy-produc Several thousandsheetsanden ad bee in this mannerund packaged i litl black boses wit minfature coffins,and mos funereal fnaspect (ot e near future to the Lime Rock handmad paper mill undertaking For this purpos each sheet had tobesized fnorder tomake viou towriting fnk; thissizing process was not absolutely essentfal for boo aper. Some of thi sta s madeona moul wit tearfng wire forming four sheets at one time. This tearfng wire was not always hig enough toallow suffcient ease fn tearing, so{t was suggested tha sheets,as theycame from the mould,should besent out fo todo the tearfng. Thiswa perhaps not an ltogether consfderate fdeafo the purchaser. Through this statfonery idea,the mill was carrfed alon alittle longer,and thisgave some encour: gcmennhz(zflnanclalxuccu ldb de of the mill afterall was mmuy dried flat in spurs of four to six sheets on tfer ofbuFlap tretehed omwebden upright brsces o the dryingof owevu,:\(r(mexl(waxdredhy angingthe spurs over poles. From the drying loft, the pa s taken to an ajoin{ng room and stored f great piles where it w Iledfordr ind other defects before finishing Sitingdivt from Feling o Hhis e ok evenafter the beamedcefling had beentuvcredwnhufll Parer theta shest ofemh))fle wsually had to be disc h the inventon ofcqulpmem m the mill fncluded 20 pafr e y-ftve ariousindsand type of handdC 56 ande el sttt A oSl hpenstogte ti duringt e"Axxocfatc"pefiod These papers include dnum whiteand ceam each withadifferent watermar bt light-and-hade varteties Allof the moulds were from Fatherscollectfon that he had purchased in England at one time or another. With th Digital image © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |