Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-04-09
Selected articles.
From the Commonwealth.
NaiiCk-The BrOgan Shoe Trade.


Natick is an Indian word, and signifies
the place of hills" This town was given
TO the Indians ly the General Court, aud in
1851 they erected a village here on the bauks
of Charles river. IL consisted of three streets.
To each house was attached gnrdcn.spnt.
They also built n inission-housP, II linnhsouc
fort of circnlar figure, aud n foot bridge
over the river. Prior TO these improvements,
John Eliot, the missionary, preached TO these
red children OF the wilderness under the
branches uf venerable oak now standing
Mt South Nntick. At the suggestion Of Mr..
Elliot, the Indians adopted the iorm of g1v-
crnmenl proposed hy Jetlro TO Moses. They
prospered awhile under succession Of ieacl-
ers, until, "hy repeated wasting sickness,
mud other causes fatal to the race, they have
now become nenrly ii not quite extinct.
Within buiscuiitoss of the house where
now write, is n crooked sircnni the handle
of that great pitcher, Chuci,uaie Lake. from
which Boston drinks 50 cnpiorsly. Within
sight is the residence of that clcver-headed,
wnrm-heurlcd aud worthy man, lion. Henry
Wilsou,-a political prophet who is not
without honor " in his own country" lspent
few moments, this evening, with Edward
Wacot, Esq, n gentleman who originated
the shoe trnde in this town. In the year
lClCs ls NOilllltttNfA blifiNlluUH iNlFg ~l'E'N
handed, having no capital hut few hundred
dollars saved 10y the most rigid economy du-
ring his Journey ninnship.
At that time most of the. women were en-
gagged in tie slraw-bonnet business, aud it
was difficult to persuade them lo exchange
that for binding shoes; aud when Mr.. Wnlcoit
wanted the service OF man. he had to 90
ont OF town in pursuit of him. But lac sirug.
gled against the adverse tide, aided four ut
his brothers in busines, built house after
house, increased his business ear after yrnr,
md hns now retired wi'h II comfortable
competency in the meridian of life.
Mr.. WalcOtt is q well-iuiOrurd, practical
man, of medium hciglIth, stout lmilf, has
b'uc eyes brown hair, II healthy larr, aud
compression OF lip indicating uuyielding
frmness lie is of the snuguine nervous
bilious temperament.
The lady of the present Representative Of
this town informs NE that size first lived here
nineteen years ngo. AT Mat time she could
stand on her door step aud count only six
houses, nl there were within sight. A car
pcnicr Ut my elbow, Mr.. :. II. Buulipr says
lie has built siXiy-seveu houses during tie
nine Years of his residence in the place
One year Hgo, there within llu ccuiral Sclioul
district, comprising the village, 40 voters.
There are ihrcc churches and plentiful
supply of school houses. a new srlOul
house, recently erected at the centre, is prob
nbly the hest IN the State outside Of Boston.
u is n duplicate Of tie Hancock school house
OF tho city. Tie nrw place of worship,
built 10y The Baptisis, is 4 hnndsome str,ic-
ture, conceived aud executed ia henuliul
taste. Speaking of buildings. ] must not
omit to mention the BRoGAN PALACE, 0ccn-
,,.al l,,,G NN,I,,tt l.. l.,
used for storage rooms. The first story j.
divided into stores, aud the apartments in the
stories above are occupied for shoe nnn,I-
incfuring purposes, snve large hall which
is occupied by the High Srhuol From tic
Observatory which crowns the lnlilding you
have Il view of surrounding villages thai look
like heaps of shells helwcen the hills Blue
Hill, Waclusett, and other Mountains, ARE
seen IN the distance, while here and there u
White spire points up pilsrini-iingcr To lica-
ven.
The entcrprising Manufacturers At Nnick
furnish employment TO eighi hundrcd and .GC
~ women and children. aud one MouSani four
hundred and ilrenfy men. Inst yenr they
manufactured one million three hnldred and
siIiy thousand pairs of Irogan shoes, princi
pnlly for the Southern aud Western mnrkets.
The sales amounted 10 one million and l1riy-
y.fom thousand doiia-s. The working men
earn from ten TO fifty dollars per month the
women, from twenty-five cents To one dollar
per day. All hunds are paid monthly, or Of
tener ii required. With hut two or three
exceptions, the men now in hsincss here
were NJ one lime or another in the employ
Inent of The original founder Of the NaIick
shoe trade, who lives IN their midsr, slmring
TINT honor and that respect tO which he IL
30 justly entitled. Dexter Wnshlnrn, Esq.
young man on the sunny side of thirty, hy
his own unaided industry, hus been able tn
enter extensively into business. lie owns
und occupies one or the pretiiest aud cosili-
esls dwellings, in the town. Practical shoe
makers succeed best in business indeed
they rarely fail.
As an evinencc Of the thrift of Nmick, per-
nit me To say that fnr mnny years there was
hut one puuper in the town, aud lac was non
conipus mentus. AZ present, there are only
Two, IL hive been correctly informed. In
large manufactures the usual ciIslnn is to
have one man 10 cur The soles, one To cul the
vnnps, one TO cut the qnnrIrrs, one To cut the
Innings, one TO cut The slltieningS, one to
perform the pnstng, and another 10 do The
skiving. This must all he done bclnre The
work leaves tie mnnuinctory 10 90 iIto the
hands OF The binders, closers, hOttOmers, hut.
fers, ynrnishers, and packers.
Mr.. Blles,whe makes greut deal of wood
en- filling for the shoemakers, has recently in
vented machine for cutting heel.tnIs. II
is worked n by lever. aud is praised by some
who have used il, Nalck las nluny ndynm-
inges, among which Inny he named plenti.
iuI supply Of excellent walrr, aud II location
on that great iron ihOrougliihre where The
cars, like shtlles, continually weave the
woof, the West, into ihe warp of HE EnSl.
will conclude this sketch with The FOL.
lowing lines Nhirh ! iuunh in n shoe shop
The other dny, entitled, The Dying Shoe
niaker":-
"My thread Of life is ,earin7 short,