The Greenbrier era. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1853-1854, 1854-06-24


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l!'.y r,y ether ell! "'"r 'h.n :. ron>,,Li":-we
dpn, TX" h seal .ci. n;r hope. veil no. need TO-
.=H---:.'-:E $3.50.
5hc Useful Arts ia GrCcnbricr 60.
Is" rc"r.s" :cric> If sketches nr the rise anl
lIc'c'!t c'nly:'.n Il the Useful Arts in this
County, to l." E!"w~l hy pr">rcclii If Soy
uaI h.anch'S for whicl. Their" is opening AMI
lc,naE'l. \ history If III" article manuG.c-
turc'l viii p'"'r.lc each sketch. We h"le u
make these interesting I" the general reader
:>r"i useful t" these col"lu:,;ng tho manu-
factulcs treated "f: We open with
The SaddIerE Business.
&DEICIH "r SAn1tTs.---Sulll,S :, under what
eocyCr name mentioned hv the ancirnt> before
the era nf Christ, were 10 more thln blankets
on padded cloth or the rclt:. Of animals, SOME
tines fastened 'n hya Eirth under til" horses
hclly. Tic rnds or ma.t,c4.es u<rL were 20
made that they fitted the horses back exactly,
and fornGl level, soft scat for the rider
Th6so were often covered with lcopar,l-skin, or
mobiles were cncrusteL with precious stones anil
gold embroidery, hlnSinS low "n either si'lc AMI
Over the horses rump rs is represented ly the
cngr'vingS OF M"ntElnc"n--( :l"tiYuifc EJpii.
9u"c.) At the time ii Varro and Ncnoplson
we intrr that saddles were luxurics from tho
fact that the former boasts Of his habit Of rid
ing bareback, and tic taunt cast iy the latter
I'll the PcrSians for hring more DESTROYS Of rid
Warehouses were ridden bareback; anil up to
tho time If Nero, the Roman cavaliers on pa
rattc always st"ch a.-rcin, while their horses
were nncncnmlcrc'l with ought besides. Nc
70 was the first WHO gave his cavalry saddles;
they were 'l,owcy, and were designed to ,"ll to
tho snagniticcncc Of its appearance. They were
pads, covered with gau'ly cloth, fastened on by
" gir'h, and devoid OF anything like stirrups
Indeed, at that time, 10 mount with dextcrity
on either si'lc OF the horse WAS p,rt Of The
cavalry exercise.
Up to this date the very Lest saddles were
without Framework, md shaped something
like those now uscL by creus-ri,lcrs.
II WAS probably about tho middle Of the 1 Il,
century before anything like Il saddIc-trce was
used in making II saddle. The clcarcst proof
On this point is the order Of Thcuiosius tho
Great iorh'l'ing l'st-rillcrs carrying saddles
Glover Gcihs. weight. Such saddles must have
had Framework Of weed or iron--must have
Leon something like the real saddle
The saddle dcWltlrss ha. its origin in Per-
sin, aud assumed very near it's present shape
with stirrnrS attached, in Grrmnny.-aluul
annO domni 1900.
&EIsE or TILL SAnDIiuY Brs1Nrss N LEWIS.
HrEG.-The inst sa'lcry shop opened in this
County, (and probably one Of the first west
Augusta in Virginia, il not the first, } was TIM
OF George Wctzcl, Sen, about 1902 Jcscpl
Matthew's was tic second IN bllsincss--hcyu,
ntn't l1?5. lie carried on business unti
1907, when lie retired. lie was succcc,lc,
ny {prohahly) George Wctzcl, Jr., and mar
named Camrhcll, Several changes succeeded
F'o 1913, which are not wcll-cno1,gh rcmcm.
"crtl |" enable MS to give data. NJ Leonard
i"''r shops in Lcwishurs, in which husincs:
WA" carried On by VI. Leonard, VIM Coluuit(
VIM. v. Kelly anil the late Geo. Wctzcl. These
establishments were all doing a dragging -
h'sncsH--li,ins from hand to montI, and oulv
'hak!nE saddle when it WAS ordered. Often
cnEtcmc:S had to wait months for IL LcSnokcn
saddle. About this time d. II. StaIrmkcr
H"n@ht ont Kelly, stocked the shop largely and
c"ln'nci.rcd business en- Il larger scale than ever
iri"rr In 1910 X. Stalnakcr succeeded his
brother. nfthc other three establishments VIC
ha'c tho following history: Coluuitt "hrokc
NJ, .Nct7clrc'amc surcranuated and retired
leaving only II. Leonard (of the four) IN the
I" 1T. In 1928, Thomas Pare begun business
n'H III lel' took into c"Fal tnershir, Uriab
warren, y"'1ns men (hcn only week Of
days ont Of his apprenticeship In 1878,
Il. S'ainakcr took YIN. Zoll into ccparIncrship,
Who Jointly carried on business ill 1862, in the
latter part Ct which year 10y arrangement, the
whole business Of the pace, with Ike execution
81 heonard's, was consolidated i'll the firm of
t"rc, Warren & Go. In 1858, William Zoll
rc-rncrcd business individually, which makes
three establishments ncw in town.
$fEESENr CONDITION. or TIE SADrLEnY Rrs1-
HE$s.--lhcrc arc three establishments, in
I"wiSburI--a'l iuuri.hing and prosperous. That
ri Pare, Warren 4 Go. is tIr largest They are
Et''i young men, full Ct energy and business tact
nMh y liberal course and strict attention to bns.
'n"$F aided 'H jnlicicu, advertising, have annual
~ doubled their business and capital. They bc.
gun business eight yeas ago with two hands. and
have low sixteen; they manufnctu saddles ut
first to order, hut IL have from $50 to 200 rcodv.
made on hanI. Formerly they manufactured it,
Il" harness, hut III the past year have sol,l more
than III the seven yeats previous. They have
greatly enlarged their business by making litc.
t'I exchanges and granting inlugcnt credits to
" good men; anil ,iow manufacture annually
a'"ut coo s"ldlc:, some 30 sets # harness. bc.
sides the ctct:cra1 Of the business:
William L. II began business in 1883. lie hcran
business with pretty large stock, ami ont Of
dtdt. lie began light, too--hy advertising his
business to the world. lie EMPLOYS six hands,
and Is ncw advertising for more. st lis present
tate Of l'u.incs: he will manufacture about $50
saddles probably % Or 80 scts Of harness, togeth
T with large amount &! br.dlc<, &C. III, bus.
incss * IA: increasing, aud promises to be one Of
tLc best in The country.
". Leonard is tic nlttrt maker now I'm town
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