North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-10-16

CObblers. .-.-g,.
"Once upon as time,'' as the novelists
say, an old gentleman whom we were
proud to call ''Grandfather,'' told us sto-
,ry of Dublin Cobbler who had wife,
The Cobbler was lame, and of course, he
limped. In passing through the streets of
that city the lady preceded her lord and
sang in tones of harmony that went to the
soles of all hearers, slave ye any old
shoes to mend p The response from the
limping worser half, was "I'm the lad that
can do it " The song, the response and
the necessities of the different cases bro't
custom, and for all we know, the happy
old pair are now in America with vaults
filled with U. s. un-taxcd bonds!
The sensible article below prompted this
halfup-made introduction. Cobblcrs are
very useful men.
1t takes man of brains to make shoe.
The other mechanical branches have dub
bed the gettcrs-up of boots and shoes as
cobblers = and the term is supposed by
certain empty headed individuals to cast a
slur upon that very useful and honorable
branch of artisans but it cannot be so.-
One special reason why ''cobblcr" can be
no rcproacll is the fact that one of the most
grateful and delightfully."- agreeable bever-
ages which fainting soul on a hot, dusty
day could ask for is an iced sherry COB
blcr.' We arc inclined to the belief that
on such an occasion, 80 lc-cheering and
strengthening is this same "sherry cob
bier" that the term was borrowed from
our craft, who look upon the sole-saving
talents of our special artisan rs no mean
gift, and honor him for his service to hu-
mrnity.
To make a well-itting shoe or boot does
indeed, require brains and genius, and po-
Ell and painters have for ages acknowledge
ed this, and taken subjects for pen and
pencil from the little, modest nnpretending
stall Of the cobbler.
Not long ago we saw q beautiful cngray-
ing on steel, a copy from Sir Somebody's
original, of cobbler on whom customer
had just called for pair of shoes which
he had ordered. But such fit The gou-
ty old gentleman, whose feet were in the
shoes, was in the most excruciating agony,
and his rage was terrible while our phi
losophical cobbler had struck an attitude,
with his right foot in position, his arms
spread, the palms of his hands presented
to the tortured customer, and with most
benignant smile on his face, as much as to
say: MY dear sir, how can you 60 on SO;
that is most beautiful fit p
Poet have sung to 1.-The Little Old Cob
bier who lived in Stall,'' bat what poet
or painter ever put into story or on canvas
any of the other trades ?
Fancy butcherins establishment done
into rhyme, or the subject of Canova's
chisel, or Sir Joshua Reynolds brush
Imagine poets frenzy over pork ard
sausage shop, or shipyard, or tannery.
Who would undertake to paint the interi-
or of bone boiling Concern, or inditc YER
ses to the ''soap-fat'' man for the parlor
wall or the parlor album
No, our ''cobb'er," or shoemaker, is a
man of genius and, as genius is recognize
ed by its own species. the great world does
not appreciate him who takes care of the
soles and uppers of humanity, but the
painters and poets-the few inspired-do
and, as we have said, to make shoe or
boot as they should be made requires skill
and taste that would do honor to any craft
in the great and varied lines of manufac.
lures. All honor, then, to the artiran in
! shoes.-Hide aud Leather Interest.