Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17

Paris c17-espou--a,s Pa.Al.lra4 sre-s.
Ca-t-od shoes and tar-bo1ts are no. o. l,
/ had ln sufficient quantities for the "trau-.a-
/ tors and secondhand dealers. Even when
/ the boots Qr shoes are SD worn nut tlat Do
one Will Igt pair Of Them on his feet they
are useful. The insole- are ripped 1ut. the
s)leS, or y hat j. LETT of them. are shaYci in-
10 ln-oleS for ch;liren'~ shoes. and these are
sold m bundles oitw0 dozen or 50 az timc.
HE word translation is slang expression
which speaks for Itself. Il is to takca worn
old PAIR of shoes or boots. and rerairin. -hem
make them appear as ii lei5 of with hardly
any wear except they are slightly Sllcd.
There are IN the trade numerous other Sian.
expressions which may properly +. callcl
sub-trade marks There are. for instance.
"hor-e's heads" \ horse, head is the foot
of a boot with the sole and heel and part Of
front, the back and the remainder having
been used for reio0ting Tncn there are
'stand-b1tt0m-' and .'lck-ur-'. A "stand-
bottom is where the shoe appears to he
only soiied, and a click uu'' = "a boot or
shoe rela~tci Co take the wrinkles ont, el-e-
OF the soleS having been ra-pcl and squared.
and then backed up t. hide bemi~hc>. and
the bottom covered with q smother.
There is another article, called FLYER.
that is a shoe soicd without having been
welted. Sanl-h1tt0m-' are gotten Up in
very liilanouS way. "Noa have. said
the workman WIKI whom was c0nyer-ing,
You haze seen 81 broken upper leather.
Well, We place piece Of leather under
reath the broken part. On which We SET
few stitches through and through When
dry. We take what is called q soft heel
ball and Smother it over. So that i would
sometimes almost deceive tanner, 10 ap-
pears SO like the upper leather" WIKI re-
gard u the bottoms, the worl part Of the
soles : opened from the edge. a piece of
leather j. made to fit exactly into the mole or
worn part. 1t is then nailed and fled until
Level, paste Is applied. smother" pat on
tie rart. and thus the dust Of the road imi-
tated. Tins smother plays very imp0r-
tant part in the "translati0n" OF old stocies
The smother is obtained from the dust of
the room. 1t Is placed il stocking. tied
at both ends, and then shaken through. Just
as lady applies poWder-puf The pro-
ht at this business Is very good. The pro-
prictoT Of the place makes good profit ai-
Ter paving lis .j)urneymen fair wages. Very
singularly the master "tIan-lator' c0mpc.s
'''- '' WA A4Ai'44A ~ tF4S ii4 ttlt -DI' 4 IL
less the Sh1emakcr consents to lodge there
he viii not be employed. The "blss'
charse- him good price lr his bed bat
man can sleep elsewhere, provided he pays
his lodging 10 the master al! the sane These
l0dslug,-piaccs are slid to he very disgust
ing->umetimes in such liiihv and revolt
ingstate rs to demand the attention of the
police. The room is never cleaned out. the
furniture never repaired. the linen On the
beds seldom changed. "in many houses
said my informant, "thcre Is system of
sub-letting among the aeilurneyman. 10 one |
room lodged Il man and his wife (a lluudreSs
lodged there), four children. and two single /.
yoans men. The wife actually gave birth /
TO a cai.d in this room. while the men kept /
at their work. The rats s.amper over the T.
beds, which lie haddlei together in thenisht I.
time.