The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-09-15
RUTn-s STEPTATHEE

4 CURIOUS trade to taka 20. uZi
lbsu j has grown Il be pro1tab-e--
Things were ST 3 lew ebb VITA ns
when / took Il up. while nov
There. ! woat boast. only say thai
I'm tbankful fsr L. Poverty c1Des
IN ct The dor, an3 l5vs flies uul o.
the window, 50 they ssy; bul that's
81 no1sense. CT else y91r poor pes-
pie would slwGvs bs uisarEbls, wllls
according 20 nv experience Tour
poor m2n ! often more hEht hearted
than the man Win thousands
was II ny WIS end fgr sgna-
tif8- 10 Go. a1d sal 1i5hEng ny
nails ote dar Ezd rraub-iug herr
by
D5ut 70 On Ike that. Ton SAYS
nv wife. 4'thines might BE- worse.
-HoWg7 J sad
why, We might have Luke 81
home. and be : dong vel
Lnke's our bov. Fou know. and we
ts7e rot hiu Il : merchants c1ce-
where be seemed likely . stay; bit
was II . c-umb.aE fi then a q
there was { clickery-clitk noise going
un n The Bezt rocu thai f5-e.ed ne
terribly.
Things ca1'i be worse, " ] sad a.
grav- and ! was gong 70 prove ny
self N TIE wrong hy making nv wife
CIV. when there was ? knock cu lie
DOR
Come in ! said a1d 6 ieEow-
lodger put "A lis bead
Are vou good p works, Ar
Smith be said
What works ! asked, Ere
works, gEsworks-
40, DC, / mean works & thi1Cs
as goes with wheels and spring
@Mi6diug, I SAID i5r I vas I9ad
Of pulling elosks q pieces aua trying
70 invent
wish you'd eaze ard Iook 3
this sswing machins e -ae, fo- !
can't gei i 10 &c
Sewing machines we're rat5sT Dew-
ISL IN those dEys. g1d ! soi up u
have 3 look 81 i. and, after a baur':
hddhDg about. ! began 10 see & bli
Lbe reason w5v-tbe purpose T0I
know. of a. the screws and crank,
I and wheels ! found ouI toe. why
or neiEbbors wife, who was 9 dress
maker. a1d had jEst started one
could noi Cel X 70 20, and before
night, by thinking. and putting III:
and that together, had gol ber IL lbt
way q working L pretty STEADILY
though with ny clumsy fingers
could n0i have done i E8yseE
/ had nv BIT o. dinner and tes
with those people, aDd they f5reel
half crown upon ne D vel. and
went back feeling Lie E new nan, 5,
refreshing had been that piece O
work
There, said ny wife. I tod yo1
>lnEiLllG WgllG come
Wen, 80 y08 DID. ! sad; '-bc-
Ibe something Il rather small
But the verv nsxt days We were
living IN tbe midst Of people wbg
we're fast taking 70 sewing machine:
II The folks from the Dexl hous5
didn't want re 70 look a. theirs, ABl
then, the news spreading. = news
VII spread, that tbere was somebody
who could eobble and tinker mRchin-
cry without putting people 70 The ez.
pense thzt makers would If The job:
didn't come n fast 50 that ! wa:
obliged &c get flies and drills and 8
Fice-regular SET Of tools bv degrees
and 81 last ! was as busy as Z b5s
from morning 10 night. ana whisilinz
over nv work as happy as King.
OF course every now and then
got L breaksCe. bUt / eould generally
I get over that BY buying & lev wbee
Ur spindle, OF what not Next ws
4 g01 70 supplying shUttlss and needle:
and machine cotton Soon after
bought 3 machine Of s man who wa
tired Ct IL Neu week / sold il Al .
good profit Bought another and 81
other. aBd sold them; then Cot u
taking them and money ID eZchE1gi
for new ones, ana one way and Tbs
other became 3 regular big dealer, q
you see.
Hundred. Wbv, new, secondhand
and with those being repaired "
stairs bv the ner, I've GOT 81 leBs
20e On The premises while If any
BODY hal tod ne fifteen years az,
that l should be doing ms ! sb0aig
have laughed II him.
That pretty girl showing and ex
planning the machine 70 s customer
That's Ruth, that Is No, not III
dsughter-yet. buf she soon vii be
Poor grl, ! always think Of her ani
Of the bread thrown upon The wste
81 the same time
Curious idea that, y1u VII say BIZ
7 III tel you why
In or trade We have strange peo
+ pie 10 deal with. Most O. EN- gri
poor, and can't bur machine rigb
Of. bat are ready and wiling 70 pa,
so much 8 week That suits then
and il suits me, i they'll oaly ksel
the payments up 70 he end
Yon went believe ne, perhaps, bu
some Of them don't Dc that Sem
of then leave their lodgings. and
never sse them again, and the mos
curious part L, that the sewing ma
chine disappears with them, and
never see that again. Many 3 one
too, that has disappeared hks that
do see again - perhaps have
brought here BY some one 10 be -s
paired, Or exchanged for bigger, 0
Tor one Of q different make; for If 70
look around here youu see Ire 20