The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-08-24
OUR CENTENNIALaLETTER.
"A R4M,B1ttEE 4, AdosSse ,ss THE KNIGHTS $ OF ST..
CB1sRIN- TALKS WITH THE TANNERS
!! MORNING LIKE LEATHER -CINDER-
REbLA's SLIPPER AND THE SEVEN
LEAGUED Doors. g5,..l

. Il q PHILADELPHIA, August lS, 1875. :.
q Craze Digger r-:s..Now, your tanner, sir, will
last you some nine years.'"'t;:i u lyaA ::
j. Haullst ii..,Why he more than another 2" i
,al4 Craze DigSer-7iiWhy, sir, his hide is SO
); tanned with his business, that it keeps out
:. the water a long time, and your water is
sore destroyer of youF , whorsSn l asaS o9ay
asiiaaiiiaH i s!i0iejlH
..,.} Who;;the first. tanner, twas, has never,
,nbeen definitely bsettled, but with all due
DIFFERENCE to those whose historical re-
=, searches ishhtle their opinions TO weight,
,.iIfwoald respectfully snggestthe name of,
.uAdarl. .oiI donotn tnmeani.to1 to1assert that he.
sanned dsleather breechss for his offspring,
Cain and Able, but thsfs j. + every reason
;, to o suppose that like more, modern par
irents,. the tanned 1the place which: the,
'ibreechesdw was intended to cover and
Whether, ,rhs Used oak,; hemlock or birch
in the operation ii a matter Of, mo, partic,s
--,tlar -impertaaee-aacngsid}e ttae"estab-
lishment .efktk6ssaSstaAtial historical
fact. Since his day, the business has
q very materially imptp aaR @aRd @ ! have no,
aGoubtf Adaml wou,d d hee1ceedingly aston-:l
ished and grati6ed if he.soaM step into
the shoe and leather exhibit at the Gem
tannial ExhSit'San l and IA observe the vast
=. advances that have been made il fthis
:. useful branch of manufactures. Fig
s.leavesImay have served q very excellent
purpose in climate where the thermom7,
eter rarely falls below sixty, but inlands
where the keen, biting blast will take the
hair off of.a dog s back, it is evident that
ladies or gentlemen hunting baeHe-Per7
ries OF. polar bears would need something
!. mofe shbstantial. so, naturally, after
fig leaves grew. Questionable, the skins
of animals became the fayorite covering
of mM.IAS a0I NID
~ I can imagine that the young geHle-'
!; man, Mho tore the reeking pelt from the
back of a Megatheraum, must have found
it rather. an unsavory dressing-gown in.
the course of two or three weeks, though
it is NEVERTHELESS, true that he might have
combfneddi a I'D a single garment the de-
.hskAaiia6asger cEseJe aBf tie Conn;
a forts of. a Mackinay blanket. To people
OF delicate organization, it must become
u !, q necessary and useful accomplishment
mot that consider the boquet' of a
lanyard superior to the altar roses, and
candor compels me to say that there are
many smells that are to me much more
agreeable apd refreshing; .buttI find the
inclination to wander off IN the regions,
Of classic research and philosophic spec
. ulatof; getting the better. of my discre-.
tion:T So Ixepress if at once and quietly
address myself to my muttons. In any,,
other situation the shoe and leather
E PHlcing yepld ecpRiaeped an Immense
,stsnepse1 AND .it,onlyy yydyayfslbfside Ma
.,ehineiryt Haf Under whose IA s. shadow ihtdt " it
stands. It is sr4' 'f6sst 7ftii, fong by l6O feet
wide. This exhibit is peculiar to itself
leather there is and plenty Of il if the
Main Hall. England and all Of: her col
onies exhibit it. Yoacsee itefrom Africa,
Australia, and Ieyery gportian, of hkr do
iminions. Every kind ofspelt from the
skin of a kangaroo to tbe hide of a hip
popotamus, but nowhere do you get the
same jdfa qf thsf possibilities 9f the tan
cleaigsAOdssyseffs dssyse fHs athsqiF 1850 Near
the east door, at the post Of honor, l.
might, say on. the right Of tie life is
placed the exhibit of Russia; and surely
. no nation that ever used tan BARK was
J better qualified to,stand The, ordeal. We,
lido some'pretty good tanning in America,
and weitutEn out some. very nice leather,
but if you want pair of boots that you
desire to leave as an heirloom TO- your
great grandson, go to St.iiPetenbnrg or
Moscow, There a, man invests three or
four roubles for a pair of boots when he
becomes of age, and the backs Of them
are used es hinges for his: coffin when he
aies betsssnS seventy and eighty. The
hrs. caseris sfhigh3y ornamental boots
Of all the cQlors Of fhs rainbow, and
Dainty shoes :bespangied in silver and
golc, intended, mo doubt, for some Rus
sian Cinderella; but: as you go back
things look more solid, and there you
find calf and kid and hallehide in abun-
dance, and -leagaed boots that would
tsach to yourneck, which were made on
k6hcr, and were intended to last forever.
Pie leather has a look. of square honesty
sbout it that seems to say: sPayfor me.
what price y@ will, and you'n bs:sure to
get your moneys worth" in: one; case is
s~splendid yTet7 of glove kids, the,cyery
finest specimens of these goods ever seen
ia5 America. mo mere description can
convey correct idea of the extreme
6neness andexquisite finish of these.-rare
SKINS, which=are put on exhibition by
sow!sln, of Moscow. : Wilson and Walk
er, ,of Leeds; have also q avery fine exhibit,
the combination of scolors and9artistic
arrangement being unsurpassed.
"A little distance off it is difficult to
believe thatthe goods are not the finest
ef-satin, the illusion 'is,perfect. but to be
fully appreciated the goods must he seen.
Against the7wall on thesouth side of the
building hang <pondeseuss hides of sole
leather from every portion of the Union,
fine specimens Of good, honest oak tan
ming they are, which would reflect honor
~, onv country. and I trust will be of