Telegram-herald., 1889-08-23

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n : sss<rtea r.at nlty yaars ago tie shoe
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nsss, kcstcai power z-4 l-l- sno ieige which
tneY derived from te1zs. Thalr reputation
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kea rhs hsrs II circuu. .ssue.. ana clisnf..i
t1e steps acre Farss proud teopls shines
alar. Vas = uet INassls a sL..-tuaker
" - founded tie ssielce 4 tsorauvf nld NOT
" a. ksluaan a shoen.4 ker. disclose tue boau-
ties aod marysAs u antique so.ilpturet Wno
"as The uaslzgstay q lhs society 4 anti
quariaglsf Joon Bond. = sAoeinaker Who
wrote tn- "tarmer's BoyT Bloomfield. a
shoesna4er. Who founded rhe SOciety of
Friehelss JOAN Fox, a shoemaker Who
started tie b2yi's 81 u.i = on IA Iudlai William
carey, Snc4srla :. -.
Iaaf The sh0eanakeis' craft has been pro
l1o q 20 many noted persons has been much
commented on, Gnd many reasons therefor
have been asdvAnced Ye olsen sho, maker
was very different style of personago from
the shoemaker OF today. II those far or
days the shoemaker went from house u
house, wA.pping the cat Is IL was termed.
carrying hls klt and bench with him IL l.
possible that bis rningling ia varied com
panioashiP, his acquaintance with new
scenes, the exchanging OF ideas, and the
reading of new books, all tended 10 make him
the philosopher that be was But the ad-
vent or machinery revolutionized the trade
and now the shoe operative follows some
particular branch OF shoeinaking for his live
Lnood-
In the various processes of the making OF
factory shoes the work Is divided and subdi-
vided, So that the amount OF labor perform
ed upon shoe by any one operative Is limit
ed IL h the constant repetition Of his sllot-
ment OF work that makes the operative an ex-
pert In that particular branch. or. as tbs
shoemaker Of twenty years ago would term
it, his stint" Thus it was that the sshoa
boss would ask. What is your stintf,-
meaning what part OF the shoe do YOU work
on II the shoemaker who was looking for
an occasion TO work. happened 70 under
stand his business In all its detail from the
making Of an infants shoe to that OF q leg
boot be would say, Il can box tho craft
"wHIPPIy8 THE CAT"
In early days the farmer would take to the /
tanner hides 10 be tanned: when returned the /
leather was carefully laid away until SOME
son Of St. Crispin crne whipping the catn
through that section As this only occurred 4
about once year the advent of the shoe
maker was an event Of great importance.
par ticularIy 10 the Younger members. of the
family, for il meant 10 them not only new
Shoes -" but the covering Of many a ne1v h,u
whip lashes, shoe strings and other
trihes that make glad the childish heart. II
the shoemaker happened TO be young man
ana unmarried then the mndens' hear. beat
In that uncertain way that naidens' hearts
are sometimes won't to do, for the shoemaker
was hooked upon very desirable catch"
After erecting his bench in some favorite
corner he would proceed 10 take the measure
Of those Of the family for whom new shoes
we're 10 be made. Sometimes the farmer had
asts Of his own, but II he had not and there
happened TO be none suitable among the
neager stock carried by tho shoemaker, lasts
lad to be got. Thus a successful 'whipper
of the cat wns expected TO possess some Of
he carpenters handcraft as well as that of
he shoemaker.
The farmer was usually prepared for this
emergency By having at hand several pieces
4 weI seasoned beech or rock maple. Then
y the use OF saws, chisel, draw knife, files
md rasps, carried for the purpose the shoe
maker wOUh make his lasts, and although
hey might not have been made in quite as