Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-11-13


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md uiy>,If To-day IN a Compauy Of
men who rrprc,eut one, ot the great indus
trial interests OF the nItcd States. Iou
deal. gentlemen. with product which
ranks early IN the H,r Of the wants and
necessities Of men. women and children
throughout The civilized world HE
Manufacture Of. and the trade in, the
,l.ing> which man eats aud drinks and
wears % largely 10 the making up OF all
tlr trade and commerce ana bushes, OF
tie world. and - long q, mau stand, or
moves ar sits or doc, anything. indeed.
,Nccrt 10 n, in bed or 20 wander naked. a.
do tA,, hAfbaruu, races. the feet must H..
clad a!.t well clad
ILt.,ijg, nf >,,iu. that tAi, j, done has
grown In Importance Win every genera
ton for hundreds Of wears
AU.ci,ilil,I "a mankind must be well >hod.
Tie doctors wi.l til! Won tuat tAo hoalth Of
the hDdy cannot he maintained without
Ills Gr,at generals viii a.~ure ,uu that
armies cannot march and that campaign,
cannot b. conducted II the commi>sary
.,iyc, ont in The article Of shoes. No sta.
ti>tIr> have been made showing " hat pro
potion OF All HE umg wlirh woman
spends in ,hoppiny j. devoted 10 tie Sc
lection Of these articles HAT yotl make an Il
,ru which She wear, in i,r ey,ly-d day
round or which are the last tlirp, She
dou. 4. .h,. c.utplr,,. her ,ojic, ,nr th,.
dinner or the UalI: bni all Of u who have
any ncca.ton 10 rakt. ,lnmc,;i ic observation
of tli. know that tie PROPORTION OF time
which our wjyc, and daughters pursue IN
thi, uue,t il y,r, large.
we recognize This need In our everyday
speech. in our metaphors and comparisons.
The comfortable. easy. undisturbed condi-
tlun Of any man j. described a. going "a-
easy a. an old shoe" while. on the CON
traiy, Il man who has ceased to thrive
and Hal fal,,n In arrears and Il generally
OH the duwn hill grade i described a. ha,-
ing run down at the heel" appearance.
The greatest OF Scotch poets. IN noting
the priyatiou, be was willing to endure for
the sake OF having his Nh Of good ale. de-
clarru that Both ..batk and feet might 20
bare.
II j. interesting 10 note something Of
the estimation in Which our New England
fathers held thi, industry. In Mr.. Wccden' :
admirable book upon the Economic and
Social History III New England, ," covering
the period between the settlement at Ply
mouth and the adoption Of the constitu.
ton, which every man here who has not
read should at once yet aud read. MANY
curious and interesting things about this
craft ana lhi> trade in boots aud shoes ap.
pear.
Mr Wecden in his book. deals in yery
attractive way with the everyday life OF
\ the people and all things which wen. It
make up that life in tie day and g,n .ra
tIon of which he treats He tells 1 : that
one of the most interesting features OF
the early settlements was in the mt asure,
taken 10 secure desirable members for tn,
community, and upon this he says "Shoe
makers appear early in the records" Ii
1929 Thomas Beard and Isaac Kickmai
are recommended Ito receive their dyet
and house roome at the charge Of the com
panic" And we are told that Beard had
in the Mayfiower of that season, "hydei
for soles and upp feathers" In 1871, il
making especial grants for 'usefu
trades Reading settles a shoemaker
granting land and privilege Of Woo
and herbage." 1916, Connecticut pre-
scribes the rates and wages of shoemak
ers. and names the classes Of shoes 10 b
manufactured, including certain size
above mems seVen>, three sOled shoe