The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-04-07

s not until yea cnter The shop and zee th
b oohbIcr working tadustuoasly al b.. trad,
lhsl yon resliEs its picturesque lcslatss
. The little work shop oeouFie. What IA
] once the pstler oi the dwelling Et
doncos Of ITS pssi stsndrut are uoI sau
: ms 10 the carved coiupisl m.ntelpece snd
= bosyy ootuicos, IN the high ceiling sud
! simple Dimensions 81 The room
Nov. hosevet the chimney is boarded
I np end large cooking stove stands 10
trout OF IL The vale are covered ~itb
sol0red lllnstrstluns from French petiodi
ca. sud row OF shelves 10 q corner. Oiled
! With cooking utensils aud efooker, besrs
evidence that tie apartment serves not
only a. . workshop, bat ss kitchen snd
living room IS veil, Wuoden shoes Of
every style and siE, hang from the win
dows sud are arranged on shelves sround
Chunks of mspe sod white wood are piled
10 = corner and long table, near The
bench where the cobblet works. contains
the implements OF his trade.
Who buys my shoesf repestsd the cob
bier Well in the frst place, almost
every Italian who works al ice-cresm .msk
ing. You see their business requires that
they should stand in cellars made damp
by melting ice II they wore leather
! a a. N.
ana sodden, ana ,nsy would ran a great
risk OF contracting rheumatism 90 /
make special shoe expressly for their
use. 1t has . heavy wooden sole studded
With nails to prevent slipping and . sub
stantIsl top Of leather. Wooden shoes
are tmpervious TO moisture and keep the
feet dry shd warm. The French and
Italians know this, because the peasants
10 their native countries have worn wood |
en- shoes for centuries and are familiar
With their merritt.
ln the second place, continued he, ! |
make shoes for few Of the Germans who
work In breweries. Such places sre
necessarily damp on sooount OF leakage
from the vsts and kegs Men who work
IN ice-hOuses shoud also wear shoes with
wooden soles to guard against this psin
tul silment, Bat as THIS class OF work
man are mostly Americans aud Irish they
do not know the value Of the articles |
make But II is not only rbeumstlsm 10
which ice handlers are particularly sus
cepuble. Many OF them ia victims 10
Ms we'll. A wooden soled
shoe would be great safeguard against
this fatal mslady.
| have still smother class OF patrons.
went on the cobbler. refer to theatrical
people. A comic opera company may
want number OF ssbots for the equip
nent OF . chorus OF peasants. Well, the !
theatrical shoe-mskers often call upon =
ne TO fit them out. A sibot is = shoe !
made entirely Of wood and II requires con !
Ildersbls patience and skill wi b ones 7
ools to make them. Then sgsin make !
Tooden-soled shoes OF . pecalsr kind for
'log dsncers. This is . department OF .
ny trade, however, that do not care to ,
ncoursge. for the pay received is not
ui1icieDt compensation for the work 10 >
'olved. D
What 10 the cost OF wooden shoes? ask u
d.
A wooden sole with leather top shoe u
rings me sl.50 pair. was the answer ''
'y working very indus,riously from early u
morning until late sl night can turn out y
our or five pairs OF them, and ss have u
% assistant to help me, you see never "
Ipect TO grow rich. A ssbot. or oil wood
hoe, brings me in ~ pair, but | cannot D
urn out more than three pair day. 81
There is not a great demand for wooden b
hoes 81 yet, although 1t is growinq. ] te
N the only Brtissn in New Yolk who "
lskes them, and yet can supply oil that b'
re required. When my father establish sl
4 this business, over 70 years sgo. bs ni
cd hopes ihst it would grow rapidly. p'
at be was sadly disappointed, poor man 81
or two or three years bis sales averaged "
1ly three and four pairs OF shoes a week ne
I'd | cannot conceive how be managed ~
live. ne
Now ! sell three or iour psirs = day
I'd sm only sble 10 make tsir wages, not W
the fact that control = mo vi
opoly. believe however. that il will III
II be very long before | will be unable sw
supply the demand You see great bu
any Italians who now come TO this Ib
uutry are settling upon little isrms 10 10
9 suburbs Of The big cities and ss they
ere peasants al home, they viii want pr
ooden shoes when they know that they II
a be procured here, chi