Sentence:  This was partly occasioned by the confounded, <WSD>socdologer</WSD> of a foreman; partly, by the blunders of the compositors, a choir of journeymen & apprentices, as unlike our choice little group of  Charley & WIllard &c &c as Scotch snuff is unlike gold dust. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Someone or something large and powerful.