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Title: Little Jack of all trades, with suitable representations
Year: 1814 (1810s)
Authors: Darton, William, 1755-1819 Darton & Harvey (London, England)
Subjects: Occupations Industrial arts
Publisher: London : Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, no. 55, Gracechurch-Street
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
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ol having gone through the se-veral JACK OF ALL TRADES. 45 veral processes of scouring, beating, andoiling, is delivered to the carders,, who,by passing it between the iron teeth oftwo instruments called cards, arrange itfor spinning. From the spinners it passesto the Weaver, who winds the woof onspools, and fixes the warp lengthways inhis loom. By treading alternately on thetreadle, he raises and lowers these threads,and at the same time throws the shuttlefilled with wool from hand to hand: byanother motion they are struck close to-gether, and thus is the warp filled withwoof. The cloth is delivered by theWeavers to the cloth-workers and carders,with whom it undergoes various prepara-tions before it is sent to the dyer. Press-ing is the last process, after which it isready for use. Whilst we reflect with pleasure that ourown country produces the important arti-cles of wool and flax, we should, to theutmost of our power, encourage homemanufactures in preference to those im-ported. THE
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THE SHOEMAKER. A gentle craft, I sit so snug, With hammer, knife, and nippers j I thump away, and cut, and (ug.At boot, and shoe, and slippers. And if I can make both ends meet,Sly att)/; though no great treasure : My work, though trodden under feet,JII work for you with pleasure. Leather, after ithas been prepared bythe tanner and the currier, is made midshoes, boots, and slippers. Among arti-cles JACK OF ALL TRADES. 47 cles of dress, shoes stand foremost, oaaccount of the comfort and securi^ thejrafford us, Were we to go barefoot, weshould not only be liable to^catch cold,but our naked feet, exposed to the pave-ment-stones and gravel^would be cut,bruised, and blistered ; or were we in thecountry, they might be stung witn net-tles, pierced with thorns, and bit by veno-mous reptiles, from all which will the useof shoes preserve us. The pernicious custom of wearing-whalebone stays has been long set aside,and it is to be regretted that another,equally hurtful and absurd, is not alsoabol

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