Show FAD fon BARVAS POTTERY oddly constructed utensils that are in jn current demand in tho the island of lewis sa well known to all readers of william blacks romance Is e the little village of Dt iraa where two old women car ry on a rudo rude pottery for many yeara years unknown to any but their neighbors these the only potters in the scot tich highland have made their coarse waro ware for village use and must f v have been paid since the people are badly off and for many a year now the crockery mado made in tac fac tortes has been procurable even in tha 0 lelo isle of lewie lewis but a sportsman stay ing in tho the neighborhood saw and fan j acied the pottery and its makere makers and spread its fame abroad and now the sh old women can scarcely apply supply it U fast enough formerly only cr braggans cra gRane a rurie rude sort of bowl to hold fish oil or JL ml ak wae was made but now to please plea tourists and visitors strange and un J co coth ith tea sert ices are turned out aae cups are not warranted to stand straight or the saucers to maintain their equilibrium the teapot bulge bulges and the sugar bowl looks tipsy but f they are queer they are of darval 00 arnd 40 precious the best of all they f k keep cep the old oien o ien in comfort these dishes are made from a local clay a a smooth yellow after being knead 0 r ed it ie Is shaped by hand scraped with n knife and dried tor for days lays in the sun then fried among peats posts republican |