| Show lu of or illustrious shoemakers i I 1 in br VILL 1131 EDWARD WINKS thu ia is a most interesting book written in a very popular style mr winks has written what eye everybody ry will love to rend ta the le sit shoemakers oe of E england have always been rei remarkable narka le for two things first they have always been in advance of other tra in their love for rel religious i va 0 its and political freedom in nil movements in england an d for progress they have stood together as one man it is said that tha when he fergus oconnor OG onnor tin an irish M P presented his monster petition gorfin in 1849 in favor of chartism to the british house of commons there was not a cobbler in ill great britain who hall not signed it at although to be identified with the chartists was at that time considered both dangerous and disgraceful the shoemakers of england en band have always been remar remarkable kale for their intelligence humor love of honesty and their hatred of all affectation fec tation and shams from their ranks have sprung i more nore than from any ether other class of eople men of great power and influence the great wesleyan Wesl cyan 1 methodist letb odist denomination owes more to the cobblers of england than to any any other class mr winks tells somi some exciting stories of some of them of P yar sammy runy bradburn lie might 11 have lave added this anecdote which shows lie humor of the man when sammy was elected to the highest office in ia the denomination president of the conference lie wrote on a ft bill alip of paper as ili lie sat in the 1 I chair exalted to dignity dignity 1 I in tho of this wonder wonderful fu crew no longer a cobbler cobble ram am 1 I therefore id have you beware wit what t you 0 u d do mr mr lasts I 1 have now owal laid a i 1 a aside s oa no longer 0 ingeri I 1 make or mend shoes and like leather ill cutup your hides if you dare my high ollice office abuce this work is published by funk Wag naw nalla new anew york in the Stan standard dir d library price 25 cents cente parsons bros in the broom hotel keep it on oil hand |
