Show cobbler welcome guest in homes of colonists in the early days of the american colonies and tor for some years after the revolution it was the custom for or or traveling cobblers to go from house to house for or many miles repairing the old boots and shoes of the family or making new ones sometimes the cobbler would remain at one house bouse for two or three weeks receiving free board and lodging ng w while e em employed 0 on the footgear of master mistress and children ile he carried with him not only his kit of tools but also different kinds of leather the men usually wore heavy cowhide boots well greased with mutton tallow to keep out mo wet as rubbers were then unknown the children wore calfskin and the young women of the family morocco or kid hid sometimes red or blue and tied with silk tassels cassels tas sels the cord walner set up his bis bench in a corner of the kitchen and while he be hammered away or stitched industriously at his work regaled hla his customers with the news he be had gathered in his travels ile he was a welcome guest in the absence of newspapers enoch crosby the famous revolutionary lutio nary spy exploited by cooper in a novel was a cord walner and gained much valuable information for general washington while pursuing hla his trade among the westchester farms farma new york times Ua magazine gazina |