| Show good blacksmith but not long on spelling A few days ago a friend and I 1 were talking about it was too bar bad that most of the nien men well skilled in the old hand trades were disappearing from rural communities the frelond spoke of a local shoe cobbler whose trade had been handed down two or three gen generations ern and who could make shoes that would outwear any machine made shoe that could be purchased another trade that Is largely gone Is the old fashioned blacksmith some one from connecticut wrote me recently of a yankee blacksmith long on horse shoeing but short on book learning this blac blacksmith k had a sign posted up about which our friend writes as follows 1 I wanted a copy of that sign very much so I 1 took a childs sled as an excuse and went to the blacksmith shop while the sled was being repaired I 1 asked the blacksmith with some misgiving if I 1 might copy his sign why sure he said go ahead and copy I 1 cannot see why but folks hae teen coming here to copy it from all over ever since I 1 hung it up and here Is what the sign said work did hoar hear with lidnin spead garan garant cad tend Hor Horab oln two ts is in my line kno that will stand the ware and tare of 0 time american agriculturist |
