Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — How Clogs are Made. [ARTICLE]

How Clogs are Made.

Clogs are made at a number of places in this country. One family in Philadelphia, five in number, inoluding boys and girls, are expert makers of these articles. Clogs, which are known also' as pattens, are wooden soles to which shoo or boot uppers are attached. In the midland counties of England large quanties of them are produced. .There tho sole and heel are made of one piece from a block of mapel or ash which is two inches thick

and a little longer and broader than the desired size of shoe. The outer side of the sole and heel is fashioned with a long chisel-edge implement called the dogger’s knife or stock. With another instrument a groove is mado about one-eighth of an inch deep and wide around the side of the sole, and by means of still another tool, called a hollower, the contour of the inner face df the sole is adapted to the shape of the boot. The uppers of heavy leather, machine sowed or riveted, are fitted closely to the groove around the sole,and a thin piece of leather binding is nailed all around the edges, the nails being placed very close in order to give a firm, durable fastening. These clogs are also worn by people whoso calling brings them into damp places. Expensively made clogs are in demand. Theso have finely trimmed soles and fancy uppers, while there are clogs used by dancers on tho stuge which cost from $2.50 to $6 a pair. The towns of Mende and Villeport are centers of wooden shoe manufacturing in Franco, and here about 1,700 people find employment in this industry.—[Scientific American.