Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1899 — The Persian Carpenter, [ARTICLE]

The Persian Carpenter,

j In accordance with the Invariable j custom of all Eastern artisans, the j carpenter sits upon tht ground while at work. Instead of a bench a strong stake is driven down before him, leaving about ten inches above ground, and > upon this he rests his work and keeps It steady with hia feet The facility with which the work Is executed to this position has always been a matter of surprise to European workmen. In the royal arsenals English took are used, and a better system of working has been Introduced under the superintendence of British officers, but in the native work shops the workmen are still to be seen squatting on the ground, and, being used to this position from Infancy, and thefr tools being formed to work with more efficiency when used In this way, any alteration is scarcely to be expected. Their principal tools are the frame saw, adze, planes, hammers, nails and a few smaller tools.— Southern Lumberman.