Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1882 — Drives at Carpenters. [ARTICLE]

Drives at Carpenters.

It is the carpenter. Arn’t you reJ ofar • tg-see-hlar? "Ttntvg tBRSIT yffeaf of trouble to hunt him up, fqr I fear-i board 50U we«Lllteoii&i always carnedxUaichet. j/mif so kuDwp thaUt has become kn axtom. If you do hot believe ifrjidx Liner, aotiult* “nr *vuinim That was a foul joke, was it?not? Hens you wonder how I could h'ateh--6 «hhthbi* ; !furihy thl4 about th#; ,o»«H3ntoyf His fiflebt wwrkiis theplaneVork. The carpenter’s weapon isthbliarm* mer. He uswlt to drive the nails why I shouldH’ttak Gilbert and' SuN livan’s also. ; ; driving business he merely calls for a nail. When ndn gry the. ban dipe P&»U hh¥ taking:pabbit plane for his /plumb for ifoiente.'* Heiidoes’ ewerybhing * on the square.,,..,, -1*

Though : a sfcrohje’ hiafa the ba¥Renter antss.is** Dpjyou know, ,by thq t his tiptop work is done by mansard labor. The carpenter’s voice’ 1# 1 rate for singing. He wants timber.’. However* he is accdßate ia fris measure, and, if a boss, is car.eful to keep' good time; iiT ’ r - ' It Is a mistake 'to Suppose that a carpenter fieahis frame together wibfethe knots in the timber. > .no’ ’> j iQf-joiner.work. He pxpects you Li'S plank down the money for it., , t, u ' Some men’s spirits risb aiid fall from time fd fThie,. but the carpenter always kdeps Ms spirits The carpenter does: everyHuhg by rule. It is rule or ruin with him. With some inen,‘.if givb' ; 4hern an inch they will take <a» eUii TK‘ carpenter, on.thp contrary, will not give you an L until he has taken a great many inch« s. • • ‘ ' carpenter never deals in fiqtiou. His stories have always fbpndation. When a carpenet er sbll#af house, be,Mil# the pellar with,,it.„jThq buyer Is also frequently sold. . The carpenter is an upright man but you will sometimes see him on his beam ends. Perhaps this should not beafnendioned. « j

The nafany tools.; [You may, auger from this that be has to biaefe Up a bit tb keep thbhi awl sharp. Thife adze to,his labor, which; should be borne' in mind by those who tyould chisel out of his earnings. Ji tnd I wish to say right here that, ckrponter Is. by no means A stifckup fellpyy, though sosas pfhi«.§truot4 Ares ffiay be. ’ i |fclt is a singula* fact that* \fhen a carpenter, shingles a roof,he, adds to it, whereas the barber fakes from the roof that he shingles. * The most celebrated carpenter I ever heard, of was itlie Carpenter of Roimn. You pevpr saw him, you have seen the ruin df the carpenter, perhaps. !<>■, ,/t - Imi 1 , i The carpenter is not mpeh of a fisherman. hut ls ! very fond bf'ah“aiigle, " His work is usually obnbtrtioted on correct models, - though he is not always a model ipak himgelf* ; j The carpenterJiTa'pillar of‘society, and, though coping with' all sorts of difficulties,i.ia §eWqm flfwred. He> writes no political articles for tne columns of the! press, efeccefitfrig now And then something relating..to cabinet work.— [Boston Transcript,