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He was quite as well skilled in shoeing men as horses, and in the winter turned his attention to shoemak- ing. Metsker was quite a mechanical genius and did a general wagon making business, making plows, etc. , as well. Armitage Kin- derdine who settled early on section 35, com- bined the qualities of a carpenter and mill- wright. None of these men devoted them- selves exclusively to their trades, but added the cares of a backwoods farm. But with these advantages there was plenty for each house...hold to do in preparing the clothing for the family. The lack of facili- ties to prepare wool and flax and the distance of any place of supply obliged the early set- tlers to resort to such mateiial as could be HISTORY OF CLARK COUNTY. 445 preijared without machinery. The men gen- eral. Y wore buckskin pants and shirts. Flux was early raised and as this could be prepared entirely at home came into general use for clothes of both sexes. Sheep were early brouirht in, and though they were protected from the ravages of the wolves only by con- stant and laborious care, the wool product amply repaid their toil.
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