The Ways of a Worker of a Century Ago As Shown By the Diary of Joseph Lye Shoem
The Ways of a Worker of a Century Ago As Shown By the Diary of Joseph Lye Shoem
Fred a Gannon
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' " Deep interest in religion was common among shoemakers of the time of Lye. The Bible was kept in many a shop. The Sunday sermon was a chief topic of debate among the shoemakers. The minister himself often called at the shop. But these days there is no room in the shop for the Bible and the minister never calls. There may be business wisdom in the remark of a shoe man that each large manufacturing organization should have a minister on its staff. THE WAGES OF JOSEPH LYE. For his useful toil J...oseph Lye was content with a modest wage. He was willing to turn has hand to most anything. He worked *'as a shoemaker, painter, fisherman and skipper of small boats. He cleaned the chimney, set out posts, built fences, fixed the pump, calked boats and helped kill the neighbor's pig. " He also was a farmer. Evidently he had a good all around training which enabled him to adjust himself to the circumstances of IS The Ways oi a. Worker each day. He did not become a specialist in shoemaking and limit his work to one branch of the shoe trade, as do shoemakers of these days.
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