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Dated October 10, 1778. Richard Davis, aged 33, a whitesmith by trade, had drank hard by intervals; was much troubled with sweating of his hands, which incommoded him in his occupation, but which ceased on his frequently dipping them in lime.
'Well, said the tinker, after we had discoursed some time, 'little thought, when I first saw you, that you were of my own trade. Myself. Nor am I, at least not exactly. There is not much difference, 'tis true, between a tinker and a smith. Tinker. You are a whitesmith then? Myself. Not I, I'd scorn to be anything so mean; no, friend, black's the colour; I am a brother of the horse-shoe.
"Well," said the tinker, after we had discoursed some time, "I little thought when I first saw you, that you were of my own trade." Myself. Nor am I, at least not exactly. There is not much difference, 'tis true, between a tinker and a smith. Tinker. You are a whitesmith, then? Myself. Not I, I'd scorn to be anything so mean; no, friend, black's the colour; I am a brother of the horseshoe.
Roebuck on one occasion, he said, "You ask what is the principal hindrance in erecting engines? It is always the smith-work." His first cylinder was made by a whitesmith, of hammered iron soldered together, but having used quicksilver to keep the cylinder air-tight, it dropped through the inequalities into the interior, and "played the devil with the solder."
And the blacksmith's wife used to provide teas at ninepence a head, and altogether things grew brighter week by week. The baby named John, after his father, and called Johnnie for short began presently to grow up. He was great friends with Tina, the daughter of the whitesmith, who lived nearly opposite.
A whitesmith in his apron and some of his saws under his arm came in, sat down, and called for his glass of punch and the paper, both which he used with as much ease as a lord. Such a man in Ireland and, I suppose, in France too, and almost any other country, would, not have shown himself with his hat on, nor any way, unless sent for by some gentleman."
As a blacksmith said once to me, when he was asked why he was not both blacksmith and whitesmith, 'The smith that will meddle with all things may go shoe the goslings; an old proverb, which, from its mixture of drollery and good sense, became ever after a favourite of mine.
Gooseberries and some other plants are often propagated by mound-layers. In the case of the gooseberry, however, it is desired that the layer reproduce the parent it may be Downing or Whitesmith and therefore it is planted without further manipulation.
Here and there the fruit in some gardens will escape year after year; again, on places not far away, the blighting mildew is sure to appear before the berries are fully grown. Nevertheless, the foreign varieties are so fine that it is well to give them a fair trial. The three kinds which appear best adapted to our climate are Crown Bob, Roaring Lion, and Whitesmith.
‘Well,’ said the tinker, after we had discoursed some time, ‘I little thought, when I first saw you, that you were of my own trade.’ Myself. Nor am I, at least not exactly. There is not much difference, ’tis true, between a tinker and a smith. Tinker. You are a whitesmith then? Myself. Not I, I’d scorn to be anything so mean; no, friend, black’s the colour; I am a brother of the horse-shoe.
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