Identifier: littlejackofallt177dart (find matches)
Title: Little Jack of all trades, with suitable representations
Year: 1814 (1810s)
Authors: Darton, William, 1755-1819 Darton & Harvey (London, England)
Subjects: Occupations Industrial arts
Publisher: London : Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, no. 55, Gracechurch-Street
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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e the floor; the door; and sash. That lets in light and air. This trade is divided into two branches,house-carpentry, and ship-carpentry ; andconsists in cutting, forming, and joining timber JACK OF ALL TRADES. 9 timber, for the purposes of building. TheHouse-Carpenter frames roofs, and floorshouses; wainscots walls; makes doors,windows, and sashes; and builds barns,sheds, coach-houses, and stables. He uses the hatchet to chop the tim-ber, the saw to separate it into pieces forhis purpose, the plane to smooth, and thechisel to shape them, With the augurand gimlet he makes holes, and with thehammer and glue he puts the wood toge-ther. The nicety of his art lies in joining andfitting his work close; in which he is socareful, that he never depends upon hiseye, but constantly applies his rule andsquare, to measure with exactn Joo. s We should be obliged to sleep in theopen air, and suffer from the cold of win-ter and the heat of summer, were it notfor the labours of the Carpenter. a 5 THE
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THE BLACKSMITH, A Smith was old Vulcan, as Greek poefs (ell us,Who hammered and clinkYl, with his forge and his bellows;II? £**4e spears and shields, his wife Venus stood by:The Cyclops, his journeyraen^each had one eye. Compard to us Britons he but little knew,At making an anchor, a lock, or horse-shoe.Im also a farrier, nor sluggard, nor sot;My anvil I strike while the iron is hot. The JACK OF ALL TRADES. 1 I The labours of the Smith are highly tobe prized, since every trade, more or less, isindebted to him. The Blacksmith softensiron in his forge, and by shaping it withhis hammer on the anvil, furnishes us withbolts, bars, and keys, to secure our housesand property from thieves; hoops forbarrels; tires, or bands, for wheels; nails,which though seemingly insignificant,are of the first utility; grates and fire-irons, ploughshares, and most other im-plements of agriculture. Mankind should be estimated by theirusefulness in society, and not by theiroutward appearance. From the natureo

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