i82 MODERN BLACKSMITHING 



we are fcols, because fools learn very little. Better to 

 assume less than you know than to assume more. 



Thousands of journeymen go idle because many a 

 master would rather hire a greenhorn than hire a 

 "knowing-it-all" fellow. Don't make yourself obnox- 

 ious by always telling how your boss used to do this or 

 that. You may have learned it in the best way possi- 

 ble, but you may also have learned it in the most 

 awkward way.. First find our what your master 

 wants, then do it, remembering there are sometimes 

 many ways to accomplish the same thing. Don't be 

 stubborn. * Many mechanics are so stubborn that they 

 will never change their ways of doing things, nor 

 improve on either tools or ideas. 



Don't be a one-idea man; and remember the maxim, 

 *'A wise man changes his mind, a fool never." 



Be always punctual, have the same interest in doing 

 good work and in drawing customers as you would 

 were the business yours. Be always polite to the 

 customers, no matter what happens. Never lose your 

 temper or use profane language, Don't tell your 

 master's competitors his way of doing business, or 

 what is going on in his dealings with people. You are 

 taking his money for your service, serve as you would 

 be served. 



IRON CEMENT 



A cement for stopping clefts or fissure of iron vessels 

 can be made of the following: Two ounces muriate 

 of ammonia, i ounce of flowers of sulphur, and i 



