8 — - INTRODUCTORY. 



The next improvement was frame with pin beams, 

 Like those 3-ou see drawn around with ox teams. 

 Next I made wlih mortise and tenon, beam, and knee, 

 Qiute a sleigli maker I was getting to be. 



"Wagons and carts I made and improved in ^Jiis way, 



And some had to be repaired nearly every day. 



If any of these wagons or sleighs should happen to break 



They would come 10 me for repairs or new ones I must make. 



I had quite a business in that line and trade ; 



I made the girls and boys happy — no charges I made. 



It was plenty pay enough for me them to sec. 



After I had got their work done, how happy they would be! 



There were trades of other kinds I was learning too — 



Of my mother T learned to knit, mend, and sew. 



My mother has got feather tick pillows I made the first I learned to 



sew, 

 Them I made for her over forty-five years ago. 



Shirts, pants, vests, and all kinds in that line of trade, 

 "When I was a small boy I repaired and n&W 1 made; 

 Pants and vest I cut and other garments, and made them too, 

 To cut and make a coat that I never tried to do. 



To know how to do this work has been of use to me— 



I could mend my own clothes no nnatter where I would be; 



I have been where I have mended other's while to bed they had to go, 



For this reason — they tliemselves did not know how to sew. 



The cap trade I took up— I had lots of little brothers; they did » « 



surround. 

 I must make them some caps. For foundation I used old straw hats' 



crown. 

 The first I made was round on top, covered with green, 

 Cut goring with a button on top. It was the funniest cap ever was 



seen. 



The next cap I made the foundation on top was flat 

 Of course T had to make my work to fit that. 

 The cloth that I made it of was dark blue. 

 That was a nicer color, and the 'style was better too. 



