Lynn: its representative business men and points of interest . plitting layer and that currying,hen begins, but even in tanneries which have no currying shop attached the splitting and flatteningof the hide are almost invariably done before it leaves the premises. When it reaches the curryingshop it is placed under a scourer—a machine which cleanses, stretches, smooths and compactsthe hide—and then it is hung out to dry and is soon brought in again to be dampened for stuffing—as the process of filling the pores of the leather with grease is called. In this work the indus-trious pm-wheel lends
Lynn: its representative business men and points of interest . plitting layer and that currying,hen begins, but even in tanneries which have no currying shop attached the splitting and flatteningof the hide are almost invariably done before it leaves the premises. When it reaches the curryingshop it is placed under a scourer—a machine which cleanses, stretches, smooths and compactsthe hide—and then it is hung out to dry and is soon brought in again to be dampened for stuffing—as the process of filling the pores of the leather with grease is called. In this work the indus-trious pm-wheel lends a hand and the hide is jolted around in a mixture, the main element ofwhich is melted tallow. Then it is allowed to rest for several days so it can peacefully assimilatethe tallow, after which it is placed under a setting out machine and is again smoothed, stretchedand compacted : after which it is .shaped up, or so treated that it will be in the right shapewhen it gets dry again. Now comes the work of blacking the leather, and the first thing done FIRST M. E. CHURCH AND PARSONAGE. as LYNN AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST the whitening of the hide by scraping it with a whitening slicker. Then it is placed undera glassing jack, a machine which makes it smoother and more pliable,and then the flesh side ofthe hide is covered with blacking; the glassing jack is again used; the surface is filled withpaste ; the jack presses it fervently once more ; the hide is dried, then gummed, then driedagain, and now it has become genuine wax leather and is ready to be used in the manufactureof the uppers of mens boots. The uppers of womens boots and shoes, in the manufacture ofwhich Lynn leads the country, are almost invariably made of morocco, or in other words, of goator sheep skins, the tanning of which is done by the use of sumac and gambier instead of hemlockand oak, which are used in the tanning of heavy skins. The process is widely different fromthat which we saw when watching the m
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