. Modern blacksmithing, rational horse shoeing and wagon making; with rules, tables, recipes, etc. .. . friendsthat you must stop, or it will ruin 5ou. If you drinkwith one you must drink with another, and the oppor-tunity comes too often. When you have finished somedifficult work you are to be treated; when you trustyou are to be treated; when you accommodate onebefore another you are to be treated; when you orderthe stock from the traveling man you are to be smiths keep a bottle in a corner to draw custom-ers by; others tap a keg of beer every Saturday for thesame purpose. No sm
. Modern blacksmithing, rational horse shoeing and wagon making; with rules, tables, recipes, etc. .. . friendsthat you must stop, or it will ruin 5ou. If you drinkwith one you must drink with another, and the oppor-tunity comes too often. When you have finished somedifficult work you are to be treated; when you trustyou are to be treated; when you accommodate onebefore another you are to be treated; when you orderthe stock from the traveling man you are to be smiths keep a bottle in a corner to draw custom-ers by; others tap a keg of beer every Saturday for thesame purpose. No smith will ever gain anything bythis bad practice. He will only get undesirable cus-tomers, and strictly temperance people will shun himfor it. What he gains on one side he will lose onanother. Besides this he will in the long run ruinhimself physically and financially. Let the old smithquit and the apprentice never begin this dangeroushabit. A smith that is drunk or half drunk cannot dohis duty to his customers, and they know it, and preferto patronize a sober smith. i6 MODERN BLACKSMITHING RELIGION. H^i^v^^W^. RUE religion is also an up-lifting factor, and must, ifaccepted, elevate the cannot too strong-ly emphasize thisfp^_ truth. Every smithshould connecthimself with somebranch of thechurch and be punc-tual in attendance to the same. There is a great dealof difference between families that enjoy the Christian-izing, civilizing and uplifting influence of the churchand those outside of these influences. The smith out-side of the church, or he who is not a member thereofwill, in many cases, be found on Sundays in his shopor loafing about in his everyday clothes, his wife andchildren very much like him. The church member—his wife and children, are different. Sunday is a greatday to them. The smith puts on his best clothes, wifeand children the same. Everything in and about thehouse has a holiday appearance and the effect on themof good music and singing, eloquent preachin
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