. Little Jack of all trades, with suitable representations. formed into long squares 30 JACK OF ALL TRADES. squares in wooden moulds. If it is frostyweather at the time of making them, whenexposed to dry they are covered withsand; if hot weather, with wet straw; theyare then put in the kiln, the fire whereofis fed with faggots of fern, furze, heath,&c. and generally burn about forty-eighthours. Here the labours of the Brick-maker cease, the article being then deli-vered for use to the Bricklayer. Mortar is a mixture of sand, lime, water,and sometimes cows hair: a small quan-tity being spread w
. Little Jack of all trades, with suitable representations. formed into long squares 30 JACK OF ALL TRADES. squares in wooden moulds. If it is frostyweather at the time of making them, whenexposed to dry they are covered withsand; if hot weather, with wet straw; theyare then put in the kiln, the fire whereofis fed with faggots of fern, furze, heath,&c. and generally burn about forty-eighthours. Here the labours of the Brick-maker cease, the article being then deli-vered for use to the Bricklayer. Mortar is a mixture of sand, lime, water,and sometimes cows hair: a small quan-tity being spread with the trowel betweeneach brick, binds them together. Greatart and care is reouired in building: thescaffolding firm and secure, for on this de-pends the safety of the workmen ; and weare indeed justly alarmed at seeing someclimb the ladders laden with hods of mor-tar, and others standing at an immenseheight on narrow and tottering planks. We should be very thankful to thosewho thus hazard their lives, in order tobuild us commodious habitations. THE. THE TALLOW-CHANDLER. Our worlds a ball, this causes day arid night;At the same time, both sides cant have the light,Whilst to the radiant sun the one side turns,To light that left in shade my candle burns. Dark is dull ignorance—read, child, youll findThat knowledge is the taper of the mind;Genius, a sun-beam not within our call,Whilst knowledge is attainable by all. The fat of sheep and oxen being melt-ed in a boiler, is called tallow, which isemptied by means of a tap, through a sieve* 32 JACK OF ALL TRADES. sieve, into a tub. The wicks are made ofspun cotton; and, when cut into properlengths, are hung on sticks at equal dis-tances, and dipped into the tallow as oftenas the thickness of the candle is make mould candles, the wick is drawnthrough the centre of the metal cylinders, placed in a table full of holes,are (illedwith liquid tallow. There are twomethods of making wax candles. Thewicks are either s
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