Oxford and Cust Observer. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. SATURDAY, June 20th 1891.
How is it. that jje cannot get w gpod furniture,' good leather, •; s > or g°°d workmanship m any thing? Forty iyears. ago tradesmen did not ly fcr money but befJ^jM^mej Aoved their work. TlSb (^tjPfl^t^^n turning a sash dowOTMiiiyeJ^ench, the decorative ipimdfe&&jo fashioning , afmomded an^S'gured cornice, vile Sookmater inj&nishing off apair of Wellingtons, had as m uch /p^e . and as Michael %in paintmg their" masterpieces. aidtfinot exist though tenJk<|urs a day; it i w^ lostaHcne^)leasure of good \wc^n^ship. The cabinet A Anialaßr's Wefij^and the blackanvil wer'efas pleasant to •i the,^mie D wßr¥man who had serv&dlvhis <^ap'Sfei[ticeship as .'l. ':' ' \ "^5 AX X the'^oaJfeip^sfe'oij'iaie stumps to . out; io^pjd^rn athletes. It is all cnanff&HJ^ow — our trades are slaver^iQi|the part— the ''. ,^pod yprlanknlMp is exchanged for" scampiflsv In thosa •■- datys chairs would staii^jconstant use in a family for twenty years without a f rung lose ; now give what you ' like it is a danger to lean back in our modern chairs and not a month passes before the glue 'pot 4s in 'demand, / Qld faekioni ediiileather- was : t_. Igatlier; not -compressed jbrowmi paper ; our '■ chouses^ werej Jb.ii.iJlo {last) ten general^^'^W'they last, if . .cwellvpaimtecl and ngg>gft}. Just thirty iW y ears : -^Moth for* our 1 ' Was'^Made of )£ihpne|| wool H^ear ; " so it it with » all. articles of use y^d'-confumptio^^^ • ' 'pdwers' i dfj production, ana we J ' %sf lils^rfidtAdshasi Jea«bited one '■ but somehow ;not tEe work or * ©the oldHFfaglisilirArad'pspiaß:. 1 ■• I|l ° fiowjs, f? 11 The- answer is i^aim^lM^^lfu^anf detbivdlißh^sYJt'iafSPßip^tip^ that, ' ; 'lias v/? turiife ( d' !;? ev^rymaa's han*^ -JOM® Mi , T Jhipn r that has . taught us, to q .-Iscampand cheat and advertize. „ , Qornpetition that has made life ",an) uapl^faplej [yo^r^ and _, ,_ anxiety and hinaeredmen being ■' s a'^tn^ sanle tils' 11 honest and successful.»oiEt:{isAi.enpjigh tp . make an . ang^l .J^eeß j^r this ; one side of lt-^-tnat M good work is being done— alrttie art, and joy in excellence of labor dead and gone and ' I'urrivetealJJcamping substituted. ■ How shall we exercise this fell demon ? Wise combinations will do it, — .wise and honest thought on this problem brothers, and our children need not
find life a wearying, dishonor--1 able,' anfd' Intensifying strife. ; ■'•■ ! ';* i: & * ■* '■ * The persecution of the Hebrew race by Russia has not yet received the attention it deserves. It is curious that the reason^ for it is not publicly set forth. Is it that the Czar wishes to ensure . the solidarity of bis people: fey oneness of faith, but then 4.ne Jews are the last who suspected of . proselyting. It 1 Cannot' be done for mere wantness. The only apparent reason is that hyy exorbitant usury they inflict misery upon : ;the indigent classes.. . But whatever cause the movement is remarkable arid interesting to all who have followed the fortunes ofthis ancient people. -There is an actual possibil.ty of their returning to their own land. The Sultan is to, be sou Dded as to w hether he would object while Russia would help forward the scheme. Their countrymen' are quite rich > enough to finance the movement* Alrendy there are more Jevys T in Jerusalem than in the •days of their return under Nehemiah. The land is waiting -a population I—its'1 — its' original 'inhabitants exist as a 'distinct people : it is within possible politics for the children of jk.braham fin this generation to occupy once more the land of their fathersnaud . make it as fruitful and lovely as in its , palmiest history. ■ .■ ' The fulfillment of ancient prophecy would be very 1 star tl- „ ing while the turn 'it would give to tfee solution of the : Eastern question wdiild be equally as wonderful. ';
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Oxford Observer, Volume 2, Issue 83, 20 June 1891, Page 2
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