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BG.776.007
4 Mar 1776:43 (1085)
Whereas the business of catgut making is become very
necessary as the times are now circumstanced, and the
materials can so readily be obtained among ourselves:
Catgut may soon be made as cheap here as in London, if the
butchers, or any others who have the killing of sheep will
save their running guts after this manner, viz. Draw them
as usual, be careful not to break them, free them from fat
and press out the contents by drawing them thro' your
fingers, which being done, hang them out of the reach of
vermin till you dispose of them. If the butchers or others
who kill these annimals within a few miles of Watertown,
Cambridge or Roxbury, will leave word at the hatters in
those towns where the entrails may be had; the subscriber
will send for them once or twice a week, and pay them what
is reasonable for their trouble.
As catgut is of great use to hatters, clockmakers, whip
makers, button-makers,, &c. as well as to string violins,
bass vials, drill bows, &c. &c. It is hoped every
well-wisher to his country, who have it in their power, will
save the entrails of these animals during the present
season, and give notice as above, as the process of
manufacturing them is too disagreeable to be carried on in
summer, and they will greatly oblige the public's most
humble servant, John Clarke.
N.B. The button-making business is carried on as usual by
said Clarke, in Concord.
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