The Field^saysthat the present cheapness of wool has been brought about by the " Devil "—not* the individual of that name about whom Milton wrote such fine poetry, but a machine for making shoddy, invented by.a;Xorkshifeman, to which the workmen have given that euphonious name. Half the world is now wearing old clotbe§L turned into new bj the " Devil." -•'''•••■lfc/CBineJike an aTalanche/upbn the "world/ say* bur contemporary, "and ! ' down came the Jprice of wool,along with it-rfpi ushiohj,the,-world o,ught to be tbinkfal to the "Devil."
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4289, 29 September 1882, Page 3
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83Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4289, 29 September 1882, Page 3
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