[The Infant System by Samuel Wilderspin]@TWC D-Link bookThe Infant System CHAPTER VIII 35/66
Q.What does a fruiterer mean? A.A person that sells all sorts of fruits, such as apples, pears, plums, cherries, gooseberries, strawberries, &c.
Q.What does a distiller mean? A.A man that makes rum, brandy, whiskey, and other liquors.
Q.What does a grocer mean? A.A man that sells tea, coffee, sugar, spices, and many other things.
Q.What does a carpenter mean? A.A man that cuts up wood, makes benches; it was a carpenter made our gallery.
Q.What does a turner mean? A.A man who makes snuff-boxes, bed-posts; It was a turner who made the balls on our arithmeticon.
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