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 THE PLUMBER & GLAZIER.
 A Plumber is properly a person who casts
 and works lead, who furnishes acistern for
 water and a sink for the kitchen, and who
 'makes pipes of all sorts and sizes. The
 Plumber and Glazier, however, under pre-
 sent notice, is he who is employed to put
 panes of glass into window-frames.  He
 must be provided with a measure, putty,
 pegs, awl, and a diamond to cut the glass.
 Not only the business of a plumber and
 glazier are united, but also that of a painter.
 The plumbing trade alone is reckoned a
 very good one, but very unhealthy on ac-
 count of the fumes of the lead. The busi-
 ness of a painter is equally unhealthy. The
 chief reason why those trades are commonly
 united, is on account of the Glaziers and
 Painters being precarious; particularly the
 latter, as there is little or no painting in the
 winter time.  A Glazier likewise cleans
 windows, having a machine so fixed as to
 enable him to stand or sit outside. Many ac-
 cidents, however, have lately happened.-
 If a Glazier be not very experienced in his
 business, he will be apt to break or crack the
 glass, particularly when applying the pegs
 and hammer: the utmost caution is there-
fore necessary.