Any boy who can secure the use of a grindstone or emery wheel can engage in this business, which, if industriously followed up, will be found quite profitable. In most any place a sufficient number of families can be visited, orders obtained for sharpening kitchen knives, scissors, hatches and axes; also if sufficiently skillful, planes, chisels and other tools. Some practise may first be necessary with such of the.-e articles as may be found at home, as future orders will depend upon satisfactory work with those received the first time. A good whetstone will have to be used to complete the work done upon the grindstone or emery wheel. Care must be used on cutlery to grind evenly and not too thin on the cutting edge.

With scissors a slight bevel is given, and the edge must be very even and smooth, Examine a new pair to get the correct shape. The charges should be moderate, five cents for knives and ten cents for scissors.