"We observe an advertisement of Ear-muffs*, which
are recommended to all who would not have their ears frostbitten. What sort of
things these must be we have tried to imagine, but have so badly succeeded that
we half hope some generous Canadian reader will make us a present of a pair,
that we may no longer puzzle our brains about them."
What
reason, upon the earth or above it, can make the editor of the Sword and
Trowel put pen to paper on such a trivial subject?
Who invented the earmuff?
*
Chester
Greenwood (1858–1937)
of Farmington, Maine invented the earmuff
in
1873, at the age of 15. He reportedly came up with the idea while ice skating,
and had his grandmother sew tufts of fur between loops of wire. His patent was
for improved ear protectors. He manufactured these ear protectors, providing
jobs for people in the Farmington area, for nearly 60 years.
"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Matthew 11:15
"Incline your ear and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live." Isaiah 55:3
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