1 quickie and 2 incoherent puzzlings (M&D)

[David Casseres]

On 5/15/06, mikebailey at speakeasy.net <mikebailey at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> p. 168 - "As gatherings of the People, in this part of England, often produc'd gastro-spiritual Distress among the Clothiers..."
> the Clothiers?  there's at least one other reference to Clothiers by which the context indicates "authorities" -- is this out of Sartor Resartus
> --or, come to think of it, the Peaches's wealth is in silk, isn't it?

Yes, and the Clothiers are the market for the weavers, and the weavers
are the ones threaten'd by Machinery, thus radicaliz'd, and Scary.