Britt had secured special rates by ordering two statues from the stonecutter.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day
"Not a dust of flour, not an ounce of meat, left in the house," was not an uncommon cry along the line of march; but it was heard elsewhere, and I remember how I raked up examples of European and Asiatic frugality with which to reinforce my editorials and hearten my readers,-the scanty fare of the French peasant, the raw oatmeal of the Scotch stonecutter, the flinty bread of the Swiss mountaineer, the Spaniard's cloves of garlic, the Greek's handful of olives, and the Hindoo's handful of rice.
"The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915"
Basil L. Gildersleeve
Socrates was a poor man, a stonecutter by trade; but he spent every moment he could spare from his work in thinking, studying, and questioning others.
"The Story of the Greeks"
H. A. Guerber