Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-04-10
PUTTING UP A wATER-TANK.
A Few Grains of Wheat Mixed with
a Heap of Chaff-A Days Trb-
ulation on q Road that has
Two Presidents and Two
Sets of Directors.

Sets of Directors.
Ar,.r various wandering, in other parts,
and after nearly 4 weeks absence from Lex
,nr,nn. we arrived III Tuesday Of las. week,
At 10 O'Clock Il. H.. at rasc,i!lc. alii, Betsy
Vile. ALA, Turnipsiilr. alias Wagtown. and
we don't know how many other aliases. 1t
was about an hour before tn, train on The
Lex and 81. l.. X. X. was due. and ~ there
wa> no hotel al WaStown. We walked down
the road nearly \ mile and put up at 4 water
tank.
We knew the violence Of the storm on
the previous Saturday and anticipated damage
I" the >o.t though naturally nervous .inl-
impatient ti'igr'ty fellow and especially much
more 50 since our first love ,;arkcncI the
of oar hopes. Ly tIilimy to apl'rc-
ciatc our merits. we mustered up = double
supply of patience. and resolved to 'watrh
and wait After tire. hours had elapsed.
AMI no train, We began to grow Il litii"
..timc killing We had smoked our last
cigar. and quiet mcditation> were becoming
burd"n>ome. \ change We must hay. :"
We sauntcred up the track, played oil the
in the fable on the frogs IN the pond
near by. and finally came to where the ''>r'-
ton boss" with Il number Of hands Wa gu
gagged in rrpairin" the road. Entered int"
conversation with him, asked him the coil
,lilion Of the road. VERY bad. inia,l'. >ir."
he >lid."tIi,. work was dome in a hurry when
the .rounn was frozen. and not well done.
The frost is now leaving the ground, ami this
hi. rain has played Ill" wild with 1t. Ii
viii take heap of cork To pat II in good
Older" After learning all we "o,ll from
him., "" returned again I" orr former -ta-
ton. Found i man with Il bind horse
primrim" water NJ" the tank. said he could
last a wcrk. Wa> -cttin- ttirty-iisc or
forty dollars II month, ard ~ he was only
employ, ,i about halt l.i- time. the situation
vlra>r.; him. VIZ ran uur mathematical eye.
over the tank. and took IL dimensions. We
are not mur'I on figures, bat likrth" lanhr".
W.. guess that tMnh wuuli hold about 1860
ral!"u-.
Ey rhi- time ; u'r!"ch y III. lia'! arrived.
and wr wrr" d,rlir,!!y Restless. We rlImbcL
in,. frame. work. a-r"nL"d the perpendicular
ladder. ""' nn the root of the tank. aui like
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think "r i water tank >rIrmnuntrd by Il thin
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