The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-08-16
Stranger, take the HOSES. They're

Stranger, take the HOSES. They're
yourn."
Mr.. Baker called his driver to take
charge of them, and, after a little pom
dering, said to the Tennesseean:
"My friend, you forced me to bet
when I did not wish to; but as am in
for it, I will now give you a chance to
win back your horses. Your wheels are
made true, and you know it. The top
and the bottom move equally fast on
the axle. And that this is so I offer
to bet the pair of horses I have just
won against the next best pair in your
team"
The WAGNER listened to him with
evident distrust; scanned him suspi-
ciously from head to foot, and then solilo-
quized loud enough for all to hear:
Il stalled with six horses; I'll never
get along with only four. Here's q
chance for me to win back my other
pair. And amt I sure to win? Didn't
I see with my own eyes that the top of
my wheel moves faster than the bottom.
Stranger, take your bet"
you'd better not" said Mr.. Baker
you'll lose again"
"My words out, and I never take
back" said the other.
Admitting the fellows pluck, and long
ing to see the bewilderment that was to
ensue, Mr.. Baker called for a jack
screw, lifted the axle from the ground,
so that it should revolve as spinning
wheel, made mark at top and bottom,
and on the ground, exactly as before
then gave the wheel one-fourth of q
revolution, by which means the two
marks were brought on level with each
other, one being the length of spoke
ahead of the axle, and the other the
length of spoke behind it. The bet
had been on the question whether the
top and the bottom of the wheel would
move equally fast on the axle. There
was no room for doubt in the case
The Tennesseean's second pair of horses
had gone to join the first.
For a moment or two he made no re-
ply; he was meditating. Then, with the
air of a soldier surrendering at the
point of bayonet, he delivered the
horses, saying, however, in tone OF
very equivocal respect
"Will you please take off your hat y
MIR. Baker did so with a laugh, and
the other gravely examined his fore.
head, saying:
"An right; please let me feel you,
foot"
Mr.. Baker held up each foot in turn
which the man carefully felt, and then
added:
"Al right again. You must be g
human you can't be anything but "a
human for you have no horns MOI
hoof; though I suspicioned you mought
have been-mought been-somebody
else. Now, stranger, all ask is that
you will let me keep my team together
till I can store my tobacco, or else buy
more hosses."
"My friend, I am not a betting char.
acter, and I would not have bet with
you at first, if you had only let me off
The two best pairs of your team are now
mine. At 800 apiece, they are worth
$500. But there is one condition on
which I will let you off from all, and
that is, that you will remember the
lesson have taught you this day, and
promise never to bet again"
Wnat SAID the IenneSSeean, open
ing his eyes wider than before, "you
will let me have my bosses back?"
Eyes"
"And must promise to never bel
any morep"
Eyes"
well, that will be promise mighty
hard to keep in my part of the country
but I make it; and no doubt Sally and
the young ones will he all the better
for it. Stranger, good-byp
Gan any of our readers satisfactorily
explain this double motion of an ordin.
airy wagon wheel2