The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-05-08

teS eoetss hsfaH'y ""sNs s't- -" 49,
rented. And very soon warm revival o
religion nads many glad hearts. and made
oil u say.
..Nsvermsrs shall nisistsr Of thin
church 90 into his pulpit on Sunday morn
ing with ~ empty pocket book.
Rsaa Aaki.s .-Hsv they do Il here and
Hsv tAey ae ~ abroad
In the United States, after leaving oni
. few sections, the amount Of care and
skill given to roads 10 net in proportion to
ths intelligence Of the psopls--indssd, far
from It, and II i difficult 10 realize that
they are managed by Sane kesn minds
that skew 70 nash thought purpose aud
energy in other works In country dis
tricts the time given TO roads is regarded
a. an sxActiss 70 Be paid with the smallest
possible percentage Of falHlmsnt. aad the
results are such that the tax Of bas roads
10 far more serious than the road tax.
Wagons wear out; two trips are made TO
carry the load that should 60 in one;
many . high stepping hsrss is ruined,
and from steep pitches, short curves and
careless distractions there are frequent
fatalities and accidents.
Leaving the man traps Of America, the
wandersr abroad has new feeling Of ss-
surity come over him when he realizes
the care given to English roads, and those
who use them, trim and true from wall,
never > rut, never round stone or q
pitch. he can drive at full speed night
and day in assured safety. II dark all
vehicles are lighted, usually with . small
red light showing behind to enable the
driver which way all traps are going.
He will see two or three times in each
mile q spot where the walls take in .
space about ten or twenty feet in extent
from the fields, in which broken stone is
neatly piled. From this heap that are
safely out Of the way, men with barrows
bear stsne to every hole that is deep
enough TO hold fine metal" as the
crushed stone 10 called. No spets are me-
elected long enough to permit them to
hold water; consequently the destructive
action Of wheels pounding into wet spst
is unknown, ind "a stitch in time saves
nine" in road work aad wear and tear of
men, beasts and wagons. The bar, us.
ually made to turn the water from track
several inches lower than the sides, is an
unknown barbarity, and should any one,
high or low. obstruct the highway in this
Or in any other way. the remedy would be
Immediate. and the people net shocked
by an enforcement Of precaution.
Old country ideas are not as expensive
~ ours. Men are not al born there to be
competent to teach school, sell
lrt works, run fer congress, milk kicking
Bows and make reads without preparatory
Itudy, Is here, where we breathe the
gales Of bouadlsss land and take airs to
esrrespsnd. Their road work is prefss.
,iOns % much - engineering or arehitec-
ture. and the highest honors have gene to
mon like MseadAm and others. In many
cases the read owns nsat cottages that are
Two or three miles apart, and here near
heir work live the men who know the
trsds Of read making and find it q good
Dns. They hare certain sections under
heir care, where stream is not permitted
10 run all through the spring months car.
rying two or three leads daily Of good ma.
Isrial from ruts 4 mile long, as with us
before they are diverted. II is attended
10 At once and thousands Of dollars annu-
lily saved BY the expenditure Of hundreds
It the right moment.
But here the rosd makers are not alone at
Iault. Our ordinary wagons are made TO
destroy roads. with round narrow tires
Ind uniform track. the latter the best
possible Arrangement for putting all tray
d in line and making ruts. II roads were
railroad tracks, an even width OF track
would Of course be the thing, but for
roads it is just as far from saving as any
possible invention. Buying once trap
in England. a. light rigs" arc called, tho
writer asked il it had the ordinary width
of . track. The honest maker scratched
bis puzzled head and confessed he did not
know any such thing; when II was made
plain to him he said that there was no
rule sf the kind. aud just here is the
secret Of the small wear and tear Of for
eiga roads the wheel tread is all ever the
road.
A very large amount Of light and heavy
work is done on two wheels, but the fonr
wheeled farm wagons and vass are nearly
always constructed with tires Of not less
than four inches, and the front axle is
shorter than the rear one The front
wheels usually turn under When going
in . straight line four tracks are made q.
oucs, and farm roads are kept even Ly =
wear. which keeps them good
and in ths end results in economy. Light
wagons are made in the same wsy. II
may be noticed that crooked, whore the
curves sas short. wears we'll, and there is
rarely . rut at . coraer Of astrset. fer the