The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-15
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 TAe tteqseacy wisA vAicA tAe boilsr
 of saean shrasAsn expacde, and kili peo pla has ted many eood people to Advo cate the snpervisioa of sassm thsasAer, oy government Inspectors ln tAAi casz onfy competent engineers coald he plAce< in chArge c: the ecslers, and they woclt
 Aave to oe tested, as are the boilers q
 ,se&m vessels. As is is rev tArrsers bay
 psssm thEasAsrs. and they sAiak sayeody
 tAo can dTive team, os milk a COW, cas
 rea . sssAm engine. ossen the hig.
 heAded farmer himself puts his hat co
 ode side, as Ae would ( he was sosas sc
 ostAk csll. or wean . call and teach is
 se trnk eas of a pail, and proceeds to
 Ecslup sae&m. Take farmer who tAisks
 Ae gknows about everything, and there
 Asy great many saeA tasmess. aad As
 *G szk n cAst nf .-y man n ssaHins
 ' steam th1asAet. He wants 10 s.ow the Jhesgheors that he k DO otd.aary kind ci
 a farmer. and the esuii Is Ae gets the
 sAole nessheorhood around him to lock
 al the new steam thrashes he gets up
 sseaa, and he don kao~ A s,eAm gaAxe
 rum a sade oi bacon. and when the
 Audsence and the iAooress are Ia a good
 pos,fiea. the steam gets low. the farmer lets in some cold uatet ~i,h knowlne look. and the ar ls fl.! ot smart Aieck
 farmer. thrsshlnE machine hands and
 neighbors who have called around to sec what great improvement steam IS ovet horse power on . farm, stacks take
 hrc and burn, and barns and houses foI- los uniess the w,nd hlows the other way, half dozen funerals take place the fol- lo~ing Sunday, ard ,he explosion oi the steam thrAshef i> the talk of the county fef month. ard AiseI that horse po~ef is good enough that locality In many eases some young fellow who has heen a~ay from the tars Tor a year or tsc
 bsaking oa a freight tram, os driving a hAgg age wagon tos .irtas, who says he ssshes he had as ms any dollars as he knoss how to run steam engine. and
 who looks nsys,essous, and turns the
 water gauges AS though he had -csked steamer all his life, ,s given the )ob. and he ties a white handkerchief around his neck. and Is the center cf admiration on the part of coantry g,fls and boys fos week. until some day he goes on an es cussion skyward with the smoke stack and the dues. and IS cooked when he comes down. They investigate and lad that all he eves knew Abou, steam he learned wh,le carrying m coal at gas house. and the verdict of the eorones lury oensuies the engineer sou being in. competent Farmers are pet aliaf about bay.ng machinery. and otten that which IS mos, compile ated. and which needs an expert and A rrpan shop. Is bosght bs them most eagerly. aad they gte~ gray in trying 10 maset ,,s compiit a,ions
 However. the steam ihrssher stands as the head of ioohsh ~stsavags saee and farmer. They may buy mo~ers that will only mow ia the winter. under shed, and they may buy seede.s ,ha, will no' seed unless A man stands ready al all times to shake them up. and they may buy euiIivstors that wti mol cultivate, unless they can ge, a tooth into A ro~ oi corn and mp II oai. and nobcdy viii com plain exeeps the man they buy such machinery Of. and he ~iil not complain unless they fAli to pay They may buy horse bay rakes that clniy rake ladi ciously when ,~o men go behind ~tth hand rakek They may say paient p,ss b. forks for unloAsing and loading hay, that Sake .=::e ...- .- --=s ssse.. .h.a ~nnid arms. They may buy suaSs pio~s os which \ man oan ride and oses tobast u. bu, by which he asno, plox furro~ ,o save h,in. and t is nobody, business
 They may purchase patent chass> var ranted to do twsce the york of hssd girl n hali the ,sue n voasd take the girl 10 churn m the oid-fAsh,oned ~ay. but which will no, ehusn until the g.sl uudesysands the cemb,natson. and then II doot give half as much bauermilk as the olt-izshsoned ohasn, and nobody ,.n say word. They may purchase paien, reapeu and binders thai faii ,o reap and refuse to bind anything eneep, the 6ngers of the men vho mookey sssh .:, s.A t ,s none of the affair of the pubic. They may buy tanning mills that VIII draw all of the ohess and bird seed for a block asound aad mix is with the wheat, and II IS all right They may buy hshtsing rods that wiii crawl under the tenoe and curl up when thunder storm approaches, and couldn't stand oG 2 s,rnke .f hghs- ming half As veil as s sansosef stalk. and il IS the farmers busaness ans so- body else's. Bni when the farmer ouys a steam ,k,zshing machine that he does not knos is loaded, and does not knos ho~ to load #, and places !, h charge oi deck hand shose experience has alvay, been in a eow yssd, and the farmer gets ready to blow up the whole nesghboshood, il is time the las should step ia and regulate thss farmer. Asd tell him that he doesn't knov half as mueh e he thinks he does. it has gos % that when a steam thrasher ls advertised ie show in any gissn locality. sensible peo- pie 70 into the lens so~E on visit. and whea n n secssaary to drsve sloeg the road whes> steam th,sshes n al work. 1t s rhe sAtess way to hide under the wagon seat Asd lss v.as horse rsn away vith you, for n ,yu are killed tn rus swsy your frssneS dos's have 10 wsn ior the remAsns to cove down, aad they A<s.ss hsw> s. x~~.~~2 ,sx.<.n . ssV.w Es< ktS