Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-10-30
harmers' Column.
Give fools their geld - sss,sves their power
Let fortunes bubhieS t1se and fai.;
Who so.ys a tieItt or tssii:s a flower,
OrGiants a tree. is mere shan all.
Lew Wagon Bodies

The announcement. high up wagon
bodies, SO common in Maryland and
throughout the greater part of our
country. have been in use hundreds of
years. The time may have been,w when
the country was new, and rocks and
stumps were plentiful in the roads,
and the streets were very rough and
uneven, that high bodies were neces
sity for such conveyances, but no such
necessity exists at present either in
cities or in the country; except in very
recently settled portions Of heavily
timbered or mountainous regions. At
the New England Fair, which we at
tended, we did not see one of these old
style, high up wagons for carrying
loads; but we saw hundreds OF the low
down wagons in general use, hauling
lumber, wood, iron. -four, bags, cases,
boxes, machinery and merchandise Of
all descriptions. Particularly we OBJ
served them, loading and unloading
heavy horse powers on the show ground
and two men could load and unload
on one of these wagons with as great
ease and facility as SIX men could on
the old style. Then other considera-
lions are strongly in their favor. The
low down wagon is very simple in its
construction, and much more easily
and cheaply made than the old style.
The hind axle passes through the hub
of the wheel and then drops squarely
down within about eight inches Of the
ground; while the froat wheels have
straight axle as used in the old style.
The body, which is only flat bottom,
is bolted firmly upon the top of the
hind axle and swings under the front
axle by chain. OF course, this bot
tom is of heavy plank, with stakes and
side boards if needed; which by the
way are very seldom used We have
watched closely and carefully the work
of these wagons here, and we can see
no reason why they cannot be general
~ adopted in our city and throughout
our State. They can be used for one,
two or three horses, and the body be-
ing low and level twice as much can
be placed upon them as upon one Of
,ur drays. Besides the cost Of con-
ruction is much less; very import
item. We have Of course observ-
ed these in other localities but not SO
exclusively as in this place.
\ Another item we will record here
Cor the beurne-es- oar-Teaders 1t is
NV seldom that we see IN this part Of
shsS~7untsy the old style Of dump cart
very common in BALTIMORE, with
oneQalr OF wheels and shafts. The
cart itself is made the same; but in
st1ao Of the shafts, the cart has "a short
poie reaching to another pair of wheels
anu to these are attached the shafts
III ne horse. In this way the horse
is relieved from the weight of the cart
and can carry greater load with more
ease and safety, While the cart can be
tilted the same as in the old style Of
cart. We have been assured that no
one tries this new arrangement FOR the
wagons and carts that ever wishes to
return to the old style again. The ex-
pertinent we think is we'll worth trial
by our readers. 1t gives really prac
teal means of decreasing the expendi
ture Of physical strength, and thus
lightens the labors Of those who peed
most such improvements for their com
fort. When we see so many loads of
foundation stone in our city on wag
ons from four to five feet above the
ground, all Of which has been loaded
by hand; We can hardly calculate the
blessing which would come to these
laborers with the low bodies for wag-
ons we have above described. And if
to these, why not to all who need to
move heavy goods? Let our readers
make this improvement to lessen the
burden of human toil.--Nd. Farmer
for October.