Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-18
A WONDERFUL MACHINE.

A WONDERFUL MACHINE
lGreat-Grapdfather Pritehet Surprises the
Boys Thanksgiving Morning and
Teaches Them An Object Lesson
Great-grandfather Pritchet rubbed
his speetaeles right and left and up
and down, and blew upon them, and
set them astride of his nose. and took
out his nippers and pincers and
drivers, and gathered together the
machinery of the new, big. bright en-
gine with ali the insides and outsides
o. "a regular steamer which the
BOYS had taken apart And every one
nudged and looked al every one else,
for Greaf-Grandfathtr Pritchet was q
great man in his way, and nobody
could have helped looking and nudg-
ing when smoke-stacks and boilers and
shafts and pipes and pistons went into
hempen bag, and Grandfather
Pritchet sat On the three-legged stool
shaking them up.
Nv hat is that for, please?" ventured
young Wilfred. ehuekling bit 10 him
self
I'm shaking the engine together
was the reply.
1t viii smash every single thing"
muttered Johannes
And Great-Grandfather Pritchet
looked askew from under the
glasses astride of his nose and ex-
Claimed: Odd. very odd.''
So it was; and every one was sure
of it.
-Yon said you would put II togeth-
er," muttered Johannes, not very glee-
fully, --and you are shaking ii to
| bitsrs
"How's that? Is it possibler' ejac-
| uiated Great-grandfathe- Pritehet.
ewing the bag outside; then CHANGING
| within 40: not a bit Of it. Boy, you
| are mistaken! It is but taking form;
the parts are but selecting their atti-
| tudes; they are but preparing to com
bine-to slip into their appointed
| places
And the nippers and pincers and
| hammers and drivers lay coolly on the
| floor. while Great-grandfather Pritch-
Ell shook the bag as before. Johannes
/ bit his lip and turned red In the face,
| and 1wirled about On his high heel,
and his brothers whispered among
| themselves, waiting to see what was to
come next
" 1t will be ruined Grandfather-
I
me have the bag"
How, Whv? For whaty' inquired
| Great-granGfather Priichet, calmly. as
if amazed ~Wil it not put itself to-
| gethers'
Why how can it without bands?"
How can it without somebody TO do
1 it?'' lit takes a head as well as hands
/ TO put st.ean1-en CINE together+ three
/ vaireS exclaimed
| Great-grandI ather Pribches looked
| gravely at his bag
"A head as wen as hanas?-in other
| words mzn- That is odd enough, TO
/ be surei-BQt now answer me this: II
| il takes a head and hands to put & toy
/ stean-engine together, what must it
1 take TO put man together 2-man. who
| is mass Of wonderful tissues. nerves,
muscles. bones, man, who Is sensitive
| and intelligent = breathing. moving,
/ thinking; man with his wonderful body
| continually recon sfructing itself SO in
fnitelV delicate IN mechanism that a.
! pin point Of deviation from the
/ proper arrangement gives anguish: 50
wonderfully Constructed that it moves
in all its complicated ways without
effort and without pain; Is TO put
! such a creature together2'
And the three lads answered God
Now. suppose / put this steam
/ engine together and make Il run
! smoothly inquired Grea1-grandfataer
/ Fritchef- eyeing the bag. what viii
you do for your part, Johannes for
/ the steam-egg Ine Is yours
/ Il shall thank you very much. SIR
! Great-granafather Pritchet stamped
/ his foot with lis buekIed shoe. and Jo-
/ bannes knew that he had made laa
! right answer
/ There are four Of us here whom God
/ has put together. All our joints work
|. all our hearts pump our lungs lake
in the air and puff it out: our stoznaehs
! take charge of our food and deal it
! about TO onr wearing bodies; our ears
| hear our ewes enable Us to- see.
/ and eur brains carry on a world of
business Which Of Us hasa m4sfi1ted
| Joint or 3 badly made bit of maehin-
! cry, or finds any thing al all wrong or
/ out Of PLACE IN his whole body2 WHY,
/ not one Of gS; not one of US, though
] am not SO brisk q runner rs / once
was-not q soul of US. And whom
| have We TO thank Put On gour hats.
/ boys the AIR outside, too is clear and
| bright, We shall not spend TbanksgiE-
! ing morning fitting stgam-englDes to-
gefEher when we have not thanked Sod
/ that We are in comfortable working
! order ourselves Be quick now. and
III abosaa-'
/ And Great-gransifather Pritehsa
stsEred hard on the floor with his
spry. bebuckled foot. till the bows
started for their hats and the boys
whisks-d about as though they were
IRVING their johns and Great-grand-
tsther Pritche4 hnng the hempen bag
ON a nail while he and the three
Younger Prifehess went 10 give thanks
i fss.arne Hllsafrle IN 81 Na1Ro,Ens