Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-04-06
Points For Roadbuilders.


absolutely necessary to slavishly follow
the road allowances, as is so customary.
A straight road is not an interesting
road to drive on. It is tedious, and it
implies climbing the hills, when by q
graceful sweep around the hill an easy
grade may be often had, the road made
pleasanter, little if anything added toits
length, it's usefulness increased and
economy in time and horsefesh secured.
I know of four roads meeting on the
top of a steep hill. Much money has
been expended in reducing grades to en-
able people to drag up half load, when
common sense would suggest a sweep
around the hill, the saving of much ex-
pense and the avoidance of nuisance
which has cost incalculable money, in
that it has lessened every load that ever
went over it, has injured horses, har-
ness and vehicles and provoked acct
dents.
Grade properly the proper width and
in the proper place before putting on
gravel.
Make the roads very round-they wear
down. A fiat road is bad road at the
time when good road is most needed.
Make clean, straight edges, not jagged,
irregular and slovenly.
Make all bitches clean and decided,
with such care as to the levels as will in
sure that they won't hold the water in
stead Of leading 1t off. At every natural
outlet make a culvert-that the water
may escape from both sides and get
away. It is the water in the subsoil
freezing in winter which bursts up the
road in spring and swallows up the
gravel.
Drainage is the secret of good roads.
If any springy place gets its water from
the adjoining land, tap the water before
it reaches the road and lead it off.
In many places the cheapest method
of curing a bad piece of road is to put a
tile drain, four feet deep, right down the
center until natural outlet is reached,
and if similar tile drain could be put
on the side of the road from which the
water comes it would be true economy.
When there are long inclines, don't let
the water in the bitches go all the way
down. It tears the road. Let it off al
every opportunity. Put several belts OF
gravelin the form Of. a reversed V on the
face of long inclines to turn the water
I into the bitches instead Of letting it gully
out the rad by running down the con-
ter.-Toronto Globe.
Gertie's Gum Swaurray.
When Tommy Gilhooley came home from hi
school, he
Turned all Of US b,ys to the wall,
An for sparkin an coortin an all round ca.
vOOrtin '
We ntver was In It at all
DE blarneyed the ladies, an, murther and hades
He'd punish whole lashins of rum.
An he was the vill'in what led to the KILN
AT dert1e Firms swaurray de gum.
With Tutti Fruit, Yucatan,
Pepsfn and W1ntergreen,
Forbidden Fruit and gums to suit
In wrappers red and green.
They fed them all until their Jaws
Could neither work nor play,
An such q shpree we had, yer see,
At Gertie's gum swaurray.
For Tommy Gilhooley, as drunk as q fool. he
An for yellin an cussing, blasphemin and
fussfn .
niver heard such In my loife.
Pat raised up his fist, sir, and made q big bis
On Tommy as big as yer thumb,
Which made Tommy silly. He choked, willy
nilly, =.
An swallered his mouthful NV gum.
With Tutu Frutti, Yucatan, etc.
An Tommy Gilhooley sat down on shtool. He
. Htccupped and sputtered and cried,
An tho bein the villin what led to the KILN
Twas him quit his breathin an died.
Wild weepin an wailin the b'ys all whit shtalin
Towards home by the road they he'd come,
An that e the shtory. rest Tommy in glory,
OF Gertie Firms swaurray de gum.
With Tutti Frutti, Yucataa. :.
Pepsin and Wintergreen,
Forbidden Fruit and gums to suit-
All kinds We liver seen
They fed them all until this Pat
hit Tommy Jaw In play.
An Tommy,s gum caused death to come
At Gerttess gum swaurray.
Minneapolis Journal
One Way Of IncreasinE .Compensation.
Tom lthe book keeper) Why do You work
- hard Tho firm doesn.t give You any
sgreaterpay for Is $3.50 "a
George the clerk know that, but When
I'm working Ifort how small my salary
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