The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-25
Our Venture and It's Failure.


list Of the delinquent tnx-payers- Zach
name l. usually followed by some brief
remark By the seIectmen. explaining
why the tax cannot be collected The
following are typical entries;
james Jouss. poor aud sick
-SyiiIIsm Smith. whereabouts m
knowu.-
-RieharI Smith. cannot be fonnd.-
Luke cl,y. ahsennded--
ADRIAN lord. III ard t0~n charge
Itis not q list in which anybody with
. spark Of personal pride would like to
see bis name. Indeed. IL must be fatal
10 self-respect - 20 b. beld up year
after yesr to pablie disaPprObatien.
Ard the wrath may b imagined with
which the kinsfcIk Of the delinquent
clfI1rn read their decent name In the
black Usti
Amoug ne names which aPpear there
regularly I. that % burnside Berry. and
IL L. Usually followed by the con
ismptuous wor.Iss -Loafer and worth
less
Burnside Derry's tax recoud possesses
more Interrst for me perhaps thAn for
other: for When was 4 boy be was my
nelShbor and sehOolmAts. -Durny.- -
We called him. was an impetuous.wArm-
hearted fellow who was aiways Invent
lng or trying to invent something or
otAer. studious and dreamy. be had, l
think. In large measure the true invent
i've temperament. but ne lacked persis-
tence.
OF all his coHiriVanees I remember
With good reason his windmill boat
especially vel.
Burnside aud ! and boy named Her
msn Day bad begun 20 attend The Nor
well academy. With the hslf-formed
prrpose Of ftilng for college. We were
all extremely poor. ard had 10 resort 70
various expedients for earning money
while at the academy.
One OF these was 10 prepare stove
wood. which could be taken down ne
lake Into NoswsIi village 10 boat and
sOld for enough 10 pay our weekly eK-
penseA
Our homes were IN the northern part
Of ths town. seven miles from the
seademy The lake. n long. narrow sheet
OF water. extends aearly the entire
length Of ne toSB. Al the foot Of the
lake Is a large manufacturing village.
Fifteen or twenty years ago. when ~
were at the academy. the Peop.s Of The
village had rot begun TO use coal -
fuel. but depended on wood drawn from
The northern part Of the town. A cord
Of seasoned dry wood sold usually for
-four dollars or Tour dollars and half
but n sawed ard split into stove-woot
70 was worth from Eve 10 six dollaTS-
As the years passed. most Of the WOOD
~ for fuel. within Eve or sir miles Of III
village. was used. IN fact. ouly on
large wOod-los remsined on the Aore o
the lake. II was ~ the extreme north
eru end. and was 20 surrounded b
deep ravines that 20 reseh ituith team
was almos; impossible. An effort hat
been made one winter 10 draw the WOO
10 the village On the Ice Of the lake. bu
-spring heads.- and other treacherou'
places IL the ice. made the sitempt I
failure
In fact. the sifleuliy Of getting IN
wood 10 market from the Squire Pros
lot a. Il was called. was 80 great tia
the owner was forced 10 offer the WOO.
for sale At IS cents. siumPagr. cord.
sueh ~as the condition o. the WOO,
business 10 Nor,~sii vhez. on 90
cloudy day In August. n-rns.de. Hes
man DAY ard zane slorE TIE Ghor'
Of The lake. fishing Tor rlehereL STOP
plnr 10 lock At the oil -7ood-h-oat. ~
discussed methods Of griiisg the WOO
70 market II We could oHly run thA
boat back and fora 10 Nor~ell village
Ne could easily prepare stosevoot an
all II II large snough profit 70 pay %
tuItiou and other sxpsnsp2
II vas thea that Burnsifs conceive
i The IDEA % = windsDlli erected amIt
shlps 81 the old woOd-boat ssd cor
neeted With . cross riiafi and i~o pad
dis-wheeh. TAe windmiii eoulS b
made 10 work equally veil uhIebevs
way the Wind bls~. he srgusd: aud u
paddis-uAssis would drive the boat {
e. sowa Ne lake. - Ne pisssed-
sosld be stssrsd jest Ike sissmboa
, be theughi. snd uhensver the win
blew We couH navigate ths craft 70 q
from the riilare.
Esithsr Hsrmas Tor I fully un6el
Stood the scheme. or quite trusted Il
bat It vas plausible. - Bnrs.ids sssis
I II. and Ws hoped il would prove sucCss.
fuI
Burnside himself was quite carrie
away With the idea: ard for two {
|, three weeks be worked a. ouly an sub
. tious young iuvsntOr can work 4
sreetet q tripod frame 90 The boa
made = Windmill Il feet In diamsie
aud eoznectsd Il BY mraEa Of = eran
} rod WITH a shsit aud two ru6s pa6dl
II whesis
Al Hernaa AID I. uzrAntisne. EBA6s
bargaIn With Squire Frost for wood q
the stump. sad whils BurnEi6e vas I
work on bis Invenfion. cut and ave-
> three cords Of stove wood. ready 4
irsnspOrtatiOE-
Neither Of % had AID moeh 70 q
nsighbors concerning tks uincnl
boat: but Burnsids bad been obliged
. beg Or borrow % many thlngs needs
n lie coestruetion that nearly srery OF
In Nat part Of the town knew sbout .
asd vhsn st length re isa6sd tie bo'
snd took advantage Of = stiH ves;sEi
\ vind 10 make our hrst trip. nunbers
boyS and several men cana 70 vitae
!. the rovsl experiment.
Fou II sppears thatltiss principle
neehapies that satisfactory power q
N engine cannot Be obtained from Il
wind. n the basis on vhicA the vil
engine rests can fan OF before Il
astuating forrs-
The eass q BurDsidSs vinAmkn bo
Illustrated the principle. Tie Who
q craft dropped away before the gusts
J. wind. the vases turned only tinggishlJ
and although the shaft and padd.
; wheels revolvsd slowly. the impulse ~
: not sufficient to drive the beat forwar
rtse after time ~e poled the era
back lato the channel and brought
4 Into Ioaitlon for the wind 10 act upc
: Il. but always with the same result
: ehe ,,,ana.k~hle nr,uesnena AZ aha nj