The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-05-09
Cur Gasoline Engine.

up lot lost time md be out it
the PIPER Oh the dot. The form
t were 81 wede up and we vere a
ready to start tie wheels of tn
press Frid.y evening. The en-
CINE, tho Handy Andy 'nd-mor
Andy than Hazd y-and owe
whose in inmate form we hav
spsAen words Of no .endearin,
terms, we extended the glad hane
and proceeded to exert soma mus
Gu ar power in order 20 get tn
little CONTRACTION called a dynam7
and attached to the left hind whee
OF the engine, to show a few
sparks Of life The engine emitted
a couple Of gruff grunts as if it twas
badly sea sick and proceeded te
get down to BUSINESS. The press
was connected to the engine in &
gentle a manner as was poss be
and The engineer Of the machine
began to congratulate himself owe:
the easy manner in which the en-.
CINE was m5de to move. After
two papers had gon2 through the
press, MIR. Handy legan to have
that tired feeling anl the cough
OF the exhaust valve grew less and
less u til it was just a sigh-and
then all was over. We epoke to it
IN loving tones, gave it a new
dose Of oil put up by DR.. Rookie
teller ana also gave it some salve
put up by the same party, which
is claimed to be just the thing for
a gasoline engine that has that
tired fe ling.
We proceeded to get ev ry thing
a ound that engine in shape and.
getting a firm hold on the handle
a d tried to inject some life into
the thing, but no good. While we
were manipulating the har die of
the destroyer of peace and har-
mony, we were struck by the
truthfulness Of that old Bible saw
ing it is not very often that we
ar struck that way, by thesxeat
of thy brow thou shalt eat thy
daily bread" Our brow She,
sweat enough to lat us through
the century.
We worked o err the machine
until II O'Clock when we babe the
engine a Living good night and
hoped that it would better in the
morning. We were up bright and
early the next morning and pro-
ceeded to- take some more of the
bread earning proverb that is laid
down, but no go, After breakfast
we proc eded to loo into the in
ward cussedness Of the engine and
discovered that the packing on the
cylinder head had become worn
and that air was getting in where
it was no needed. After packing
the thing very carefully we pro-
eded to exert some more manual
and soon had enough cleo
tricity flying around o run a good
light 8 plant, but the en-
CINE did rot seem to be disturbed
and re aimed TIE same. We
worked all day Saturday and Sun
pay. Held consultations; spoke
words OF endeafment: changed the
medicine: petted it as a fond
mother fondles a sick child: but
no use. Sunday we f~elegraphed
to Bismarck for an expert who ar
Monday.
Monday morning we felt rather
blue as the edition was not off the
press and the work accumula ting,
we were hot under the collar and
proceeded 20 inject some more en-
ergy into the thing. About ten
O'Clock the first signs OF life was
discovered and the engine started
off and soon every thing was on
the move and the Office force set
tied down again to a life of per-
feet contentment, and by the time
the expert arrived the Leader W S
on it's way to the many homes.
Many Of our readers we're dis
appointed III not getting their
%papers-but the blame must be
put on the engine.