The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20

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here re q lot Wheeled eSt,i Dis !; i:
on e$8oodeI hillside over beyond tie
Agricultural building la al oo
their urn tore an adnirlng audi
ence without getting put. on the daily
program: There are towering wind
mills that fan thensse elves Ianguidiy
on calm. days or make solid disk of
their spokes in a breeze IS they manip-
ulate all sorts of machinery, cranks
and pump gearing. ore, Lifts water.
from a lily-planted5 pool up in1o aR1ofty5
tank, whence it falls again. to rise;
in a pretty fountain. Another IS nix.
led to spend its time when nothing
wants drink IN running little
grinder that, being automat ically FED I
will crush grain into chicken feed all
day Standardization, There are&gas-
soline engines for general utility i rr-
poses lin, every o&.n ID r5zcount.y, AID
they hum continuously and interject
every few seconds a spasn1odic, apol-
oSetlc& nttle@ cough
r There Isl & farm gate there that
child can operate With one hand, "a
which is supposed:to save Soucsci limb
ing out in the mud and lifting thes61tiiss
fashioned saggfng ga e25a and 4 having
yours horse moveS4on tNhiia youjarell
fumbling with tn e gate pine There are I
new quee.-shapeds grain threshers an d.
cotton5seed mani ltlalors, and ponder
Gus traction engines tilatalear up TIE
ground WI this heir heavy .,Iugged5
tires in their efforts TO emulate he
mobiles, and 4 turn. around, ]; in. heir
own length and 10 fancy steps They
stand along in rows, aad there is notjt
much choice4in them, as far as beauty
goes any more than there is in their
engineers who get about as greasy
and black asa thoroughly competcntI
c1,a1rffeHr likes to.
One of the machines shows what ~
can do in the way of climbing thet
side of the house by surging up an
inclined trestle With . 90 per cent
grade. every thirty minutes and neal "
its zfourfeat in the air in Tie
p!SSSSS.s - 1lSIl 4 Il SlAiL5 lttIljIS+}tiltGN T.
and forth over a 2-foot pyramid Of
bolted timbers 70 show hatstumps
and powders are no impeachment to
its usefulness. Another monster six
tyG horsepower one as5big asa loco
motive circles easily about among the
trees and runs dosyn steep hills for
he mere pleasure of coming u q gain
Sometimes the Tugs on ar-e. wideiE
Tres fiji up with5gths slick yellow clay Fl
and the motor balkss'on the hill and
he engineer gets sdown. as cooll3-a asSi +
he had stopped a-purpose and oils
.hings5 up a bit AMI does things with
| monkey. wrench, just as lou HI fix =
races ana alter bit buckles son tballzy
1orses. land y then :he climbs ups and
starts again. Waenaits can no longer
,e concealed that he4iss stalled he pays IS
,ut steel cable from drum and at
aches itsto5 a tree upon the hill top, II
hrows into action the drum gear and
cts the engine pul iitselflup hand over
and. The cable can also be- used in is
moving houses and when{5an engine f.
tails, with a, heavy load ontc am n7 ~
line. in which eTenISit leaves sitF and
limbs the-hill alone and draws up Il
he load, with tie cable. . y ppal:ently
be fam u VI house as-iil soon'ha AVE. moth i
1gs to but !hoos< mis- cnills over: the
1eadow ofence; az.st surYeNeHtlse .lani47 !
capeySfor the8traction engine VIII do
he Ehaulihg.G plowinera and planting
nd the mobile willtitake rbet familsG
j church. rs, t{lscstt ~ ..1 n /
You can learn a lot o. things afnt te
GODS lore in The forestry hr1iiiitli1sss 4
mcngl the score of experts, but you y
ave 10 learn 1t In a score of ways
IT mo two, agree. After You have "
gned your natnes III the California Il
ans nine REGISTERS END lc,q3<ed sgt4le Is
I6. 900, names over, {tol see. iii anybody II
ON home has been there, you can d
ct told a heap dboutEirhe wearing o.
lalities of redwood, which neither ssp
wells nor. wrinkles, in use, and can
I'm, through a book whose hinged s.
aves are made up. Of ifesstzed doors II
some two dozen different native e
Gods. b.
If you have tiraa YOU can let21he z
an tel ryoQ how a tree breathesss;--, h
RI 3sbia Snessda yBilpe and spor5hgls At ~