The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-02-22

way ? Al asked.
Yea, said The squire, IL ycs can isli
this wsy.
Aadison said no more bus aftsrvard, b
tween osrssivss. se tsitsd " ovsr. u
chopping scarf into lesriog tres. on ID
ride ,owsrd ~hleh ,ou -lsh u to fal', ths
uwing into u on the olhsr aide, and drss
ing ir steel wedges. such ~ are used !
splitting fouf-foot loss for ,ord-~ocd,
'ree can be forced over ~hen t does no
J an too heavily. Bu, do not bsll<ve ths
stoss Pond pine could have been made :,
tall sosih BY that method. II leaned tos
heavily &c the gsil5, and Vas too large |
rec to be lifted over BY wedges.
We thought also Of using tackle ans
biz ess. attaching one block high up In th'
nee, and making the ground block fast :,
snolber tree, hundred feet or more away
on the sou.h eide. when sll WAS ready ID
pine could be cut nearly OF, and . horse
" four men, set to haul on the tachle-rope.
Ia Inst wav the pins might perhaps hav
been pulled ever 10 the right direction.
Bot many practical difical'iss attended
this plAa. We should have TO putchaH
Ave hundred feet Of itrons rope; and there
sss the liability that tbs blocks might be
smashed by the tree trunk fallios upon
hem. Fifteen dollars' worth OF extra line
sould be required for 80 long haul.
We did not like to pay out 30 mucl
money, having, indeed, very little Of oul
own.
Time pared I'LL the second day afte;
pres identisl election, and the hrst thing J
heard In cur room thst morning was Addi-
SOD tinging out, "Genersi Grants elected
agsin--sud know how we can push down
Ssoss Pond pines
How 7 said /. passing over the election
news, which did not ieem to have much to
10 with the pine.
III chow you when We get up there! cried
Addison. I've got Samson that'li push
II over.
Did you dream 1. outY esid !.
No, no! said he. 1t came to me oil a.
once this morning. It's with levers.
snew just how we can do II. See here, and
he got little block Of wood and two sticks,
and then proceeded to illustrate his Sam.
on against chair post.
could soc neither head nor tail to the
plan, but was inclined to take Addison'f
Sord for II, since be was always the
ntch nicsl genius Of the family.
That morning, howsve, ssaf er breakfast.
he old squire set usto bank up the stable
md out-bulldings for winter. II was A.
lll-dsy Job; but the next forenoon We
round our axes and started for Stoit
Pond. Addison explained q little a. VI
vent on.
The fret thing wanted 10 two spruc,
,oles, said he. Two strong, stiff ipruc,
,,lts, one for the lever, and the other foi
he litter. and the one for the lever will |
ave to be thirty feet long.
Higher up the mountsinside there was
hick growth Of spruce, land here we Cut
he two poles. The longer one was fully
70 inches In diameter, and very heavy
ut ~ the way was down hill, We contriv.
d to drag it to the pire, The "lifter"
,ss not ~ large and but twenty feet 10
.ngtt- 1ur sx-handles had each two-fooi
,easure measure laid of Oh them.
Directly on the brink Of the ravine, and
ence about ten feet from the butt Of the
inc, stood little hor beam tree, four or
ve inches in diameter.
That's good, said Addison. We will fell
,at and cut the stump off tquare. II viii
0 fer the fulcrum Of the lever.
now bsear to understand 1t all q little
etter. The long arm Of the lever WAS to
ktend over the gully 1t was to rest on tb'
prnteam stump, The litter was to stand
D the ort arm Of the lever, and have tn,
pper end Of Il "toed" In notch ;cut into
q pine trunk twenty feet from thu
round.
By this time not few dill culties began
arise, We needed ladder, some bits Of
pc and several spike nalls, and wertsoblie.
rather reluctantlvto give up the under
king for the time bsine:aDd return homs
two miles and half. l.
We had made beginning, however, and
the dinner. table the old fquire became
much interested 10 Addison's account Of
e experiment that he announced his In. 1
ntion Of returning with Us. I!sow ina
ne that the old gentleman bad fears les
Q might be injured by our contrivance.
We did not want bin to 20, but said
thing outright. Our cousin Halstead,
ho had been away on visit, returned
at forenoon, and be, too, went along.
Az there were four Of u, we hitched up
70 Of the ork-horses and drove most Of .
e way by card road through the. pas /
re lands. We took ladder, bits Of rope
d tpikes, and also q strong Hve-bushel
ple-basket, = use for which we had b..
10 TO fort see.
Addison had been afraid that the old
ulre would pooh. pooh the plan; but after d
liking II over for iome time, bs sAid that I
sheuld not wonder II 1t worked well a
Z we're both very glad that be had come,
40 10 bear 9 baud With u at raising thu
ng lever into position. 6
This rsslly required The strength Of oil |
ur VI Us. IL wasA long, b'svy stick,s
vas necessary 10 ,st Il projecting over
. tsvine At an angle of about thirty de-
.ef. III
10 se, ~ great leverage ~ possible, ~e
de the short arm ~ The lever but two
I asd The long arm ts,Ity eight feet. 4
After the notch vas Gu, tweity feet up
e uu, / Of the pin lLe upp rerd Of lbs
er sliek VAS a led 10 u and The lover o
a adjusted TO lbe thort Mm Of The kvsr.
bola lt In pl ce tb.re, sM tosd 10 n
th spiksf, 30 that II ny losie secured /,