Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-05-26
A MONSTER PLoW.

Designed For Ten Horses, Il Took Flfs,
to Move II.
What Is said to be the largest pillow
In the world was Aade some year,
ago at Bakersfield. Cal This pillow
was the result Of the ingenuity Of Q
ranch superintendent who had authori.
~ 10 make Improvements, but not to
Introduce steam plows. The superin-
PENDENT had grown very tired Of pre-
pairing 5000 acres of land for wheat
with ordinary nine or twelve inch
plows drawn by two horses.
He arguei that If two horses could
pull u twelve inch plow six horses
could pull a pillow thirty-six inches
wide and that eight horses could pull
q plow forty-eight inches wide. He
made the calculations carefully, and,
being clever with his pencil. also made
drawings and sent for blacksmiths and
machinists to construct pillow on his
, principle.
Some simple folk told him that his
great pillow would not work, but they
,ontented themselves with saying this
Dramatically without giving any math-
ematical reason therefor So the su-
perintendent went on with his plans.
The blacksmiths and machinists fin
lshed the plow In Cue time. The share
was made to cut a fifty inch furrow.
The top Of 1t reached FIVE feet above
the ground to give room to throw the
earth. The beam was more than q
foot thick, but the machine was con-
structed to run between two great
wheels. so that 1t could be turned
around easily, and on the axle between
these wheels was the seat for the man
who was to drive the ten horses which
were hitched to It.
The plow was brought to the great
Geld, the ten horses were attached 10
Il, the handles were raised. the driver
mounted his seat, and the team was
started. But as soon as the share
struck well into the ground the horses
stopped short. They were stuck fast
And yet the pillow had not gone too
deeply into the earth. But 1t was evi.
dent that they could not pull the pillow.
More horses were brought out, but not
until City were attached did the pillow
move along. .. -.
Even then It required four men to
bold the handles In order to keep the
pillow In the furrow. 1t was an eco
nomic failure.
Then the superintendent, through
the intervention Of some one who was
a better mathematician than he. learn
ed that he should have cubed the ca
pacity of his twelve inch pillow every
time be doubled the width Of it-Har
per's Weekly.
Subtle Fiattery.
Walters Nos. and peeped out at
the baldheaded man.. then ducked be-
hind the screen.
None of him for me-" said Waiter
No. /. HE doesn't tip"
Same here" said Waiter No. 2.
"I'n tx him." said Waiter No. 8.
He took an order for soup. Before
serving 1t he showed the two mrti
neers a hair floating on the surface q
the soup. They marveled then, and
they marveled still more when at the
end Of the baldheaded mans dinner
the waiter returned with dollar bill.
"Ninety-nine baldheaded men in a
hundred can be worked that way" he
said. IF the customer doesn't see the
hair himself / call his attention to it
and make him think it fell out Of his
own head. The fact that he had a
hair to lose so appeals to his vanity
that he loves me for finding it and
gives me tip big enough to cover the
cost Of dozen plates Of soup"-Chi-
cago Tribune.