The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-24
AUTOS QUEER ACTIONS
EVEN PERPLEX AGENTS
Owner Complains Because Engine Fails to Run With
His Brand of Cylinder
Lubricatior" :"

law opened up and blew himself to a
Bib Six touring car said Joe. as
he glanced over his menu for the
night at The Stamford. It's me for
a big dinner tonight. by the way,
this is my semi-annual payday. nrst
car 1 sold for six months, and I'll
have to pull big celebrations"
Mill took out the rest of the boys
and did things up in fine style. Very
few things he overlooked that go to
make up a good time as the motor
agent very often puts II.
In three months the commission
received by Mill was about exhausted
but the salesman found one jubila.
ton in the fact that Smith. who lives
up the state, sent in communica-
lion to headquarters, stating that the
car had been running fine. smith
had written several days since to tell
how delighted he was.
one day there came change in
the form OF letter that detailed all
the ills a motor ca ris heir to. and
winding up with a request for imme-
diate information as to what to do
to make the motor perform as OF yorc.
Mill diagnosed tho case as well as
he could, and sent him a bunch of
absent treatment by mail. A tele-
gram stated that all the expedients
suggested had been tried, but the
motor would not "motc." Mill wired
for more symptoms.
In reply he received information
that the engine, after much cranking
would start run few seconds,
smoke, spit and emit a terrible stencil
"Sccms as If It IS running hot" ended
the telegram.
min suggested examining the pump
commutator. carburctor. coil and ev-
crything else he could think Of and
concluded by advising put plenty o.
oil in the engine base" Smith replied
"Nothing doing"
Then Min got him on the phone.
What Kind of cylinder oil are you
using2"
Same as you sent me last week.
replied Smith, warmly.
That's good cylinder OIL" said Mil
"but cannot understand the engin,
heating. Put I'm some more OIL"
Got the case half FUN now. yelled
back Smith.
"Wcll. put I'm some more" replied
Mil. as he slammed the receiver bacl
| on the hook.
In an hour telegram told Mill h,
| could send an expert to make the ca
run or take back his old machine
There was no way out of IL; a maj
must he sent.
Half a day to so. half an hour &
20 rcturn," growlcd Min. wish tha
| fellow could think of one symptom h
didn't tell me, so that / could tell hin
what ails his car
| Mlll was absent three days. Whc
he returned he met the infuriate
manager, who asked "l'hat on cart
kept YOU so long? What have yo
been DOING"
"Took his engine all apart, clcanc'
It and put it back in"
'Why, what was wrong with it?'
'This, said Mil. setting can O
light brown nuld before his chief.
| "That looks like good cylinder OIL,
said the managcr.
Looks like it, yes;thats the trou
blc.
It's maple syrup"
Strange as it may seem there ar,
two Smiths IN this town. \ friepC
had shipped can Of maple syrup e
one, and on the same day and by tn,
same express company that was car
| rying the can Of cylinder oil from thu
Buzzmobile plant. Cans got miSeC
| cnroutc.
When Mill took the motor apart n
found the cylinders full of maple su
gar. the bearings full of maple siruT
ana the munler choked with half
burnt wax.
other Smith relished the cylinder oi
on his ancakes.-Detroit Free Press