Good roads . en in getting atit, but the important thing is to begin. Begin at once, andkeep at it; earn the name of a crank on roads, if necessary,but never let up, follow it tirelessly, constantly. The theme is so rational that it must win in the end, andthen comes the reward. ONK might as well attempt to calculate mathematically thecontingent forms of the tinkling bits of glass in a kaleido-scope, as to look through the tube of the future and foretell itspattern.— Beecher. COWS WERE MADE BEFORE|RAIEROADS. A COW wearing a bell was run over and killed on a railwaynear lyondon, England, recent
Good roads . en in getting atit, but the important thing is to begin. Begin at once, andkeep at it; earn the name of a crank on roads, if necessary,but never let up, follow it tirelessly, constantly. The theme is so rational that it must win in the end, andthen comes the reward. ONK might as well attempt to calculate mathematically thecontingent forms of the tinkling bits of glass in a kaleido-scope, as to look through the tube of the future and foretell itspattern.— Beecher. COWS WERE MADE BEFORE|RAIEROADS. A COW wearing a bell was run over and killed on a railwaynear lyondon, England, recently, and the owner sought torecover damages from the railway company. On the trial ofthe case, it was proven that the engineer blew the whistleloudly, trying to frighten the cow away from the track. Thefarmers lawyer also proved that the cow was equally attentiveto business as the engineer, in ringing her bell and exertingherself to scare the engine off the track. The jury gave a ver-dict for the cow.— Road on Which Wide Tires Only. Are Used. SOME HARD FACTS ABOUT WIDE TIRES. BY MRS. H. W. MOORE. unaccus-tomed to writing for pub-lication, I could notlonger refrain from tell-ing what I know aboutthe practical benefits to be de-rived from broad faced late husband was a fewyears ago induced to have widetires applied to one of his farmwagons. The first cause of hisinterest in the matter was thepassage of what is called theMichigan Wide Tire lyaw. He was a practical, calculat-ing man, and as soon as helearned that he could save one-fourth of his road tax by usingtires 31-2 inches wide, and that he could have the necessaryalterations made for about fifteen dollars, it was easy to see that
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