The Southern planter . , or wherean old bridge must be removed, and thenew one built in its place, without inter-rupting navigation or obstructing contin-uous traffic on the bridge. To accomplishthis, the engineer has timber, bolts, andropes, hoisting engines, derricks, and aband of intrepid builders, who have per-haps followed him for years through morehardship and danger than fall to the lotof almost any other calling. The complicated framework of a greatspan is a skeleton with many accuratejoints and thousands of steel sinews andbones, each of which must go in exactlythe right place in exac
The Southern planter . , or wherean old bridge must be removed, and thenew one built in its place, without inter-rupting navigation or obstructing contin-uous traffic on the bridge. To accomplishthis, the engineer has timber, bolts, andropes, hoisting engines, derricks, and aband of intrepid builders, who have per-haps followed him for years through morehardship and danger than fall to the lotof almost any other calling. The complicated framework of a greatspan is a skeleton with many accuratejoints and thousands of steel sinews andbones, each of which must go in exactlythe right place in exactly the right order. OFFERS FOR SALE A LIMITED NUMBER OF Hill Top Stock Farm Southdown and Shropshire SheepA Grand Lot of Berkshire Hogs Young Boars ready for and see our stock, or write for description and prices to H. A. S. HAMILTON A CO., Staunton, Ta. Parties will be met at train with conveyance, if we are notified in time. We arealways glad to Bhow our stock. 1 AH NOW BOOKINGflANY ORDERS FORFANCY —-. BERKSHIRE PIGS for spring shipment. All Bired by myfamous boara, SIR JOHN BULL andUNCLE SAM. The former imported by me;the latter bred in the purple. I have fourstrains of registered sows, so I can furnishpigs no akin. FIVE high-bred three-year-old COLTScheap. Fancy stock, but not fancy S. WHITE, Lexington, Va. FOR SALE. One Holstein-Friesian Bull, 12 months old registered and transferred to the buyer for $50. This young bullsancestors on both sides are heavy milkers and rich in butter fat. Also Oiie Cutting BOX, Good as New. 24 FEET OF ELEVATOR. It will cut from 50 to 60 tons a day of is the best cutting box made. Dicks Improved. Whole rig complete, $ _T. O. SANDY, Burkeville, Virginia. 382 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [June The builder must weave into the trusBeapieces larger, heavier, and far more in-flexible than whole tree-trunks; swiftlyhoist and swing them to place hundredsof feet high; fit together the massivegirders and huge forg
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