. Coast review. fire may do harme, for thiskinde of squirt may be made to holde an hog-geshed of water, or if you will a greaterquantity thereof, and may be so placed on hisframe, that with ease and a small strength,it shall be mounted, imbased, or turned toany one side right against any fixed maike,and made to squirt out his water with greatviolence upon the fire that is to be quenched. FIRE ENGINES. It is believed that the first Europeanfire engines were bviilt in were little more than hogsheadswith pumps and goose-necks drawn onsleds. These were imported into Eng-land, and the
. Coast review. fire may do harme, for thiskinde of squirt may be made to holde an hog-geshed of water, or if you will a greaterquantity thereof, and may be so placed on hisframe, that with ease and a small strength,it shall be mounted, imbased, or turned toany one side right against any fixed maike,and made to squirt out his water with greatviolence upon the fire that is to be quenched. FIRE ENGINES. It is believed that the first Europeanfire engines were bviilt in were little more than hogsheadswith pumps and goose-necks drawn onsleds. These were imported into Eng-land, and the type was adhered to as lateas Hogarths titne. As early as 1634petty engines to be drawn on wheeles,found to be commodious [saleable] andprofitable. are mentioned by an Englishwriter, but it was some 100 years laterwhen engines were first built in the year 1750, hand engines ormanuals like the accompanying sketchwere owned and operated by the RoyalExchange and other offices. HAND KN(;iNfK OK Cunninghams Epigrams. A soft answer turneth away wratli: ))utit often constitutes a waiver. A prudent man dealeth with knowledgeand with resident agents of reliable com-panies. An agent may ride a bicycle and not be,in any unpleasant sense, an insurancepedal-er. Average human nature exposes itselfmore in a claim foi- fire loss than in aIjrayer meeting. Nature has wisely considered the habit-ual kicker; he is so built that he cantkick himself. There are some insurance men witlimore money than brains; and yet theyare not real rich. Honesty may be the best policy; but abig policy on a small value does not pro-mote the best honesty. There is one place to which a faithfulagent can turn and always find apprecia-tion; that is—the dictionary. Cleanliness may be next to godliness,but a soap factory adjoining a church in-creases the Iate on the latter all the same. Through wisdom is a house builded; byunderstanding is it established; but insur-ance maketh the household to lie d
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