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given up, as it soon was, the shafting was still left 

 to pass through the floors, and the fans continued 

 to tell which way the wind blew. This was a con- 

 venience to a large neighborhood. Standing very 

 high over the valley it still can be seen for a half 

 a mile, and as it turns with a slightly mournful sound, 

 it is known as the " Old Cow." 



The first important effort on the part of the young 

 folk was to build a two-horse power engine, on a 

 principle somewhat different from the engine that 

 had been purchased. It did its work fairly well, but 

 it called for many a consultation both in its con- 

 struction and in its working. It still remains to turn 

 the grindstone, saw the wood, grind bones for the 

 fowls, cut fodder for the cows, and in the autumn it 

 still crushes the waste apples for cider. 



Some years later I discovered that two of my sons 

 were quietly studying up a scheme that called for a 

 considerable outlay of money and time. One of 

 them did most of the planning; the other most of 

 the work, as usual. This was about the beginning 

 of the automobile evolution, and it was soon evident 

 that an automobile was incubating in my shop. It 

 was not a case where the mountain labored and 

 brought forth a mouse, but the mouse labored and 

 brought forth a mountain. It certainly would go, 

 but like all the early automobiles, it was liable to 

 run up a tree rather than travel the highway. 



No matter, the shop was serving its purpose as an 

 educator, and it was an important accessory to a true 



