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said he, " that this is good to prevent the spokes from 

 working. Melt it and pour it in hot, and roll the 

 wheel around. It will run up in the spokes and coat 

 the hub over on the inside. That will keep the 

 grease from g^oing up into the spokes, causing the 

 spokes to work." 



He fixed his in this way. I, fool-like, without even 

 thinking, fixed all of my wagons the same. These 

 wagons were made up in two trains. My team was at 

 that time a small pony team, a stallion and a mare. I 

 drove them together. They were hardy, well fed, and 

 had had plenty of exercise. They were good ones, 

 tough and young. On the rear of these trains must 

 be a sulky and second hand wagon to return in. 

 There was a man who wanted to go with his team for 

 the pay and to see the country. He never had been 

 over this road. I told him it was a hard trip. '' I 

 think your team," said I, "taken up out of the pas- 

 ture, will give out They are old, too, and it is hot 

 weather in July." 



He said they could stand it. I yielded, and told 

 him he must have his horses' feet dressed up for this 

 trip. This I did for him. The wagons were all 

 wooden axled, ard must all be greased. When I 

 commenced to do this I soon beo^an to do some bis: 

 thinking. The rosin had got on the boxes, and when 

 I put on the wheel and turned it, it would powder up, 

 no matter how small the quantity. It would set the 

 wheel [ I scraped and dug all off that I could, but I 

 could not get it off. " I shall have trouble from this 

 rosin business," thought I. " It will crumble off and 

 wreck this traiii, just as sure as it moves." I greased 



