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The log ‘S locust a.i I In i per.ret» slate of preservation, v lovtist. log vtu in proper season is almost tin pens. i.-*. Die under ground.An incident is room k*. I **u. in ihc coVint, y. when Mr. (,’n*se;i was putliY« a put jp in a well 90 feet deep. Mr. Cassen had been wovcing icr some time boring the pumps:oe/r. and wiu*i. he got rcadv the neigh nor- tv.-re ail sn-vitcd to corne and help Install the pump as It required a number of nn-:i »o handle the sections of t»-; pi:nio stuck and the installing in that it*v wi.n the facilities at hand required '.-cn.uderaniemuscle and skill. .After the stocks were set dt»\t n in the well •endwise the l5\ia*‘es had 10 he put on. To do this M-iverat ha i inch holes hud to be bored d|rojs.i w-whole log about la mimes ir. nia.nete.. An iron plate was placed on t.:e opposite sides of the log. i|i;j. l,ln‘; holes in and the auger bit nuist be started in through one l»o»e and out through the hole or. the ppp-V-wc side exact, and hit a pencil mark maneby Mr, Casscn. .To bore this hole i* where the eknl 'came In. for the very least variat.on and the anger would not come mt on the opposite side and the rod tlt; follow would not go through. None »vau1- ■ w f*-mpt the task not even by a. be* ,u:l:7, urement. But Mr. Cusscn 3 aligned picked, up the auger, bored the hoi.-, ami the point of-his auger came out c*. actlv in its place every time, ue r marked that if-he couldn’t do ^ would be no pump maker But H pro-ed fils keen evesieht and stead n.Hlt;- guaranteed his pumps to la_t Jl. .owner his lifetime and no wmT o. a Ca«««n -pump ever ™ic.e .1 c.a.th** jjua^nnw. rnlt;* lt;/-*!-*• ‘the old tlni* puTTjP*. the *' ?er have naseoi t » the ?n-.t ‘white rvny pur.;^ aremonuments 10 tha vnreze^ z* r./ jnnnjr tbr Forty^Mnprf*.'ix r% Ca^sen with Levi Wick-ard JaJob ‘.ilgruder. George M. Utter, two Keeler bos and several others -.of the gold fever and left for California. Mr CasM'ji took hi?4 kit 0* tools 7 ^ta a wooden chest, havinff strosiS ban, and locks. He Intended to brlru. thischest back full of T he.' siaM»two vcar? and ramc b*i.cL. Mr. wick ard was a carpenter and got from rune to twelve dollars per ilav whi.v tiic.c. but hail to s^nd home mon.} *■-come hark, provision, iver«- 9varcn and
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Evening Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Mon, Nov 26, 1906
Page 6
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