HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-03-14, Page 7A Driving Test
That Made History
To get a steam engine the
Stanleys went to an engine
maker; and for a suitable boiler
they consulted a boilermaker.
put not until the two parts were
delivered to the Stanleys at their
shop in Newton, Massachusetts,
! did they realize that they had
a 750 -pound • power plant to
mount on a light buggy frame
they had prepared as a. running
gear. This boxlike frame had
been built in:'a carriage factory
catering to the needs of the
horse and was, as a matter of
course, equipped with a patent
leather dashboard to which a
whipsocket was attached.
The bicycle wheels on which
all this weight was mounted
were never intended to carry
tnything heavier than a man;
but the twins were willing to
lake a chance. So they put a
match to the pilot, fired up, and
watched the pressure on the
steam gauge. When there was
no explosion they decided, af-
ler due ponsideration, to give
the machine a test. But at this
point another problem came up
.—neither of the twins had ever
driven a self-propelled vehicle,
ITowever, the control of the
steamer is simple. Open the
throttle and it goes; close the
throttle and it stops—that is, if
you remember to put on the
brake.
A discussion ensued to decide
bho should do the driving and
resulted in the discovery that
there was one thing in which
the twins were not identical—
F. E. Stanley had more- intes-
tinal fortitude than F. O. Stan-.
ley. F. E. was willing to take
over the tiller, and F. O. did
nothing to discourage him. They
realized that this first ride might
Ilse be their last, so they de-
rided to take it together. They
/limbed gingerly into the vehi-
tle and firmly settled their
terby hats on their identical
ds. The month was Septem-
ber, the year 1897. The day was
blank to be filled in by the
, donecutter.
With a trembling hand F. E,
gripped the tiller. As he slowly
Opened the throttle, the car be-
gan to move, whistling like a
teakettle and leaving a little
White cloud of vapor behind. As
they emerged from the alley
ewhat more rapidly than Fhad intended, a horse
tched to a produce wagon
s!qt-anding in the street was so
When by surprise that, without
Waiting to hear, his master's
Vice hesudden leap
which gave a dde
u 'tore him loose from the
wagon and ran four miles be-
fore being stopped. The horse
reached Newtonville Square far
ahead of the Stanley Steamer,' a
feat that.was not duplicated by
either horse or automobile for
several years to come, for the
Willey turned out to be a re-
markably speedy car. — From
'7ill'er Up!" The Story of Fifty
Years of Motoring," by Bellamy
Partridge.
ROUGH BALDNESS CURE
Spanish doctors and scientists
Bre carefully investigating the
ease of Sebastian Serra, whose
formerly bald head is now cov-
ered with a thick growth of
Bair following serious burns on
bis scalp caused by a gasoline
explosion.
Sebastian, employed as helms-
man on a Spanish yacht based
et Ciudadela, on the island of
Minorca, was enveloped in
lames when the explosion oc-
turred while he was filling the -
yacht's gasoline tanks.
The experts who are making
g detailed study of the circum-
stances of the accident have
discovered orie curious fact: the
new hair on. Sebastian's head is
thickest where the burns were
most Severe.
MILE WINNER - Ron Delany breasts the tape to win the Baxter
Mile event in the NYAC Indoor Games at Madison Square
Garden. His time was 4:06.8. •
Museum Recalls Great Old Seamen
The spacious cupola atop the
old Georgian mansion com-
E mands a view across the upper
reaches of the broad bay and far
down the river. That, in fact,
was its purpose. You could post
yourself there, perhaps equip-
ped with a long "spyglass," and
await the long -expected home-
coming of the ship in which you,
and most of the rest of the town,
were interested.
The interest was both material'
and, so to speak, sentimental.
Fifty or sixty , of the townsfolk
might posses shares of the ves-
sel's value. Down yonder, just
beyond the foot of- the broad
elm -shaded lawn that stretches
from the Palladian portico to the
bay's shore, she was put to-
gether and, to the accompani-
ment of suitable acclaim, sent
into her -native element, thence
to roam the Seven Seas and make•
most of the ports thereof.
Possibly it was a Pendleton
who commanded her, or maybe
Carver, or a Colcord, or a Ross.
But it might have' been one of
a long line of other master
mariners of Maine, the captains
courageous of a little town on
the Ponobscot that confidently
claims for itself more of them
than any other along a coast
where, so it is said, every family
had at least one of .its members
at sea in the grand epoch of
American sail, the era of the
fifties and sixties and seventies
of the last century.
But the distinction that be-
longs to this Penobscot River
town, above others, is that its
proportion of seafaring men who
were at the head of their call-
ing was so large, larger, if the
claim is well-founded, than that
of any other New England ship-
ping community. It was the
"town of the captains." Its tradi-
tion was of the proudest, Its
world -encircling ships and their
masters constituted the aristo-
cracy of the sea.
This is perhaps a haughty
boast. But it is no idle one, and
if you are skeptical, it will be
strange if the records do not
convince you. And they are here
that all may see, records in the
form, of models and half -models,
paintings and photographs, docu-
ments and log -books, maps and
charts, letters and diaries, and
all the paraphernalia of the sea,.
sorted and classified and con-
vincingly exhibited in one of the
most remarkable maritime mu-
seums in America, the -Penobscot
Marine Museum at Searsport,
town of the three hundred cap-
tains courageous.
Three hundred and more. The
photographs of most of them are
here in the museum, clear and
well-preserved, with the details
of their seafaring lives and their
various commands, these being
"PIGGY -BACK" RESCUER - Speedy aid for shipwreck victims
is the aim of'this novel German rescue cruiser., in North Sea
service off °'Bremen.;.'The lifeboat in foreground is normally
carried in a well at the vessel's stern and can be launched'
without delay even 'with ship traveling full speed.
ships built not alone on the
Penobscot, but all along the
coast, from Portland to the St.
Cr'oix.
They were. stalwart men, do-
minant, not to be trifled with
either by recalcitrant seamen or
by trumpet - voiced "bucko"
mates. Contemplate Captain
Pendleton, one of many Pen-
dletons of Searsport indeed, but
in this case black -bearded and
of uncompromising micn. No far
flight of fancy is needed to see
him on his quarterdeck, maybe
in half -a -gale off the Horn, a
gleam in his eye that challenges
the elements themselves. He is
considering whether it were well
to shorten sail, something a
master mariner of Maine was
always reluctant to do. His two
mates, '`Misters," regard him
doubtfully. Certainly the ship is
,commencing to labor.
The master decides. "Furl the
t' gallants, Mister," he addresses
the chief officer, and in an in-,
stant a stentorian shout defies
the roaring of wind and sea.
"All hands furl t' gallants!"
And the men, led by the second -
mate, spring into the rigging,
climb the frail ratlines one by
one, over the crosstrees a hun-
dred feet above the deck, and
line out along the sagginb foot -
ropes, while the men below loose
halliards and man clew lines.
Most 'of the three hundred
captains were familiar with all
the ports of all the seas. Those
seas in their varied and varying
aspects they knew as well.
Whether, like yonder ship "en-
tering the port of Genoa, May
30, 1865," under full sail in 'a
gentle breeze, or that wildly
plunging barque hove -to• under
upper fore -topsail "in a tornado
off the Plate, May 20, 1870,"
they were cool-headed in calm
or storm, their resourcefulness
never failed them, their high
courage never faltered. They
' were masters of ships and mas-
ters of men. — by Marc T.
Green in The Christian Science
Monitor.
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By Anne Ashley
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A. Place a pan containing
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Q. )flow can I overcome baby's
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A. Give waterashot as can
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Q. How can I slice hard-boil-
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crumbling?
A. Use a knife dipped in boil-
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Q. How can I prevent bed
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A. A thorough alcohol rub
given to a patierdt who is com-
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period will prevent bed sores.
"YOU were very late this
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`factory worker.
"Yes, sir, I'm sorry. 'I over-
slept."
"Heavens! Do you sleep at
home as well?" was the amazed
reply.
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