Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1879 — How to Tighten Tires. [ARTICLE]

How to Tighten Tires.

I have found the following way to tighten wagon tires, says*- the. Home and Farm, to be successful: “Apply leather rings between the on the outer ends of the spokes and the corresponding por ions of the felloes, which-may be done as follows: Procure a number of small pieces of leather, from an inch- and a half to two inches-in diameter; with a sharp knife and a compass, or a cutting punch, make round notes in the center of these pieces, and make a straight eat from the took to the outer edges of the pieces,, so as to form open rings. The holes must be made of a size that will nicely fit the tenons on the out ends of the spokes.—

Place a fulcrum on the top < f the hub, on which place your lever with theshort end under the felloe, near a spoke; have tin assistant bear on the other 6nd sufficiently to raise the felloe, and expose the shoulder and ten on of the spoke'; open your leather and fit it nicely around the tenon, holding it to its place while your assistant relaxes the lever, and settles the felloe firmly upon the spoke by a blow or two upon the tire. Having repeated the process with a sufficient number of spokes to make the lire .all t ight, trim off the projecting leather even with the surface of the spokes and yourtask will be done. If jour pieces of leather should be spongy, hammer them down before using. —The annual meeting of stockholders of the 1., D. & C. R’y company for the election of directors was held at this place on the 3rd instant. The old board was re-elected with the exception of Jos. C. Wilson, of this place, and Mr. Barnard, of Frankfort, whose places were supplied by R. S. Dwiggins and David Nowels, of Rensselaer. It is understood that the last named hold their places on the board only temporarily until suitable persons on the line between Delphi and Indianapolis can be obtained to supersede tLein.—[Monticello Herald. Bro. James announces his retire* ment from journalism at an early day, having disposed'of the Union to Mr. Bitters, of Rochester, Ind. A Dutch judge, on conviction of a culprit for haviug four wives, decided: “He has bunishment blenty; I lifsmit one!” Great speech of John Sherman at Cincinnati: Don’t bother me with questions about the New York banks. A book canvasser in Indianapolis was told by a lawyei that she had bet ter be mending her stockings, and it took him over half an hour to realize that he had been knocked down by a stone ink-bottle.—Detroit Free Press.