Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1879 — Locomotive Longevity. [ARTICLE]

Locomotive Longevity.

The iron horse does not last much longer than the horse of flesh and bones. The ordinary life of a locomotive is 80 years. Borne of the smaller parts require renewal every six months; the boiler tubes last five years and the crank axles six years; tires, boilers and fireboxes from six to seven years; the side frames, axles and other parte thirty years. An important advantage is that a broken part can be repaired and does not condemn the whole locomotive to thejudk-shop, while, when a horse breaks a leg, the whole animal te only worth the flesh, fat and bones, which amount to a very small sum in this country, Where horse-flesh does not find Its way to the butcher’s shambles. —[Scientific American. - - i Joining in the amusements of others is, in our social state, the next thing to sympathy in their distresses, and even the slenderest bond that holds society together should rather be strengthened than snapped. Richard Fuller: He who spends all his life in sport is like one wno wears nothing but fringes, and eats nothing but sauces.