Provided by Glenda Rowland:
Maryville Times
Thursday, August 5, 1915
“An Old Wagon---Esq. S.M. Morton relates an interesting account of a wagon, he made in 1870 which wagon is still sound for use. Thursday morning as he passed by his son’s Nealy Morton’s blacksmith and wagon shop, he saw the wagon. His son was then cutting the wheels down to make them less around and better to use. The wheels originally were 4 feet and 8 inches. The kind of wheels used on wagons of historic times. Mr. Morton examined the wagon carefully, “the running gears” and wheels, and he happily surprised to find that the wagon except five spokes, two in one hind wheel and three in the other, was just as it was when he turned it out of his shop forty five years ago. Mr. Morton is proud of this old wagon, which is now in the possession of John Brown. He’s proud of it because he made it when he was a young man before he was married. He made it he says, “when he was sparking the girls,” so he’s proud of it as a souvenier of his work or trade long since abandoned and because it is a compliment to him that whatever he does, he does it well.”
Maryville Times
Thursday, August 5, 1915
“An Old Wagon---Esq. S.M. Morton relates an interesting account of a wagon, he made in 1870 which wagon is still sound for use. Thursday morning as he passed by his son’s Nealy Morton’s blacksmith and wagon shop, he saw the wagon. His son was then cutting the wheels down to make them less around and better to use. The wheels originally were 4 feet and 8 inches. The kind of wheels used on wagons of historic times. Mr. Morton examined the wagon carefully, “the running gears” and wheels, and he happily surprised to find that the wagon except five spokes, two in one hind wheel and three in the other, was just as it was when he turned it out of his shop forty five years ago. Mr. Morton is proud of this old wagon, which is now in the possession of John Brown. He’s proud of it because he made it when he was a young man before he was married. He made it he says, “when he was sparking the girls,” so he’s proud of it as a souvenier of his work or trade long since abandoned and because it is a compliment to him that whatever he does, he does it well.”
Provided by Glenda Rowland:
Maryville Times
Thursday, August 5, 1915
“An Old Wagon---Esq. S.M. Morton relates an interesting account of a wagon, he made in 1870 which wagon is still sound for use. Thursday morning as he passed by his son’s Nealy Morton’s blacksmith and wagon shop, he saw the wagon. His son was then cutting the wheels down to make them less around and better to use. The wheels originally were 4 feet and 8 inches. The kind of wheels used on wagons of historic times. Mr. Morton examined the wagon carefully, “the running gears” and wheels, and he happily surprised to find that the wagon except five spokes, two in one hind wheel and three in the other, was just as it was when he turned it out of his shop forty five years ago. Mr. Morton is proud of this old wagon, which is now in the possession of John Brown. He’s proud of it because he made it when he was a young man before he was married. He made it he says, “when he was sparking the girls,” so he’s proud of it as a souvenier of his work or trade long since abandoned and because it is a compliment to him that whatever he does, he does it well.”
Maryville Times
Thursday, August 5, 1915
“An Old Wagon---Esq. S.M. Morton relates an interesting account of a wagon, he made in 1870 which wagon is still sound for use. Thursday morning as he passed by his son’s Nealy Morton’s blacksmith and wagon shop, he saw the wagon. His son was then cutting the wheels down to make them less around and better to use. The wheels originally were 4 feet and 8 inches. The kind of wheels used on wagons of historic times. Mr. Morton examined the wagon carefully, “the running gears” and wheels, and he happily surprised to find that the wagon except five spokes, two in one hind wheel and three in the other, was just as it was when he turned it out of his shop forty five years ago. Mr. Morton is proud of this old wagon, which is now in the possession of John Brown. He’s proud of it because he made it when he was a young man before he was married. He made it he says, “when he was sparking the girls,” so he’s proud of it as a souvenier of his work or trade long since abandoned and because it is a compliment to him that whatever he does, he does it well.”
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