Page Twenty
BADIN bulletin
THE “UMP.” WAS ABOVE MR. THORPE
Well it’s some pot. A very minute
description is as follows:
A mass of iron, pot lining, water seals,
air pumps, kilowatts, and gadgets mixed
in just the right proportion. Whoever
named it the “Resistance Pot” certainly
attached a most appropriate title. Resist
ance is right at almost every turn.
However, there were ample brains hang
ing ’round just waiting for the oppor
tunity to be used. There were various
resistances to be overcome in almost
every scientific line—chemical, electri
cal, and mechanical. A considerable
portion of the gray matter, we admit,
was imported from Pittsburgh, and was
lugged around on the shoulders of Mr.
Wm. Hoopes and Dr. F. C. Frary. How
ever, we feel that the local talent should
receive honorable mention.
This pot has proved to be a periodic
pot—five days being the maximum length
of time it would work without a rest.
It is an awfully grumpy little thing
when an effort is made to work it long
er than it wants to work, and human
like it makes its feelings known by kick
ing, knocking, etc. However, it is inter
esting to note that each time as test is
made, the less frequent the rest periods.
The object of this pot is to make men
swear, lose sleep, be late for meals, and
burn up perfectly good suits of clothes.
But whatever may be said about this
pot, it will have to be granted that it
has been the direct means of introduc
ing several novel and valuable schemes
which will be of material benefit in our
regular potroom operation. For nstanee,
tapping with an air drill and weighing
all materials which go into the pots. As
soon as the latter is started in the pot-
rooms, it will mean that there will be no
more ore, cryolite, or fluoride shortages,
and poor Harry Swindell will have to
find, himself another Cheer
Harry, old boy; Jesse James is lookm^
for men of your caliber for the Fi®
Inventory Force.
This last was a particularily good
and we made—an awful lot of
for the Electrical Department. It ^
prove interesting to note\ just what w
accomplished during the last
Ninety-three fuses were blown, an ^
which didn’t idle was installed, and t ^
pot took in and expelled one
gallons of H2O. Mr. Hoopes wor® ^
path three feet wide and four ii^^^
deep in the brick floor in building ,
20, and smoked 2,187 Turkish
cigarettes. The boys took a vote to
termine which was more disagreeable
their sense of smell—the fumes ,
off from the pot or the Turkish tin ^
cigarettes. It was unanimously deci
in favor of the fumes. . g
Mr. Thorpe burnt up a (Couple of ^
suits of clothes, but “allowed” that ^
would be better prepared to withst^^^
the attacks of demon fire next timc>
he had just placed an order ^with
for a suit of asbestos weave.
Mr. Parks donated a pair of
which were beautifully etched, and
gently but firmly informed by his
that he |Could either stop
and out of her house at all hours ^
night or move his bed over in bun
20. After giving the matter serious
sideration, he decided he wouldn t
either, whereupon he promptly
the Chemical Show in New York.
_L. G. P-
While Huggins was off on his ^
tion, Starkey Burns assisted Mr> .jy
in checking up the clamp drop- ^
for you, Starkey. We all knevv ^
would go up sooner or later.
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