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Show USEFUL UTCH IS INVENTED Pieces Used In Making Its Various Parts Should Correspond With Site of Gate. This latch may be attached to any swinging gale. The pieces used In making different parts of tho latch should correspond with the size of the gate. The upright piece, and one that works on tho pin In the slat ' that enters tho post should be made of Inch stuff, three Inches broad and about three feet long. It should be trimmed down to two : Inchfs wide, to within six Inches of , the lower end. and a notch cut as ; shown In the Illustration. I It Is then bolted to the second slat ; from the top, and Is held in place on ! RrLi 1 , .. n ( ... A Hold-Fast Latch. the top slat by a piece of strap Iron a foot and a half long. The upright piece that runs from the top slat to the third one from tin-top, tin-top, keeps the tongue of the latch In position, and holds one end of the colled spring that keeps the latch In position. |