Show I Two Columns of Horseshoes In the town of Fort Collins Col the village blacksmith has created a curious but very appropriate sign In fact It represents not only his industry Indus-try but the many years in which ho has been engaged in It On either side of tho entrance to the shop are pillars which rlso several feet above the roof From a distance they resemble box trees with the branches closely cut to give them an ornamental appearance As a matter of of fact tho columns are composed discarded horseshoes As each Is fully thirty feet In height and five feet In ft hA diameter a faint coucepuuu may u o of obtained of the Immense number shoes utilized In constructing them for each columns was built up by lay with ing the shoes one upon tho other their flat sides In contact Through the center of each column runs a wooden post and tho novel structure has been formed by wiring the shoes to It The construction of the sign was begun when the shop was opened for business The columns have become too heavy to be Increased In height and are anchored by iron bands to the walls of the butldlngSclentiflc American |