Duchesne Record | 1911-05-05 | Page 7 | A Lazy Boy's Invention

A Lazy Boys Boy's Invention The long handled shovel has made over for its inventor and the tho Inventor was a lazy shiftless boy of 17 named Reuben Davis whose father lived lived liv liv- ed In Vermont at the time He set Reuben to digging dirt and loading it iton It on a wagon and the short-handled short shovel made the boys boy's back ache One Ono afternoon when his father was away he took out the short handle and substituted substituted substituted sub sub- a long one and found the tho work much easier When the father re reached ched home Reuben Reuben Reuben Reu Reu- ben got a licking but after the old man luau had used the sho shovel ol h himself he saw that It was a good thing and got it patented They are now manufactured manufactured almost by the million That boys boy's backache turned out to be a n good thing for the Davis family