Box Elder News Journal | 1906-06-21 | Page 4 | Where a Rule Was Useful

where a rule was vas useful A number of years ago a sir fr williams living in cornish na N H was shingling his barn having to help him a queer old fellow by the name of alexander the mork ork went merrily on for some alme then air williams desiring to know it he be had enough shing shingles bes to finish the job handed alexander a rule to measure the space remaining to be shingled for quite a long time alexander was busy measuring then he handed back the rule saving its the length of a two foot rule a hammer handle and about so much over measuring the last fast few inches with his hands