Round-Up | 1897-06-18 | Page 3 | A Puzzler

A puzzler in many parts ot of south africa ran railways are comparatively a new departure and in consequence a largo large proportion of 0 the farmers are wholly ignorant ot of the way engines work one stalwart colonist who thought himself cleverer than his companions was standing on the platform plat torm at bloom fontein font eln tho the capital ot of tho the orange free frea state during shunting operations lie ha had been explaining the principles of steam motive power to an amuse amused d crowd when suddenly tho the engine began to move backward pushing a string ot of trucks his jaw dropped and he gasped out 1 I can understand how the engine pulls the trucks but im bles blessed led it if I 1 know how the trucks pull th tho engine back again then the crowd yelled answers Ans wera