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SHOOTIN' THE BULL and KICKIN' THE BUCKET!

By M. H. Norton

Box 254, Brewster, Kansas 67732.

In the Nov-Dec. issue of G.E.M. there is a picture of my Fair banks Morse Type "T" engine sent in by Lyle Knerr of Chapel, Nebraska. These engines were sold under the trade name of Jack-of-all-Trades and were available from 2 HP to 12 HP. I do not know the first or last dates of manufacture. Mine was shipped from the factory on March 19, 1910 according to company records.

There is quite a story goes with this engine. It is sort of long-winded, but I'll tell the whole story.

The story starts in the hospital in Goodland, Kansas early in 1969. My mother-in-law had just undergone surgery and her outlook for the future was not too bright. Now, she has a sister and a brother-in-law, Russel, who I will refer to as Uncle Russel, living on Lake of the Ozarks near Osage Beach, Missouri. She decided that as ...

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