Yesterday's common
sense ideas to help you maintain and enjoy your country home,
garden, landscape and property.
From The
American Agriculturist, 1880
Figure 1 is the "slew" made of two barrel staves set a few inches
apart and fastened by cross-pieces with a strip of board upon
these, running lengthwise of the staves, and making the seat. The
"slew" is a low, broad runner sled, which will go either end
foremost, and (when the hill is icy) sideways as well as any way;
hence its name.-The Jumper, figure 2, is made of one stout stave,
to which a bit of scantling one foot long is nailed, and upon the
upper end of the scantling a board for a seat is fastened. This is
not an easy thing to ride, as there is nothing to hold on to; and
to a new hand, if the hill is steep, it is a jumper which will
sometimes leave them behind.
