Such buckets may be bought for $1.50 to $2.00
apiece, but ours was a home-made affair, and made somewhat differently
from the store kind. The canvas used was the heaviest we could find. A
piece 9 inches in diameter was cut out for the bottom. A ring 7 inches in
diameter, made of heavy brass wire, was laid on the canvas, and the cloth
was turned over it and sewed down the inside of the ring. For the sides of
the bucket we cut a piece 14 inches wide and 23 inches long. The upper
edge was strengthened by a piece of light rope held in place by hemming
the cloth over it. The lower edge was now sewed to the bottom, just inside
the wire ring and then the ends of the piece were joined, completing the
sides of the bucket. The bail of the bucket was formed of a piece of rope
fastened to the roped upper edge of the bucket.
[Illustration: Fig. 261. Bottom of Bucket.]
[Illustration: Fig. 262. The Canvas Bucket.]
But to return to the current wheel; the day after it was completed, when I
went over to Lumberville for the mail, I was met by old Jim Halliday, who
wanted to know what sort of a rig we had out on the river. I told him, and
after a dint of much persuasion, induced him to take a ride back in the
scow with me.
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