TINCHER, Ben - odd weighing - Putnam

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TINCHER, Ben - odd weighing

Source: Greencastle Banner Times 23 Oct 1896 p 7

Capt. Frakes, stock buyer, had a novel experience recently. He was purchasing some sheep of Ben Tichner and Ben had an original way of weighing them.  He would put a sheep on the end of a teeter board and then place stones on the other end of the board. When the board would balance, he then guessed on the weight of the stones. Ben says he learned how to make such estimates when he was a boy and is satisfied with the weights for which he is paid.
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