Beam Rifle

Famous quotes containing the words beam and/or rifle:

“How can one beam alone support a house?”
—Chinese proverb.

“At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)