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be engaged between the upwardly-projecting pin 3 on one side and the upwardly-projecting pins 5 5 on the other side. By now closing the arms 1 and 2 together the engaged portion 5 of the slack fence-wire will be drawn by the pins 5 5 into a loop that can be readily tied by the splice-wire c the same as around the post. The notches 4 at one end of the implement io or the notch 9 at the other end can be em- ployed to extract old staples from a post, if desired, for the tie-wire c takes the place of a staple. What I claim as my invention is- r5 1. The herein- described wire-tightener con- sisting of two arms pivoted together at one end and provided with upwardly-projecting pins, chains attached to said pins and carrying hooks to be engaged with a slackened fence- 20 wire at opposite sides of a fence-post, the heel or pivotal end of the implement being adapted to bear against the said fence-post and serve therewith as a fulci'um, whereby the closing
together of the implement-arms will strain the fence-wire partly around the fence-post, 25 and means attached to the free ends of said arms for holding them in closed or partly- closed position to permit attachment of the strained fence-wire to the fence-post, substan- tially as specified. 30 2. The herein-described wire-tightener con- sisting of two arms pivoted together at one end and provided with the described upwardly- projecting pins, chains adjustably attached to two of said pins and carrying hooks to be 35 engaged with a fence-wire, and a fastening device adapted to secure together the free ends of the closed arms, substantially as speci- fied. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 40 my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- nesses. WILLIAM A. SHORT. Witnesses: W. P. COCHRAN, W. W. DUNSON.