Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-27
CLEvERLv CAUGHT.
The Rich Mans Fear of E3urgIars-The
Story Of an Electrician.

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Y, was awakened by his burglar alarm
annunciatOr, which told him that his
house had been entered through the roof
scuttle. He hastily dresses, rings for a
policeman, hurries to the upper story,
and hears the burglar in the servants
room, threatening her with instant
death if she made loud noise.
He was captured, convicted and SEN
fenced to Sing Sing Prison for ten years.
So said Mr.. &. 81. Westfall, the electrj-
clan Of Westheld n. Y, to our reporter.
do the city residents generally use
burglar alarEas?"
Eyes, all frst-class houses are provided
with them. and 1 have never had any
dissatisfaction from my customers, many
Of whom are the best known and wealth
lest people of New York, Boston Phila-
delphia and other large cities"
do wealthy men have much fear of
burglars?7
"As a rule, wealthy men do not keep
Valuables in their houses, and yet they
are not sure that they shall escape bur
glariOus attacks, and they don't feel Sc
cure without a first-class burglar alarm
apparatus in their house. Every door,
window and scuttle is connected with
the annunciator, and it is quite impossi-
bic to effect an entrance without the fact
becoming at once known"
Don't electricians run considerable
risk In handling WiresW
"EVen the most careful of them some
times get a shock. A few years ago while
L was descending stairs at Elmira, n. Y,
with a wire coil in my hand, 1 felt as if I
had received the entire -harge from the
battery. For over a half hour 1 suffered
the keenest agony. l did not know but
what L had been fatally injurde. After
com pleting my business circuit l return
cd a RnGfnn Fg I
did not get over the shock. lost my
appetite; all food tasted the same. I
could not walk across the common with
out resting several times.
"My head whirled, and 1 reeled like a
drunken man. I consulted the best ply
sicians in a good many large cities, but
none Of them seemed to understand my
case. About year ago 1 was in Albany,
and a physician there stated that l
would probably not live three months.
But to-day said Mr.. Westfall, and he
straightened himself up with conscious
pride, $50 far as l know, 1 am in perfect
health. l weigh 10 pounds, eat well,
sleep well, feel we'll, and am well. One
of my old physicians gave me athOrOugh
examination a few weeks ago, and told
me that was in perfect condition"
"YOu are very fortunate man, sir"
remarked the scribe, ''tC have escaped
80, it was not electricity that prOstra-
ted me. 1t was a uremic COnvulsiCn.
For all my physicians told me l was a
victim of a very serious kidney disorder.
And when they had a dozen widely adj
vertiSed medicines failed to benefit me,
Warmers Safe Cure restored me to per
feet health. That preparation is valua-
bic to every grade of society, for it is a
priceless blessing"
"There is no need of death from hand
ling electrical wires if the operators will
exercise care. In our burglar alarm at
tachments there IS no possible danger
from that source"
The Old Oak and the Little Christmas Tree.
"Its very cold this morning" said a
little Christmas tree out in the forest,
one windy December day; though Pm
fir from head to foot, am all in a shiv-
err"
You'll be warm enough before long"
said the Old Oak, 1--WE seen the wood
man looking at you several times lately"
81 know I've branched out a good deal
myself the past year." said the tree
proudly, "and 1 should not wonder if
Santa Claus were very well satisfied with
me, when 1 come to be all dressed up for
a Christmas party"
"Ho ho-hop laughed the Old Oak,
"yOu and your family are too green; you
should have put on brown dingy jackets
like the rest of us, and then you might
live to a green old age, as I shall"
Just then the wOOdman appeared.
"Well" cried the Christmas tree, as
the wOOdman bore it away, Its a great
but once a year"