Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-08
WHAT KILLED HIM.
me Coroner Had Long Expected II, and
Knew What the Matter Was.

They had lifted the body out Of the canal,
and a dozen of us stood around it when the
coroner came. He glanced at the face, asked
who first saw the body, and then said:
~ have expected this for year or more
Poor fellow No inquest will be necessary"
"But isn't it case Of suicidel" asked one
of the crowd.
"Certainly.n
sand shouldn't you investigate the causs
which drove him TO the rash actf"
81 know them already He was a clerk in
a hardware store next to my office. Last
summer he got charge of the refrigerator
department. hundred times did | hear
him repeat;
"A refrgeratorl Certainly, ma'am; step
this way, and be seated. Now, then our
Peerless refrigerator is built entirely on sci
entiflc principles This, as you viii observe
Is the ice chest. The cold current passes
from the ice down these air pipes to the
right, circulates along the racks, passes up
through those pipes TO the left, and escapes
out of that ventilator in the end There il
always a constant current Of air, not only
preserving the articles placed on the racks,
but carrying the odor away We guarantee
that you may place onions and butter side by
side for one week, and that one will not
taste Of the other. Inside this zinc lining IA
a layer of charcoal two inches thick. Our
refrigerator is cooler with five pounds of ice
than any other with twenty The circula-
ton is ON scientific principles, as you will OBJ
serve. No bellows are needed TO create the
current. There are no cog wheels to get out
of order-no springs TO give way. Actual
experiments have demonstrated that there is
an actual saving of 80 per cent. of ice during
ha Tho taglss loan fyal
will observe, and the trimmings are Of tho
latest and best patterns. We sold these
Eight along last year at Sls, but having So
cured all the hard wood lumber in the coun-
try, and having a monopoly on the supply of
ice in the United States, we have decided to
reduce the price TO sl5.'
DAY after day for three months, and
sometimes five or six times day, he repeat
ed this statement said the coroner, "and
knew that it was only question of time
when the end would come. The LIST Of Octo-
Der they changed him into the coal stove de-
partment, and then, day after day, he sang
this song:
"'A base burnerl Certainly, ma'am-
right this way. Presume you saw our ad.
vertisement last Sunday. The climax in base
burners has at last been reached. Here
il is, maam-our Acme. Isn't il a beauty
Everything, outside of the CRATES and win
dows, made of solid nickel and warranted
not to turn black. It's as handsome as a
painting, and lots Of people who can't afford
piano are buying these stoves simply as a
parlor ornament. What would our grand
fathers and grandmothcrs say if they could
step from their graves and behold picture
like thisl We have ladies come in here and
ask permission to sit down and criticise the
stove as a work Of art, the same as they
would piece of statuary or a painting.
"And now for the interior. This is the
frepot, as you will see. As soon as the COM
bustion takes place the hot air is drawn down
through these fues, passes twice around the
base, ascends to radiate around the top
passes over the live fire TO be reheated, and
finally escapes by the flue when it has no fur
Their value as heating power. Economicall
That's our strong point, ma'am. We claim
that this stove will heat four times the sur
face with one ton Of coal that any other stove
will with three 1t feeds and regulates itself
Any child can run It. No gas can escape
when the stove is closed All its parts are
so handy to be got at, and by no possibility
can any accident occur. IL lights a room so
that no lamp is needed, saves enough in coal
TO buy all your meat and potatoes, and when
not in use as a stove we have a music box TO
go inside of it,
"Poor fellowlH sighed the coroner, as he
bent over him in pity. These were the songs
he was compelled 10 sing to earn his daily
bread, and we who were near him knew that
the end must finally come. It has come. He
did not want to live any longer, and none Of
us can blame him. will turn the body over
to the undertaken. The jury could only find
that he died of a broken heart. New York