Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-30

.-Spess ng ii thrillng experiences. p
said = tae4go cfnmaler 10 = party ~,
friends a fiss hoF.on ikzs nlght ~
nxa one ssssr4i years xgs tlxs xouio
tcfn year tslr walIs.
"ab4ls sne story. Jimmssf' asked
enc 81 he cogffefes.
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10 teki that stofy. tDys. IL makes Rae
shiser yet. Bat IL tell = 10 yoa lei
lows.
81 sas sssegrg for L.nsesd a CO.
4t tie tine. selitnk niscnlnsTt otls
used o. maze Haasl 81 Ihs lumlering
toNns Ia nortnffa Ascuigsn, ss se
soiG lsrse quantities OF oil - tns nil
nrefi. l stopped a. fRoniassliis sas
morains and dFopf<1 in 10 rec my Old
frieBo Hawk II tie hankes LoBls.er
c0mpsny. Mr.. Hawkes. we oul % ine
camps. aoout ten mics away. aud the
Daok Keeper eAl1 he s0uion b. aoale
I'll. niznl l waited "a sss hlm ana 60
decided 10 board Tie isgz4sg englgs
when II came IA ana 81 Qua 20 TIE
camp. The locomotive was one Of
these shay, open, sicegeafed suginss,
aud the road VAS : typlesl ioggpg
road. snsrp curves aud sirep grades.
While sosng down long grade about
halt NAY 10 csmp, tie eugsnsez at
tempted - shut steam ard found 10
he dssnsAy tnas the waive WAS caught.
lie tired the steam brskesand the brakes
woaidn'i work. Down that a sde Ne lew
/ like All arrow, the engine fairy skim
ming tie rails We sfrGCk = sharp
curv. and the locomotive wheels on
one eide left the track. They sifucx
aszin all right, and We shot on. The
engineer was completely ratified by the
tune, and hadn't the least idea what he
WAS dong. lie tugged away at the
throttle and made frantic Efforts 10
work Inc steam pfakes, hut 10 no pgr-
poss. ] sas half psfalyzed with fright
myself. We shot over a little hill and
could see The end OF the road About a
mile away IA straight line through
the woods. At the termination Of tie
track Was rollwsy Of legs twenty feet
high. We were headed straight for u
A. The rate OF forty miles an hour.
Every fraction OF . second seemed a
year. Nearer aud nearer We came
unit. we were within . hundred yards
of the obstruction. Death MAS an
avoicable. 1 closed my eyes 10 meet
my tate. sucieaiy-gEezi jerusalem.
boys. ATS half past eight. / have 81
imperative engagement,' aud tie
drummer that had had the narrow es'
cape bottled for the door.
I Few perrons have any idea OF the
extent Of Portlsnd's canning indus
try" sasd l.. l.. Woodbury. Of the
Maine metropolis in the Morton lssl
night last year there were 1000 00l
cases OF canned corn. beans and succo-
tAsn put 10 there. lnls means As
O0O,000 cans Canning corn - Tue
! principal industry. The corn that 4
raised IN Maine Is particularly adapted
! for canning. IL has a tenderness and
sweetness that no other h4s. Western
corn i apt 10 oe ugn, and N trying
10 AVOID tue tonghness they cut . ~
| green that the sweetness of its favor Is
destroyed. Every acre of Maine swee,
corn - contacted for before i j.
PAINTED. Most of the work in canning
Is done by women and girls. TIE carn
is brought 10 the factories in wagon
loads and dumped into pens Whole
families are employed IN hlsklng IL.
The Frenchmen come there with their
wives and children, and every body
husSs corn. After IL 10 husked the
corn Is removed from the cob by
| means of a machine fitted with revoiv.
| ing knives. The corn is then put into
cans. After the cans are sealed they
are put into bath of boiling water.
| Then they are taken out and holes
punctured 10 let out the steam and