The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-10

several instances ol "Pi"' ,''. '.'..,,,. Ia, !,
lowing the number Wnen J. 1pl."'.. or
.treet number or on "a po"c'nl@" -.
.,.r,,n,s badge are reported, the nt'
res'it of thc inquiry is a back eve TOT
ms. ONE man confesscs 10 any hfhei
81, BE- himself and very rev report IN
stances of such BELIEF on the part OF
suhordlnaits. a.. .i,o,..
Ice, .,ninrkv. hut BOO at least as many
fb. number .q regarded as lucky one
which is a counter superstition with "a
vengeance .,
a faIr sample OF tho letters received
81. h-t or Melvin Boal. chief Engineer "i
the Lawrence Mass, Fire Department
who writes. .....
service of ihc state aud nation. over l'
wears us Colonel off the sixth Massa'hu
sets regiment. and ] have been com
nerfcd nearly forty years with the Law
renee fire department. and ] iecah Only
one oa-e where No. 13. or any man or
fhinr connected with that number could
10 mentioned Iu his case NO 10 man
30. his foot cut hv an axe railing on IT,
hot ! have mad other men having otneI
numbers hurt and ono man killed thal
las so S. 10 my mind oh such talk Is
,npie folly and the more any one I'M
Hiroe himself Doe 10 the more ne THINKS
thcrc Is something Co 10. can ma
/cnourh 90 do where J know there Is some
eood 20 come from 30. without troubling
myself with anything of that kind.
Az INSTANCE OR TWO PER con
IRA.
Tho president of r. Fire Company. or
RI .hmon1. Virginia. declares thai as ne
IS "th, recognized crank on such mat
t.rs as You refer 90. / will answer with
Tho latest coincidence.
MY board were TO assemble on l"'
18th day of Novemoef' lN''' 10 p.r',l''S' d.
hook and ladder Which cost f''.u''1,' ~, 90
alarm of fire interrupted us from Don ~
which divided nN ihe ohlH""s iNiiiD''
makes lt Inc hit- 'nt mos, "i9"9' ~, "u'
81 the year was 'n' 1-'il,olpn noN "a"
tory. nos 1878 ana l'l' ffahNhh street
The building vas eNacliy 10 Seaas ,,,s ora ~
ana Do required 10 iN'''S "l "i,,,,'' p" ~
hours I'D 'N,lNN'''n S".. , ,a.t III -
Don was '' '.. ~ 80, ,,ro
iih T'l''17 anu ,o5, , fs9q moro
i"ise "i"N'" -'' -.' 49, ,i..r",..a
located. and the great heat destroyed
every number ny ine..i"- '''o s'a. =
cepi inc h'in"'i' i'' VIM" "'''"'''''
manned
H. d. 'o"Iln-' Iut ni,i o' , ,'..''' az.
ON tnc ilrlcthl" "ay oi 1"r n ,lo
NoN. Do. ~. NOV TO- July p,.,,,,io an 1a.
Ap'I i' ''' ' "" ''.S i'"',%'0 ga.
h'i n"' i-' If'7' ','' '''n "o"'u n
TO nave had more IMAM JUS snare nu'
maybe ~ has.
Chief Downing. of Lynn. writes: we
had hfe the inlfitenih oi iasI + eDIu,
airy at "hich ,.I'e men were killea ana
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"nr mas never ""s'iN'' 'h"' '"'i''e" lS
u,i.', N' ,...,.,
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,'.'D ilu'm .'' s'"' '"DsV 10
ai,ll,'e,siog u,",ss s,5 w. one 80 VI
80, ''' ''' '
iaLai 0"'o,iN-' loi tnose VINO wore IT,
~ ~ ''' "i pa" lal'Ols'o.
'"' 'f '"i.''7 oi""''i'S at
| " ,,, -. ''.'''''
mas ','I'' "''oiNiNt 10 'hiei - Iohnor'
one at '"e ''."l's' aho most ehicieni lh
Mr. O'COnnor bias noticed that marriages
soi'mnized on ths 18Th OF the month have
lllnea on. wei
"', -N.ll''' "' ,he ''lfihl man, Ala
H., ,o,, u" NUM-
''' 'Ns pure ""i9'9 "ei-hlhE az
"i i".,'. az i'i'' an" IetalHs
'-t ' ''...,. am" r.
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no. ann not supersitious about thir-
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