Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-13
LOOKOUT FOR BURGLARS.
Tvinl1ler. Thinker md Tnttler Handy
Fellows to Have Around
for Protection.

Are you afraid of burglars, boys?
Mr.. Ames told us last night how bur-
glars had paid him five visits. Our boys
eyes fairly bulged as he told of hear
ing man coming up the stairs in the
dead of night; and then of another time
when he woke up with start, to see
a man creeping along the floor, and, as
he yelled the burglar jumped from the
top to the bottom of the stairs with
thud that made his wife think some one
was shot.
Burglars are unpleasant visitors, and
you'd rather hear about them than
have them call.
There are three ways, so some Eng
lishman has said, to keep burglars out.
know you'd like 70 hear what they
are, if they are of use: 1. BY Twin
kler." 2. BY "Tinkler." 3. BY "Tat.
tier" Twinkler, Thinker and Tattler
are the three fellows to keep burglars
off. "What is that Johnnie Bull driv-
ing ate" you ask.
BY "Twinkler" he means light left
burning all night long. "By thinker"
| he means having bell connected with
the doors and windows that will give
warning. BY "Tattler" he means lit
tie dog that sets up barking at the
approach of danger. Twnkler, Tinker
and Tattler will keep a house pretty
free from burglars.
OF course, burglars are not very
| large part of life. 1t is rather foolish
to be afraid of them before they come.
Still, you'd rather not wake up in the
night and find man at your bedside;
and no one cares to come downstairs in
the morning and find his silver and
pocketbooh and overcoat gone. And If
anyone tells me how to keep burglars
out I am all eyes and ears, and-so are
you.
That Englishnlan gave me an idea,
and it struck pretty hard-of how boy
can keep burglars from stealing away
his valuables. You know everybody
starts out in life with some "crown
Jewels" that are more precious than
yold. silver or fine clusters. That Eng
;ishman has shown fine way to KEEP
burglars off.
/. By "Twinkler." Have light burn
ing at night. 1t is good idea not tf
have it burn in one place all the time
but in different rooms. That means
when you are in temptation, let YOU
light shine. Let the boys know where
YOU stand. If other boys invite yol
to drink, or curse, or sneak, or 90
dirty trick, let your light shine and i
will scare them away. "Twinkler" is 1
good fellow to drive away evil
?. By thinker" That means to pu
l warning bells at the doors and win
dows. How many warning bells Their
are! The words of our teachers aht
parents and of the Bible! Here is
bell that once woke me up: "Sow al
act and you reap habit; SOW habl
and you reap character; SOW char
acter and you reap a destiny I'll
1 who hceds the warnings of the good J
wise."
2 3. Bv "Tattler." He is not always
4 pleasant fellow to have around. II
fusses good deal. Then he is liabl
z to wake one up, when he'd rather SLEEP
!. But every body has "Tattler' give
S to him when he begins life, whose bus
n ness is to give warning of danger. ii
i is called "Conscience" by some.
: rather like the name ".rattler."
i won't do to turn him outdoors nights
y nor to shut hm down in the celia
+ but let him sleep on the doormat rigf
G in front of your room. Evil rarely ge'
G into q heart when there is real NV
e well-kept "Tattler"-Men.