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The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

tipped a lighted match from his pipe
to the grass behind him. An instant
later he heard a roar, looked back,
saw an immense ffame and fled for
shelter, never conscious that his Grim
inal act brought devastation to thou
sands of acres Of land, death to hun
dreds of cattle and night Of horror
for innumerable men and women. He
was one of those gentle fools that
made Plevna a slaughter-house for in
nocent men; that sent Napoleon's rid
ers to Il sudden death; that have blis-
tered the pages of the worlds history
with wreck and carnage.
The fire thus started ragged its wGy
through Cub Creek bottoms, and then,
famed by a rising wind, broke TO the
uplands, and when it came out into
the open its fame was a hundred feet
high and its width a mile. 1t spoke
in the language Of great guns, and be-
fore it fed frightened birds, mad
dened cattle, the coyote and the snake.
The cowboys came laundering down
to Blue Duck, bringing such cattle as
they could and giving the alarm.
Women in the shacks gathered their
children about them, fed to the barns,
caught the first horse and made for
the town. If they looked back it was
only to see the blast upon their homes,
to feel the overcoming heat upon them.
Everybody and everything centred
for Blue Duck, while in the rear of
the fugtives the flames swirled, leaped
skyward and roared.
Here was work for ere department
work such as rarely, if ever, come to
men of the city departments. Here
was generalship to be displayed by a
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

salvation OF their husbands and sweet.
hearts out on the prairie line strug.
Cling for their lives. Gentleman Ed.
was everywhere. Halvorson and An.
derson were close to his shoulders.
Now they We're pulling up refractory
or frightened horse; now dragging a
man back into safety whom the heat
had overcome; now directing new
work, new energy against the foe.
The skin peeled on their faces, their
hands swelled, their eyes filed with
blood, but not one Of these three men
faltered. Mrs. Torson struggled
through the smoke with a bucket OF
water and caught Ed. just as his horse
fell with broken leg. The man stopped
just long enough to duck his head
into the bucket and then on foot
plunged forward 10 where the heat
was the fercest.
The wood on the plows blistered and
the iron grew hot, bat wider and wider
grew the protecting belt. The back
and cross fires did not start we'll
They needed a favoring rush of wind
or stimulating fuel. Ed. and Halvor-
son boldly crossed the furrow line
with barrel of kerosene and rolled
it into the flame. Anderson found
tar barrel and did the same thing.
Torson was watching the roofs of the
shacks in the town, checking fire there
whenever it appeared. 1t was A
o'clock in the afternoon and the great
fire was now within a mile Of the
town with no sign of cessation.
-
But there came of an instant one of
those seemingly miraculous acts of ma
ture that men wonder over long affc
danger is past. Right in the centre
Of the town square of Blue Duck a
little breeze started up. 1t eddied
about the pump it swirled and bill
lowed, it grew in volume and then as
a gale It swept out of the town and
into the teeth Of the other gale, and
the two joined strengths and battled
there before the peoples eyes.
The wind from the town conquered
and the prairie wind and its flame
turned back from Blue Duck, swept
out to the blackened land and there
died away. The danger was over.
Many of the cattle were dead, many
homes were gone, but no human life
had been sacrificed. The Blue Duck
Fire Department had done its work
well, had kept the faith Teposed in
it,
Men with swollen faces, scared
skins, fell into each others arms or
tried to make a loud noise through
their parched throats. The women
brought all the good cheer they pos
sessed and set it out in the town
square. The children, no longer
frightened, ran about trying TO den-
tify the men. Boards and hair were
gone in many instances, and counten-
ances so changed that recognition
was almost impossible.
"Py gravy" said Halvorson to Cen
tleman Ed, "you look like de Bad
One"
Have you looked at yourself"
asked Ed.-H. /. Cleveland, in the
Chicago Record Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

Harrar, the commercial emporium
of Abyssinia, requires 100000
"masses" of glass pearls per annum,
and the merchant of gewgaws is the
most important retailer Of the city.
Next in rank comes the cloth mer.
chant. The women wear a costume
of red and blue cloth similar to that
of virgins in stained glass windows" !"
the material being imported frcm
British India, although Germany is
now endeavoring to secure this trade.
The muslin scarfs which envelop the
head, and are tied at the waist, are
supplied from Manchester, aid the
satin bands worn by the Mussulman
women round the bottom of the troIs.
ers are supplied by France, Switzer.
land, China and Japan. Printed cot.
ton handkerchiefs used as a head
dress come from England, as do also
the white figured cottons of which the
well.to-do make their shirts.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

The free lectures Of New York City
are attended by about 10000 every
night, workingmen and women, who
throng into the ffty-fve centres, after
a hard days work, for an hour of in
structlve entertainment. The Brook
lyn free course has been as successful
as that of Manhattan, and has secured
a large attendance at each of the lee
ture centres within a few weeks after
they we're opened.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19


1t is difficult for those who are abb
scrbed in industrial activity and busi-
ness enterprise to realize that in these
times of apparent prosperity there
are over fifty thousand tramps rowing
the country subsisting upon what they
can beg or steal. Such is the estimate
of the army Of nomads in the United
States, however, made by Professor
John ]. McCook Of Trinity College,
who has made a careful study of the
tramp problem for thirty years and
whose statistics are based upon the
results Of wide-reaching inquiry. In
an article in the Independent he de.
clares that there seems little reason
to doubt that vagabondage is increas.
ing in the United States and beyond
the rate of increase in population.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

I The Philadelphia Record remarks
that there are more men writing good
English verse to-day than there ever
were before. Many Of them are, in
fact, writing verse which a hundred
and fifty years ago would have made
them famous, and if they are not fa-
nous now it is because the standard
is higher than OF old, and because even
literature is subject to the law Of
supply and demand.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

last week gallantly perform
ing his duty, belongs to the class OF
heroes noted too slightly in the col
umns of the press. A soldier in battle
as a rule, has something tangible be-
fore him to combat; ninety per cent.
of a police officers work is mere eX-
hibition of constituted authority. A
fireman, from the instant the gong
sounds until his work is ended, faces
unseen terrors, battles with an enemy
whose power he can never openly
measure.
Blue Duck, of which some mention
has been in made in these columns in
the past, had a fire departmental vol
unteer force made up Of every man,
woman and child in the settlement.
1t was a bucket brigade for fire en-
gines, chemicals, pompiers, trucks, and
hose had not yet crossed the Red
River. The work before this depart
ment was not fighting fires within the
towns limit, but fires from without.
The prairie fire was the foe of every
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

community in the grass land. Late
every summer the farmers and cattle
men plowed great burrows around
their possessions, that the fire might
not leap them. Small patches of
ground We're burned over to check the
greater blazes that might come.
Water was stored in barrels and tanks
for emergencies.
Torson, the mail carrier, came over
the range one day with the comment
that the grass was dry, rain improb-
able and a prairie fire imminent. Gen
tleman Ed as chief Of the Blue Duck
Fire Department, Immediately inspect
ed his water supply, and found, de-
spite the dryness of the period, that
a goodly quantity was on hand. He
also tested the pump Of the one ar
tesian well of the town and found it
ready for arduous duty.
'TOrson." said he, with q shrug Of
bis choulders, I'm cut the cards with
you that Blue Duck gets no singeing
this fall"
Maybe" answered Torson, looking
at the blue sky, maybe, but when the
grass starts nothing stands. It's burn
ing down in Hay Creek and north Of
Hamar, all the barns are gone and the
cattle roasting. IL it don't come here,
good-but it viii"
Torson was right and Gentleman Ed.
wrong. The afternoon Of the day
they talked a tenderfoot from the East.
one Of those happy, innocent fools
given to careless things, riding his
horse across the Cub Greek bottoms,
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19
An Unearned Inornment.

Thlrty-six years ago a parcel of old
engravings was bought at York at a
sale for 5s. They were locked away
and forgotten until within the last
few weeks, and the satisfactory result
of their recovery has been their sale at
Sotheby's for E326.-London Truth.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

There is, billiard table in London
two centuries old. 1t belonged orig
inally to Louis XIV, and in time
passed into the possession of Napoleon
/. The body Of the table is block
of cak weighing 1000 pounds, covered
with n cloth Of electric blue. The
frame is of rosewood and the six pock-
ets-perhaps the most striking feature
of the table-are reproductions in
bronze of hideous old gargoyles. When
the ball falls into the pocket the lower
jaw of the gargoyle drops and the ball
= found in it's mouth.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

1t is pointed out that there is at pres
ent a greater activity in the municipal
Improvement works than has ever
been known. 1t is estimated that fully
S1,OOO,OoO, 900. is being expended in the
1--WE or six large cities of the coun-
try for modern urban luxuries.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

The latest comfort of home" in trav-
cling is telephone service from any
stopping point. The next will be a
chance to hello from q moving train
land when that comes fellow might
about as well stay at home.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19
rur snnnRnAN f,I.r,

THE SUBURBAN Cl'rI-
ZEN is a permanent tnstitu-
klon--a fixture at the National
Capital. Thousands and thou
sands OF people can testify TO
the good work IL has accom-
plished during the past fivo
Years In the nne OF suburban
Improvement. 1t is the only
pewspaper In the District OF
Columbia that maintains Q
punching bureau, whose duty
70 IS to punch up the Auehori"
Nes and keep them awake 70
Ihe needs OF tho suburbs. On
that account II deserves and 10
receiving subetantial enooWN
aT0momSs
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19
WASHINGTON, D. c,

The author Of 100000 Eyes" is
Dead, but, unfortunately, the song still
llveth and humanity suffers.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

A New York woman sued a hospital
the other day for having performed
an autopsy on the body Of her hus-
band without her permission. She
asked $4,000 damages, and the jury
awarded her $500. The subject of the
autopsy had very large and pecu-
liarly shaped head, and the hospital
authorities could not resist the temp
tation to investigate.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

By n beautiful stream lies the Town
Dream,
On beautiful summer pain,
With bells achime golden time
To the tune of a golden strain.
The road lies straight through a golde
gate
Men call it the Port O. Sleep
Where far below dim waters how
Through chambers cool and deep
O, fair and bright in the broad sunlight,
Her streets and her greening bowers,
And all day long a sleepy song
Murmurs of love and flowers.
And never a care can enter there,
Nor trouble to cause annoy,
There rest comes sweet to toiling feet
And weary hearts find joy.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

chief of the highest order, for all the
human life Of the region was now in
Blue Duck and upon the town the fire
was coming. Gentleman Ed was not
wanting in courage nor ability TO meet
the emergency. The prairie confGgra-
tion was yet seven or eight miles dis
tant when he marshaled his men.
Out Of town came the gang-plows,
horses and oxen hitched to them. They
set to work widening the furrows al
ready circling the place. Beyond
these furrows back and cross fires
were started. Between them and the
turned ground mounted men rode
horses, having attached to their sad
dies long trailers Of wet blankets.
These they swashed back and forth
over the grass. The artesian well
pump was going at its full capacity
and the women and children brought
the precious fluid out TO the fire fight
ers In buckets. tubs, wash boilers, or
any other receptacle they could lay
hands on.
The air grew so hot the women be-
gan TO gasp and the little people
choked and cried because of parched
/ lips. Men threw buckets Of water
over them and they Were revived.
Flaming masses detached themselves
from the main body cf the fire and
sailed into the town, but the watchers
were upon them before they could
fare up or fresh fuel
The gray smoke came and then the
black smoke, but the pump sun
worked and the women toiled for the
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19
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A small grass seed which had germ
mated while in a patients eye, has
just been removed by japanese oc.
list.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19
THE TOWN o. DREAM.
BX A. d. DE MILE.

DE MILE.
Now would We know the way to 50,
To the beautiful Town O. Dreamg
Ye must seek the God O. the Land o Nod
Ruler Of things that seem.
And drawing near with humble cheer IS
Yen speak the Word Of Kin, IA
And if your mind is good and kind AZ?
Yen freely enter in.
O. near and far his peoples are,
And he rules them, every one,
With Pleasance deco and Rod OF SLEEP
AT setting of the sun.
BY beautiful stream lies the Town o
Dream,
Weary are we and fain; ,c..S
Come, let us try the portal high, ai%F
And win our Town againl
New York Independent.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

The largest cemetery in the world
is said to be at lockwood. Australia,
which covers 1000 acres. Only n plot
of 200 acres has been used thus far
in which 100000 persons of all ma
t.onalities have been buried.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

A new electric laundry machine has
its ironing rolls driven by electricity
and heated by resistance coils with
a 220-volt current. The machine has
capacity of 10000 collars and cuffs
in a day OF ten hours.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

The block in New York City bound
ed by Amsterdam avenue, Sixty-frst
street. West lind avenue and Sixty
second street is said to be the most
populOus in the world in proportion to
its area. In it dwell 500 people, of
twenty-six nations, huddled together
In tenements.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

JG.'Hnese houses in the large cities
are O. one general shape, two stories
high, and put together by a curious
method Of mortising at which these
people are adopts, not one nail being
used throughout the construction Of
the building.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-19

A fancy dress ball was recently
given in Munich, in which all the
guests came dressed as notorious GRIM
inals, while the walls were hung with
pictures illustrating the most famous
crimes. The dance is said to have
been provocative of much merri-
ment."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
PASSunPSIC.

Mr.. Livingstone has made great i'm
provcments around his grounds by care
fully grading them.
The Fibre Leather Company have
greatly improved their grounds by tax,
ing away the old storehouse next to the
road, and grading.
Mrs. Shorey is slowly improving after
a somewhat critical illness.
I. NJ. Pinney brought home fine trout
from New Hampshire last week, one
weighing seven pounds and another 312,
Mrs. Jennie Witty OF White River June,
ton visited in town last week.
Mr.. Flynn has built strong bank
wall along the brook that flows along
side of his place, thereby greatly improy-
ing his grounds.
The schools, in response to the COVER
nor's call, and with the help OF George
Symes, have set six nice NAPLES in front
OF the new scho)lhouse.
Moses Stevens, who has been sick for
many weeks, is somewhat better.
Helen Newell has been under the doc
tors care.
Rev. c. D. K. Meacbam has been en-
gagged to deliver the address before the
G. A. r. Post and r. c. at Burke, Deco
ration day.
With greatly improves facilities for
butter making, and a large increase IN
business, our creamery is making large
returns to its patrons during this period
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
BARNET.

The Citizens telephone company have
changed their central from Julian p.
Laughlin's to Shaw's Tavern.
Will Brown of St. Johnsbury was in
town Friday and helped provide music
for Friday evening with one OF his large
graphophones.
Mrs. Boardmau is quite i'll with a slow
rheumatic fever. Her many friends will
wish her a rapid recovery.
John Roy has resumed business at tue
old grocery store and his friends all wish
him success on a cash basis.
The Ladies, Society gave an entertain
ment Friday evening IN the town hall.
Music and shadow pictures and Mother
Goose with her little characters enter
tanned the crowd. Home made candy,
ice cream and cake were for sale. TWEEN
ty.hve dollars was realized.
Mrs Claude Glhlan visited in st.
JOhnsbury this past week.
Frank Garfield has moved his family
into Miss Gibsons house.
DR.. Robert H. Hazslton of Lebanon, N.
H., was in town Friday.
Mrs James has advertised her place on
Church street for sale.
Josiah Kenerson has just raised flag
on his grounds bearing the inscription
Proctor and Prohibition"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
A STRANGE ACCIDENT
Fall From a Horse Results in
Paralysis.

While Mr.. L. J. Davis, of ManiStee,
Mich, was riding his horse near the
railroad, the animal was frightened at
passing train and became unmanageable.
The horse plunged and, although Mr..
Davis is a good rider, the movement was
so quick and unexpected that he was
thrown from his saddle and struck the
pavement with his head and shoulders.
He was picked up unconscious and it
was at first thought his neck had been
broken; but an examination revealed
that this was not the case. When he
came to hissenses he was found partially
paralyzed.
In telling the story, Mr.. Davis said to
the reporter of the Manistee Times: cit
was three days and nights after the &C.
cident before I came to know anyone,
and then found my left side was par
alyzed. [ could not move even a finger
OF toe on my left side and my left eye
was affected. A doctor treated me for
three months after I was hurt but I got
no better. After this had gone on for a
couple of years [ saw an account in a
paper of how a man was cured Of creep
ing paralysis by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale.People, and [ thought per-
haps they would help me. And they
did. ] began to get better Immediately
and kept taking them till [ was cured.
I am doing my work now without diff
Guilty andrecommend DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People to every one whom
I hear complain"
Mr.. Davis is q marine engineer on the
tug Stevens and, although the accident
took place eleven years ago, he has not
had a touch of the complaint since his
marvellous cure by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People.
1t is a reasonable claim that if DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People will
cure severe cases of this nature they will
readily accomplish as good results in
lesser affections of the nerves. That
this is SO is substantiated by statements
from thousands of people who have been
cured by them. They are a positive
specific for all diseases arising from a
deranged nervous system or poor blood.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are sold by all dealers or will be sent
postpaid on receipt of price, fifty cents a
box; six boxes for two dollars and fifty
cents, by addressing DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
WEST CONCORD.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Dudley have re-
turned from Cochituate, Mass.
The many friends of Mrs. GenevleVe
Burroughs are much pleased to have her
return here from Bradford, as she VIII De
able to give 50 mrch pleasure with h'r
beautiful voice, besides bling most eX-
cellent teacher in the school
Mrs. Emily Dunton, who has been
spending the winter with her SISTER at
Fltchburg, Mass, returned home last
week. She was detained at Monroe N.
H., by illness Her many friends were
glad to welcome her back.
F. A. Brewer is putting up barn on
the meadow, just below George higgins =
David Morton has charge OF the meat
business in this village now. He runs a
cart, and has a market in L. W. Hast
inRs' store, which is open evenings.
Mrs. W. NJ. Rich returned home from
Massachusetts last Monday night. Her
health is much improved
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
SOUTH RYEGATE.

Miss Ida Brewer has commenced work
for Mrs. l. N. Hall Of Groton
Nelson Whitehill moved last week from
the Park place to M. F. Sargent's.
Latimer Whitehil went to Boston,
Monday, where he has position in a
barber shop.
Several from here attended the funeral
of James Arthurin Newbury, Wednesday.
Charles Oakley sold his personal
property at auction, Wednesday.
Mrs. William Terry visited in Barre
several days last week.
John Hatch, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Hatch OF Groton and Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Bailey OF Newbury, were guests
Of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Arthur. last week.
S. Mills, IT,, was at White River June
ton last week Tuesday.
Miss Lois Meader visited Mrs
Sophronia Eastman last week.
Mr.. and Mrs c, L. Duncan of McIn-
does spent Sunday with Mr., and Mrs.
NJ. F. Sargent.
Edward L. Mills visited his grand
parents and Samuel Mills last Monday,
on his way to his home in Helena, Mon
tana.
Miss Eva Brewer, who is working at
Wells River, spent Sunday with her
parents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
LOCAL NEWS.

The reason Smiths Green
Mountain Renovation is now
sold by one agent in each city
and town is because the pro-
prietOrs wish the public to get
Smiths Green Mountain Rem
OVatOr when they ask for it, and
not have some other medicine
" just as good" substituted in
its place. We sell it in our
town and guarantee every
bottle to benefit, or money re-
funded. II you are all run
down; if you have Rheu-
matism, Bad Blood, or poor
digestion -; ifyOu are depressed,
discouraged and miserable,
call and let us sell you a bottle
of Smiths Green Mountain
Renovation. 1t will not cost you
AGENT it it does not do you good.
H.B. GORDON, sole Agent.
NJ. JOhnsbury.
l.. w. FISHER, Sole Agent.
East NJ. JOhnsburys
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-05-07
pEACHAM.

. Harry Young, only son of Alec. Young
OF this place, is sadly bereaved by the
death of his wife who died at her fathers
home in Walden Monday April %,
leaving a son only ten days old.
Miss Mabel Darling has been caring
for Baby Cambridge, who was danger
ously i'll tor few days, but is very much
better
Mrs Cloud Harvey has returned from
her trip to Hudson, Mass.
James Blanchard is coming home fcom
Baltimore first OF the week ard Abe
who has been with his mother all winter
returns last OF the week to his work i'll
the lar west.
Garnet Cowan is visiting friends in
town a few days on his way from a
dental school in Philadelphia to his home
in Canada Tor his vacation.
Mrs. Mercy Hooker is spending week
or more with her son and family at the
old homestead.