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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
SCALDED, HE
RAN HALF MILE
Fireman, Fatally Burned, Thought
Only Of His Inperiled !.
Companions.
GOT THEM AID, THEN DIED
iieroism Of New Jersey Pumping Station
Employee Kept Him Going Until
He Informed Engineer Of
Disaster.

The boilers at the pumping station
OF the Atlantic City waterworks at
Absecon, N. j., blew out recently
Three men were in the narrow. high
vaulted room at the time. They were
Joseph Medara, a fireman, and Hezeki-
ah Adams and Archibald Connolly,
stokers.
AS the water tubes were rent with a
roar plainly heard in Atlantic City,
three miles away, the room was filled
with scaIdlng steam and blazing Gin
ders. forced out OF the FIRE pans by
the back draft. The cloud suffused the
room in an instant, buryng each man
from the sight of his fellows in thick
blanket OF fog The three were driven
back, Medara being blown through a
door into the open, safe, but stunned
and burning
Medara's first thought was OF his fell
lows. There was no one within hail
ing distance to bring help, and the roar
OF the broken wafer pipes would have
drowned his voice had he hailed. With
out thought as to his own safety he
plunged into the steam and started for
ward about the circle OF the room that
he knew so well.
Hands forward and head down lie
worked his way painfully ana stoical-
", cropping this way and that and try
ing 10 call 10 llis companions to tell him
whore they we're. He felt with his
feet be worried his body, all the time
suffering untold agony ia that terrible
fog
A blast OF steam struck him and
hurled him against far wall, where
he fell. choking and burning and real
xing Mt last that he was powerless to
MD his companions.
he worked his way along the floor In
the direction he vaguely remembered
the door 10 be- Luck was with him
now, and he got to the open again.
Then. with his flesh virtually boiled on
bis bones, he still thought only OF his
companions and believed that there
might yet he time to save them could
he make one supreme effort.
He struggled TO his feet and started
toward the home Of Chief Engineer Ire
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02

baby Starts Fires woman burned.
Mary Mckinney OF Elmira, N. y,
seventy years old, while attempting to
extingulsh fire started in her home
by q. child, was burned to death.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
PLAN or VENTILATION.

house Is laid Ia the floor, which ~ Of
concrete kept thickly covered with
straw The shaft Is run in an angle,
entering the house at the point indicat-
ed by the arrow at the bottom left and
escaping into the room at the point In
the shaft indicated by the upper ar
row, which opening is covered with
wire netting At the point 3 an open
ing is cut into the shaft, thrcugh which
the foul air escapes into the shaft and
out at The point Of the ventilator on
the outside Of the house A damper il
provided deter ID. SO that the current
Of air can be controlled in the event OF
a windy day. The detailed drawing at
the bottom of the cut shows how this
damper is operated, The whole plan
is simple, easily put in operation and
will be found very effective.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02

from scalds, but they, too. thinking
only of their companion and wringing
their hands and shouting, moving from
one window to another OF the boiler
room
"AIedara 10 in therew they shouted to
ireland.
| ireland told them how he had got
word Of the accident. All three hurried
bnck to the house. on the way the
| two stokers told OF their escape. They
had been blown through a wide win
dow and thus saved
An automobile was passing, and Ire
land hailed H. IT was improvised as
an ambulance and the limp form OF the
heroic fireman was placed In It and
hurried to Atlantic City hospital. Me-
dara died on the way.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
GRADING UP THE FLOCK.
Reservation Of Eve Lambs For Flock
Improvement

improvements.
Too much care cannot be exercised
in selecting out the eve lambs that
possess the power to strengthen and
permanently fix desirable qualities In
The flock Flock masters make big
mistake every season Ia not giving
more attention to selecting their best
eve lambs.
The demand for breeding stock for
starting new focks should not induce
flock masters to part with their best
eve lambs. Not in many years have
known Of breeding material com
handing such high premium as now
The price offered by some anxious buy
ers will be big indueement TO let go
some of the best eve lambs thinking
that another year you will have some
more just as good. II is right here
that some shortslgbted flock owner is
going 10 fall down, says Leo G. Reyn-
ODDS Of Michigan in National stock
man.
Sure Way 10 Quit Business.
AS many of the eve lambs should
be retained in the flock as VIII effect
an Improvement. because the flock
generally is in need of their recruiting
strength. There are always few old
ewes that must be culled out and dis
posed of each season in order to keep
mp the average Of the flock Then, too,
II the old ewes are allowed to remain
they reach that age when they decid-
edly increase the loss which occurs at
lambing. ! know OF one man who has
been selling off his entire lamb crop
each season for the past three years,
not retaining single eve lamb TO
,eplenish his flock He has made some
money the past three years from this
sbortsighted practice, but now is prac-
tlcally out Of the sheep raising bust
ness Don't follow this practice un-
less you are anxious to 20 out Of sheep
raising as tits one OF the surest meth
dds OF quitting the business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
FARM CONvENIENcEs
Homemade contrivances That Answer
Very usefni Purposes.

u
Very Useful Purposes.
First is land drag, clod crusher or
leveler Take three planks 2 by 10
the length you may want your drag.
place these together single fashion,
exposing say Ave inches; nail down
good and strong. bore d hole two or
three feet from each end and pass a
No. 0 wire ten or twelve feet long
through these holes to pull by.
For moving from one field TO another,
make hole in the end Of center plank
and pass short piece OF wire through
this. BY this means you can convey
ii from one place to another on very
narrow turnrow. Another important
thing Is tho riding plank. This consists
OF a board one and one-half or 2 by IL
inches, six feet long. which should be
bolted on near the center Of last plank.
This machine should be run with the
rutting or exposed edges forward: that
is what does the work. These edges
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
ONION GROWING.


Changed Conditions la n Famons
Connecticut InduHfry.
As commercial onion producing sec
ton that part OF Connecticut just west
OF Bridgeport bordering on the sound
known as the Southport district has
long been famous Although the culti-
walton of onions is still OF great mo-
nent locally, less attention is given the
crop by outside interests than former
IT, This is due not so much to any
decadence In the sound industry as to
other parts 81 the country. notably the
west, forging ahead fl growing onions
for supplying the New York market.
There is perhaps not man living who
remembers the time when onions were
not grown in the Southport district.
The important centeS, as many OF our
readers are doubtless well aware, are
Greens Farms, Southport, Westport
and Fairfield. with the FIRST named now
accredited the leading producer, says
New England Homestead, repre-
sentative OF which recently paid a
visit to this section and talked with
some OF the foremost growers In the
Fairfield district regarding their ex-
periences with the recent crops.
Smaller Tracts, but More Growers.
from this source it is reported prob
able that the total acreage, taking the
section as a whole, Is not as large as in
some seasons a few years ago. Farm
ers believe onions to be paying crop
in average TO good seasons and claim
that with conditions leaning in their
favor they would look on the industry
In different light.
A notable feature Of the changed as
pect of the sound industry is the re-
duced size Of tracts under cultivation.
keveral years ago farmers raised thirty
to forty acres each, but now the major
Ity put in four to six acres or even less
OF course many new growers are ma
terializing from year 70 year.
Prices Highly Encouraging.
A. =. Wakeman said that last years
crop sold in a highly encouraging man
ner. With seasons as favorable fol-
lowing each other for the next two or
three years there would no doubt be a
renewal Of interest in onions among the
sound growers ave averaged $3.50 to
SO per barrel for our 1904 reds said
Mr. Wakeman. "YelIows brought us
S2.T5 to $3.25 and whites S. to SIS.
White onions often sell particularly
well late In the season"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02

This Farm containing 10S acres placed with us for
immediate sale We believe would be difficult find desirable
place. maker location. The place
will Is and and hay
The soil especially rich and productive being an CROP
Tlag land lays we'll Pasture be owe size cannot Be
beat the The idea of the buildings but the place
be be appreciated Nice plenty fruit and wood
We will be pleased show this and the income
derived from Large photograph Office Call any Open every
evening except Thursday
For full particulars enquire i the
D. A. PERRY REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Rooms So Gordon Barre Vermont
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
Danger from the plague.

There's grave danger from the plague
Of coughs and colds that are % preTa-
lent, unless you take Dr. Kings New
Discovery for consumption, coughs, and
colds. Mrs. Geo. Walls Of Forest City,
Me, writes; tits Godsend TO people
living in climates where coughs and
colds prevail | find it quickly ends
them 1t prevents pneumonia, cures
Ia grippe, gives wonderful relief IN astb-
ma and hay fever, and makes weak lungs
strong enough to ward off consumption,
coughs and colds. soc and sI.00. Guar
anteed BY the Red Cross pharmacy.
Trial bottle free,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Tenement to rent to right parties at
3 EiInore street. Call after P. m.
Old gold and silver wanted 1T re-.
hners, prices in exchange for goods at
+. E. Burr's.
I. ?. Austin sells stone cutters
glasses, all kinds and prices. From zoe
70 $500 each.
Stone-cutters' glasses, zoe per pair.
lenses, per pair, SC. II. K. Burr 8 Co.,
IS North Main street.
Ask for free sample Of Rexall
Orderlies, new produce which has been
proven by actual test to be the best
laxative and cathartic known to medical
science. Pleasant to taste, no gripping
no pain. 10c and zoe. Red Cross Phar-
macy.
W. G. Smith, who has repaired over
400 sewing machines in Barre and VII
entity during the past ten months, will
continue to do 50 until October 15
when he will 70 TO the coast Of Maine
TO spend the winter. Machines repaired
at your homes and made to work as well
as when new or no pay. Leave yotli
name and number, Or address card to
NJ. G. Smith, No. 2s West street
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02

should be faced with hoop iron or some
thing Of the kind to keep them from
getting dull. Now, who ever heard Of
drag getting dull? But it Is fact,
and they are no good after the edges
become rounded. says a correspondent
who describes this contrivance in Farm
and Preside
saw farmer the other day drag
ging a log twelve or sixteen inches in
diameter and that many feet in length.
1t is hardly worth while to say he was
wasting time and whole LOT OF mule
strength, for he had four hitched to it,
told him Of my drag and he said he
would go at once and make one.
Talk about harrows; they are mighty
fine In ground that Is already in good
shape. but for rough, cloddy ground
they are not In II. l send sketch Of
this drag.
Another thing want TO mention Is a
device for putting under weeds and
grass in blowing land find two
trace chains do the work for me all
right. To adjust, take short piece Of
cotton Incl say cotton because it is
softer than heinp--and run it through
the rings. Tie this to the beam Of your
plow just forward OF the stock. Now
twist the chains a little and tie knot
in them that will fan just In front Of
the moldboard, and hook the other
ends to the single or double tree. Now
don't be satisfied II these chains half
way do the work. but change them TIL
you get them just right, and you wiz
wonder why somebody didn't tell YOU
about this sooner can cover up any
weeds with these ch1bls unless they
are longer than my rows.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02

MEDARA FELL, TRYING TO TELL WHAT
HAD HAPPENED.
land, half mile away across the mead
ows. Ireland was attracted by the
mans screams Running out on the
porch he met the man as he staggered
up Medara fell trying TO tell what
had Happened. but he only mumbled.
The engineer could scarcely recog-
nlze IN the form before hm that OF his
fireman. He caught the words Tex
plosion," Adams and "ArchIc.'s Sum
moning his family to care for the fire.
man, Ireland ran to the pumping sta.
ton.
The first persons lie met were Adams
and Connolly, themselves suffering
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
THE BARRE DAILY TINES
ruEspAY. ocroBER ]. leos.
A Piece Of Paper, d Pile Of Gold.

A policy Of insurance is lightly con
sidered until trouble comes. Then doubt
changes to certainty, If ii is with us.
57th year, doing business in "A states.
The National Life Insurance Company
OF Vermont (mutual). Organized in
1850. S. s. Ballard, General Agent
y. p. Ballard, Local Agent, Rooms 2
and ?, Miles Block, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
PURE AIR FOR POULTRY.
Approved System Of Ventilation Tor
ponItry House.

Approved system Of ventilation For
Poultry House.
There are 4 number Of ideas for the
ventilation Of poultry houses which
rre very desirable, but most ol them
are expensive to put into operation
The main benefit to be obtained from
ventilation is dryness OF atmosphere.
which Of itself means the circulation
Of pure air. In any plan Of ventilation
the air from but Of doors should be
taken in from near the bottom Of the
house ana follow the ventilator until
II reaches the top or nearly 40 before
1t IS allowed TO escape into the room
Iowa Homestead thinks the plan Of
ventilation indicated In the illustra-
ton is one Of the best known. The
foundation for comfortable dry
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02

One Of the hotels IN the Place Ven
dome, Paris, has an arrangement Of
pipes fixed high in the air over the
courtyard by which shower Of rain
is obtained whenever required. The
guests may sit under an immense UNI
breila twenty-five feet in diameter, en-
joying the cool rainfall on hot sum
mer day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-02
wAen 10 RAN onions.

Pull onions as SOON as most Of the
tops have died down, leaving the bulbs
on the ground 70 cure Gather them
up when perfectly dry aud store them
In dry loft On other airy place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Try the new Ice Cream Cake at the
City Bakery.
Old gold and silver wanted at re-
ilners, prices in exchange for goods Mt
e. r. Burr's.
i. p Austin sells stone cutters
glasses, all kinds and prices. From zoe
TO $500 each.
For Sale. One baby carriage; one oil
stove, almost new. Apply at "a Sum
mer street, upstairs.
Stonecutters' glasses, zoe per pair.
Lenses. per pair, SC. H. Il. Burr & Co.,
S. North Main street.
All kinds of kerosene and gasolene
stoves at cut prices at 9. w. Ayerill g.
Co.'S. See advertisement.
Reynolds s. Son are tile local agents
for the Pitkin Supply CO. and carry a
large stock Of Dallett Stone Working
Tools
Are You buying shoes for yourself
and family wher you get coupons that
are worth SIS for every S25 ii coupons I
If not inquire at the Peoples Shoe store.
Small place with six acres Of land
near the city il offered by the d. A.
Perry real estate agency in their 4ads'
on the 9Th page
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

The French government this year
refused the usual reduction allowed
to bodies OF sick pilgrims travelling to
L0urdes.
The destiny Of the population Of Paris
Is astounding. In 1878 there were 254
Inhabitants per hectare (2ls acres: to-
day there are 322.
Count de Ia yaulx at Paris recently,
In the course of bis accent In his new
balloon, established dirigible record
by remaining eight hours In the aft
over the Bots dc Boulogne.
For six months since his arrest fol
uttering couaterfeu coin man in Par.
Is has feigned dumbness but when his
case came mp for trial be spoke IN his
own defense lie was sentenced to
penal seryitude for life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
The BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904.
almost Insuredp Covers

the doubters, the knockers, the dissent
ers and the critics. Their families, their
creditors, their personal responsibilities
we're almost safe, bnt not quite. They
thought about it, but they loaded onto
their loved ones the disaster 81 lie
doubt They thought wrong. 5sth year,
doing business in A states.
The National Life Insurance Company
Of Vermont (mutual). Organized ii
1850. s. s. Ballard, General Agent.
N, B. Ballard, Local Agent, Rooms .
and 3, Miles Block, Barre, vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08

SCRAPS OF MEAT WE'RE Thrown TO HER.
advertisement, which proclaimed in
aarIng type the exhibition Of wild
Filipino girl, caught IN the iungles Of
Luzon."
He entered and nj once recognized
that the girl was not a Filipino. He
accused the Snowman OF deceit After
being pressed and threatened the ex-
hlbitor admitted the deception, saying
that the girls parents were dead, and
that she had come into his possession,
and that ne had right TO do as he
chose with her
Mr.. Watson went TO The county
prosecutor ana demanded that he pro
tect the girl from such usage, She
probably will be taken charge of In
the name OF the state
The Snowman treated her Ike a
brute. She was bound so tightly to
the stake that every move apparently
caused her pain and the scraps Of
meat which were thrown TO her she
would catch and deyour ravenously.
Her only clothes were rough skins,
tied loosely about her,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
FRENCH PROVERBS.

We pardon in the degree that we
love.
It IL double pleasure to deceive
the deeeiyer.
Nothing Is so firmly believed as
Mhat we least know.
In the adveraity Of our best friends
we often find something that Is not
exactly displeasing.
Neither the sln nor death can be
looked at with steady eye. Peoples
Magazine.
True love Is like ghosts which every
body talks about aud few have seen.
silence is the best resolve for him
who dstrusts himself
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
WOMEN,S WOES.
Barre Women Ale Finding Relief at
Last,

tt does seem that women have more
than 4 fair share 81 the aches and pains
that atflict humanity; they must keep
up, must attend To duties ia spite Of
constantly aching backs, OF headaches,
dizzy spells, bearing down pains; they
must stoop over, when to stoop means
torture. They must walk and bend and
work With racking pains and many aches
from kidney ills. Kidneys cause more
suffering than any other organ o. the
body. Keep the kidneys well and health
is easily maintained Read of d remedy
for kidneys only that helps and cures
the Kidneys and is endorsed by people
you know.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Nelson Of is West street,
Barre, VT, snys ~Doan's Kidney Pills,
procured at E Al. browns drug store,
eight years ago, benefited me so greatly
That ] gave for publication statement
telling Of my satisfactory experience with
them. At that time d severe attack OF
the grip had left my kidneys In a weak
ened condition, and instead of getting
better grew worse The slightest
homework tired me and il on my feet
much sharp pains caught me across my
back and compelled me to stop and rest.
Other complications came on and trouble
with the kidney secretions set in. |
paid out over hundred dollars for doe
tors bills and medicines. but got no
relief was finally advised TO try
Doan's Kidney Pills and did 50. I re-
ceiyed relief from the first few doses and
as | continued using the remedy the
attack from which | was suffering was
completely relieved. Since then | have
never been without Doan's Kidney Pills
III the house and have often used them,
and always with the same beneficial REL
suits. am always glad to recommend
this reliable medicine To my friends and
acquaintance.
For sale BIZ all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Alilburn CO., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and take
no other.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
CITY Clerks Office, Barre, Vermont,

September 9th. 1906.
hereby certify that the foregoing
IS true copy, as shown BY the files
and records OF this Office. this day ex.
amined and compared by me.
Attest;
James Mackay,
City Clerk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become OF the old fash.
Toned woman who told fortunes by
coffee groundsf
What has become OF The old fash
ioued pcgn who said he could whip his
enemy on a sheepsking
An old fashioned man the other day
met a small boy smoking very large
cigar Hello. cigar" the man said,
where are You going with that boyT'
What has become OF the old fash
toned woman who dressed up" fol-
going downtown, summer or winter,
by putting n shawl over the dress she
happened to have on?--Atchison Globe
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
eity q Barre, Washingt0n coanty, 3.
State Of Vermont,

City Of Barre, Washington County, S..
AT Frecmen's Meeting, legally warn
el and holden in the several wards in
the City of Barre on the first Tuesday Of
September. A. d., 1906, the votes for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treas
Iurer, Secretary Of State, Auditor Of Ae-
counts, Attorney General, Representa-
tive to Congress, Three County Senators,
Assistant Judges Of County Court, Judge
Fol Probate, States Attorney, sheriff,
High BaiIif, Justices Of the Peace, and
n City Representative to represent the
City Of Barre in the General Assembly
having been duly taken, sorted and
counted, the following persons had the
number OF votes annexed TO their names
respectively, for the several Offices here
in stated:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
The Breath Of Life.

lisa significant fact that the strong
est animal if its size, the gorilla, also
has the largest lungs. Powerful lungs
means powerful creatures. How to keep
the breathing organs right should be
mans chiefest study, Like thousands
Of Others, Mrs. Ora A. Stevens, of Port
Williams, o., has learned how to do this
She writes: Three bottles Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery stopped my cough Of two
years and cured me Of what my friends
thought consumption. @, it's grand fol
throat and lung troubles Guaranteed
BY Red Cross Pharmacy. Price soc and
81 90. Trial bottle free.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08
TIED TO STAKE,
FED ON RAW MEAT
Little White Girl, Drowned and Clad In
Skins, Exhibited as a
Filipino.

Tied to stake, dressed only In skins,
and fed on scraps OF meat thrown to
her by showmen who were exhibiting
her as Filipino, white girl was
found by Congressman James Watson
at the fair at Hagerstown. Md. The
girl has an intelligent expression and
is very pretty. though her face IL
Drowned by chemicals. She is about
thirteen years old.
Mr.. Watson. who has visited the
Philippine Islands. saw the side show
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-08

Opium ia obtained by cutting the
capsule Of The poppy flower with a
notched iron instrument Mt sunrise,
md by the next morning n drop or so
Of Juice has oozed ont. This Is scraped
Oft and saved BY the grower and. after
be has vessel full OF Il. Il Is strained
and dried Il takes great many pop
pies to make q pound Of opium, and 1t
goes through q number of processes
before Il Is ready for the market. In a
liquid state It looks like dark straw
berry jam.