The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-07-10


has been called upon TO perform many
peculiar acts OF different character. but
the one yesterday, no says. has all
others beaten 40 miles" While seated
in chair a man about as years old
hobbled into his shop. The man could
not speak above whisper. and asked
him how much he charged to shave a
corpse. The barber told him that
usually undertakers tucked on s5 for
such a job. SO OF which went to the
barber and the other So to the under
taker but he. the barber, would do
the job for S. "AH right" whispered
the man. and then the barber asked
where the corpse was to be found,
and the man whispered and at the
same time placed his index finger on
his breast and said: Right here, I'm
the man" But" said the barber,
you're not dead yet" mo, but / will
be in a few days" whispered the man.
"for hain't no good now and am fail
ing fast, but I am going under an
operation and the doctors tell me that
there is but little hope OF my pulling
through, and i am making all arrange
ments for my own funeral. so that he
can divide what little I have to the
cent"
The man left his address and said
that II he died he, the barber, would
get a telephone message and would
be paid his SO.
BURIED THE HATCHET.
The Old Homestead club and the Big
-Four club have buried the hatchet for
yesterday the main "Eaffer," NJ.
Braney and M. Conley, first steward
of the Old Homestead club; Signor
O'Donnell, president and T. Christian,
treasurer of the Big Four, drove in a
nobby turnout to the poultry farm of
John McGinn. the official referee OF
the Old Homestead club, in Scituate,
where peace conference was held,
"a la Hague" and a delicious chicken
dinner was undoubtedly the principal
means of bringing about this pleasant
state of affairs II was the intention
of the quartet to have Mr.. Thomas
Farrell, who holds a position in the
Homestead club, but who has shown
something OF tendency TO join the
forces of the Big Four organization,
but the carriage was not quite large
enough to take him along comfortably.
GAVE AN ENTERTAINMENT.
The Ladies' Aid society connected with
the Tabernacle M K. church presented
''rhe District School at Blueberry Cor
ners" in the church parlors last evening
which was very enjoyable affair and
was literally patronized The following
ladies and gentlemen took part: Miss An
ME knight. Mrs Richard Sweet. Mrs.
Alice Fletcher. Mrs A. II. Fielder Mrs.
George w. Amison, Mrs. Mary Ellis, Mrs.
Robert Moody, Mrs. James Newman, Mrs
William Mills, Mrs. Harry Palmer. Mrs
+. NJ. Hurst, Mrs. Levina Peppler the
Misses Annie McLane, Emily Dawson,
Grace Hunt, Ruby Tucker, Lillian Rich
, ards and Lillian Biltcliffe Messrs. Her
bert Gulliver. James Graham. James Nc
Jntosh. p. r. Ireland, Walter Carpenter.
Charles McLane. Charles Mitchell, Frank
Ferguson and Walter Wick.
FOUND FoETUs
Yesterday afternoon two small boys
wended their way to a spring on Farm
angton avenue for drink and on the way
saw a parcel by the roadside One Of the
boys kicked IL and was startled when
the package broke open and found the
paper covered with blood. The boys went
TO the residence of +. 7. Sheldon on
Plainfield street, who notified the Chaffee
street station and the officers who re-
sponded found that the package contained
a foetus, which was removed to the
morgue at the Central police station and
an effort is being made to find the guilty
parties.
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Yesterday afternoon a young woman
whose name could not be learned under
took to do a little carpentering work at
her home In the O'Connor block on Broad
way. hammer and screw driver and a
half-dozen small screws wer. needed for
this small job The young lady had about
completed the job wien one of the small
screws which she held in her mouth slip
ped down her throat A hurry call was
sent for local physician and upon ar
irving at the house ordered the young
woman sent to the Rhode Island hospital
CLOSE CALL.
william Benault, is years old. and liv-
Ing on Chaffee street, had a very close
call from serious INJURIES while on his way
home from work last evening. He was
riding bicycle and when on Valley street
near Delaine colided with an automobile
owned by Bruce Armour of 2S Dover
street. The automobile was quickly stop
ped and one of the occupants ran back
to the boy, but he was not injured and
his wheel not badly damaged.
CALLED OUT TWICE.
The fire department was called out
twice yesterday afternoon in this section
the first time by an alarm from box 49,
for n slight blaze at 2s6 Grove street and
the second by an alarm from box 37s for
fire on the roof of a barn at IS Hunt
ington avenue. The first was the work of
boys and the second was caused by a
spark from a passing locomotive.
BROKE HIS ARM
Henry Hughes, the we'll known railroad
man, slipped and fell on Plainfeld street
last evening and fractured his left arm
He was assisted into the barber shop of
Ernest Williams, q Plainfield street, and
was attended Dy Dr. LonglelloW and then
taken to his home on Pocasset avenue
TOUCHED UP HIS CLOTHES LINE
Max Dugas OF 50 Capron street inform
ed Patrolman Dessaint of the Chaffee
street station this morning that some one
touched up the cothesline in his yard
last evening for red and white table
cloth and white shirt. each valued at
s1,25.
WILL CLOSE FOR TWO DAYS.
At the earnest request OF it's many en-
ployes. the Earnscliffe mills, has de-
clded to shut down the last two days OF
old Home Week. This mill. since IL was
put into operation a few years ago, has
run steadily night and day and with this
has not been able to supply the demand
for its product
GENERAL MENTION
Division No. 10 Ladies' auxiliary. An
cient order OF Hibernans met I'm Guild