The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-17

1 lock OF the hight 90 Iatun IS almost
completed. The walls have almost
reached their full height, and the tower.
ing steel forms will soon be moved to
the lower locks, Of which the floor has
been practically completed,
A story Of the sea perils, which are
faced every year by the men Of the
revenue cutter service, is told in the
report made by Captain D. 7. Foley,
commander OF the Bering sea feet, upon
the wreck and abandonment Of the cut.
ter Perry.
Marrow escapes have been many. but
the Perry. thanks 70 the skill Of the
revenue cutter service men, is the first
loss which has been sustained BY the
government in what are perhaps the
most perilous conditions Of navigation in
the world
The wreck occurred on the Tonki point
reef at ST. Paul's island. Captain Foley
saws in his report: "The Perry was
hard and fast ashore. forward and amid-
ship. and All her compartments below
the decks were filed with wateF. de-
cided TO abandon her, after consultation
with the officers Of the Perry and Man
ming. being convinced that Il was abso-
lutely impossible for US to save her
without wrecking appliances that were
not on hand or available. Even II we
should succeed in pulling her of the
rock, it would be only TO have her
sink, and we should be risking another
and much more valuable vessel in work
ing in the foul ground around her
"The Perry is lying in very ex-
posed condition, the tide GIBBS and flows
in her, and. in my opinion, she VIII break
IN two in the next blow from any quar-
ter, except directly from land, which
may occur at any time now. | therefore
ordered her stripped. A large part OF
her stores and outfits had already been
put ashore.
"The accident happened while the Per-
~ was on her way from Northeast point
to East Anchorage, st. PauPs island, for
mail The Tahoma Captain Foley's
cutterl heard the distress signals of the
Perry at st. Georges island and pro-
ceeded at full speed TO her assistance,
but was unable 10 give aid. because on
her arrival the hold and fireroom Of the
Perry were fuil OF water, and she was
pounding on the reef,
Navigation about the Pribilo islands,
and in particular about st. Panls island,
which is fringed with dangerous reefs, is
very difficult, because OF fogs. dense at
times. which prevail during the sealing
season, and the treacherous current
varying in force and direction, accord
ing to no known law.
"The vessels must cruise in fogs TO
make the patrol efficient, because It is
in foggy weather that the sealers APP
proach the rookerios, and the cutters
must keep ID touch with the land, in
order not to lose the islands. Ia the
past season the Bear lost them for three
DAYS and other vessels have crused
about for days without finding them"
The revenue cutter Adams struck Ton
XII point in 1893, and the Corwin, Bear,
McCulloeh and Naming went ashore
there, but those vessels had wooden bot
toms and escaped. IN the case Of the
Perry the rocks pierced the metal huh
and there was no hope of escape.
ct is as Captain Foley says, the wa
ters around the seal islands are the
worst IN the world said Captain Worth
G. Ross, chief Of the revenue cutter
service, in commenting on the report
"You strike current sweeping along,
and when you get into it again it is
running in the opposite direction"
tierm-laden corn is cultivated at the
agricultural station on the Virginia side
Of the Potomac and fair share Of the
crop is stolen BY petty thieves. As no
epidemic Of the kind supposed to follow
a diet Of diseased corn has been report
ed. experts have had to admit that there
are exceptions to their theories as to
the effect Of germs on the human frame
In planting the field. the shafps Of
the agricultural department took their
seeds from cobs infected with some Of
the diseases that afiict the king Of crops
The object of course was to find by
experiment means for destroying the
deadly germs Scientific cultivation has
brought about good looking field OF
corn. but it Is stuff not to be recon-
mended for man or beast. Neighbors
understand about il, but stray victims
of the lure of corn do not. So from
time to time messes Of the grain disap
pear.
A negro caught in the act BY po
lieeman WAS up in court a few days
ago He had been seen on a previous
occasion with an armful of ears of corn,
but he had a good start and got away
with the loot. Ia court he quivered
when the Judge explained the kind q
corn with which he had been dallying.
"Germsl Do you know what that
meansf" asked the court. "That corn