Lititz Record

              LITITZ RECORD.
An Independent Family Newspaper, Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Local and General Intelligence.
VOL. XXXVIII LITITZ, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 4,1915. NO. 25
EVENTS CONCISELY TOLD
INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Items of Minor Mention, So to Speak
but of Interest to the Average Reader
at Home and Abroad.
Mrs. Eber Foltz will enter the Lancas-ter
General Hospital tomorrow for
treatment.
A. W. Miller of the Park View Hotel
served a turkey dinner to fifty or more
of his friends on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben. P. Grosh will
shortly move from Lancaster here into
the home of the late Dr. J. C. Brobst.
A public meeting in honor of Frances
E. Willard will be held on Sunday in the
Moravian Sunday-school chapel at 3
P. M.
Miss Mary Kissinger found a gold
ring on South Broad street a few weeks
ago which she will gladly return to the
loser.
There will be no services by the
Church of the Brethren at Lititz next
Sunday on account of repairing the
church.
There has been a strange dog making
its home at Linden Hali Seminary for
the past two weeks. The dog is a small
one and the owner is requested to come
for it.
A birthday surprise party was given
to Miss Edna Bowers on Orange street,
Warwick, on Monday evening, attended
by a large number of young ladies who
had a jolly good time.
Charles Seigel says it is a bouncing
baby girl that the stork left at his home
last Sunday evening. On the same trip
the renowned bird left a baby girl at the
home of Merchant Robert Pfautz.
James Sesseman exhibits what is gen-erally
believed to be a petrified potato,
which he found in his potato bin a week
ago. It has the shape, the eyes, the
size and all else representing a tuber to
perfection.
The bag factory conducted by Milton
Weitzel is unusually brisk at present
and a few hands have been taken on.
Many thousands of bags are mended at
this place weekly after which they are
readily sold.
Jos. Kirchner, better known as "Zep,"
who for years has worked on farms
hereabouts, spent about ten days in the
Lancaster Genera! Hospital for treat-ment.
Andy Gochnauer took him there
and brought him back.
Messrs. Steinman & Foltz, proprie-tors
of the Lancaster Intelligencer and
the Morning Journal, purchased the
Lancaster Morning News at public sale
for $5000. They will consolidate it with
the Morning Journal.
Elam Fasnacht, the popular handy-man
at the chocolate factory, was bap-tized
by immersion near the home of
Rev. Linn. B. Longenecker, southwest
of town on Sunday. He has joined the
Church of the Brethren.
Many people hereabouts agree that
the unnecessary long-blown steam
whistles are uncalled for so early in the
morning. "Cut at least half of it out
they proclaim, and those for whom it is
ntended can still hear it well enough.
Not for years has there been as ex
;ellent an opportunity as now to see
:he beautiful pebbles in the bottom of
;he creek in the Spring grounds. The
stream certainly is in a clean condition
it present and never looked more at-ractive.
Martin Good, who lives with his uncle
1 S. Loeffler, fell in front of the Springs
lotel and struck a shoe scraper with his
ace, breaking out two of his teeth,
jittle Martin mourns the loss but has
he consolation of knowing that he can
uy others.
C. Wal. Souder, one of the well-known
lacksmiths of Lititz for many years
'ill discontinue the business. He will
ave public sale of a variety of smithy
jols on Thursday, March 25. Jacob
ingley has rented the shop and will
ike charge on April 1.
The mean temperature for the month
f February was 35.8 degrees, which is
le warmest February on record during
le past 30 years, with the exception of
!99, which had a mean temperature of
I degrees. The highest temperature
as 60 on the 23d and the lowest 14 on
e 10th.
Numerous inquiries are received at
e Warwick House almost daily as to
e date of the annual big sale. The
te has not been decided on as yet, and
II not be until the quarantine declared
account of the foot and mouth disease
s been lifted. As soon as possible the
te will be announced in t h e RECORD
d by posters.
Three sweaters in good condition were
and hanging along the fence at Zart-tn's
dam near Lexington on Sunday
i led to a rumor that some persons
3 been drowned in the dam. Such is
rdly the case however, but there is
ne mystery about the sweaters. The
lowing day but two were left and on
esday the three had disappeared.
Don't forget Dr. Harbold's lecture in
St. Paul's Lutheran church this even-ing
at 7.30 o'clock.
This Thursday evening the degree
team of Lititz Lodge No. 253 Knights
of Pythias will confer the third degree
upon five candidates. It will be confer-red
in the long form, which will be the
first time that any local degree team has
ever done it in this manner. More than
30 members are required for the degree
team. All Pythians are requested to
attend.
Taxes are growing higher and higher,
more offices are being created and ex-penses
of government are advancing at
a rapid rate. No people or nation will
prosper with a great hord of public
officials who do not earn their salaries.
No people can prosper without a reserve
fund laid up by honest toil in the good
days for the lean days that are sure to
come as night follows day.
Drover Frank Musser purchased 30
head of choice cattle from Walter
Groff, residing on the Sheaffer Brubaker
farm, northwest of town. Eighteen of
them were shipped from here to New
York on Tuesday morning and the others
were taken to Lancaster. The average
weight of the cattle was 1300 pounds and
the price paid for them was $8.50 and
$8.00 per 100 pounds.
Herman, 3-year old son of Mrs. Hattie
Schweers, had his lower limbs frightful-ly
scalded at the home of his grandpar-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Butzer on last
Friday. The little tot stepped into a
bucket of boiling Water and the skin was
scalded from his little legs from the
knees down. The feet were protected
partially by the little fellow's shoes.
Dr. M. H. Yoder dressed the wounds.
The editor of a weekly newspaper re-ceived
the following query: "Can you
tell me what the weather will be next
month?" In reply he wrote: " I t i s my
opinion that the weather next month
will be very much like your subscrip-tion."
The inquirer wondered for an,
hour what the editor was driving at
when he happened to think of the word
"unsettled." He went in the next day
and squared his account.—Ex.
The EititZ ladies ¡auxiliary Of the Lan
caster General Hospital has announced
the annual donation time for next week.
All the public school children within
reasonable distance are requested to
bring their donation to their respective
schools on Thursday, March 11, when
the goods will be called for. The people
of Lititz are also kindly requested to
have their donations ready by Saturday.
March 13, when young men will call to
get them.
At the Warwick House Combination
Sale last Saturday the attendance was
large and over 400 sales were made.
One of the oddities put under the ham-mer
was half a dozen calabashes with
yard long natural grown handles, which
buyers eagerly paid 6 cents apiece and
were glad to get them for the novelty.
Two turkeys of large size were sold at
20 cents a pound. Over 100 bushels of
potatoes were sold commanding from 40
to 70 cents a bushel.
Mrs. Sara Jenkins, president of the
Missionary Society of St. Paul's Luth-eran
church, sent a box of clothing,
most of them for men, to Mrs. H. N.
Monroe, of the Rescue Mission at Wash-ington.
D, C., today. The clothing was
contributed by members of the church.
Mrs. Monroe recently sent Mrs. Jenkins
a letter stating that many men were
sorely in need of clothing at the national
capital, and that she could place 100 of
them to work if they had proper attire.
The last lyceum of the present school
term will he held in the local High
School on Friday evening of next week
at 7.30 o'clock. A fine program is be-ing
arranged and a feature will be the
debate on "Resolved, That it would be
for the best interests of mankind if the
allies would win in the present European
struggle." There will also be other
entertaining features and music by the
orchestra. A small admission will be
charged and the public is cordially in-vited
to attend.
L
NUMEROUS PERSONS CALLED TO THE
GREAT BEYOND.
DILE MOTOR CAR MUCH ADMIRED
Death of a Child
Blaine James Karr, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Karr, residing at Wiss-ler's
row at Warwick, died on Monday
morning, aged 11 months. Death was
caused by pneumonia. Besides the
parents a brother and sister survive.
The funeral was held on Wednesday
afternoon, with services in the United
Brethren church and interment in the
Moravian cemetery. Rev. S. G. Haas
officiated.
Death of Mrs. David B. Huber
Mrs. Caroline Huber, wife of David
B. Huber, residing at Fruitville, died
early last Saturday morning from a
paralytic stroke. She had been in ap-parent
good health until suddenly strick-en
after suppsr Friday evening. De-ceased
was a life-long and consistent
member of the Old Mennonite church.
She was in her seventy-fifth year, and
was married fifty years. Her maiden
name was Doner, formerly of White
Oak. Her husband and the following
children survive: David D., residing on
the old homestead, and Mrs. M. G. Bru-baker,
of near Fruitville; Levi B., a
step-son, of Landis Valley; also seven-teen
grandchildren. The following
brothers and sisters also survive: Aaron
Doner, of Colorado; Joseph Doner, of
Nebraska; Miss Susan Doner, of Lititz,
and Mrs. Henry Witwer, of Ephrata.
The funeral was held from her late home
at Fruitville Tuesday morning and from
the Mennonite church at East Peters-burg,
with interment in the adjoining
cemetery.
Appeared Here the Latter Part of Last
Week. Prospects for Industry Com-ing
to Lititz are Encouraging
The Dile motor car came to Lititz,
was given the once-over by Lititzites and
approved by them. On last Friday Mr.
Lengel, a member of the firm which
makes the Dile car at Reading, brought
a machine here. It arrived near the
noon hour and was left near the foun-tain
for a few hours. Not for many a
day has there been anything coming
here which attracted more attention
than the Dile car. During the entire
afternoon citizens gathered about the
car, and many of them were taken for
a spin in it by Mr. Lengel. The appear-ance
of the car certainly is all that was
claimed for it by those who witnessed
the machine at Reading during the past
month.
Mr. Lengel had intended remaining
here the greater part of Saturday with
the car, but as he was somewhat indis-posed
and the weather became much
colder he decided to return to Reading
Saturday morning. Now that the car
has been here the local persons who are
endeavoring to raise the $25,000, which
amount is necessary for the securing of
the industry at this place, have been on
the job. One of the leading men in
this line is P. B. Bucher, and he stated
on Wednesday to a RECORD represen-tative
that in his opinion enough money
of the amount needed has been subscrib-ed
by our citizens to make the propo-sition
look most encouraging. Mr.
Lengel will again be in town, possibly
this week, and definite news concerning
the industry will likely appear in next
week's issue.
TRAVELERS NEAR AND EAR
COLUMN TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH
WITH OLD AND NEW NAMES
This place certainly seems to have
plenty of opportunity to secure industries
to locate here provided there is some
local capital forthcoming. The latest
project is a concern which wants to man-ufacture
auto trucks here. They have
built but one truck thus far which was
brought here on Monday afternoon for
the inspection of our citizens. All who
inspected the truck appeared impressed
that it was an excellent article, but it
was the consensus of opinion that the
matter should not be taken up before
the Dile Motor Company project is dis-posed
of.
Death of Samuel K. Hammer
Samuel K. Hammer died on Friday
afternoon at the residence of his son-in-law,
John White, at Fair View, Penn
township, aged 69 years, death resulting
from a complication of diseases. The
deceased had been a farmer many years
and latterly had been a watchman at
industrial plants in his community. The
following children survive: Mrs. Frank
Boyer, of Oxford, Chester county; Mrs.
Amos Metzier, Lancaster; Aaron, Fair-land;
Mrs. Kate Frank, Manheim; Mary,
Elm; Mrs. John White, Fairland. One
brother, Peter, of Sehaefferstown, Leb-anon
county, also survives. The funer-al
was held on Monday at the Reformed
church at Penryn. Interment was made
in the cemetery adjoining the church.
The Old New Hampshire Home
This is a melodrama in three acts to
be given on Saturday evening, March
13, in the Linden Hall gym., under the
auspices of the Lititz High School
Alumni Association. The chart for
sale of tickets will be opened Wednes-day,
March 10, at the bookstore. The
play will be filled with wit and humor
and no doubt will be liberally patron-ized.
See next week's RECORD.
Ex-Attorney General W. U. Hensel Dead
William Uhler Hensel, for years a
prominent Democratic leader in Penn-sylvania
and formerly president of the
Pennsylvania Bar Association, died at
Savannah, Ga., last Friday night. He
was 64 years old. The body was sent to
Lancaster.
Former Attorney General William U.
Hensel was one of Lancaster's most
prominent citizens. Last fall he spent
six weeks in the Jefferson Hospital, in
Philadelphia, and several weeks ago, he,
with a party of friends, including his
daughter, Mrs. John A. Nauman, went
south to join a house boat party, con-ducted
by former United States Senator
Don Cameron.
Deceased was a son of the late George
W. Hensel, revenue collector for the
ninth district, and was born at Quarry-ville.
He was a graduate of Franklin
and Marshall College and succeeded the
late George F. Baer, president of the
Reading Railway, a,s president of the
board of trustees of that institution.
He was admitted to the Lancaster Bar
in 1873 and in 1874 became a half-owner
in the Lancaster Intelligencer. In 1880
he and his partner, A. J. Steinman, also
a lawyer, were disbarred by Judge Pat-terson
because the Intelligencer reported
a case in the Quarter Sessions Court.
It was stated that the court had been
imposed upon. The Supreme Court re-instated
them. In 1886 Mr. Hensel re-linquished
his interest in the Intel-ligencer
and in 1887 formed a law partner-ship
with the present Chief Justice J.
Hay Brown. The partnership was dis-solved
when Mr. Brown was elevated to
the Supreme bench.
Mr. Hensel first appeared in state
politics as a delegate to the Reading
convention in 1872 when he was a strong
partisan for Buskalew for governor.
He was prominent in state conventions
and was a delegate to the national con-ventions
in 1880, '84, '88, and '92. He
was Democratic state chairman in 1883,
'84, '85 and '86 and was largely instru-mental
in nominating Pattison for
governor and became his attorney gen-eral
in 1891. After his first Bryan cam-paign
he retired from politics.
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To Open Reading Rooms
Beginning on Saturday evening the
two office rooms in the home of Mrs.
Sara Jenkins, corner of Broad and Front
streets, will be thrown open to the
public as reading rooms. These rooms
will be open every evening except Wed-nesday
and Sunday from the hours of 7
to 9.30 o'clock and there will be a fine
list of reading matter consisting of all
kinds of books, magazines and news-papers.
There will be some man in
charge of the rooms each evening and it
is hoped that the men of town who do
not know where to spend their evenings
will avail themselves of this opportunity.
The rooms will be conducted under the
auspices of the W. C. T. U. and it is in-tended
to keep them open until summer
and reopen them next fall.
Faithful Lodge Member Resigns
On Tuesday evening Henry C. Sturgis
resigned as Worthy Chamberlain of
Garfield Castle No. 76 Knights of the
Golden Eagle. Mr. Sturgis held this
office almost from the organization of
Garfield Castle 29 years ago of which he
is a charter member. He is now 70 years
of age and although enjoying good
health desired to be relieved of the of-fice.
Mr. Sturgis is one of the oldest
Worthy Chamberlains, both as to age
and point of service, in the state.
There never was a more faithful officer
in any lodge. His office required that
he be present at the sessions and he
rarely missed, being in attendance in all
kinds of weather. Mr. Sturgis is a
sterling lodge member and rightly be-lieves
that a true lodge member cannot
help but be a benefit to the community.
His presence was always an inspiration
to other members at the lodge session.
S. L. Diehm was appointed his success-or.
Rev. Hagen Asks to be Relieved
Rev. E. S. Hagen, pastor of the Mora-vian
church for years, and principal of
Linden Hall Seminary the past three
years, at the recent meeting of the
school trustees, asked to be relieved of
the school duties at the end of term in
the latter part of June. The board has
granted his wish and several others were
suggested to fill the vacancy, which the
members of the Provincial Elders Con-ference
have in charge, but thus far no
one has been chosen. Rev. Hagen finds
it too arduous to do justice to both posi-tions,
hence the desired change. Rev.
Theodore Reinke of York has been chosen
as assistant at the Seminary and he is
expected here to-day. He succeeds Rev.
A. deG. Vogler.
Final Number of Star Course
The final number of the Linden Hall
star course for the present season came
to a fitting close on Saturday evening,
when the "Royal Raconteurs" were the
actraction. The attendance was the
largest of any of the star course num-bers
and all present were given a rich
treat. Six ladies comprised the party
and they proved a most versatile aggre-gation.
Their selections, most of which
were innstrumental, were generously
received, and each performer was com-pelled
to respond with encores in most
every instance. Although each and
every number of the program was de-lightful,
Miss Eloise Jensen appeared to
be the most appreciated with her excel-lent
cornet solo.
The Whereabouts of Your and Our
Friends as Thev Move To and Fro.
Mrs. Laura Kauffman spent a week
in Manheim.
Mr. Richard Snyder, of York, spent
Saturday and Sunday in town.
Mrs. Elizabeth Becker is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Pratt at Harrisburg.
Mrs. E. J. Guilford, of Lancaster,
visited Lititz relatives on Wednesday.
Miss Mary Focht, of Philadelphia, is
visiting her niece, Miss Gladys Thome.
Mr. F. R. Dissinger of Campbelltown
spent Monday here with his son Harry.
Mr. C. S. Loeffler attended the State
Florists' convention in Philadelphia on
Tuesday.
Mr. J. E. Turner of Sioux City, Iowa,
has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H.
Zartman.
Mrs. Warren S. Buch spent from Fri-day
to Sunday with her mother at New
Providence.
Miss Erla Murr spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives at Boyertown,
Berks county.
Mr. Jacob Koch of Erie spent a day
here last week with his father-in-law
Mr. Levi Brubaker.
Mrs. D. W. Dietrich spent several
days last week with her daughter Mrs.
Mumma at Hershey.
Miss Myra Brookmyer of Philadelphia
spent Sunday here with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Ben. Brookmyer.
Rev. Robert Huebener, of Graceham,
Md., is spending the week here with his
mother Mrs. Mary Huebener.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Pfautz, of
Reading, spent Sunday with his brother
Addison Pfautz and family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Meiskey spent
Sunday at Lancaster as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Peters.
Mr. Elam Habecker attended the fun-eral
of his old friend William Shene-berger
at Columbia on Wednesday.
Mr. Willis Marks of Reading spent a
few hours here Saturday with his par-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Marks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Hartranft and"
daughter Bertha spent Saturday and
Sunday at Reading visiting his brother.
Mrs. Fred F. Groff of Lancaster, and
Miss Ethel Wharton of Erie, Pa., spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H.
Zartman.
Mr. Monroe Pfautz, of Olean, N. Y.,
arrived here last week and will remain
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Pfautz, for some time.
Mrs. Rev. Adam Wier, of Steelton, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Amos Roth,
who has been ill for several weeks.
Rev. Wier also spent a few days here.
Mr. Henry S. Miller, residing near
town, visited his son Charles in Phila-delphia
last week and also heard Billy
Sunday speak in the tabernacle.
James Witwer and wife of Richland
were here this week to attend the fun-eral
of his aunt, Mrs. David Huber, in
Manheim township. They spent Tues-day
night with his father at Kissel Hill.
Mrs. Harry Dissinger spent Wednes-day
in Philadelphia for the purpose of
purchasing a full line of spring millinery
for the trade. Don't forget to consult
Dissinger's before purchasing your new
spring hat.
Valentine Brobst, who was summoned
to his home here over two weeks ago on
account of the illness and death of his
father, returned to Philadelphia on Sun-day
to resume his studies in the Medico-
Chi University.
Mr. Samuel Hershey, wife and chil-dren,
residing south of Lancaster, and
also his sister Alice Hershey, living be-tween
Lancaster and Millersville, spent
Sunday here as the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Wolle.
Mrs. Paul Witman, of Philadelphia
spent Sunday in town with her grand-parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sturgis.
Mr. Sturgis accompanied his grand-
Lititz Bretzels for Dill Pickelweight
S. E. Bushong, the well-known Rome
miller, recently sent a box of the famous
Lititz bretzels baked by Sturgis and Co.
to Dill Pickelweight, one of the famous
characters who adorn the bottom of the
last page of the Philadelphia North
American almost daily. Of course Mr.
Bushong knew that Dill was only a
fictitious character, but he was certain
that someone would get the bretzels.
That man was none other than Brad-ford,
the cartoonist, who created Dill
Pickelweight and all the other members
of the family. Mr. Bradford sent a
reply to Mr. Bushong stating that Dill
and Skow, the latter one of Bradford's
cats, would get their share of the bre tzles
but that he intended to do likewise.
There's No Place Like Home
Arlington Zwally, son of Mrs. Lizzie
Zwally, of this place, returned home on
Saturday after a trip through seven
states of the union. Zwally left town
a few months ago with Aaron Leed for
the purpose of seeing the country. Be-tween
them the fellows did not have a
great deal of money. They of course
anticipated securing work at various
places and in this manner earn enough
money to travel from place to place.
But they found work scarce. On a few
occasions Zwally sent messages home
for financial aid, but his mother decided
it was best to leave him learn a good
lesson by "hoeing his own row?', Fin-ally
Zwally was arrested for illegal
train riding and was sent to jail in East
St. Louis. After getting out of jail he
learned that Leed had deserted him and
Zwally thereupon decided that there was
no place like home. He started work-ing
his way east by riding freights, and
Saturday arrived in Lititz, almost all in
down and out. Leed continued on his
travels. He has had much experience
in traveling about the country, as he
has been as far as the Pacific on one oc-casion,
and can make his way better
than most fellows.
William Gable Escapes Jail Term
Through... an unusual procedure, that
of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
company showing almost unheard of
leniency in a case where they had pro-secuted
a man on a serious charge, Wil-liam
Gable, of this place, escapes a term
in jail. Last week Gable was arrested
on a charge of hurling a rock through
the window of a passenger train. He
did not deny the charge. After spend-ing
a day in jail Gable secured bail and
on Tuesday afternoon was given a hear-ing
before Alderman Eaby at Lancaster.
As the maximum penalty for the act
committed by Gable is ten years in jail,
persons thought that Gable would secure
a sentence of at least a year. But he
was most fortunate, as the railroad
company was satisfied to drop the charge
upon the payment of a fine and the
costs by Gable, which amounted to about
$36. Guy Longenecker was also taken
into custody the latter part of last week
on the charge of illegal train riding.
He was with Gable when the stone was
thrown. Longenecker was also left go
on Tuesday upon payment of a fine and
costs amounting to $13.
Gable says that he has learned a lesson
and will amend his ways. He claims
that he would not have thrown the rock
if he had not been under the influence
of liquor. Let us hope that he will cut
out his bad habits and he and the town
in general will be the better for it.
daughter to her home, where he re-mained
for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell, of Col-umbia,
spent several days with Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Grosh. Mr. Charles Beck,
of Lancaster, spent Sunday at the same
place. Mrs. Mitchell was Miss Bertha
Bew before marriage, a resident of Lititz
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Herr, who have
been residents of this place for several
years, where Mr. Herr was superintend-ent
of the Lititz, Manheim and Ephrata
Gas Co., left on Monday for Pleasant-ville,
N. J., where he has accepted a
position with the Pleasantville Water
Co. They request the RECORD to extend
a fond farewell to their many friends.
Rev. A. de G. Vogler and wife left
town on Monday. They went to Phila-delphia,
Bethlehem and several other
places where they will visit relatives be-fore
going to their new home at Utica,
N. Y., where Rev. Vogler will assume
the pastorate of the Second Moravian
Church. Rev. and Mrs. Vogler have
resided here since July last, since
which time he has been assistant prin-cipal
at Linden Hall Seminary.
Blaze Was Started by a Cigar
Tobacco, both in the form of a cigar,
and as it appeared on the lath in a tobacco
cellar, played a most important part in
what might have been a fire of serious
results one night last week on the farm
of Albert Shenk, about a mile west of
this place. The evening was a windy
one and Mr. Shenk who had been in
town lit a cigar before starting to drive
home. He arrived home all right and
after putting the horse and vehicle in
their places, decided to go into the to-bacco
cellar and lay some tobacco out
for dampening. Mr. Shenk spent the
greater part of an hour in the tobacco
cellar and when he emerged he perceiv-ed
smoke coming out of the wagon shed.
Hurriedly conducting an investigation
he found that the shed was filled with
smoke and that the blankets and cushion
seat of the vehicle he had used to re-turn
home were on fire. Mr. Shenk
stamped out the fire at the blankets and
then pulled the vehicle out of the shed
and used a bucket of water to extinguish
the blaze that was raging there.
The fire was started by a spark from
Mr. Shenk's cigar dropping among the
blankets while he was returning home
and smoldering there for some time be-fore
bursting into a flame. Just as the
tobacco caused the blaze, so through
Mr. Shenk going to the tobacco shed to
work about the tobacco, it was the cause
indirectly of him discovering the fire in
the nick of time to prevent the destruc-tion
of one or more of his buildings.
Mr. Shenk says that he has stopped
smoking as a. result of the expcricncs.