| Show NEW YORK TOWN STICKS TO CAt CANDLES AND LAMPS LAMPS' 1 r 1 Towns Towns are are like Individuals They seldom get over early prejudices There Is isone one town within a days day's travel trav trav- el of the metropolis where a majority oJ ot of the residents still burn burn lamps and candles in preference to gas The town has never run away with itself but it has managed to keep in insight insight insight sight of the procession by jogging along at t a cons conservative gait except in inthe inthe inthe the way of light One of its InhabItants inhabitants inhabitants who was here the other day explained explained ex ex- d what to some people is a a. a pe p cul arity of his town I A good good many years ago he said a d after a good deal of dickering and persuasion our t town wn gave gave the right o of way t to a gas company y to lay mains ains and put up lamp posts The pe people p e however declined ed to h have ve gas gas in their ir Lous Louses mouses s or in their places s of b business Women were afraid of it and t that at settler set- set it if l I C I IA A year orso so or-so later ter a denomination that had nad a a a number lUmb r of rich members s bulIt built built-a. a ne new church It wound have P Y been an an attractive edifice for jeVen even a amore armore atmore more pretentious t t wn a After It was s completed V a abish bish bishop p was invited d to ato to tod d dedicate it it f f The gas gas' company saw saw in the event jan an n opp opportunity to to crush out a prejudice prejudice preJudice dice and proposed to light th the new church hurch on the night of the dedication dedication dedica dedica- tion w with th gas The main in the street was tapped and a pipe was a portable gas reservoir which stood in front of of the church From this this' rubber tubes were distributed through ugh the church 7 As AB the the gas was turned into into the the reservoir it gradually expanded the rubber lining until the latter assumed the proportions of an Inflated balloon balloon- A gas company would not do it that way now but it was the only way war known at the time I mention The crowd was outside instead oC ot in in The gas display was a revelation to the town About the only people people- in the church were the bishop the the- minister the choir and the governors of the church The choir sang all the music it know and still the congregation con can congregation tarried without Some time after th the the hour hour when the- the service should have been under way there there w was s an an explosion The lining of the b burst 1 IThe T The e crowd crowd scatter scattered d. d The Tl-e lights in the ln-the the th church were were extinguished A Afew few i w minutes t sf lafer r the ite bishop bishop- the minister an alid w the choir hoir and and the y 1 the governors escaped j I by byl l windows and doors The The atm 9 that hangs hangs- 1 ov overa over r ra a glue f factory ct ry was vas was like new- new mown hay compared d with that of the Yi vicinity of the tle the p. p new new church 1 Of course after after- the explosion had o occurred occurred every every v ry old w wom woman man an In the town town- said she knew it would And they still believe it is liable to burst any minute and that is why our town moderately up to date in other respects respects re re- is still burning kerosene and can candles l s in its its- houses houses- Some of the more more modern folks have have v ventured to try to-try try electric lighting ting but there Is' Is is is' isone one town this In country where w. w exe the e. e egas gas gas' trust rust never got in its work New New New York Sun SUD |
