Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1885 — RLY CAUGHT. [ARTICLE]

RLY CAUGHT.

y?—san’« Fear of Burglars—The V/A>rjr of an Electrician. F JH, IBnffaloffrN. T.) News.] - At thread of night Mr. J. B. Anthony, a wholesale grocer of Troy, N. Y., was awakened by his burglar alarm annunciator, which to!d him that his house had beeh entered through the roof scuttle. He hastily dresses, rings for a policeman, hurries to the upper story, and hears the burglar m the servant’s room, threatening her with instant death if she made a loud noise. He was captured, convicted, and sentenced to Sing Bing prison for ten years. So said Mr. C. H. Westfall, the electrician of Westfield, N. Y., to our reporter. a “Do city residents generally use burglar alarms!'’ “Yes, all first-class houses are provided with them, and I have never had any dissatisfaction from my customers, many of whom are the test known and wealthiest people.of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other large cities.” “Do wealthy men have much fear of burglars?” “As a rule, wealthy men do not keep valuables in their house, und yet they are not sure that they shall escape burglarious attacks, and they don't feel secure without a first-class burglar alarm apparatus in their house. Every door, window, and scuttle is connected with the annunciator, and It is quite impossible to effect an entranco without the fact becoming at once known.” “i'on t electricians run considerable risk in handling w;ros.” “Even ti e most care.ul of them sometimes get a feho k. A few years ago, while I was descend ng stairs at Elmira, N. Y., with a wirj co l in my band, 1 felt as if I had refe'vea ihe ■ ntire charge from the battery. For over a half hour l suffered the keenest agony. 1 did not know but what I hod been .ata 1/ injured. After completing my business circuit, 1 returned to B:ston, and for eigbtren months did not get over tie shock. I lost my appetite; all fMd tasted alike. I could not walk across tno common without resting several times.” * “My head whirled, and I reeled like a drunken man. I consulted the best physicians in a good many large cities, but none of them seemed to understand my case. About a year ago I was in Albany, and a physician there stat d that I would probably not live three months. But to-day,” said Mr. Westfall, and he straightened himself up with conscious pride, “so far a 3 I know, I am in perlect health. 1 weigh 170 pounds, eat well, sleep well, feel well, and am well. One of my.old physicians gave me a thorough examination a few wee ts ago, and told me that I was in a perfect condition.” “You are a very fortunate man, sir,” remarked the scribe, “to have escaped instant death after an electrical shock.” “Oh, it was not electricity that prostrated me. It was a uremic convulsion. For all my physicians told me I was a victim of a very serious kidney disorder. And when they and a dozen widely advertised medicines failed to benefit me, Warner’s Bate Cure restored me to perfect health. That preparation is invaluable to every grade of society, for it is a priceless blessing.” “Thefc is no need of death from handling electrical wires If the operators will exercise care. In our burglar alarm attachments there Is no possible danger from that source.”