A brother, Charles LeRoy, in the
government employ at Washington,
died a short time ago.
Mrs. F. E. Smith
Mrs. Celia A. Burdick Smith, former
ly of Putnam, and who has relatives
here, died at the family home at
Northbridge Center from the effects
of a stroke of. apoplexy sustained
about two weeks ago. Mrs. Smith
was 60 years of age, the wife of Frank
E. Smith. She was born at Thompson
daughter of Robert and Phoebe Wil
bur Burdick. Previous to coming to
that town she made her home at East
Douglas. Besides the husband, she
is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Merrick Houghton of South Sut
ton, and Mrs. George Brodeur of Fair
haven, Vt, also a sister, Mrs. Gifford
Bridge of Providence, and a brother
Henry Burdick of Putnam. The fu
neral was held Thursday at the home.
Burial was in the cemetery at South
Sutton.
Extinguishing Burning OIL
, An easy way to extinguish burnfcV
oil has been discovered by varnish*
factories, who use fine-meshed wire
net for this purpose. As soon as the
net covers the burning surface, the
iron wires conduct the lient so rapid
ly tlint the g.-is can no longer flame.
This is the principle of the Davy
safety lump.
Vaet Bum Spent for Feed.
The people of the United States
spend more than (48,000,000 a day for
food, or nearly (1,500,000,000 a month.
