A pound of 40 per cent, also cost
ing 20 cents with cap and Blow
match inserted slantingly beneath a
pine stump, cracked it into three
sections tearing up the roots for some
distance. The same treatment did
the same for a maple stump. Two
and a half pounds of 60 per cent, un
der a mud cap on top of a 4,000 pound
rock pulverized the bowlders
while one and a half pounds slipped
underneath, threw out the rock as
clean as a tooth. The explosions
made people take notice for miles,
the total cost of removing the rock
was 8 cents. The ditching in mud
and water also proved interesting.
DOCTOR-S ALARMED
Over Danger of Diphtheria Epidemic
At Willimantic
Physicians at Willimantic are ho
coining alarmed over the number of
cases of diphtheria that have been
reported to the health authorities.
There have been several deaths of
late from this disease and there are
now five cases under quarantine. In
the home of William Shorten, at the
corner of Clark and I'nion streets,
there is a little girl, who is very ill
with the disease. A week ago Satur
day night her little brother died from
the same disease and there is danger
that the little sister will also die.
All the cases are children.
City Health Officer Hr. W. P. S.
Keating has taken a vacation after
his sixteen weeks in the isolation hos
pital taking care of smallpox patients.
