A Bad Roast For Prof. Knowlton

The elegant new residence of Prof. Knowlton, costing about #10,ooo and which has recently been undergoing the finishing touches, received a serious scorching last Saturday. Workraan were preparing a glazing for a hard wood floor, and the mixture consisting of paraffine and other chemicals, was being heated in a kettle, over a fire in the house. The heating was intended to be done by a "slow fire," but it proved too rapid, and the stuff became excited and boiled over. Instantly there was trouble, the flames shot upward and an attempt was made to get the kettle out of the door. Two men seized it, and by some means got it out, but in the excitement some of it was spilied outside close to the house, which received and harbored the flames and the department was sent for. These lads (by the way they need a new bath tub) made short work of their job, and the building was saved. The loss, however, will reach $2,000. When the fire sprung up from the kettle, Mrs. Knowlton and the wife of Prof. Adams were near it. The dress of Mrs. Adams took fire and she ran from the house and rol led in the grass. Wet leaves were also packed about her and the tire was extinguished before she had receivt-d any burns; hut it was a narrow and fortúnate escape.