| Remedy for Insomnia
About 8:30 Tuesday evening, people in the vicinity of the square were startled by two shots fired in rapid succession, the sound apparently coming from the direction of Pearl street. In about five minutes the telephone bell at police headquarters rang and Mrs. F. J Woodbury who lives on Pearl street told Officer Lynch that some one had fired a charge of shot through one of the windows in the rear of her house. Chief Lasselle visited that house and found it was evident that the shots were from a gun shot which must have been fired in the yard of Sumner Frost, who lives in the next house, a wide yard separating the two houses. Mr. Frost stated that he retired at an early hour but was unable to sleep and after lying for some time the thought sztruck him that to make a noise might settle his nerves, and opening his window he took his gun and fired both barrels aiming down into the yard, and not once thinking of doing any harm. After the shooting he retired and thought no more of the matter until the call of the police. Two lights of glass were broken but it is thought that the charge struck the hard ground and rebounded. Sumner Frost is one of Leominster's most respected citizens, and a man who has seen a great deal of trouble in the past 10 years, having lost his wife, son and daughter within that time. The talk about his having any mental derangement is all bosh, and his explanation will be satisfactory to any opne who has ever suffered sleepless nights, and has reached a state of nervous tension where a good loud noise to break the horrible stillness is a relief. |