Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-07-08
" Fire Crackers and Squibs''- Street Nu-
isauces &c,

~ FtIe Crackers and Squibs''- Street Nu-
isances &C.
The practice of burning fire crackers and
squibs III the public streets and upon the
squares, on days Of rejoicing, is frequently
attended with serious Inconvenience and
great injury. On one occasion two
ladies were riding in wagon on Pearl Street,
when careless or mischicyous boy threw
lighted Fire Cracker under the horse, whic h
exploded, frightening the horse and causing
him to run away. The wagon was broken -
the horse injured, and, both ladies thrown
out of the wagon. and one of them 50 injured
that she did not recover for some weeks after
wards.
For the information of the public. we pull
fish the law of our State on this subject
which will be found in the Compiled Statutes,
page 500, Section %. 1t is as follows The
italics are our own.
" Ifany person shall have in his possession
"any Cracker, Squib. Serpent, or Rocket,
" shall sell or offer to sell or give away the
. same, or shall SIT fire to, or Mrow any
Hghtcd Crachcr, SlUib, Serpent, or Rochct,
- he shall be pun'shed By fine, not ercecd'"g
'tcjt doNars."
In this conncxion we will put a few qucs-
tions which have b ,cn ON our mind on sundry
home matters for some days past
How comes it that our streets and sid,
he IL, 4 b,c Ia,
travel on them, by the presence of stones o
all sizes We do not mean stones in piles
caused by the taking up Of pavement for lay
ing gas pipes; but stones from the size of I
man fist to that ola half peek measure, whicl
seem to have been spwn. broad cast, as if OF
purpose 10 be in the way Of every rassin;
foot and wheel.
Are there no proper officials to sec to tn
correction Of 50 annoying an evil
If there arc any. can any one tell why tho,
DO not attend to it
Suppose a stranger or a citizen were t
have limb broken by stumbling through, b.
night OF day. certain open places on our rick
city board sidewalks, or hv the tumhling dow
Of the s,mc, where they lie across small IA
vines. or 10y falling down several feet whcr
an elevated walk Of that sort has hcnn abrupt
" terminated, like a bridge broken of at a
ahutmcnt. without placing any guard to Pre-
tcct or warn one passing along. would any
body be held rcsronshlc'
If there is any way of remedy ing this dar
gnr, ought not the proper authority to be AZ
piled without delay Suppose Tic life of
person. Young OF old were to be lost by tll
, by night or day, into an open wcll-witho,
any c,ub or with only three or four loose hi
,, of plank lying .Rot around its mouth. whic
well, in Il much lrcqucntcd street of the plac
is directly in the way Of those who pa
through it. and has been in that exposed con
dition for months, would anybody be held a
countablc
Are there any public officials who ought
see that so dangerous a spot is suitably take
care of Irso, who are they
Is there any law which can reach a nuisan,
that meets the eye on every hand, viz:-tl
marking. by white chalk and red chalk, !
dabs of paint of all coIors. and sometimes |
cuts Of knife, on fence boards. ratings III
awning posts, to the great offence of propric
and dcccncy, and oftcntimcs to the sarior
injury of propcrty' If there is any such la,
is it not quito time to have it enforced, and
= there is none, is it not quite time that the
t should be ono