Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-26


THE FLOOR OF 4 CROWDED ROOM GIVES WAY.
SYRACUSE, June 23-An appalling catas-
! trophe occurred here, tonight. A straw
berry festival was being held at the parlors
of the Central Baptist Church when with
out any premonition the floor gave way,
about half-past nine ,precipitating the room
, full of people into the story below. The
parlor was on the second floor and the room
underneath was also full The fire alarm
was Immediately given and the fremenhur-
ried to the scene. Soon ten thousand peo-
} pie were there.
FIVE DEAD BODIES WERE TAKEN OFT,
and the work has hardly commenced. Prob
ably two hundred persons are more or less
injured, many very seriously.
LATER-FoURrEEN DEAD BODIES RECOVERED.
Fourteen dead bodies have been recovered.
The scene in the streets around the church
battles description. Thousands are gathered
there asking after friends. waiting for the
dead and attending to the injured. The en-
tire police force and fire department of the
city were called out and took charge Of the
work of recovering the dead and wounded.
The walls of the church did not fall in, but
are seriously damaged. The church IS COM
paratiyely new one. \ few minutes be-
fore the floor gave way it trembled 50 that
many persons left the room. fearing the ae-
cident which had been predicted by many
TnK CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
The accident was caused by the giving
way Of the joist that supported the floor.
The joist ran from both sides of the room TO
cross-stringer, the middle of which was
supported by iron rods from the roof. The
stringer gave way, pulling the ceiling and
roof down upon the people aud precip;tat-
ing them into the room below.
| THE WORK OF RECOVERY
was exceedingly slow, as it had to be done
in the dark. and it was feared every moment
| t hat the walls would fall in.
The latest accounts give - killed and 100
persons injured, 20 of them seriously
Sunday Work In Cheese Factories.
The following report was read at the an
nual meeting of the Chittenden County
Conference, by committee appointed the
year before.
REPORT.
The sacredness of the Sabbath We DO not
propose to discuss. This day is universally
accepted in our churches, A. sanctioned by
our Lord, as essential to the well-being
both of body and soul, and as an inaliena-
BILE right to be secured to every citizen of
free government. We are agreed that what
ever Justly disturbs the moral sense Of the
community in respect TO the sacredness OF
this day. OF tends to lower the tone OF pub
lie sentiment, is 4 violation of this right
and ought to be resisted-remembering.
however, that unreasonable stringency only
reacts against the cause it attempts TO pro-
mote, and that he who should insist upon
reckless neglect and habitual wastefulness
as indispensable to Sabbath observance |
would only succeed in casting Odium upon |
the Sabbath itself.
In discussing the subject Of Sunday labor I
IN cheese factories, We should weigh IN |
partially the arguments both for and /
against it. The staple employed in these !
factories is exceedingly perishable, becOm
ing total loss. for factory purposes. in
few hours, unless guarded with special care,
and yet is supplied on Sundays precisely a
on other DAYS.
As a rule cheese factories throughout the
country are conducted on the Sunday work
ing plan and it is claimed, that on this
plan, there is less SUNDAY labor than would
be necessary without the factory, /. e., that
If all the milk were kept at home, there
would be much more labor to be done on
the Sabbath IN the various families than l.
required 10 take the milk to the factory and
have it worked up by the labor of two per
sons. Ii is true that if the milk i cured at
the factory during the week. it Is less work
on the Sunday to dispose of the Sundays
milk at home than to take 1t TO the factory
but this detention of the Sunday milk Is
by no means popular among dairymen, who
claim that II Is incOnvenient, expensive and
hazardous, especially in the case of large
dairles. y dairy of sixty cows c. 2, yield
ing thousand quarts per day. would lay
the burden of at least a thousand quarts a !
week upon the household work, already
ourdensOme, and yet not sufficiently heavy {
to warrant the employment Of more help.
r,if the milk be kept alta low temperature
and carried on Monday this involves con-
siderable outlay and some risk in the hot
test weather OF losing the milk. 1t is also I
aid that many have not suitable cellars or
water eonvenlences for cooling and preserv-
ng the milk, even in moderate quantities,
md that in view of the peculiar character b
II the staple to be manufactured the manu- '
acturer of cheese should be regarded as an p
Exception TO the general rule and the run n
lIng OF a cheese factory on the Sabbath q T
cry different matter from working a saw
nil, or grist mill or the like Ii
10 these claims your committee would "
reply, LIST. That We have 10 a,
lght to disturb the religion of others and II
specially IN a stated and habltual way, ex- III
ept upon the plea of indispensable neces- ii
lty. \ saw or grist mill disturbs 4 small b
eighborhoOd cheese factory breaks in ci
pom the quiet of the sabbath over a region W
several square miles. Members Of the cF
laJorlty OF families are sent out upon the pf
Dad upon secular business on the Sabbath, ca
nd IN most instances twice during the day. al
his with the natural tendency 10 congre-
ate at the factory and to linrer little
niger than when the team Is needed for
IMMEDIATE work, cannot fail to let down the -
ne OF Sabbath Observance. and tina in ~
hat has hitherto been the home OF the -
lbbath, the rural districts %, The "a
ere saving of labor in the aggregate Is
IT the chief object OF Sabbath observance. ~
1t the securing TO all as equally a possible
lysical rest and devotional enjoyment,a and
order to this the Distinguishing of this
y IN all Its aspects as far as possible from OF
c secular activity and turmoil of the week by
+, Whatever may be pleaded as to their pl,
eessity, Sunday working factories do Off
Ser the sacredness of the Sabbath where
er they are operated. This statement is
lde from actual testimony. which might sat
largely introduced did time permit. We AT
ink 1t will not be denied. Unnecessary der
'or on the Sabbath is becoming much in
re common, and it is regarded as less W,
onslstent with Christian character 10 eff
i sap and harvest grain, to prevent a STR
derate waste or risk of waste, than for aid
rly. z,t
We claim, therefore, that the ,rorLiRg Of
csc tdcfor7eS on the Sabbath IS a desecrGfi0n 7
the day; first, because it produces the upC
cts OF dissertation, and secondly. because onr
:, or, by proper provision. may be made, wol
necessary. Milk can be preserved with imr
irer care if need be from Saturday night tim
ii Monday morning. Of :
report on the milk business (made anc
bout any reference whatever to the sub ton
before us) IN the report of the Ohio
ISOLATION for ls6o contains the following. j
he sooner milk is cooled after milking non
the cooler it is made the longer il will abs,
p. We set the cans as soon as filed feet
} vat through which runs stream of que,
water and bring 1t to the temperature Cou
,oout 80 1t Is sent to the city in cans for
ing f0rty quarts each. Our milk of to- stan
NJ ana Tomorrow morning goes TO New the
k Tomorrow, night and is retailed the even
ai'er tomorrow Ii milk ut such a on
9TH of time from the pail can be peddled othe
house to house in the hot sun, can it drew
with proper care be kept for a shorter thin
cd fit for the cheese vat9
milk of Saturday night may be made
cheese by IL O'Clock p. m with proper
to get the milk in promptly at that
}. The Sunday mornings milk can be
sweet with proper mains until Mn