St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-18
Blown Up.
From Once IA Week.

IhiilS Wong aS You say Or they wouldn't |
always hc ahuStiu'. faint once. uuI
twice. nor now and then, for it'> Il thing
a. Is always a-happrnlng: and though |
I've never had more than Il Scald or two |
my sell. sc seen some strange sights |
nicn all blown to pieces. 50 they were
picked up attcrWard in baskets: men
taken To the hospital with their flesh
hanging to them in rags. and there
they Il lie within" and tearing at the
wl;Ippiug~ in such agonN. that there.
amt above owning ii Eve cried like
Il child I" sec my p""r mates >rItfrring>.
And there they ii hc. day after day. till
Il sort ot calm came over them. Inh the
pain Went. When they'd quite smile ii
You spoke to en-, they seemed 50 easy
and il would be hccIII>t. IL gentle hand
Was Land upon EN-. and they we've goin"
int" the long sleep.
Scmr gets better. but not when
they re S"aIdrd badly for its strange
stun. i steam. Well. no: I'm not
afraid. and never do feel afraid. Whats
/ the good =! Ones got to do. and there's
| the mouths 1T home to feed. 50 one
cant afford it and then the odds are
/ precious long ONES against it being ones
| own bu>tiu.' But NOW 80 many more
steam engines are coming into use. dal
| 10y day II seems aS if som. thing ought
/" hc done III the Way of maxim" hilrr,
stronger. Chcapnc>> l. chrapuc>S, hut
/ then Il thing dear ut amy pIIcr that
makes SsclI ruin aS I've seen sometimes:
~ why don't they try some tougher
metal than iron though. certainly.
Stcan'> >tlong enough To tear up amy
. thing. But there seems to me To hc
some fresh plan wanted ior bilcrS. |
didn't work there. but went and had
Il look dTrckly after that horrible .lcci-
dent ut the works last autumn. Well.
there WAS about an arIc of buildings
>Ic't> and >etIrI->Wcpt away H. If Nou 1t
battered EN- all down: great bricks.
weighing Il hundred and 4 hali. pitched
here and thrIc like chan: sheets ot lead
sent fly ing Il hundred yiud>: tall chin
ncN> poW drrCd down; and the Iii" bus
ted hllcr itself jumped right ont of it,
place While aS To the miidlc "f it. thai
WIS torn off. and crumplcd up. ami
blown, like il sheet OF paper, 10 Il dis
iamcc. Plenty of life lost there. and
plruiN "f ">"aP"@; hut What ! took
most notice of was the plates torn OF
the hilrr torn Oft, a~ said before. like
II. much paper: VI li,. these sheets or
cts. and looked inr all thu world like
torn ott postage stamps. tom OH. ol
ccuI~,. alon" tine prIt"raIing.
"Nou. then" | says to my self. THAT :
Il thing ;i> wants altering. l"u pritn-
rat, the edges of Nour plates t" admit
IiNrt>, and 81 take malt their strength
oft pI'dp> more. then You puts. p';'ap>
hot IiictS in. and they p'r'rp> cry stall
] II IL
don't >iv 50. only the RAW edges of the
uilrr looked cry stalled and brittle,
"Wrll, then, >"n,' day. comes Il hcNtlN
pressure q steam, and up goes y"ur
hilrI. busted and ,prcadin" Iuiu. and
death. and misery around.
"Ihru how are We Ia iI>tcn oar
hiler plates" SAYS Nou. if We don't ri> ct
'cm ," How should | know | amt IL
scientific man. | onl ' stokes. But orI
amt a-going /" tell me. are YOU. that
Nuu scientific men and hilcr makers
can't find II" other way to make hilrr-
only hN rivctimg them! Say N"m bends
he plates edges over. and hooks one
into the other, hike the Tin >IrSpam ma
kciS does THEN tin. They'd stand some
strain that way and YOU wouldn't weaken
NouI plates. | amt Il biler maker. or
Lat
there. that's only one way ont of many
~ could br found by cNpcriment.
Seems to me. Sir. aS if w, English
people hates ANYTHING new, and aIwaN ;
wants to keep to what our fathers and
yl:lndtathcI.> had before us. They went
along and made their fnotnaIk>. and
We 90 along after 'rm. putting our foot
in lust the same spots. thinking it mus
he right. come what will of it,
. Had t" do with engines many Years
stocked locomotives and stati"n;,Iic>
agI Iicuturii> and manufactures. and
printing offices. and been down in tn,
, engine rooms of steamers: and that
last : about the hottest and worst of all
Killing work. A"u know. for nlhodl
specially i'll hot country. where every
breath OF ali that comes down t" N"u Is
already roasted, a> it were. and don't
' do N"u II" good.
Bu>tInS! Well. no, only one. ano
that was quite enough; for though II
didn't hunt my body. 1t did hurt my
heart. and If Nou happen To hc Il father
N"u'll understand what mean.
1t waS dinncr-tImc ut our works,
great place. where tn" engines used t'
II" ""ing t" pump water ni%h' '"d "a\
-" that there were NV" oi US an" one
u,.k al b,. tllN work, next week pI