Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-01

,,.t .H--.r near Scranton. PENN the new
r.fsr- missed 81 -enSa-iln4. horror and %
dozen men. instead a. being hurled int.
ete-u9t, without time Z. breathe PRAYER.
walked auie,.v home On tleir dinner. quite
unconscious that Death lad them hy the
thrlat- ltmirat. after all, be- worth our
whi., q. look into The cause Of the Joss 0i
This tra-etv o. The world We should have
been keen enough O. uneartl the guilty
rarrv II ], had occurred. The facts are brief
IN These
In th,. largest anthracite Goa. mine iu tire
stale. the care of the engine hv wLic. tine
ears for passenger are lowered and boosted
is rIsc,l 10 the hands of % >rlich-lri-luau.
an ordinary fellow enough. Tie cable, ne
ce-sariIv %. great weight and tnckue--.
masses through the roo. o ~I-htiy-auilt
-..f ..se- which Dee stands One morning,
.uau -,,lI smoking bis pine his hand
uian the lover. his mind. very probably busy
with his dinner and a--urellv DOT wrought
~. O. any heroic rapture oi resolve. the a--
rendin- ear O1adei with claIl at one end et
the cable broke. and icll crashing into tho
dark shaf, {. Doe shattered into tuou~aui
fragment lie knew that in the next mu-
ME the cable. released from the train. would
fv lack and fall with cru~lin. weight 0u
the ~icketv beams and boards O.. the rolI
Death was absolutely certain d. be- did Not
4sr,r,4 from The shed But IF be- took bis
hand from the lever. the descending cay.
f1U of men. must tall one or Two hundred
feet lie mad burHne instant g. face his
death and their. and t. choose between
them. There was ID bow In the hack ol the
shed the man m0tioneI o. him with his
head to % out Then be frightened his hold
Oh the lever The lo,-ened cable struck
and caught somehow below against the side
of the shaft Surely God meant II should
81, strike Il was the DELAY of but a breath
Of time but il wa enough. The car grated
with 81 lar alrain~t the ground irr below IL
man who mad saved them above threw hun-
self from under the shed. lust o. IT, roof.
beams. pulley. and all. crashed down ou tile
spot where be had been standing.
We do not know the man name and
should scarcely need % publish 1t five did,
Fame or reward jar somehow against the
deed Itself There Is @ wholesome tonic for
all of us On the certainty. winch l~ forced
upon Us now and then. Of the unknown, un-
measured resources of courage and heroism
and unhinchinc integrity u duty which we
possess among what we choose O. cali the
mas of the people. u is, after all. only
when % man reaches the ceriain1ic~ % mild
die age that be- l. not surprised every new
day hv the knowledge OF how admirable
a crew has been put into the world Tor lis
long VOYAGE how many ol the women are
craciou, and finely naturei how many men
respond ur1mrtlv 4 the cal OF honesty or
dufv or even -elt-sacrihce. because II is the
simule and natural thing for them tl DO So.
We Will congratulate ourselves. then NOT
that his class can boast one such brave f--
low As the Se1tcI-Iri.s engineer. but tua-.
ike KING Harry over Percy 5 grave. We i.-
Heye thar il e. has thousand such a. be
Sr<,-or Sr.vNrE'> VIVA Washington
,,rra-r,rderr or the IouisviIa farrlrr-
I,,,,.uaI s,,eatin- of the late senator sum
ner savs
His beautiful home in this CITY with il
choice collection of books. uaiutiuc-. stat
nary and everything that a highly refined
and intellectual man would take pleasure
and r,rntorr In ,ya- destitute of the highest
charm which embelli,be- a home-tne ure--
s,.s ,f . Wit, and rbe v,iee ora child She
whom he chose fora wife when his early
manbood mad ripeneJ INTO maturity. Wa all
nnsuitel far H.. deer and earnest nature
and rirepe5 intellect She v9s q beagfifII
and CHARMING woman. but di.aup0intel her
husband Pr, r,osSes-in- q violent tcmre-
which was uncomuromisinr and unvieldin-
In regard TO his wishes. There wa much
scanda when after they had been married %
wear it was rumorel thar they had separated
IL Is said be was Jealous. Il she had rightly
rrizrd the possession of his great heart. then
would she never have given him cause .. bee
iesi,,;ls bur without being wicked woman