St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-06
Our Radix Letter.

TIE GROWN 81 GAR WHO TOUCHED
IT OFF TIMID BUTCHERS THE SEW
ARD STATUE PHILADELPHIA THE
AHEAD MACHINERY AwARDS-PENN-
| SAVANNA To TIE FORE.
| To the Editor Of tie CuIctionidn
NEW YORK, Sept. -. 1876.
When | sent Hou my last letter | WAS
not at all sure that this morning might
not find me shooting through Saturn's
rings on my way to the North Star, OF
l;lttling round III the Dippcr' or tiirt-
| ing with the PleiadcS. or getting Rugged
| 10y the Great Bear" or something
equally astronomical. But it turned
out to he not that Kind of an explosion {:
and 50 instead of playing comet in the
intcrStrllar spaces. find myself safe
on the same old planet and ''all agog''
like John Gilpim To tell the story of the
memorable moment
The dangerous work of printing the
cartridges and coumcctin" the whole
chain of holes 10y the electric wire WAS
accomplished 10y Friday night. and the
flooding of the mine commenced. by
namItc Is 81 very uncertain Il cummodl-
~ that it was not deemed safe to let
: the river rush in suddenly lest the al
tcndamt commotinn should upset the
equilibrium of this cNcitablc "hrown
sugar (Which dynamite exactly rc>cm-
hlr>l and do untold damage 80 Il
Large SNphon MAS constructed. reaching
from the rivers edge To the bottom of
the shaft. and through this the water
WAS slowly admitted. This filling with
water served the double purpose "t
protecting them from blowing ont of
the holes and Wasting Il large pant OF
them force. This done. the enormous
batteries which were To send the light
min" tia>hn" down int" th">, dark
depths. were placed and tested. and ii
nallN guards were sci to keep curious
mcddlrr> ut a safe distance till SUNDAY :
high tide. that moment being chosen IN
order t" have ihc heaviest possible
wet blanket thrown over the up
hcaVal.
sunday davnrd duh and dripping
and the line searching rain fell steadily
all day long. Nothing dauntrd hN this
dl>c"uIa%ln% stat" OF things. however.
spectators began ~ early ~ 10 \. VI.
I" arrive on that part of the New
York shore commanding the best view
OF tn" point. and having secuted good
pn>ItI"n> settled Themselves tor Il Inug
wait. >upp"itcd only 10y anticipatinu~ OF
the unknown magnitude al the blast.
and IN the possibility "t a premature
DISCHARGE " Inch they alone. Noull vii e.
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