Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-28
a-aDvEHEr.iE WITH COEFlNS.
\ Young Man Wants " "GheerfuiIcr''
Occupation.

4 man employed in the shops of the Wind
sor Coml arG C"aret company, in this State
had chastity time # il, the othcr day, IT
was in tie carly morning; II sort of mist
bung over the town, and everything took on
an exceedingly s)mbre and unearhly look III
the shifting twilight. This young man came
down carly Ia the shpps 10 opcn up, re-
plcui-h the fires, start The Wheel etc, and as
he s., ,ppcd into the yard and unlocked the
silcp .'oor hc couldn't help a sort of shlver
running down us back. at the unearthly
lJnl cf every thing. The giu"."y rows OF
cOilius, stacked up inside against the Waia.
Aia not seem to tighten his spirits
any, anu &c he crcpt along through
the room he glauCei up askance
to see il there wasn't skull grinnlng ct him
over the cdzc of one of the long boxes, or Il
bouy hand and fo' earn btckOning him to
climb up and lie GONn for awhile. almaglne
IL. Young mas terror when 'ir thought he
saw on, If lic c.iil1s begin t. move little
-th.na lltle more m the whole heap
seh,ucd t. b" stirring, AMI topping, "nu
l~uy 3" hil For "A moment his heart
iroZ. within him, and his lIir lifted hls hat
r4ht off his head and hung II carefully on
the peg above the iorcmau's desk. Then the
Jam phanlom-What if that big pile OF cot
| fins should get to falling. and all tumble
down and smash to pieces j. What woult
/ the foreman say to him? Gulping down hi'
/ fcats, and clrnching his tech on them, tue
young man made d. ash for the pile OF CO,
fins, to steady them, and prevent, II posi-
bic, the iaucied catastrophe. Whether INT
. ill-belanccd tier really had begun to tOtter, o
whether the motion WAS only IN the youn!
mans imagination, the moment he tonche'
the cCfiins, down they came, slappliy-Oane
Then cusucd scene which for ghastly an
realistic horror has never been equallcd out
side the pages of romance. The top com
Just grazed the young mans head, and slii
ped down ON his back, coming TO the HOG
with Il crash al his hctl', and splitting opr
from end To end. rhe second co'
fin whangcd him right IN the brcas
! and sent him keeling over baci
ward ike a man who has just openr
IA fresh egg at the breakfast liable. Ihe
they began To come in good earnes'-'
1 paIls, and fDcks, aud drovcs, and deleg
J tions, till it sccmud As III ugh the whole a
was iull OF flying coins The young ms
5 was So wcdgtd in that he cunldn't move,
& be lust stuck up his feet aud let 'rm com
e Bang bang Sometimes they landed
-, him, and sometimes they didn't. AS last
h "A cotlln would ruo,t ON the sOcs Of his boot
V he would kick II or, aud elevate his feet /
Il more. In about three src)uds he was
" coralIed IN with collins that he couldl
y see daylight. The sweat Of hoT
~ burst from every pore, and all l
~ past deeds of his life rushed before him Ii
- p ocesson of Office seekers bounding h
". for his vote. Then there came momenta
~ lul in the dilbolical crash, aud thnt no
~ started up in the young mut's breast Slo
u ly aud carefully he turned over. and beg
to strain at the gloomy mass ABOVE hlm W
his shoulders. 1t yielded a little, hi
er more. Tuis encouraged him, and he
lie forth mighty effort. Struggling like Al
OF with the world on his shoulders, he hols
ed the pile. Whaok bang! Down they ca
aIain all around him. One of them III
II, stool, vi h pot Of varnsh ON
Ike staining Lear the s;ovr, and in half a sec'
to the uruish was all in flames, I'LL
,re the room with smoke Blinded, suifoca
III almost exhausted with his terrible eXerll(
~. the tuc,iiued coilin-mHk,r cravled tuwi
e., the do r on nj, hands and knees, and
~ iu-t rcuth enough u oICn IL and uln
~" outside. Some one happened 10 he pass
~ and the alarm WIS quickly G'v-r In
pie minutes the town tire cngip" WAS ON
N s ground, and the fire was under control,
ana the crowd was dispensing, dolorous loII
set indiyi lual stepped up to the foreman OF
, in shops and asked for n discharge. NV
at Fred, what for? [, wasn't your fault,
lost the foreman.
.ich II know it =" said III. sal looking yC
aud man ''hut pvc abou made up my min
.ery un making baby cradles, ur some such cl
pht taller occupation