Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-04-23
4 rHoueHrLgss DYNAMITE sLAsreR
Careful with His Blasts, but Reckless
with His Sympathy.


Careful with His Blasts, but Reckless
with His Sympathy.
A blaster in the northern part of the city
got himself into serious difficulty by fail
ing to appreciate a situation. He had
carefully prepared to set off six charges of
dynamite at once. The usual pile of logs
was heaped on top Of the blasts, and then
the electric battery did its work. A heavy
explosion followed, but no harm was done.
1t was declared to be successful blast.
But it was afterward discovered that one
Of the charges had failed to go off. The
plaster then proceeded toget at this charge
with great care. The logs were cautiously
removed, and laborer was set to work to
remove the tamping with his fingers, this
being an extremely delicate operation, so
that he might put in new fuse and re-
connect the electric battery with it.
Everything seemed to be going on
smoothly, when the charge took fancy to
explode. 1t exploded all in one direction.
Strangely enough, the man who was re-
moving the tamping and those who Were
standing around him were not injured, but
the dynamite when il went of picked up
two or three tons of rock, more or less, and
started off with il at n lively gait 1t car
ried it along n trench, across n street, over
part Of five acre lot and dumped the
whole mass into respected taxpayers
front parlor. Then t.. dynamite began to
play small boy. IL threw stones at the
statuary in the room, smashed paintings,
broke every window there and filed the
piano with sele.... assortment OF smashed
rock freshly gathered from the blasting
trench. A first class, old and experienced
cyclone could not have had more fun with
parlor furniture than that blast had.
The blasting contractor was sorry that
his dynamite had strayed away from its
proper pastures and set out to find it.
When he reached the house in the five acre
lot, where the wandcrer had been seen TO
enter, he saw the owner of the furniture
looking around at the wreck in a dazed
way.
Seems to have got in here. doesn't itin
said the owner of the dynamite, sympa-
thctically.
II should think it hadr gasped the
owner of the furniture.
Broke few windows, | see," said the
owner OF the dynamite consolingly.
"a fewlp cried the owner of the furni-
ture.
about those windows. I'll have new ones
put in for You"
"How about that carpets" cried the
owner of the furniture.
''Oh, I'll have that cleaned up for you"
"How about those paintingsy" screamed
the outraged property owner.
I'm. Are they valuable'"
'Naluable They're works of old mas
ters."
II am sorry said the owner Of the dyna-
mite, with unaffected compassion.
"And how about that pianof You have
filled it up with stones. There wasn't
better piano in the city of New York, and
now it's ruined. Listen to thisr' he shout
ed, and he struck several of the keys so
that a dismal, hollow groan came from the
inside of the piano where the affected
chords protested against his touch.
"Oh, said the owner of the dynamite,
smile illuminating his face, I'm send my
carpenter over. Wen dig the stones out
of the piano, and then guess he can fix it
up"
"Send carpenter to fix my piano, will
your roared the owner of the furniture
Maybe you'll send sailor TO sew up those
ruined canyases; maybe you'll send a
scrubwoman TO wash off those decorated
walls; maybe you'll send bricklayer to
put that shattered Parian marble together
again. Maybe you will and maybe you
won't! You'll get sued; that's what you'n
getr'
And now that the suit is begun, the
owner of the dynamite is sorry that he did
not use more diplomacy, and instead Of
carpenter for the piano suggest a cabinet
worker. New York Tribune