New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-03
1 THOTGHTLESS DYNAMITE BLASTEE'
c,crr1,1. WITH HIS BLASTS. But RECKLESS
WITH HIS SYMPATHY.

CAREFUL WITH HIS BLASTS. But RECKLESS
WITH HIS SYMPATHY.
bIaster in le northern part of the CITY got hmscii
into serious difficulty by failing TO appreciate S'"'
ton lie had carefully prepared to SCI OH SIN '"'s'
of dynamite at once The usual pie oi I've, "1
bcaped on top OF the blasts, and then the electro
ho,Icr,. did It's work A heavy explosion followed,
but no harm was done II declared To be sue
ccssful blast But II aftcrward discovered 'n''
one Of the charges had failed to go OIL Inc OIaN'''
then proceeded 70 get at this charge with great od''
The log, were cautiously removed, ana hoor'' Wa
sci 10 work 10 remove the tamping with his fingers.
this being an extremely delicate operation 50 '' nc
might put In new fuse and reconn"ct the electric
h,ttory with il Everything seemed TO be going on
smootllv when the charge took fanc" TO explode
II exploded all In direction strangely ch"'-h c
man who was removing the tampihe ana tho'' wiz
were standing around him were not injured nu' '"o
dynamite when it went of picked up two OF 'h'cc u'
o. rock more or less aud started OIL Win II at I'''
c,ft II carried il along a trench, across street.
o,or mart of 0vcacrc 10, and dumped the Who'll" mas
into a respected taxpayers front parlor Ihch '"'
dynamite began play small boy IL TIRE" N'"uc' '
the s,atuary in the room. smashed pahu"t'' '',"'
every window there and filed the piano Win " 'o''''
assortment OF smashed rock freshly gathered from INC
bI,stinr trench hrst-class, oh and cNpcrch'ci
cyclsnc coud not have had more III" WIN r''''
furniture than that blast had
The blasting contractor was sorry that Ills dynamite
had >traycd away from il proper r"tnrt'' ana SCI
ont 10 find IT, When he reached the h"use Ia INC
dvc-acr, lot where the wandcrcr had been seen ID
enter he saw the owner OF the iuIlItu0 'ooAi"7
around at the wr-k in dazed way.
"scems TO have got in here. DOESN'T 1t " sara '"'
owner of the DYNAMITE sympathctically.
Il should think it had" ga-pcd the owner {" 'he
furniture.
"prohe n few, windows sec." said the owner OF The
dynamite consolngl,
few,n cried the owner Of the furniture.
we'll" said the contractor am sorry about those
windows III have put in for YOU
How about that carpct?7 cried the owner OF the
furniture.
oh, III have that cleaned MP for Won"
How about those paintings" screamed tue Outraged
property owner
"Um. Arc they valuable''
"valuable, They're works Of old masters
Il sorry." said the owner VI the dynamite with
unaffected compassion
And how about that piano. You have filled j up
with stones There wasn't better piano in the Cty
OF New York. aad It, ruincd. Listen to ulSi7
he shouted and he struck several Of the keys 80 that
u dismal hollow groan came from the inside Of the
pan1 where the affected chords prOle ted against his
touch.
on" said the owner OF the dynamite a smile II.
Eliminating his foce. "I'll send my carpenter over
Well dig the stones ont OF the piano and then guess
he can TX 1t up"
"Send carpenter e. fix my piano Will yon -
roared the owner Of the furniture. Maybe yOuD
send sailor 20 up those ruined may be
you'll send scrub woman to wash OF thOse decorated
walls; maybe youl SEMI d brckaycr 70 pat tina.
shattered Parlan marble together again. Maybe you
WILL and maybe you won't You'll get sued that's
what you'll get.'
And 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
cabinet worker.