The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-10-31
A woman ard a wire.

but ftmshs
II dosscn', I.ls long ior a 40 voltage
10 iind you
while be was working on Tue soOl q.
be told story. lie gave ss reason Tor
telling this story the iollowinsi
womsn vii Sc, ioto uofse places and
come on, less hurt then .ny mao ,bst
ever lived.
While be let this assertion On ilssli 10
The mind OF bis hesofs he delivered bim
sell OF this story;
II vas working come time $50 where Nc
hsd agresi many dangerous wires Some
csrrisd voltage Of 600. some q volt.ee
800 and some . voits1e Of Ito. Many
OF the wires were go exposed that IL they
got loose from ! cir fssieninss and Tell
where people walked some one would
enrely be kiilea Warned paerla ahnnt
these wires, and ! did my best TO keep
them firmly in plsce, bat they thould
have been buried.
Oae day received complaint notice
that ore Of the main iced wires was oai
OF order and needed immediate attention.
No one knsw where the trouble was and
spent sn honr locating II. Az last |
found II in q stretch OF wire running
through semipnblic hallway. Ia order
to work freely and 10 get the lrouhlo
lemedied as soon ss possible PIT q dan
ger sign at each end OF the hallway and
then took The wire down from ito f,stsa.
lnes, l was working, OF coarse, With such
tools ss made 1t impossible for the wire
to hurt me, nnless was very csreless,
! had been st work l guess fifteen min
utes when women spoke TO me. look
ed up and there close TO me stood wo
man sbout forty years OF age. She had
prushed by the danger sign without ray
ing any attention to II. OF course, being
woman, that was oil thst could be e1
pected OF her. She was almost on top OF
a redhot siaaling live wire, aud my hesrt
jumped into my mouth. Madam, l sl
most yelled. get out OF here snd keep
close to the left wall when you 10 ont,
Young man, said she, am no, going
out Of here uutil l lad Henry Brown.
Where is he2
Madam, said /, don't know Henry
Brown, bat you're stsndipg over lishtning
and death this min ute, and You get ont
OF here.
You are impudent. said she.
lam not, said l, bat for heavens sake
20 somew here else and find Henry Brown,
Young man, said che, I'll stay here oil
night il you don't 6nd Henry Brown for
me,
Well, there was. had that wire In
hand and an obstinate old woman stand
ing over me aud didn't know what min
ute she might get hold Of that wire. /
thought very quick aud then said TO her
II You go out into that other hall and
wait there Eve minutes until / get done
With this wire, I'll see II can find Mr.,
Brown for you.
This seemed TO satisfy her and she
started for the hall, while l resumed my
work. | did not look nj her. but II ap
pears that she was about half way ont
of my hall when she noticed this electric
wire and deliberately stopped and picked
i up 10 her hand. did not even know
.bat she had done this until l suddenly
heard her say:
My. this tickles me.
l looked up and there that old lady
,tood foolinR with that wire and smiling
10 il she had Q pet dog In her hands, 1
couldn't yell Of her, Why she didn't In
,tantly drop dead don 4 know and never
will know, l tried to scream bat some
hing stuck in my throat, and / could
,nly essp and look At her. Finally she
iropped the wire and walked into tho
,ther hall An instant later sbe called TO
ne:
Young man I've no, black lines on my
,snd from your dirty old wire.
l lust showed the wire into it's regular
where II coold harm no one
rho let IL sloue. and went into the 9th
II hall and said to the old lady,
Do you know that ron ought to be
lead this minute?
No more Of Your impudeuce. Young
nan. ssid she, You inst look Al nv
lands and remember that | sm going TO
ne yonr comp,py for damages,
Sh, held M the palms OF both her
,snds and the wire had burned the skin
10 ouick and 30 sure % 10 Iesye three or
our blsck lines, Issid 10 the womsn.
That is not dirt, madam. Yon hsvs
,een burped by an eIectrio vire having