When news came from guys walking around Boston, bellowing
By adamg - Tue, 09/22/2009 - 12:24pm.
J.L. Bell educates us on some of the early, municipally appointed town criers of Boston. One got his job after telling selectmen (yep, Boston had selectmen back in the day) that one of his qualifications was:
"being weake in Body," so he needed a job with no heavy lifting, or else he might become a charity case for the town.
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"being weake in Body," so he
Funny how things change. Today, perfectly healthy firefighters go out on disability, becoming charity cases for the city.
Boston was a town back then - thus the Selectmen.
But was there any mention
of present-day firefighters claiming to be weake? Because I think that's what makes all the difference.
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