The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-11-22
HYPERROLE


a'ralk about yer. darned fast lines,
said a Yankee to q Cockncy, who was
imprudenl as in the natural way Of his.
countrymcn 10 commence Dragging on
English railroads, while The couple were
progressing at the rate of forty miles per,
hour onil,c Birmingham railway. Why
mister, this ere road isspnriy considerable
for England ybhtit won't do for 'hieriky.
Wotride n straddle@ Of telegrafs there,
when we're in hurry, but when we
aim, we take The railroad. Now them:
roals ain't slow, as l'lliell you. Il waa
comm from Pnilatlcl ply, TO York, when
scslo o feller sitting close by e-swho
on nirth owns this big garden with While
palms around liz ISL
j don't see no white palms, Sos he. 53
i don't see noiliin t.lsc,' ses snnd I d
mighty tall fence ii IS too. is: IA
''rhe fellcr burst out lafn'--.why YOU
dnrned fool ses he, .them's the tclcgre-
phic posts And sure enough when the
engine f.lIer stopped. | saw them posts
q hundred yards apart, and we had been,
going so oil fired fast they loked for all
the world like white palms, Il 81
Atthis momentthe bell rang at sta.
.sien signuli before the Cockney hud fill
ly recovered from Jonathrn last dose. - VS. j.s
Whats that bell ringing for2' cnquir-
ed the latter Of his English friend. s.
tWc are approaching D. rs
sWcll them kind OF bell fixins docs
for these ere slow cars, but We cun use
'cm in 'Meriky.'
'Ah, why nol2' q.
q Travel TOO hst-fact, beat sound all
to smash. We would be smack through
a village before the noise ofthe clapper
was in tho neighborhood.' u
you don't suy! exclaimed Tho as.
tonished Cockney. y. 81 ;5
Fact again, by thunder! Why, 1
was OIL the York cars when them are
steam whiStlcrs was first tried. Nav be.
you've hcnrcd OF the terrible accident?
No? Well sir we were going i, strong.
Harrycanes were 10 wharSall nature.
seemed sl,nkin 10 pieccs--when several
miles Oft something was seen on. the.
truck. The whistle was let loose, and
she did scream nwfully--hut ii was lo
manner Of use, for icr,umllil'g over a
span Of smart horses, and a big market
wagon, wns just rising from pond,-
when along came the whisilcr's loller,
mixed up with some big curses ] mind
TO have ieared tho engine man rip ou,
when no frs. saw the wagon. But The
poor feller was dead when his voice mr.
rived. Fact got tho documents
'Ex,raordinnryr exclaimed tho hor-
ror struck CockneY' and do you use
whistlrrs yel?'
Bless your soul, no. Congress stop.
ped 'em right oil, md now we nets on
The philosophic principle that light ira.
vels an all fred sight faster ihan sound,
which will do perhaps for this generations.
We now tell 'cm we're comm by dustin
out n light thnt does as,onish animal
creation, and reckon rniher surprised
the planetary system n, first. When It
was first tried ut night, the roostcrs ON
the road commenced growing, and tho
chickens all got down from, roost, think
ing it was daylight
The cars suddenly stopped, when Jan.
ulhan having arrived ut tho point of his
dcbarka,ion, looked around at the be-
wilered Cockney, nodded his head, and
with a little carpet bag chucke,l under.
one arm and an umbrella under the o,her
took his leave sober as q deacon.