New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-01
+ uESTFRN LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN TO
ms FRIEND IN TIE EAST.

TOLEDO, Nov. IL, lrJ1.
DEAR JIg. Why don't you pack up You plumber
and come here. We have rare sport, IN tell yoq-
Won can bet your life of that When first came our
here had the sger good deal. shook every other
day for six months, and then got gong every Jhsr
day Took more quiDine than d horse could draw.
Alter while Joe snashup ssked me to run % hs en-
eiDe and ERE for him. " You wont shake long on my
locomotive" says he, for If pine knots don't drive
out your ager one two collisions Ill ix you com
plete." -
since. It's better than n kolsgog.
Joe i. perfect brick lie ruther run into tram
or Grove Of cattle than not. You'd ought 70 see mo
horns nv sometimes. We had little fun the other
uil bi and II tell you hos il vas The other tram
thar We meet every night at Ple-up station, has been
ia the habit OF hodin 10 the track on our time, ami
the conductors had two or three aSins about It, Our
conductor lays TO the other one, says lie, II you
don't get of on 20 the other track little hveller III
futur III run into YOU some nght-sure'- you live
Then the other one says, You run inter me aud
youll get cleaned OUt certain. An Il stay on the
rack twelve hours if lke-yOu bet your sweet life
o. that
oval. saws our conductor, when you stand on
the track on my time, you've got TO 90 back 70 the
east 81 Of the side track TO switch or oryou keteh
il ZONE lark night"
mo" says other one, " / amt going 10 no
east end OF the side track 10 switch oh-ceran You
live"
Wall" then, you'll get smashed to heIl-uP 'urss
Wall, you jest try it on
Wall, JOul rec.
Wal, you u ser.
You'll make heap by rUnnin into mo- |
reckon.
WAL, yoaR make heap by heldIn' on to the
track-thafs c5t0ta.'
Well Won see that the kind Of talk we had once or
twice and the other night about hall past two 10 the
morn 2 they got 10 the station aDe ~ OF Us ana held
on TIE conductor goes into the oepO and cocks his
feet up on the stove ss cool as cucumber. leavin
tlaib-eight passenger cars-On 4 track. Ihe dspp
nan i wide. axe chap, and because hs SWITCH
nan ~ suck and ri duty, he k1oved ne got 10 tqra
he itch ii tie train put 10 the side track for
u To- 20 by. 81 be went 10 aud axed the conductor II
BE- warn goin on - the eide track
" y sar lsp0se So
" all says he, You can't be mite too q1lc1
about ir-nOw ! tell ye.
Tbe conductor y eht out kinder slow aud telled hs
engineer 10 9, the west end OF the side tack and
- Itch oil hut slOre they got there they met Us
then want there -Onis fDn, Joe SDsshup s+ys 70
w hat them fe1trs tryin TO do Amt they on oar
tim, D. "lts, s8ys ne looking A. bis watch, ths
track belongs 10 u, an m golD 10 let her rP-sure
Won i've.
What says !, YOU goia to run these trains
Look here, says he In rauDin on my o"n
tine-tbe track belongs 10 me, aod doa Sc anJ
signals 20 amt 10 Dlane ii there sGl =. Sas7
tin between yeu and l. WE'D always orfsr De Ie-ly
10 jump when &c gst near This depo; ana 1s =" ''7
- iBL o. II 10 roy, LOOk out Tor JoAt fSii .
Ifsaui.hiy rtr i.bt irYnk serDs- toe coahl'y a,
pileuo ara We sfgn 4 \ pr tty good ga De nd
Iii. bald DyOn the ifon-. bui Dc k7J' '''sh u guy
shtry " IIy George 20 ssy- b. 90 -oal neal IN
M TBey AMT s.t ~ 70 The sSf"1 10 'i'h7 1T
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