The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-12-23
Hlisrfllaufulls.
"A Western Locomotive Fire man 10
his friend i'm the East.

"You won't shake long oil my engine says
he: "for if pine knots don't drive out your
srer, one or two collisions will fix you com.
plete."
avail, on to his engine went, and haint
shook since. It's better than a Kolagog'
Joe is a perfect brice. He'd ruther run in
to a train or drove Of cattle than not. You'd
ought to see the horns fly sometimes We had
aittIe fun the other night, and I'll tell you
how il was. The other train, that we meet
every night at pileup station, has been in the
habit of holdin' on to the track on our time,
and the conductors had two or three jawinS
about it. Our conductor saySto the other one,
says he, If you don't get of on to the Other
track little livelier in futur, Ill run int" you
some night-sures you live"
Then the other one says, "Iou run inter
me and you'll get cleaned out, certain. An
I'll stay on the track twelve hours, if | like
you bet your sweet life O that"
"Wall," says our conductor when you
stand on the track on my time, you've got to
90 back to the east end of the side track to
switch of, or you'll ketch it some dark night"
"No," says t'other one, aint going to
no east end of the side track to switch Off
cartain's you live"
wall, then, you'll get smashed up, sures
you live
"Wall, you jest try it on
"Wall, you'll see."
avail, you'H see"
"You'll make heap by runnn into me,
reckon"
"Wall, you'N make heap by holdin' on to
the track-Mats certain"
II 1,t ind Of f,Il. ~ n
onoe or twice, and the other night, about halt
past two in the morning, they got to the STA
ton ahead of US aud held on. The conductor
goes into the depot and cocks his feet mp on
the stove as cool as cucumber, leaviH' train.
eight passenger carson the track. The
depot man is a wideawake chap, and because
his switchman was sick and off duty, he kn"wed
he cot to turn the switch if the train was put
on the side track for us to 60 by. 5" he went
in and axed the conductor if he warn't goln' on
to the side track?
"Y aas, spose So"
"Wal," says he, "you can't hc a mite too
quick about it-now tell yc.
The conductor went out kinder slow, and
telled tie engineer to go to the west end "i
the side track and switch off, but at"re they
got there they met us, and then want there
some fun! Joe Smashup says to me, What's
them feIlers trying 20 do? Aint they on our
time? Yes" says he; looking at his watch,
"the track belongs to US; an Pm going to let
her rip, sure's you live"
"What," says !, "you goin' to run these
trains toge,her?'
"Look here" says he. elm running on
nv time-the track belongs to me, and don't
see anv signals; so amt to blame if there's
a smash. Same tme between you and |,
we'd always orter be ready to jump when we
get rear this depow and he gin me wink, rs
If 10 say, "Look out for yourself!'
It's mighty straight track across the coun-
try at Pileup, and we struck pretty good gait
Joe had his hand upon the irons, but he kept
lookin' mighty sharp. "By George" says he,
"we shall head 'em off. They can't get up to
the switch in time. Get read dy to jump No
you needn't Twont be killer, for they
have stopped. and are crawling off the other
way. I'm ofroid we shall run into 'em though"
did jump, though, before she struck, but
Joe stuck to the machine. He's used to it,
and knew just how hard thev'd hit, to pound.
The damage wasn't no great. The Lion,
t'other locomotive, war smashed up considera-
BILE, and one baggage car and one passenger
weren't no good afterwards. Then all the
couplings and platforms in both trains were
smashed up We lost our cow'catcher aud
lantern but the old bully machine run jest as
as well as ever that mornln.
Well, the passengers screamed. One mans
ankle was smashed, one shoulder was put out
of joint, and one passenger had his leg crushed
all to pieces We took him to the depo, and a
young surgeon cut off his leg at the thigh
It's probable that he'll die. The young doc
tor has got to hangin around the PlleuP, depo
every night for the train. | relieve he's cut
off four legs there in two mnnlhs. l heard
him tell Bill Robinson that he was ahead yet
got sight of this fellow sure. heard the
jaw between the conductors yesterday, and
reckoned ona job this morning
The man that was smashed was 'goin home
to his family in Wisconsin. 1t took us a long
time to clear the track, and the passengers
growled like fun after they got over the fright
Now, Jim, come out here, and get OH trail
with gritty set of conductors and engineers
and you'll have heap of fun, surc's you live
SAMUEL FIREATER.