Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-08-23
"catterwisser,' -opposition Line

One of The Reporters OF the Philadelphia Bulletin
furnishes the following:
Going to Wilmington the other lay in the cars,
rather singular looking individual, Soine-
what stout, rather careIeSSy dressed, and with u
straw hat pressed down over his eyes; he was also
distinguished by an inperiurbabe and apparently
taclturn sort of Il look. quiet, rather IGt mot
ensive- looking old gentleman W no was sitting near
him, happened 10 mention Che CalawiSSa railroad,
when our impertuTbable friend, suddenly raising
his straw hat, hanging it the of his head,
aud looking the Old gentleman straight III the eyes,
thus spoke:
"CGttsr'DiSScr! Have We ever Travelled OIL the
Catter1UisSer 1Oad?' ''No SirI' said the aid gem
tleman, looking rather surprised. "DOn't them"
said he, 'lt you believe i'll hereatteI--tion't do it
unless your LIES nSurzd--lf [ Agent Of
Life Insurance Company, I'd put into every poll
cy, that evry man who Travelled on the C1tterLcS$er
road should pay five per cent. extra,--Dd We
ever see The CdttcrriSSer?" "No, SIR said the
old gentleman.
"Well, I'll tell We how it is; they've gethered
up all the sharp curves, and long bridges, and
high tEeStle work and steep grades all the roads
III the United States, as an, i'll us ira ton otwIata
railroad Kin be; butthere'S one advantage about the
CdiLcrCiSSer, TIRES SaUin Of bell rope, it winds
round Jest like snake, and WHEN the Conductor
vents 10 speak TO the Engineer, lie jest goes Quito
the hinder e'enG of the and that Jest brings him
where he kin shake hands with the Engineer, al
rays. Yes, sir-tee, there never wus anything
like them cutves-there's place on the CATER
trsser they call RringtOrn, because the road after
deScnbim' circle comes round to the same place.
II wOr goin' on ii the other day; when we
came 10 that ar place seed d engine comm smack
into the hind Car.--l thought it belonged TO
another train, but It turned out 10 be the ocOmo
live OF our tram comm round like Cat altr is
own tail, and the !lficuity wuS, that they'd put
OH so long train that 1t went round the hull ing
aud nothin' saved us but reverSin' the engine
There is one other advantage, stranger, III the
Cdtter1!sSeT--yr neusr meedG doctor; hey bridge
night up the mountains, usim' the little ones lor
'butmentS, and the ouIy level place is right Oil
top OF the mountain, 81 ifye do run OF the track,
yer smashed up SO that one can't be told from
another"
Here he paused minute. and gentleman who
had been listening. quietly remarked-'Ain't pOu
the Captain Of the Northumberland Goat?' .WelP
said he, stranger, mayb be am.
RoarS Of laughter greeted his answer, as the Sc
ere: OF his opposition TO the 'C0ucrCiSSer' thus
came out.
While on the subject we may as well stale, for
the information of those who may have an irkiing
that the Captains STORY had some Slight foundation
III fact, that the point OF the whole lies in It's er-
ceSSiuc unveracity.-Fhe CatawiSSa may be conf.
IDENTITY commended, in the words of NIynheer Van
Gennde, as 'agoOt rUat my lors-a fiery goot roat!'
III Tact one OF the very best roads III tie country.