The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-02-16

'''NN /" Albany. few weeks since
respectable but poor looking woman, with
cio"d OF care upon her face and 4 feeble
snow OF weeds in her arparel.aprn cached the
wicket and asked if she could have her E,r.
GAGE checked for Lowell. Th. b,oo,re mas
Ter was pointed out to her, and she approach
{" him. and proposed the same rnc<ion
IN" man kindly inquired where her harraoe
was and she pointed to large pile which
ne 'mmetia'clv perceived had come from a
distance. He asked to look at her Ticket:
anh on seeing them tod her that they woula
not carry her on the Western road. ana
won!n not carry her TO Lowell on anv road
h" tears >pran, To her owes. hcr liz ,n;v-
cred. and sh" told him that She was ,,or.
that her husband was dead, that she was on
her way TO friends in Lowell and that .be
was not the poS>c>>or OF a solitary dollar
he man was touched. and called ont ,ho
ticket master: and both together. like mon
WHO had wives. and sisters. and mo.h.rs on
'''' "i'i an NilnfcSS INTO the cOntrIVan,.r
OF nlan hv which she and her b,ooaro
night b" taken through and the poor woman
relieved Of her distress r. was rof.oL;
>l"hf' and We turned away with an unbidl,.n
tear OF gratitude in our own eyes with bless.
lncS on them, and with a d.;rrmi,,.;o, %
write few words on the toy.ic which heads
this article
We are aware that railroad conlu..tors. and
Others engaged in the detail Of railroad ore
raf''nS. have much 10 trv their natien.c
ana that very naturally. perhaps. they come.
!" 'a>'' I" fre that Passengers have no ri,ht
except to be carried lhrourh. arrorjinc 70
the contract th'v hold in their tickets. They
forget, n las. that they are ,.onvrvinc crowds
over Their roads daily who are. rInaccuStnrr1
70 travelling. confused. and full of a,nrrhrp.
SONS. and that ticr confusion and a,,.r,I.,.
son ar" naufr'! and unavoidable. The, for
"'f 'hs' many who tr,vcl with Them know
n"'hln@ O; the country through w;!irh ,hov
''' t'''' - anu l.a' iho>" rOnncrtcI with
:hr r'ii are the only ones Of whom ,l,c, can
maze an inquiry. s.. whom an inr1iry
comes. u Is answered cur'lv or no. an
>wor"d AZ all the unfortunate ra>Srnr.r :
i''' to shit for himself or hcr>cl.. ard are al
Glad when thcv see a new f,.e IooL,r, ,r.r
IT." tickets. Oar r"al,r> have seen such
railroad ot'l a> rs these: they are scarce
let Us hope. hut thcy aye not so scarce ,l,,
on" does No' notice with peculiar crifjfira-
ton such scene rs we have alluded 10 in
n" paragraph above
here are railroad corlrr.or> whose faces
we are glad 70 see. Those pleasant faces
and III" uniformly Kind and polite words that
come from them givc Sunshine to \ who,.
trip On" gladly waits over to ro with
them. ana no man hnt man of paticnrc-a
r"i>i'lera'e man-ha> any business - come
IN contact with the public. in connection with
The operation of rai!roa! \ clown. \
chur. man without native prlit.nc>~ and ,
4
rcia''on a> pi- would Fr in raror. lie
Is without 'hr primary qpalitir,'ion for hi> ,
post. lie might possibly do for a lr3.kcmln. !
or 'Ir"m'n. O" 4 >witch-tcn'lrr. but, for a /
conductor or a ticket seller. never. q
Til" polite railroad man secures for him
sell an ihuniln. rcwarl. \ conductor who !
Is popular with the publ. if he hr. as 'l, G
should hc. 4 man OF Irolitv. Is a.m,n whom /
the ihc railroad company cannot atIn,I to
spare. He Will get better wa.,rs, hold his
place more securely. and meet with more r
ron>licratr treatment in misfortune than any
other. for railway corporations well know !,
that pleasant conduetor> lave much to do IN d.,
making road popular with the public In
connecting lines of travel popular conlnc- !,
To-: iar more than pays his salary bv the trav i
:" that he absolutely attracts to his trair. Il
Therefore it is that there is no auolocv. in q
any case. for the employment ola conductor :.
who is not a Ccntcman-a man who makes !,
himself loved and respected by all who fray il
cl with him. e
In New England. we see comparatively !,
little of downright abuse exercised hy the I,
managers OF the lines of travel upon those n
who have the misfortune to he thrown into L
their power but. upon the cmigrant lines,
there Is enough to make a man weep wrhpitv.
or howl with Indignation that is. If half,ha
is published be true. 1t is time this thiuc were L
reformed altogether 1t is the buSiuess of {
these men to be polite and kind. and the h
commissioning of these petty tvrants for the e
work OF experimenting the Transportation of Il
human beings with human feelings, is moth Il
ing less than All outrage upon the public. e
Were it not that it would be deemed nvid
'o"S' 1t would be easy for us TO particularize. :
and give the names of those in this vicinity y
whom we regard AS model conductors Ey II
crybodv knows them, and knows whom we p
mean. They are fayoritcs of wears. They II
are known, loved and respected by thousands ,,
OF people who greet their familiar faces as $.
those OF old friends. The people know their Ii
names. and we need not mention them 81
\prinqheN EcpuLJinu. !, ~
-tiovernor Draper, of New York. was
lining the other day at Congress Hall. in AL d,
'any' where the butter happened to be par ia
icuarly rank. Here, John" said Drancr y