The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-06-24
BRINGING THE COMPANY TO TERMS.

BRINGING THE COMPANY TO TERMS.
Poher's Spirit Of ,he Times publishes an
excellent story by "H. P. L." under the cap
lion Of " Bringing Railroad Company TO
Terms" The story goes that railroad train
was thrown of The track by running over a
COW, on one of the roads leading West; and
while the engineers were repairing damages,
one of the passengers, who knew the owner
of the cow--an old dutch woman named Sal
ly Raunchiuss-regaled the company with
story, going 10 show how The old lady on a
previous occasion had pig killed by the
train, and how she brought the company 10
terms.
"Old Sally Raunchfuss always carries her
point by sticking 10 it, therein differing from
post office stamps, which my old iriend,"
noddng TO old Comfortable, "ssys are dsre-
pu,able because they stick at nothing, and
never hold on" Old Sally had, few years
ago, pig which she justly esteemed the
pride of her pen so fat thai he could hardly
grunt in fact he was so we'll taken care OF
that none Of these powers were called INTO
play, or, more properly speaking, work. His
overcare caused his death for, getting out OF
the pen one day, he rolled down to the rail-
road track. The iron horse, eoming along
was Undecided by the pig who thought (per-
haps so y that il would get ou of his way
but il didn't. The lean earth was literally
larded at his DEATH and the iron horse fairly
snoIed at The pig last grunt.
Old Sally, on learning her loss, ragged like
a soulh-wes:er. "Mine big, oh, mine big"
"rown mi, ter RAILROADS.&C. was the cry
From morning ill night she poured ou, her
SORROW 10 her neghbors; she poured out her
wrath on the uHlucky agen, of The road who
was stationed at H.. It's only mile
or Two from where she lives 10 this town-we
passed it coming out this morning. Well,
this agent had the life bothered out Of him by
old Sally. In the midst OF the buses, calcu.
latons regarding the sale Of tickets and ma.
king change he would see sun bonnet walk
ing up till il filled the little round hUls of the
Office window, and then a voice;
"You bays me for mine big. Yaw! no,
Goes way dill you bays me for mine big. |
shlsys yusie slrate in dis room dill you bays
me.n
"Now g'way from dars!' shouted the
agent.
"Come, good woman, SEP aside, want
to get ticket, says 4 man 10 grea; hurry.
She looked a, him Indignantly, never moved,
and commenced again:
81 Goes way ven you bays me for mine
big. Nine dig vot weigh dres hoondtei
bounds, and vas smashi 10 beeees by der
slimgine. want mine money"
The agent is raviug, the man who wants
,icke, thrns,s his hand through pigeon hoe
nearly disloca,ing his elbow as oId Sally
crowded him 10 one side. The asen, giTes
the ,icke, and the wrong shsnge, the man
wants TO have it rectihed, old Sally shouts
about ''mine big ~ and, Just as tie locomotive
comes saOr,ins up TO me depot, 'he agent
manages 10 have old Sally dawn ASIDE, sho
al once turns the tide of battle frcm the agent
10 the Locomotive, tender, baggage ard pas
senger cars, and all the Inhabitants ihe-so:
standing on the depot plsiform, and rssi1s
al one OF the engineers in Patisalai shaking
her fist al him.
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