The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-06-18
Bringing ihe CoMpOpy to Terms.

caption of"Bringing Railroad Company to
Terms" The story goes that a railroad train
was thrown of the track by running over q
COW, on one Of the roads leading West; and
while the engineers were repairing damage,
one Of the passengers, who knew the owner
Of the cow--an old Dutch woman named
Sally Rouchfnss-regaled the company with
story going to show how the old lady, on
previous occasion had pig Killed by the
train, and how she brought the company to
terms.
"Old Sally Rauchfuss always carries her
point by sticking to 1t, therein differing from
post Office stamps, which my old FRIEND"
nodding to old Comfortable, "says are disre.
putable because they stick at nothing and
never hold on. Old Sally had, two years
ago, pig which she justly esteemed the
pride Of her pen; so fat that he could hardly
see, so fat he could hardly grunt; in fact he
was so well taken care Of that none Of these
powers were called into play, or, more prop
erly speaking, work. His over.care caused
his death; for, getting out Of the pen one day,
he rolled down the to track. The iron horse,
coming along was unheeded by the pig who
thought (perhaps soD that il would get out
Of his way-but It didn't. The lean earth
was literally larded at his death, and the iron
horse fairly snorted at the pigs last grunt.
Old Sally, on learning of her loss, raged
like a south wester. "Mine big, oh, mine
big" "Town NIT ter railroads!" was the
cry. From morning till night she poured
out her sorrow to her neighbors and her
wrath on the unIucky agent of the road who
was stationed ot H. It's only amlle OF
two from where she lives to this town--we
passed il coming out this morning. Well
this agent had the life bothered out of him
by old Sa.ly. In themidst of the busiest
calculations regarding the sale Of tickets
and making change he would see sun bon
net walking up, ill it filled the little hol,
of the Office window. and then a voice:
"Yon bays me for mine big! Yaw! no
Goes way dill you bays ME vor mine big
sntays yuste strate in dis room dill you bay.
me-"
"Fow g'way from there!'' shouted tn,
agent. ....r
"Cone, good woman, step aside, 1 wan
to get a ticket" says man in a great hur,
ry. She just looked at him Indignantly, ne
yer moved, and commenced again:
Il Goes way ven you bays me vor min
big. Mine big vat weigh dree hoontre
bounds, and vas smashed to pieces by de
s'imgine. want mine money"
The agent is raving, the man who wants
a ticket thrusts his hand through the pigeon
hole nearly dislocating his elbow as oil
Sally crowded him TO one side. The agen
gives the ticket and the wrong change. tht
man wants to have it rectifet, old Sally
shouts about "mine big" and, just as the 10
connective comes snorting up to the depot
the agent manages to have old Sally drawn
to one side, who at once turns the tide o
battle from the agent to the locomotive, ten
der, baggage and passenger cars, and all th'
Inhabitants thereof standing on the depo
platform, and raging ct one of the engineer
in particular, shaking her fist at him.
". makes you bay vor mine bigT lookin!
directly at the man, who browns her voic
with an escape OF steam, and looks intensel
delighted 1T her, and says:
"Hello, old gal. Hnin't they paid 70
that pig yet! Put it to 'em; they're as ric
as blazes!'' And this advice exactly agree
ing with Sally's determination, she ct ono
launches out in TRADE Of abuse which
only stopped by the "all aboard! Of til
conductor, and the whz.I I.whoo.hoo of til
departing lain. ... r. .,t2
Day after day old Sally besieged the agen
but he stood bis ground until one day cam
and went, and another, and old Sally failiu
to appear, great was the agents joy, belie'
ing that he was delivered from her importl
nifty. .se s...-
One stormy. rainy night, the mail tra
dashing along at full speed suddenly Stacker
ed--stood still. Buzz! whizz! Round wei
the driving wheels of the locomotive, b.
ahead it would not 60. It was directly
front of old Sally's house that this came
pass. .--.-. H.. .a. ..E.
| "What's to pay" sang out the conducto
The brakemen and engineer, fireman al
conductor, had to get out, stirring around
mud up 70 their knees. "What's to pay
f"Greaser' sung, out the fireman, and q
hands, after working with sand and gravel
the rails. found that the wheels at last wou
take hold, and. tearing mad got under W
again, hearing, as they started, old Sal
crying out at the top other voice:
"You bays me for my big. now, eh!''
What answers were made must remain U
repeated. -s.s., ,e1 g.y
T. When the conduc tor ofthe train reach
:, H, he told tire agent that he must pay
: that pig, or there would be an old won
charged to the. company as "dead loss"
next time the cars were stopped In Il
spot. ~ a
] The next day the agent paid odd Sally
full value Of her pig, on condition that |
would never bring Sthe company to ter
: again by eREAsrNo THE TRACK.