Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-03-18


her point by sticking TO il, therein differ
ing from post-ofice stamps, which my old
friend here" nodding 10 Old Comfortable,
'says sse disreputabie, because they
stick at nothing. and never bold on. Old
Sally had. two years ago, a pig which
she justly esteemed the pride of his pen;
30 fat he could hardly walk, so fat he
could hardly see, So fat he could hardly
grunt; 10 fact, he was so well taken care
Of that none of these powers were called
into play, or, more properly speaking,
work. His oyer-csrc caused his death:
for, getting out of the pen n day, he
rolled down to the railroad track. The
ircn-hcrse coming along was UNDECIDED
b. the pig, who thought (perhaps SOY that
it would get out of his way-but 1t didn't.
The lean earth was literally landed al
his dtaih, and the iron horse fairly snort
81 at the pigs last grunt.
"Old Sally, on learning her loss, ragged
like a sou;h-wester-'Mine big, oh mine
big and, town nit ter railroads. was
her cry. From morning ill night size
poured out her sorroE 10 her neighbors;
she poured out her wrath on The unlucky
agent OF the road who was stationed al
H. lbs only q mile or two from
where she lives 10 this town-we passed
j, coming out this morning. Well, this
agent had his life bothered out OF him by
old Sally. In the midst of The busiest
calculations regarding the sale of tickets
and making change, he would see a sun
bonnet walking up, till it filled the little
round hsle Of lhe Office window, and then
q voice
tYou pays me vor mine big1 Yaw
moi Goes way dill you bays Vol mine
big. shtays yuste strate in dis roorns
dill you bays me-"
s.Now g'way from herer shouts Tie
agent.
"Come, good woman, step aside. | want
10 get a ticket" says a man in a hurry.
She just looked al him Indignantly, never
moved, and commenced again:
81 Goes way ven you pays me vor mine
big. Mine big vet weigh dree h~oontrei
bounds ind vas smasht 10 beeces by ter
sstimgine. | wants mine money The
kgeni is raying. the man who wants a
ticket ihrusts his hand through the pigeon
hole, nearly disiocates his elbow as
old Sally crowds him 10 one side. The
agent gives the ticket and wrong change,
the man wants 10 have il reclised, old
Silly shouts about mine bigI!' and just as
the locomotive comes snoring up to the
depot, the agent manages to have old Sally
drawn to one side, who at once turns the
side.ef battle from The agent to The loco
motive, tender, baggage and passenger
cars. and all the inhabitants thereof;
standing on the depot platform and raging
at one of the engineers in particular,
shaking her fist al him.
81 makes you bay vor mine bigi" look
ing directly at fhe man, who browns her
voice with an escape Of steam, looks in
tensely delighted at her, and says:
"fieilo, old gal. Ilain't they paid for
that pig yet? Put it 10 'em; they're as
rich as Glazes!" And this advice exact
1y agreeing with old Sally's deiermina-
lion, she al once lanches out into a tirade
of shnse, which is only stopped by the
sail aboar6" of the conductor, and The
"whizz! whoOIhoo!' OF the departing
train. i
"Day afier day old Sally besieged the
rgeut, but he stood his ground, until one /
day came and went, and another, and old i
Sally failing TO appear, great was the {
agents JOY, believing that he was deliv- {
cred from her importantly. I
Zone stormy, rainy night, the mail /.
train, dashing along at full speed, sud. i
denly slaokened, stood still. Buzz ! {
whizzi Round went the driving wheels
of the locomotive, but ahead it would moi G
GO. 1t was directly in front of old Sally's (
house that this came 10 pass. G
"Whai's to pay?" sung out the conduc- {
tor. The brakeman and engineer, fire.
man and conductor had to get oai, stir l
ring round in mud up 10 their knees
"What is to pay!" "GreaseI!" sung out
the fireman; and all hands after working /
with sand and gravel on the rails, fund !
that the wheels at last would take hold,
and tearing mad, got under weigh again,
hearing, as they started, oil Sally crying
out to Them at The top of her voice:
"fou bays vor mine Dig, row, chg"
What answers were made must remain
-unrepeaiedi
When the conductor Of The train reach
ed H, he told the agent tina, he
must pay for that pig, or there would be
one old woman charged 10 the company
a. a "dead lcss'' the next time the cars
were stopped in that spot.
sThe next day the agent paid old Sal
1y the full value of her pig. on condition.
that she would never BRING TIE CoMPA-
MT TO TERM again, by greasiRg Hs
track"
CooL.-"How Icing did Adam remain
in Paradise before he sinned?" sid al
amiable spouse TO her husband.
"Till he got a wife, calmly answered
ahe husband.
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