, 1861-05-23

Aax&oUF with a Railroad Ticket Agent

I -S">A3E
"Es Me should say Its depth. It Is the q
p.e7alng topic Of the town, oTer.rides a
oAaee themes, rises paramount oEer all othe
plc' no'os Business fast py tho throa
e = notcu On aeeouns Of stump TIL
:Ttax... ~: q 80 = m.ts .os ost.es t1me'
INA ttt :. l". 70 usauy spo4en q II Is nc
c1;nr ~ ~ ,.+ ~. .c,s. -. tsas ~. pesses tha
n1nost. tn.,tr1o,h1. ~ oonss:;a. % :. ~ cna.ees "a
cnnrnc-ts -4tro-- cssn H.t9 "neo u
1oonho1s of: ,-t-..t ta.z ipokous Is tn
ho,,- ,,,o,,ans - ~. .eu" "a1eh, Tor th
+-o,, ~, . a-.t .1...-., s4o VI paasense
i 1oot. mt nncn 49, 4.-' 1ae ucket ngen
~ 9',, ~ae .a1ong OF ticket purchaa
! the gathering crowd an er,aas.1,. , =. "n.el
warned, AZ {hev n,rvors,n n.@a, noe uo
monnalcs and rolls Of b,1ls md ~. pa., .,,
closed window. Tbar .a1ss4 e.".a "essa .ne s'll
tions for the coming oosst - a' as-,,.as ~ ~
eash is thrown b,cE s,a ~. -,a,,s .e.. 49, Az
II want \ +,cret - a. p1hh1.ssas,. ~ %v.S JAn'' -
aslr dollars and ba,fn
The eye,,t ,.ce,,ss ~ = ~ .o,,.u .,,,
ne nav ". a11s,n, p.n,, 49, ..-. '114 VII 'e
" rnst hov, no1f 49, -
upu+ th,+ | ~ = .as ... ssT.lS,uv 1 unv1s'
"Worth strtv ccnts A. ~ a.r.,
/ ur+o,,- 7, ~ ..ons
aWorth s,rtv cent.,, - taa:,,..,
Thc ind,yidna, sro,,s s.ssl .
t,rcs h,s aas 49, .1,.,' 1 ee'nporaFy collApse
thtnc hr+ -. r.n. W. appeas@aee Of any
NH of 1,,,,,rn ~ ss 49, ~ eoun'ng over larg:
Crowd 1oot -, s,..,,.', sr y. W. at1olnng oarfc'
.rho ho1a. 49, 4<9 i' a!'oo MAJ
eto.,. -. ~ A1u.n STUMP olean"hue
tcr ~ ~ ro.,. ~ ,ss' as: - ~ s.saaeo saugo
49,. @ ~ 80 aSss-,e- 49, ~ NV Ntnoo". 80.
..Throa sa,,sss ~ 49, 30 70
a.-n AL" s''e"'y-u'e cents
' $685.
me gives nse COLLAR Dill, extracted from
'us aeptos oi nef bosom. -
! Two oona1s and o half, madam, want
ooHar ana quarter more"
,nnos,na 49, @ ~ 'n1l, w yee1 say 1aa1s DON'T b'
| fire T s,ave ranx u
s.s 5s*
| worm dtty cents on dollar, IRE ha1Ye8
t"o MY maru."
~, uThen taIe = out ~ that u I[7,vae = , 49,
,5o1,or b11,1 "0
uu,... .1, :, =,
49, 49, ~. 11,,s"u ~ '' ''1' - on's MY
T 1Thrn ~ r. 1,,, Tnr-the-.a ar+,u.,u .,,
hoca hv +be gou1,, vo~.;. >, ''o "a" :
an, eo-,,
Aoen+ na..s. ,oo,, .,a .,,,.
d;res aonin fnto he- hosn~. ~. 80 G..'s "ollAn u
ertr1co4sa .natha- ~ 1, sohn, , . euu WIN groan
,rort,, y, cents 49, ~ ~, ~ "1lsu slanees 10 Do
Rorch .,,e+on, ~ s.s,es Ss1s -. '1sne1'
,,.n. 49, 1917 ~aH1l.e sts~ ", sousn AUG tough,
~ -n,ndo-, tm@e.N e ~ oAue " 'ne su4 oi
- 49, -, - P4eA wv enough
t,,,-at ~. ~ o. 1.1a,, eu 0''n ~ settle 1or 3
As - ~ ~ ,s,,
80 80 WINS lluety cSAts' slf."
haa-, ax1sssas ~ Ss.AI4ons I y. .ne t"o haSe
oesu eapenoea i. Inc ~ao OF stump'tA1 Tor
s"o '. " lnsee minutes Inc result OF the trans
~'-o1A 10 "ooot - i'uo"s.
f20o on Bank Of Benton at 5oc. s1no
800 On Franklin Bank at Wc. .'. " "
s9 90 On On Aankask1a Bank at a00
ooo " t'A'npoea oank At aoc.''..'..'-...... 15o
*l5eo In stump-tail.. ..............$aeo
The ticket~seller's time to eroan is when
from skinned money drawer he hands over
to rough and tough customer seventy cents in
specie. when the latter cr.rs fha be1.r,. -
the stump.tan into side pocket, and relieves
himself by IN explosion generallv nrfntad
with d and an n with a dash between them
Next comes grief stricken. elderly female
all in black save where a worn md sad f,os
1ooks ont from her Te1l.worr, veeds. a n,;r
Of thin, skinny hands succeed in ertr,cati1o
from mysterious folds Of her rustv. sah,e i7re.a
scanty roll Of bills,
"How much, sir, for a ticket In Aattor ~
"Eleycn dollars and haf,,
nTo the rnd of vorr limo +h.,su
"Eight dollars,"
"They tell me there has been tron,1e with
some of the money, this flffeen dollars Ia .uI
hare, my son sent it to me-"
She lays it before him, and his quick clsnce
sees the little Pile cut down to nearly one-
half
"This bill is GO cents, this is 80, and these
are only worth So" "Yonr money Is worth
$780,"
"0h my God, it Is all have, and + am a
stranger here"
"We can sell you q ticket over our line.
Perhaps hesitatingiy) you will tske second
class ticket.''
While the poorWoman IL whiting undecided,
the whistle Sounds, and the tsaln ball rines
in1pahent1y. Only half the passengers ha7e
purchased their tickets In this great loss Of
time which l. present evil Of stump-tail.
Ticket sellers are human, and 1t is but Just
no" that brokers' duties hare been superadded
to their usual lAbore. In one recent instance
the train was delayed fifteen minutes solely
Tor the purpose Of allowing 81: extension Of
the time filed with Just such scenes Is these
narrated. - - ..- -. - ,~t
There Is great deal Of human nature evolved
In occasions Of this, kind. Some swear and
wa1 III tempered, these are mostly fresh a.-
rivals from Down East, who unspariuglv con-
ritbou+ a ch.,oa ~ =. ,.a~.,r - .,
s.. y. "'ta-e @no Ha1ne1s' Loey
"ono We 'eiy nAe's 10 1oAo" thear o"n con-
e,gnmcnls' some arc gr1eved and weep, and
.nese u 'enocr neal1ea woman, aone On their
1a'e!s' ana struck midway by this killing
ilos', come 1e1en more than they really
- SHOWING tne real s'aue Of the money they
nopea ~ pass at paf'otae1s ensemble their resi-
1e' ano eno"us 70 necessary evil
"t,n ~ sucn io11'1uoe rs eney can summon.
30 gees INC stump tai war. The end
l not set, out tne wound In the currency is
s11a4 ano l's eecease draws nigh. and on no
less terms will the public restore their conf
denca tn raner mcnnv tbor +h,+ u ,1.uh,
- tnao tua1 ~ eun1 oa
worth and Ding the specie. Not that any
re.enneb1a 7o+.o, .o,,ot.