The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-04-04
Seventy Miles an Hour.

and was, after supper, enjoying cigar
and newspaper il the reading room of TIE
R House, in F., Indiana. The
paper was uninteresting, or else was ra>
ther sleepy, and | guess it was a little of
both so that soon neglected it to watch
the fantastic curling of the smoke from my
fine favored principe. | didn't feel much
like talking, and felt still less like reading,
bur did feel as if | would like exceedingly
well to hear good story.
had barely come to this conclusion,
and was wishing for some one of my ac-
Juaintanees TO amuse me till the time was
up for the train which was to take me to
G. when | recognized in the person
who sat next to me, a fellow traveller in the
sleeping car of the night before.
He was very agreeable locking little
man, with clear grav eve, light hair,
sandy whiskers and smiling mouth In
deed he had so much the appearance of
the man that | would like to hear tell a
story that | thought dame fortune had
smiled upon me, when he recognized me
with a genial How dye do, stranger 2"
returned his saIutation, and asked him
some commonplace questions about how
he enjoyed the ride we took together.
II said something in reply about the
running being too fast for the poor track :;
and from this, conversation run upon fast
travelling in general some time. | at last
remarked that sixty miles an hour was the
most speedy travelling that had ever done
Whereupon, my friend informed me. with
a pleasant but knowing smile, that he had
travelled considerably faster than that, and
in fact, faster than he had ever heard o.
beside
OF course | was anxious To know where,
when, and how he had done it, and after
the modest assurance that he feared his
tale would not be interesting my friend re
leved my anxiety by relating the follows
ing story:
Il am railroad engineer In 81, du
ring the great panic. was running on the
F. & c. r r. The railroad companies
were growing tender in all directions Ev-
cry day we heard of new failures and
quite often in a quarter where we least ex-
pected it. Our road was looked upon as
one of the most substantial in the nation :
nobody seemed to have any great fear that
it would fail 10 survive the general smash
up. But vet | did not fully share in the
general confidence. Wages were Gu,
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