The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-07
JEr,S RAILROAD TRIP
or seeing the Locomotive.

.-rss ,rben he beheld locomotive tor me
g., tir,e in mis- life. There It Stood WIN
1ong train of cars attached 10 It, ana
dark volume of smoke silently issuing 'Io'.'
the chimney: and there STOOD q e., WIN no
hands stack so deep and hard IN MS poc"-
cts. that they nearly reached ms NLes' ne
bodr was inclined forward, his eyes were
J;I,tsd his cheeks pulled out. and his whole
man in state of the most intense excite
ment.
After the first paroxvsn1s OF delight, as
Punishment, sratified curiosity, and q vague
kind of bewilderment had subsidized, and
JETS features had slowly relaxed to their
customary expression, without, however.
altering his position, he soliloquized run
ming commentary, on the probable character
of the beast, its speed. and so forth.
well, By jolly! who ever seed SIGH
critter. And what long team! wonder
If it pulls all them? One, two, three, four,
five, SIX, phew take me all day TO count
'em. Spose Dolly was hers; wouldn't she
open her eyes, and wipe her peppers
Wonder If it can beat Captain Williams
bay mare ruuuiu'? have to git up fore day to
do that Wish We had oBe 20 help git up
the ridge hill some of these muddy spells.
But crinliny what a power OF roushness 1t
must take to winter the old chap
Meanwhile we had approached the curl
csity, and beckOned JEFF TO come to US; be
shook his head very knowingly and wouldn't
come we went to him, aud Pursuaded him
It wouldn't hurt him. and at length, with
that kind of hesitancy with which timOr-
Gus person approaches precipice, he drew
nearer he would put out MS right foot, and
draw u his left in a sideloug fashion, hest
tate little while, and proceed again-io-
ing this until he stood quite near it. See
ing it didn't rebulze MS approach with any
outward signs of disApprobatiOu, he sum
moned up courage enough TO begin to ex-
emine it, and make remarks
I say, Nh Leary, j o they feed this crit
ter with fire.? I'VE replied they did. And
what does It drink 2 Boiling water we
replied. 'Bv Jolly what animal eats
fire and drinks bilin' water and amt It
heap of trouble to feed It and keep it in wa
ter and does 1t ever drink any thing else I?
We explained TO JET that it had a kind Of
continuance Of its own, 10 burn wood into
fire, and to warm its water. and that It new
er drank any thing else, rs II was a good
'teetotalIer' jolly whay who ever heard
the likes? now wouldn't Dolly pick her
ears, and rub her eyes, ii she was only heleE
Dolly WAS JETS sweetheart and with a
laudable soIicituds he wished her, nc doubt
to be sharer in his good fortune) And
does it draw all them Wagons p pointing to
the trains OF cars attached. We nodded a
yea
JETS eyes cleaned with delight A lad
who had Just obtained the long wished Tor
consent of his mistress, could not express IN
his couutenance what glowed in his heart
more wildly than did JEFF now; he was
actually in the presence OF a steam CINE,
as he called it.
Familiarity. it is said. breeds contempt ;
so JEFF, after walking around to the other
e-I - al from,
which he started, and seeing it neither
kicked nor reared up, ventured to lay his
hand on its shoulders, as be supposed the
thicker part of the boiler to be, but ne no
sooner placed his hand there, than he jerllel
it back with terrified kind of vince, and
an ejaculation of-'Phew darned If that
animals skin aint mighty hot.' By this
time the engineer stepped into the TENDER
or cars next the engine, and removing by
means OF screw the pressure from small
valve, allowed the steam to escape with a
whizzing noise. Nov JEFF had been for the
last few minutes spelling out the animals
name, which was written in large letters on
it's sides. and did not observe the actions OF
the little man begrim'd ard stained and
LAYING mis- hand over on one Of the letters
which he could lot SO well spell out, Just as
the steam came whistliug over his head, he
took It for a sign of restiveness on the part
Of the unruIy beast, and stumbled back
about ten or fifteen feet, overseeing in his
career an old woman and basket Of ap-
pies she had for sale, and falling at last in a
ditch, which ~ that time msigin-d the
street
We went to our companion, who was
moro frightened than hurt, aud assisting
him to arise, we took him towards the pas
feuger cars at the other end of the train
We reached them at pretty brisk pace J sf
being IN hurry to get ont of reach of the
fiery horse. AS soon as he could recover
sufficient breath Well says he, I'm
darned If that are critter amt as techus as a
rattle snake in dog days and what 4 hot
breath it suorts at fellow it only pheaz ed
the ccnds OF my hair, aud it Ike 10 have
swinged my eye winkers off,
We left him awhile in the midst of
philosophical reflections on beasts in general,
and the 's;eam-giue' in particular, and went
TO the ticket Office and purchased a couple
OF tickets, designing, is we had enjoyed
much sport a. els expense to make amends
BY taking him a trip on the cars Without
signifying our int ntiou to him, we prevail
ed on him to 90 with US into the passenger
cars just to look. 4 portion Of the pas5eu-
gers were already SEATED, awaiting the de-
psr.ure OF the train when JEFF entered he
stretched his eyes again, enI stepping
daintily over the. carpeted floor hesitated
whether no should sit down on the nice
seats, but growing more familiar, he at
length half slid, half glided, to a seat at
our side, and gazed around with bewlder-
ment and satisfaction contrastingly depicted
on his courtenauce.
We'll, I'll declare. this rooms list as nice
as Squire Murphy's parlor'
a oe!! now rnug. announcing the depar-
iure OF he train; several more passengers
hastily came III aud took their seats. Puff!
pun pun went the engine cIank clank