Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-12
Riding on the Rail.

The following is one of the very few really
good satires upon railway Encouragement
or rather upon the popular idea of the dan
gers of travelling which the late ''tidal wave
of accidents has brought out. B. DADD is s
clever writer, bedad:
DEAR CITIZEN: Unless person is endowed
| with as many lives as is supposed to pertain
! to an animal of the feline species, he must
be brave man to venture on a journey by
railroad, nowadays.
! 1t is becoming unhealthy to travel by rail
| road ~
1t is said King Cholera is travelling west
ward, and will soon pay us friendly visit.
Should King c. travel westward Ella H. r.
r., or L. I. f. r., or some other r. RS wot
. of, your readers need entertain no fears of q
visit from the old fellow.
Before reaching New York he would be
accidentally killed" Fact
L Perhaps this suggestion is worth consid-
ering by your Board Of Health. Gould they
induce King Cholera TO journey by rail on
his western raid, his fate is inevitably
sealed.
travelled by railroad recently, and l still
live 8s 79
must admit that CONCEALED chii,s glided
. up and down my back, when eogitated up
on the uncertainty of life on the rail-. The
milk and-aqueous poets inform US, in dulcet
numbers, Of better world than this. You
will generally find said poets weary of this
world. They are ever longing to shed this
mortal coil and soar to their oft-described
sphere. 1
And the only preparation they make to
get there, is writing bad verses.
t Now am much more easily satisfied than
these fellows This world is quite good
enough for me. I am in no haste to migrate
to another. The man that is not satisfied
with this sphere, will be apt to be disap-
pointed when he reaches the next.
Two to one he will complain of the never
ending cheated term." Therefore no tick
et-of-leave for me, Mr.. Death. Not at
present. ;I e
OF late the railroad has become bourne
whence great many never return.
Before / took the cars, my friends gath
cred around and bid me q lasting adieu.
They said they never expected to see me
again. Not till the putting Juggernapt
neared the depot did fully comprehend the
nature Of their fears. l noticed that old
Pegs was more affected by my departure
than all the others.
owed old Pegs fourteen dollars for a
pair of boots. No doubt this was the cause
of his anxiety on my behalf.
Although my life is insured, the thought
was not pleasant that might be converted
into mass of mince- meat before could say
Jack neutrality-suspicious..
Just then there was terrible crash, and
the next thing knew was piled up about
fifteen yards from the track, along with
some other old lumber. 1t was nothing but
railroad accident" only this, and moth
ing more"
One train endeavored to run one way on
the same track that another train tried to
run the other way, which last was not in the
same direction as the tirst-rather other
wise. They did not succeed, however.
Says engineer No. l: "Why'n thunder
didn't you stop your engine? Blowed of
was gcin' to stop mine!''
Engineer No. retorts You GO to the
devil! Why didn't goa stop your engine !?
Darn Of I was goin' to run mine back p
There were twenty-one passengers killed
and thirteen wounded. Nobody to blame!
b. DADD.