The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-08-07
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The engine bell was rung as the cars neared
station. 1t suggested to the Yankee an
opportunity of taking down his companion
peg or two"
What's that noisei T. inpocentIy inquired
the Yankee.
"We are approaching town." said tho
Engllshman; "They have to commence
ringing about ten miles before they get to "a
station, or e,se the train would run by be-
fore the bell could be heard Wonderful,
isn't 1t | suppose they haven't invented
bells in America yet!"
"Why, yes" replied the Yankee, @we'ye
got bells, but can't use them on our rail
roads. We run SO fast that the train always
keeps ahead of the sound; no use whatever;
the sound never reaches the village till after
the train gets by"
"Indeed!' exclaimed the Englishman.
"Fact," said the Yank ee, had to give IN
bells. Then we tried steam whistles but
they wouldn't answer, either. | WAS on a
locomotive when the whistle was tFied.-
We were going at tremendous rate; hur-
rcanes were nowhar,and | had to hold nv
hair on. We saw a two-horSe wagon
crossing the track about FIVE miles ahead,
and the engineer let the whistle on,screeeh,
ing like trooper. 1t screamed awfuny,
but It wasn't 10 use. The next thing |
knew, ! was picking myself out of pond
by the roadside, amid the fragments OF the
locomotive, dead horses, broken wsgon,anI
dead engineer lying beside me- Just then
the whistle came along, mixed up with
some frightfuI oaths that l had heard the
engineer use when he first saw the horses,
Poor fellow he was dead before his voice
| got to him. After that we tried Hqh, =,
Isupposing these would travel faster than
sound. We got one 50 powerful that tho
chickens woke up all along the road when
we came by, suppOsing it to be morning,
But the locomotive kept ahead of it still,
and was in the darkness with the light
close on behind it. The inhabitants peti-
toned against it; they could MT sleep with
50 much light in the night time. Fiu;tiy
we had to station electric telegraphs along
! the rad, with signal men to telegraph waeH
the train was in sight; and | haze heard
! that some of the fast trains beat the light
ening fifteen minutes every forty miles,
But can't say as that is true; tie rost |
know to be So"
Ess- The best thing said pertinent to tho
difference between the President and the
people comes from citizen Of a recon-
structed State: 1--WE are all johnson men
said Mr.J N Bolts in his Baltimore speech;
the ouly difference is, one goes for what
johnson says, and the other for what 10
does"
Rea- When Lord B-died, q person
met an old man who was one Of his most
intimate friends. He was pale, confused,
and awe-stricken. Every one was trying
to console him but in vain. "His loss"
he exclaimed, "does not effect me so much
as his horrible ingratitude Would yon
believe it he died without leaving ulo
anything in his will, who have dineI
with him at his own house three times IL
week for thirty years"
e4-A Dutchman's temperance lecture;
Il shall tell you how it vas. put mine
hand on mine head. and there was Won big
pain. Then l put mine hand on mine pody
and there was another Then l put miHe
hand in mine pocket,aud there vas nothing.
So jined NIT de temperance. Now there
was no more pain in mine head The pain
! in mine pody was all gone away, | pat
mine hand in mine pocket and there WA
twenty dollars. SO 1 shall stay nit 80
temperance"
wA year or two after Tylers accession
the President contemplated an excursion IN
some direction, and his son went to order a
special train of cars. 1t so happened that
the superintendent was a very strong whig,
On "Bobs" making known his errand.that
official bluntly informed him that las r.,ai
did not run any special train for the Presi-
dent "Whatp' said Bob, "lid you 10.
furnish special train for the funeral of
| General HarrisonW "Yes," said the su
perintendent,patting Bob on the back. aand
ifyou'il only bring your father in that siapa
you shall have the best train on the road ~
ea- An incident occurred at the New
York dog pound last week. \ bog fell
from the dock, outside the enclosure, into
the East Riyer,and man, who had brought
a large dog, but not entered the pound,
happened to be standing near. He dropped
the rope by which he held the dog. Tor
a moment in order to take his coat of, So
that he might rescue the boy. Tho dog
released, plunged into the river before tho
man had fairly begun to remove his cIo-
thing, and seizinS the boy by tie arm +,
dragged him to the dock, from waieh he
was easily taken from the water, The
prints of the animals teeth coul | scarcely
be seen in the boys flesh. The dog male
no effort to escape, but was led into tho