The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-03-09


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suppose they hnvn't inveultd iaIIs IN
, America
"Why, yc' replied Ne Yankee.
'wFyc VT hells, lmt W. rant nse
them oiI cor railroads We rua -
ilvt that the irlins always kecp ahead
| qi The sound tho qouid never feaelies
The village till after the train geis
by
"ludccd9' cSclhimcd tie English.
man.
"faa, said thc Yankee, Quad to
/ giyc up bells. Then We lriel slean
whistles, but they wouldn't answer
either, ] was on q locom6tive when
u whistle was tried. We VOTE eoihp
10 q tremendous rate, hurrimuea wcrt
no where, aud had to hold ms iaii
on. We saw a tso-horsc wagon
crossing the trqck pbout Gyr mile
ahead aud tho engineer lot the wills.
ileion, screcching like trooper. Il
screamed nwlnlly, hut Il wasn't u,
nsc. The next thing knew ! wal
picking myself out of a pond by th,
roadside, amid the fragments Of N,
locomotive, dead horses, broken wng.
on aud dead engineer lying bcsij,
mc. just then the whistle cam,
along, MIXED up with some lrighifu
oaths that ] had heard The engineer
use when first Ne saw the horses.
\ "Poor felIowl he was dead before
/ bis voice got 10 him. AAer that we
tried lights supposing they would
travel faster than sonnd. We got
one so powerful that the children
woke alialong the road, supposing
il tolbe morning. But the locomo-
tiSe kept ahcad Of still, and was in
the darkness with the light close be-
hindlit. The inhabitants petitioned
againssiits sblThcy couldn't sleep with
SO muclrlight mithe might. Finally
wehad To station electric telcgraphs
along the road with signal men to
telegraph when the train was in sight,
and have heard that some Of the
fast trains beat the lightning fifteen
minutes every forty miles. But |
can't say as that Is true, the rest /
know to be so. -
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! MISTAKEN IDENTmY.-A hunt
ing party in Wcathersfeld, VT, q
week or two, ago found, rs they sup
posed a bear track crossing the road
near the hotel twice, followed Il up a
steep hill for about forty rods, and
came 10 a kind Of cave. The dog
was sent in, but came rushing out at
once with evidcnts signs Vi fears The
party hlereupon closed up the mouth
! of the cave, and went for reinforce
n,enis. The following day about one
Hundred and fifty persons assembled
at the cavej a bole was broken
through the-top, aBd-a stout ash stake
was thrust IN; il was instantly seized,
and large piece torn oil. Another
was then. lowered; the supposed boar
seized il, was drawn to the hole and
received a revolver ball in the head.
Tie xreming which followed Is
described as most terrifying. A
second time this operation was re-
peaiad, and The charge took fatal
effect, The hunters were somewhat
surpisedto find Ia the cave male
panther, seven feet long, thirty-ihroe
inches high, and weighing over one
hundred and twenty-onc pounds, the
Flargest ever killed in Vermont.
A FLowrSG WE'LL rs TExAs.-
We copy the following from Flakes