St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-07-05

iiNN '"iiSi@iN ~ icl lic Niiit
Is, was the exclamation of a stout cattl
Johoer. who sat in the corner opposite t
me. As we were all pretty much of hi
opinion as 10 the queerness of the move
: nobody offered to tell him what it was
50 he sat there staring. is if he wer
really quite ovcrawed by the circum
stance.
Once convinced bv the increasin.
speed of the train that we were fairly OF
our Journey. rose from NV seat. drew
III the door, which was tiving bacl
against the side of the carriage. an,
closed it firmly. In doing 50. put III,
head out Of the window. and lookin:
down the tram. saw the light streaming
through three or four other doors whicl
had, ike my own been left open. Their,
had evidently been some mismanaeemen
about the starting OF the train. but as
saw two arms put out TO catch is many
OF the doors. and the others would tax,
no harm before we came to Ackril"c
Which was the name of the first station
we would come to. | sat down again IL
my corner. made myself as comfortable
as possible, and prepared mv>elt. aS wa,
my habit, 10 listen to the remarks of my
tellowtravellcr> These were four il
number. The cattle jobber | have al
ready mentioned. his partner. and two
Mlddlesham merchants, who lived some
.welve miles, or thereabouts. down the
| line
The merchants soon commenced a
brisk conversation. the part of which
that most Interested mr bciu" the fol-
lowing
FIRST Observation-Disclosures thing
tins strike among the engine drivers :"
SECOND M.-"WclI. vcs. But must
confess TO knowing very little about it. |
merely saw the short paragraph alIulng
TO II III this mornings news. Have Won
heald anything fresh about it ?''
FIEsr M.-"Ihc last have heard of
II Is that the linen have sent in their
months notice. They demand a con>il-
crabc advanc in the rate OF WAGES, and
Al alteration III the system on which
their earnings are calculated. \ tcpu-
tatlon OF them waited upon old RaSprr.
the superintendent. Yesterday. They
stated their grievances. and the terms ON
which they would continue 10 work
and SAID II those terms were not acc,,l-
ct 10 by the company. they would strike.
Vt this oil E;tsprr jumped up from hi
chair. and told them that they wrr,. :,
lot oi m.ratc.ul dos that they Were
better paid than the drivers Of almo>;
amy other line in the kingdom that il
lie could possibly do without them he
would discharge every mothers son OF
them at once that he would settle with
them when the time came, and that they
might be Oft and yet ON with their work
III the shops at once and he forthwith
turned them every one out of his office
He'll settle with them. lIa La :,
Ra>per by maine, and Ra>prr by nature.
ha Ina -
SECOND M.-.'But thi, * a very
alarming state OF things. Is it not dread
iu! 10 think that We poor Passengers are
at the mercy ot these malronicnt>. and
that they have it in their power TO do
something horrible with lis. merely 10
spite Their employers =
FIRST M.-"\o | don't think there
i any fear OF that. for the passenger
men have taken no part in the strike
whatever 1t is only the drivers of goods
engines who have become di>alftcted
The others have given the movement
the cold shoulder from the first"
sEtoND M.-"SlilI, these goods-Iriv-
crS, with Their intimate kn"wlcIse of the
line, must have it i'll their power TO do
an incalculable injury to their employ
erS, and the public is we'll Why, the
mere placing OF sleeper, or chair. or
Il piece OF old iron on the rails. would be
enough 10 send US all off to the other
world express, and without any return
tickets -
They were both laughing over this
dreamy old Joke OF No. ,, when NV at
tenllon was distracted to the cattle Job
Der. He was leaning halt out of the
window, and shouting stop, stop" at
the very tip-top of his very loud voice
On our lnIuiring what was tie matter,
he replied eXcltcdlv, why, dang it. II
we haint been and passed Yeckridsc sta
tion, and me and mate has got to get out
there. Here, hi stop here, hi ~ The
last exclamation was Ill Il sort OF pro-
longed si.rlek, which woke The echoes as
we shot into and ioared through tun-
nel
My good man." | ycntured TO re-
mark, ''you must be mistaken. They
would never think OF passing Il station
like Ackrldse without stopping, and GER
tainly not when they have passengers
booked for it.
"Whether they sud or they sud MT,
they hev dun it why, look there's
Bowlt's smelt works, and we must bc
two miles at least on the wrong side OF
leckridge - and here he relapsed into
another indefinite ''hi'' at the open win,
dow.
The matter at once became very seri,
Gus indeed. We were bowling along al
Il terrible rate, much quicker than any
OF us had ever experienced on any pre-.
vlous occasion on that line OF curves and
u.l y gradients, and dreadful fear be
gan to show itsef in our faceS,-a fear
which first found expression from the
gentleman | have hitherto designated til,
second merchant.
1T is my belief" he said, ''that we ar,
run away with
As he said the words there was hor.
rible, breath-taking jumble of lamps, an,
wall, and clocks, and handbills. an,
|, white faces, as We dashed into an,
through another station, and then away
AWAY into the black, black night be
vond. After that no one doubted tha