Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-13
AN EAST TENNEssEE aRAEEmAN


Soon after the opening Of the Fast Ten
ncasee aud Georgia railroad, there Glanced
30 be travelling over the line, in a car where
there were bat few passengers, a gentleman
who wns seated opposite the stove, wrapped
up In his shawl and meditations. Night
came On. Presently in bounded a brake
man, loudly slamming The deor behind
him--One Of those country geniusss who,
with a laudable ambition, had day or two
agone abandoned the girls, the fiddle aud
ihe plough tail, 10 "climb in the WORLD"
and became n brakeman. lie had been
;he king bee at all the neighborhood frolica,
atthe house raisingr, al the corn shuckingr,
and at the crossroads GROCERY fighting
ground, and nov lac ielt sure that he was
a king bee on railroads. StEtiing up TO
the stove, he slammed down the lantern
kicked the mud from his huge boots, on
the foot-board Of the seat, spit tobacco juice
copiously and noisily on the kissing stove,
crossed his muscular thighs, tsoly survey
Of the aforesaid boots, with harness leather
straps, and then bethought himself of the
customer" sitting opposite, ON whom lac
proceeded 10 bestow heightened and sau-
cy look, ~ though lac doubted the custom
or's' right 10 be Ia the coach at all. At
length he sought knowledge
"Whar m you guine, Mister -
"Io Dalton, cir responded the gentle
man. quietly.
Preacher, amt your
mo, air, | am not but why 40 you
ask 2'
ooh nothing, only thought ] saw
'llark from the tombs stickingout all over
you, like the measils. You know me,
reckon ~
"pm sorry 10 say That do not
"Well I'll ist be dam Why, where
the devil were you raised ?"
AT Maryville, East Tennessee"
"Ohl that excuses you, for IL ever
hearn tell ov that settlement aiorc, | yish
/ may be burned, and knows every place,
! dus"
you .eom 10 be well acquainted with
the place you are now occupying re-
marked the stranger, almost choking with
efforts 10 suppress his laughter.
"What place DO you mean, Mister
This yere red hainch covered with the
dried skins of cows tongues, or my office 20
81 alluded toyour office, aud 10y the way,
what ID your position ON this road 2"
brakeman, 10y the iumpin' gcminy.
lho't everybody know'd that; brakeman
over the Yeast Tcnncssey and Georgy
railroad
Unfortunately, did not know IT,"
"Well, you'd dam soon foun' the fac ont
if you'd cut up any shines roun, yere, hug
gin wimmen, or cussin, or iryin' 20 steal
andbody's carpct-bag, or talkin' snisy 20
the conductor orsich Why, IDA chuoked
you thru that windcr like dartin' clap
boards thru the cracks oy barn, FOR /
mean 10 run this were train ON high morr
principles, dus An you didn't know
was the brakeman oy thia yere rail
road2
"lndeed, sir, did not"
"Well, old Slidccasy, ali ! have got 60
say is. that Tor man ov your looks, you
know less than any man | ever Jaw. How
do You manage 10 make a livin' anyhow ?"
Il receive "a salary | am President Of
this road Wallace Is my name hut |
have not the pleasure of knowing yours
will you be kind enough 10 inform me p"
An symptoms OF king bee disappeared
nc this thundcrholt announcement, aud in
their stead were seen umid humility,
crushed pride of place, a strong get up and
git expression, and most COMPOUNDED
hang-dog done up aud "dog -goned' ap-
peaance generally. The brakeman slid.