Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-10-23
A RACY INCIDENT.

Soon after the opening of The East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, there
chsnced to be travelling yer the line. IN
. a where there were but q few psssen
gers, . gentleman who was seated opp".:
site the stove, wrapped up 10 bis shawl
and m~editatious. Night cana on. Pres
emily 10 bounded . brakeman, ond'y
siamming the door behind bim-ooe OF
thuse cnuntry ~geniuses. who, with u laud'
able ambition, had . day or two ag"ne
abandoned the girls. the fiddle aid the
plowt.il. to climb !" in the world" and
becnme . brakeman. He had been the
king bee 1t I'll the neighh"rhood f.o'ica.
1t the house rsisings. 1t the corn eh"ck-
in9s, and ut the cross roads doxxery
fighting ground. and now he felt snre
that he WA king bee on railroads: Strut
ting ID 10 the stove, be slammed down
his lantern, kicked the mud from his huge
bouts on the footbosrd Of the seat. sp't
t,bxcco juice ~cop;ously and noiselrss'y
on the kissing stove, cr"s-ed h's mnscu.
lar thighs, took y survey at the aforesaid
boots with harness ira,her straps. And
then b-th"nght himself If the custom
er {" sitting opposite, on whom he proceed
ed to bestow y Iengthe"d and ssucy look.
ss Though be doubted the " customers"
right to 10 in the cnsch at all.
Al length he sought knowledge:
Wh.r ar you guine, mister !"
ITO Dalton. sir" responded the gentle
man. quietly.
NOenonI,or osOSf u0n 9D
mo. sir. l an not; but why do you
ask |"
Oh ! nothing, only I thought l saw
BARK from the Tombs' sticking out all
over you like the measils. You know
me, I rsrko" =
" am sorry to say that I do not"
swell. III jist BE- dam ; why. whar
the devil were you raised I"
AT NJ .ryvill-, East Tennessee"
"Oh ! that excuses you. for It ' l
hearu tell ov that settlement afore l wish
I may be burned, aud | knows every place
/ dus"
You seem to Re we'll acquainted with
the place you are now occupying" re-
marked the stranger, almost cboking
with efforts to suppress his laughter.
What place d. you mesn. Mister !
This ere red bsinch. covered with dried
skins Of cows tongues, or my c6Sce?'
II alluded { your Office, sud hy he
way. what 10 your p"sitio" on the road 2.
Brakeman. by the jumpia' gemimy.
I thu't everybody know'd that /; brake.
man over the Yeast Teunessey and GeOr-
gy Railroad;
"Unfnrtu".tely, I did not know it,
swell. you'd soon found the fac out if
you'd cut up any shines roun' yere, hing
GIN wimmin, or cussinin9, or trying t"
steal snybody's carpet-bag, or talking
sassy to the conductor, or SIGH. Why,
I'd . chucked you bottom foremos' thru
that winaer like dsrtin' cl"p b"ards thru
the cracks of . hsrn, for I mean to run
this ere train On high moral principles. l
dus. An you didn't know I u the
br.kemso on iris yere railroad |"
"Ind-ed, sir, I did not"
"Well, old Slidee ~sy, all l has got to
say il that for y man Of your looks you
know less than any man | ever saw
How do you manage to make q Twin
anyh,v I"
II receive q salary +; I an President of
this road ; Wallace is my name ; but |
have not the pleasure Of knowing yours ;
will you I've kind enough to inf"rm me :"
All symptoms Of "ki"g-bee" disap-
pcared ct this thund-rbolt
mrnt, aud in the atrad were seen timid
humanity. crushed pride Of place. = stro"g
get up and Kit " expression. AID . most
~oonfound~d hang Dig "done up aud
"dox-g"nrd' appearance generally. The
brakeman aid.