Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-08-18
REvERIEs ON THE RAIL.

In. R.-tbe aerond t;,,a, A.. .,.
d.. and vet t,,ar an,,a". - !, mose persons heve
/, 4.a,.I., s appear u ENJOY me az well a.
they hau
Life is too short to ride many miles NJ, mi.
road. Na
Trn,,o.,...., .,.
understand there are one or two persons who
do not believe everything write And I can't
say that It surprises me. somet;noos n 4. aao..,
waal. basoro, =, ,e,,'''o' - 10 seserai
".eho ooioie peneVe all myself.
But about this Sloanezy Il. II. 1 took passage
on it for the city Oft don't matter ,ybero A.
o+ha, H. NJ. "iiei INV
oi uas' rNe llinutes a1ter the train started,
,.oe oiu ia'y IN Dlack mitts and bead reticule
the same ancient dame of whom von have
often read in the naners who had l;,.s -, Aa.e
uf, ;.,: :, = 4 /, =, 'i'' .i"u hNeu an her
hie "ithih a stones throw of a railroad and
never, until now, seen a train Of cars-well this
old lady, with astonisbment in ber eyos ora s,aal
snoc,. .c,as -, ~ nef eyes ana steel
al ~ o mos nose' oeht Forward and remark
| Gu 10 gentleman in front pew: g. Do tell
does the thing ALWAYS go this fast }. s.No Ma.
am - he ,snl;o1 ...,,a s.'..,a' ss' ~ Mau-
49, no iopheo' ehe engineer must make five
miles the next hour, to make up twenty Minutes
lost time."
This wac t,a Eve. ;,,..,..I.
o,rs n,,s ra was .ne nrst ntimation had that the
o.;noa i anu Biahcihg out the window,
a. sast as .at ,ehoe pos,s iding iaziy by, about
tIo stera i. sn 1oai o'u iau reluctantly going to
iiiUaher. nv
rn;ua o, ~ iay ' ~ Mas s1i creduons however, and
,yas 49, W ..I 10 oii9 asheo IL luuht think there
Thara T%e, ,,,ni' a,,eha ~ .., ..,
miles ahead we viii moi con,o p,. ,'n II t i y twenty
I'll H. nols, o,1 az tne present rate OF speed.'
Thnrs bMa i.u ~ sWa.1 women. ..
woman i, % abIe,,pb bIao, picturesque ABOUT an old
ana biack mitts, and black Grape bonnet, and L
derass 10 Due pleasing. face nesting in will
HE HE ,,n, ~, .moMy lace qllihhgs
II the i5 tr,,tI5s ,,,,i,t mualen, 100;
more tban do J' ia ne, 10 ,ou' IKE young women
-, aheTe ~ ~. something picturesque about them,
ino mn ta at as more 10 40 t,an nature in MAX
rbere nrs ,u ABOUT TINS ride on the sloanezy R. n.
J;dn,t ,nsso,a W. Sen,ielei on the train who
,o,,t;,,,lI nosn Par.icle oi patience They were
Form, oad luliphg np,Lrllnnlng to the plat
lorni, ana looking eagerly ahead. At last re- |
la hhafhing that they were in hurry, they got off
i, o t; lam anu anu walked 10 the next town. But all
nnt e tneg gained py their pedestrian journey
bnnt t;stoa,, nen.loing Ihe train arrived
,ao,a ,.eei I've minutes aitef they did. But some
'0op1 ~ a. 3i.' always IN hurry.
IN 's Town nve minutes were allowed for din
I iare, ere the car bell rang and the conductor
i'at ali ABOARD. But they didn't fool me.
June 81. tilere, ana put away the grub, and left
Ia, uo Ian az pIoceeu. man can't eat dollars .
~ uae II trvp ro.uas IN hVe minutes, and there is
i T adn,;ty tiss. ,,., =
~. aunlit mat was obliged to walk quite rapid
I. ior az much as mile before | overlook the "
,ora .,ni u. ,here ~ no rose without thorn no
iJte = t,i tian ~ % tnere are toes without corn.
. 'su ,ar, ,aiuay .aaeh seat; when was nudged
very Respectable looking parsonage in
. uen uuster anu gold-headed cane, who, in a D
= oice @ petraylng much agitation, asked how far N
e E, were from New York. told him about 334 o.
iies. l.h ls
IN hat hon.
lhree hundred and fifty, il no cows run into m
e rear car, and create disturbance al
on nearihg ang tns he gave utterance to pro- III
iigeu oh-h! az
~ Ave ,., N New YORK " queried. tn
M uiu nVe there, but am now leaving ii for el
~ t II
"Afraid "A OF being murdered perhaps?' Al
~ IL not altogether that. Death, itself, hath ia
terrors Tor melt is the shocking deed that di
llows murder in New York-the hereafter, as
we, were. gu
What could he mean. "Haven't made your
5cuon d sure, may bef It.
= DON'T exactly know the meaning of this VI
cry, but the undersigned having been the tar ch
OF similar question, fired several times by mt
& eminent Divine who meant well, thought It 70
siht be the proper thing to offer in this con- La
NON an
Yes, L hope so, he replied 81 belong to the bu
lrch, and have always tried to live right. But rel
az dIlves me from New York, is the dread GER SUI
MY, IN case of being murdered, of nv portrait
hg puphshed IN the daily papers! The bare the
'sibility of such thing, invests the crime of in
rider with ten-fod horrors. have a family, sto
just think of the disgrace!" of
think it is rough, the way these papers defame mil
dead, by printing the picture Of some bloody see
ate, and putting the name of a respectable wit
son under it, just because he was so unfor- tive
ate as to get murdered. And if you look at ha,
a all Its various bearings, you will think so ties
diff
ome people are over-cautious amt thew ? intt
en- the train crossed high bridge, there was I
old gentleman who said he didn't consider it con
s-such weight on the structure at one time. The
ne got off the car, and walked lesurely over goil
bridge 'ptul the train. There is nothing like leas
ing an eye to your own safety. I
dropped into conversation with a man in A Jew
te hat and large seal ring, who remarked that way
le hadn't been such a blame fool he wonld chu
be another Jim Fisk, and own steamboats, hav
'yoads, opera houses and such trifes. cliv
!, ion see he said, put an advertisement Of 7
u the papers, that possessed the secrot of tic
ing old people Young" Some nersons od | abol
Use that they have a remedy that will rastoro tive
dead to life but don't believe that can he that