The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-10-12
A RAcY INCIDENT.

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Soon after the opening of the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, there
CHANGED to be travelling over the line, in
car where there were but few pas
sengers, gentleman who was seated
opposite the stove wrapped up IN his
shawl and meditations. Night came
on. Presently in bounded brakeman,
loudly slamming the door behind him
one of those country genluses, who,
with a laudible ambition, had day
or two agone abandoned the girls, the
fiddle and the plowtail, to climb Gin
the world" and became brakeman.
He had been the king-bee at all the
neighborhood frolics, at the house rails
ings, at the corn stockings, and at the
cross roads doggery fighting ground,
and now he felt sure that he was king
bee on railroads. Strutting up to the
stove, he slammed down his lantern,
kicked the mud from his huge boots on
the foot-board Of the seat, spit tobacco
juice copiously and noisily on the his
sing stove, crossed his muscular thighs,
took a survey Of the aforesaid boots
with harness-eather straps, and then
bethought himself Of the customer"
sittin opposite, on whom he proceeded
to bestow heightened and saucy look
as though he doubted the customers
right to be in the coach at ALL
At length he sought knowledge:
Whar are you gwine, mister?"
"To Dalton, sir" responded the gen
tleman quietly"
Preacher, amt your"
"No, sir, | am not; but why do you
ask 2"
"Oh! nothing, only thought | saw
Hank from the Tombs' sticking out
all over you, like the measils. You
know me, reckon!'
81 am sorry to say do not"
"Well, I'll just be dam; why, whar
the devil were you raised ~
AT Maryville, East Tennessee
"Oh that excuses You, for If ever
| heard tell ov that settlement afore |
wish may bc burned, and knows every
place, dus."
"Iou seem 10 be we'll acquainted
with the place you are occupying"
remarked the stranger, almost choking
with efforts to suppress his laughter
What place do you mean, Mister =?
This ere red bench, covered with dried
skins of cows tongues, or my Office"
Il alluded 10 your Office, and by the
way, what is your position on the
road?'
Brakeman! BY the jumpin' gcmi-
my | thought everybody knowcd that;
brakeman over the Yeast Tennessee and
Georgia railroad"
Unfortunately, / did not know it,"
Well, you'd soon found the fac ont
If you'd cut up any shines roam here,
huggin' wimmin, or cussing, or trying
to steal anybody's carpetbag, or talk
ing sassy to the conductor or SIGH
Why, I'd a chuckcd you bottom fore
most thru that window, like dartin'
clapboards thru the, craks ov a barn,
for | mean to run this ere train on high
principles, dus. An you didn't know
| was the brakeman on this yerc rail
road ?"
Indeed, sir, did not"
Well, old Slideeasy, all | has to
say is that for a man of your looks
you know less than any man | ever
saw. How do You manage to make a
livin' cnyhow?"
al receive a salary; | am President
of this road; Wallace is my name; but
| have not the pleasure of knowing
yours; will you be kind enough to in
form me 2"
All symptoms of king-bcc' disap-
pearcd at this thunderbolt announce
ment, and in the stead were seen tmid
humanity, crushed pride of place. a
str ong "get up and git" expression
and most "doggoned appearance
generally. The brakeman slid.
A QUEER SEcr-In Mifflin, Juniata
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