The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-11-02

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Incidents of Tratel.

manly telegraph operators OF the city,
n, r. Young, whu, together with my
friend Mr., Sweeney Of the Nashville r.
H. telegraph office, had rendtre Inc ef-
iicieut service in u way highly appre-
cyIted 10y me, which l shall not forget.
After taking my seat in the Nashville
ear, we were somewhat disturbed by II
child OF Erin, who had imbibed too
much Of the ovcrjoyful, but Was soon
relieved Of him by the timely aid of Il
policeman. Soon after, | WA, together
with two Or three members OF the. Leg
islature, invited into the lldics' car,
where l enjoyed II seat to my If; it be-
ing too short, for Il bed or lounge, | con-
tented myself in y shape to suit1he cir
cumstances, and was soon in drcamlnd,
where j remained uudisturbed, except
occasionally when some station was
called ont by the sonoruus voice of the
brakesman. In due time We arrived ut
Nashville, where, in consequence Of our
bed having been too short, our cinmpcd
condition through the night rendered
us incapable of successful locomution,
We took II carriage to the Commercial,
whore We met the polite and gentleman
~ host, Mr., Fulgham. who extended the
hand of welcome, and whose accommo-
datiuns are too well known, to need
comment. After breakfast, / took IL
stroll on College street, and called in
the W. L. Telegraph office, where | met
the worthy Superintendent, G. W.
Tralue, who has the mark and qualilica-
tons Of true gentleman. The Com
pamy need have no fears of its success
while such men are Mt the helm. He
means bUsiarSS us will be seen by his Sc
lection of such polite and accomplished
gentleman rs Mr., Boyle for Manager.
Then go into the operating room, and
there is the notable chief operator Mr..
j. y. Morris, who is in every way fitted
for the position, being II true gentleman
in every sense Of the word. Intelligence,
attention to business and social qualities,
being fully observable in the operators
Of the room, shows that the worthy Su-
perintcndcnt has displayed good judy
ment i'll his selection Of operators
After partaking Of Il Sumptuous dinner
Mt the Commercial, | started for the
Louisville depot, where l met the Gen.
p. 4 I. Agent, Maj, Brumsford, who is
ever ready to give any information in
his power, or answer any civil question.
and no one would think of asking him
an impertinent one, after seeing his ge-
NAL face.) He is the right man in the
right place. Inthc sitting.room | found
n wedding party waiting for the train
they We're going after The honey. moon
expected to find it in New York, I be-
licve, Nothing occurred worthy Of note
to me, until l arrived Mt Indianapolis,
where the train | should have taken, had
been gone half mn hour, though I was
not SO informed, but was ushcred aboard
Of the VMndnlia train, bound for st.
Louis, via Terre Haute, Mt which place
upon mrival) l was informed l would
have to change cars, the Conductor
showing Inc where to go to get to the
other train, about u quarter Of n mile
distant, then coming in sight, which I
was ndmonished if | would hurry, /
would reach in time. You ought to
have seen me trying Orun, the, hobble,
limp first on one leg and then favor the
other, then mellow down into n walk
alternating this gait, 1 finally reached
the train very much overcome, took my
seat, and in just about half an hour from
that time, the train started for it's desti,
nation. l arrived at Charleston Mt $50
where i found u carriage in waiting to
take passengers to hotels, or Van Meters
Infrmary, l, with others, going thereto.
After our arrival, we met the Doctor,
who extended the band of welcome-his
face beaming with intelligence, and his
heart beating with philanthropy, making
one feel easy and at home. The'Doctor
is certainly untiring in his efforts to re.
lieve the diseased patients under his
care, and to render them comfortable
whilst at his Institution. Patients are
coming and going night and day, and
from every point Of the compass. His
Institution is decidedly n success. There
being seven patients ahead of me, l had
to wait my turn, which came in due time.
and six hours after my arrival, l was
ready to take the homeward bound train
which l did at 2 o'clock, p. H., arriving
at Indianapolis at $3.50 p. m; no train
leaving for Louisville until 3:20 next
morning, I took lodging at the Sherman
House, which is II tirst-class hotel neal
the Union Depot. When called by the
Porter next morning, I thought surely ]
wa good for another days delay, rs
could hardly bear my weight upon my
feet and legs. Nevertheless, 1 nerved
every muscle to the task and succeeded
in getting to the train in time. Upon
arriving at Louisville, we were behind
time. The Nashville train having lie.
turned to the L. & N. depot, I was com
PEELED to take'a Bus, the driver assuring
me he would get there in time. The
road was very rough, and you who have
read Artemus Wards account of Horace
Greeley's overland route to California
when the driver OH the last division was
going on time, and Horace's head going
through the top of the coach, can appre.
ciate my position. l sat on my seat
standing, leaning OIL M cane, expecting
every minute to be shaken to pieces
We arrived at the depot just in time TIC
see the train moving out about 100 yards
ahead of us. Knowing it to be useless
to pursue it or hail the Conductor, l took
u seat to wait four hours for the next
train to leave. I filed up a portion Of
the time in reading train orders and r.