The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-10-03
ATWATER.
Correspondence

lCOfreSpOnQence,J sfs
The Atwater new Station house, SO
much and SO long desired by the pub
lie, has at last been completed and put
into running order. The lady tele-
graphers are delighted with their new
quarters and the fat old gentleman
who does up the agency takes to the
new improvements better than any
body would have supposed, consider
ing his obstinate objection to change.
But in obedience to public sentiment
and their own especial interests, the
Railroad officials determined to make
everybody happy whether they wished
it or not. So now we can laugh and
grow fat. The new station house is q
credit to the road and a joy to the
whole business and travelling public
who use it. The old rat-trap gave us
the ague and shivers to look at it but
the boys whooped and hurrahed as
she slid of, and with much affection
ate concern wrapped the old stove
carefully up in old newspapers for
shroud, as it went to its last resting
place. Peace to its ashes! And now
the new station house puts new face
ON everything, and the general health
is marveIously improving, with FLIP
and exhileration, rushing and young
enough to make all sensible folks
shout :-Hurrah for Greeley!
On Wednesday the capacity of our
new improvements was tested by the
starting from this place, of an excur-
sion train of thirteen passenger cars
filled with Sunday School scholars and
their friends for pleasure trip to
WelIsville and back. All of the adja-
cent country appeared to contribute
their Quota to the crowd, which, at
fifty to car, would make six hundred
and fifty, at fifty cents each, giving
three hundred and twenty-five dollars |
for days work to the road, for that !
train alone. In addition to those who |
went there must have been one hun
dred other friends and lockers on so
the crowd was rather uncommon for
us-quite exciting, jovial, peaceful and
pleasant 80
On the day before, in the evening,
things did not work quite so smoothly. |
Five of our young fellows, between |
the ages of 16 and Is years, took a |
little railroading on their own hook. !
AS the return coal train went south, |
between eight and nine O'Clock, these |
rollicking chaps jumped on for ride |
down to Limaville and back, by the |
up train. How much whiskey they
took in at that celebrated .forty.rOd
depot, nobody knows; but suffice it I
to say when they arrived back to At
water they had to take the leap in the
dark while the train was under lis full
speed. One sprained his ankle, an
other fell sprawling on hands and
knees and rubbed the bark off. Anoth-
er plowed the hard track with his
chin while one unfortunate fell back
ward, and, to save himself, grabbed
the rail with his left hand, which was
run over by the wheel
and smashed flat. His companions
to get the poor fellow home,
of mile away, at the
center, and DR.. johnson, of Alliance,
has since been compelled to amputate
the limb at at the wrist. The youth
had but lately commenced to learn the
blacksmith trade, but this folly has
spoiled his smithing. The moral eff
feet of this result of mad frolic will
probably last nine or ten days-not
longer. Boys here go it with a loose
ness
Fairs have been lively and absorb
ing and as consequences politics have
been fiat. w. II. '