Middletown transcript., 1873-01-11
Amt this Stewards Crossing 2
NJ 4 DAY STREET DRUMMER.

Formerly We could never tell why so
many good things were related Of steam
bs,at captains aud clerks. We understand
IL in our elder days, and can readily see
how con,ac, with all sorts Of people natur-
ally brought awkward positions to those
frequently brought in contact with all man
ncr of characters. GRADUALLY the good
things are now falling to conductors; rail-
vay travel having almost brought steamers
&" the banks. And Of the conductors on
shc i;corgia railroads. il seems that those
on the $ W X. r.. while they have. pos
'ibly, .hc most pleasant general run, suf-
Ter more from omiandish folk, travelling
snuthward to see kin .toik than any class
which have noticed. Some days since,
jur, before the train ran out from the ear
shed in Macon, was disturbed while read
ing the morning paper by the entrance Of
nn old lady, who was slightly deaf, won
drously fus-y, aud fearfully made in fact,
very feariully made for an old lady
Chignon. pannicr. founces. and all those
understandable things which the younger Of
Fashions devoiccs so patiently bear, were
hung around her in p.ofusion rare. After
the train moved on, the conductor appear
I'd at the door. AMI Tickets" came re-
vcr5craiing adown the aisle. | took ad-
vantage Of the occasion to find out for what
point Mrs .Iniucr was bound, and saw that
the ticket she handel the conductor was
from Macon to Amcricus." but she re-
qassicl the ern,luct"r to let her know when
Al.
which is about four miles above Americus.
This he Of course readily agrecd,,o do.
engaged the old lady in conversation
aud found that she had been married to
Mr.. joiner about two months !; that she
was his third wife and he her second hus-
haul. Furthermore. found that he had
s"n,c relations IN QUE Of the lower coun-
ties. aud that visit To them was the OBJ
] Ct Of her journey She seemed anxious
to make as good m impression on them as
possible, as she inld mr in the innocence
Of her heart. because ,ly were not as we'll
pleased as they should have been at his
third marriage. especially IS he had mar
ried rather an oil lady. We chattcd plea
sanity until We reached Jackson-about
tho tnird station from Macon. ! think, when
!sft the old lady to her medtations The
next station was Powcrsvillc. and when the
srain reached that point she called the con.
.dnctor to her and asked him il that was
Stcwsrt's Crossing. lie replied that il
was not, and told her 10 give herself no
trouble rs he would tell her when they
reached Stewards Crossing. In fact. tha,
~ II was not n regular station he would
come to her before they got there aud lc,
bcr get ready in time. could see, how
ever. that she was nervous, restless and
excited. The train stopped at Fort VAL
Icy when she grabbed her rcticule and
calling the conductor wanted to know II
that vas Stcwart's Crossing. His rsply
Vas very brief. but to tho point:
t" II is not. madame"
Oh went the train again. and as the
whistle sounded for Marshallvillc tho old
lady again grablci the precious rsticule
and called the conductor.
"Mr. Conductor. is this Stewards Cross.
ins?"
mo. madame. l will tell you when VIC
get there" was tho amused conductors $
reply.
Away We sped, and Marshsllvillc van
ished. only to bring US. somewhat behind
time however, to Montesuma. The reti-
cule was grabbed again. and again the con-
ductor called. In he came.
is this Stewards Crossing. Mr.. Con-
ductor?"
+" II is not, il you please. madame. !
will certainly let ycu know when we &c,
there; 10 you need not ask me-" said the
irritascd conductor.
Oglethorpe was passed without the an
noyancc. but when Andcrsonvillc was
sounded the old lady was at the highe.,
pitch OF excitement, aud ns the conductor
vss assisting a lady with ihrcc babies
through the car, she graspcd his sleeve
With oss nervous hand aud her rc,icle with
the other. and asked with oil the earnest
mess oi her cxcitablc nature:
|" Nj. Couductos, ain't this Stewart .
Csossing!"
Ths USUALLY good -natured public func.
t3eoaey Wss seSed. you could sec Il oil
ovss bic smsotbly y.skavcn face.
mo. mssan. this 10 not StcWsst's Cross-
isg hsss told yoa I vosld let you
ksev .whsn ~ got there. 20 be quiet and
Riv0 yourself 20 useasiness."
IT, oh lady was twiiching eli over with
exsilsmeut - ~ stesmed sway and lsi,
As1sssouvills vssishing behind. The con-
Aussss esms and took seat BY me, aud
Mtole olssssssiag NJ eonpssssiss nsrits oi
6ego1GpaGs esd nsssow-gases ssilsosds,
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