Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-31


Roucn R,uRo,DixG IL E,rn DAYs.-In
the early day of the indianapolis and y.
Louis Railway there were some pretty rough
times on the ;rains The road ran through
= country which was nearly wilderness.
and some of the roush,-t fellows IN the
country traycllc,! through. The conductors
! generally had crews oft picked lrlke~mcn.
ami whenever a fight came up they were
in at the DEATH Especially was 1t - with
old Bobby. passenger conductor
| Pat and B;ll, great six-iouttr>. who
would fight AT the "drOp of the
| heat" One of them would 20 through
/ the train with the Odd man, and when
Z passenger was somewhat slow in coming
/ up with the ticket or the money. he would
: slap him ON the shoulder and remark
Here, the old mans waiting ON you. "
and the man generally came to time II
there was any "hack-talk. there was a
skirmiSh, in which the hrakemon generally |
came out first best. Then the ''old man |
would say : "D-n good boys of mine III |
give EN- dollar extra this time And he /
did. He often gave them S5D per month |
to do his fighting, while the company paid /
them SO TO do the braking Il was on
the same principle, however One gave .
them money for brakiug car-whcclS, and .
the other for breaking heads.
Sometimes these heligcrent brakeman
would get into difficulty at stations where
the tram stopped, and the "old man" zen
orally waited his train on them. ON one
occasion Pat got into difficulty At sanford.
and the train moved or without him.
When about two miles away. the "old
man noticed that he wasn't around.
Turning 10 his other brakeman, Bill.
hp Eal
he's at Santord'S, replied Bill II
saw him fighting there on the platform.
and suppose he didn't finish in time. "
- Well. said the - old man, - - lets 20
back after him I'm expecting fight down
at Shelhyville tonight, and must have him
on hand" The bell cord was lcrkcd. aud
in a few minutes the train was hack at the !
station and took on Pat. who was sitting
10 an on the platform resting. When the
train reached Shclbyvile sure enough there
was fight, and right lively one it was,
the old man being severely stabbed. lie e.
was not able to he out after it for several
nonths.-Icrrc Haue (hid) Express
The English Adultcration law has now
leen in force nearly two years. and Il Par
iamentary Commission, appointed u in
luirc into its workings, has recently closed :
Is public sessions, having accumulated
considerable evidence concerning lesser
frauds There was :: general
occurrence Of testimony as to the good y
fleet OF the law imposing penalties upon
he aduteratiOn OF food. and in the matter
t milk this was especially noticeable Pro-
essor Maskelyn testified that he had found
0 per cent. Of the milk sold in London. be-
ore the Act, to be either skinned or wa
cred, while now it is quite possible to OBJ
lin very good article. With regard to
rtificlal butter, the same chemist isauthor-
y for the statement that no ANALYSIS or ex-
mination can absolutely determine the fcti-
Gus character of some of the mixtures Il
mong those which he mentioned were
Australian butter, made by steaminr
he bones of animals. Dutch butter" h,
ade from American lard and real butter. -
nd = French butter which is altogether r.
tifcial, compounded of lard and the 80
APPS of the kitchen. American lard. he .''
i, is shipped from England 60 Dunkirk. 70
d comes back as butter. Similar reyela- iai
ms were made by DR.. ilaswel with re- one
I'd t. tea, which. it seems, is prepared az Flu
her reen or BLACK, according to the pre- "Si
lent ia ste of the nation for whose market An
is inten ded. What is encouraging in the soil
marks Of this report is the statement that
2 amount of Prussian blue used in fac
- green tea is not in furious to health
d, since the artificial butter is said to be
air tasting" and comparatively harmless. A
question of adulteration In these arti- -
: reduces itself to a matter of commer. WI
ethics.