The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-30
CUD, BANNERS RIDE ON A
RAIL ROAD.
BY r. +. RODDY,
AUTHOR OF THE BANDIT
OF THE ALLEGHENIES,
THE MANIAC'S RIDE,
ATHANASE THE
AVENGER,
&C.
BY r. +. RODDY.

our way about Ralerodes, when
this'n along the Yougb wus fust
made, whether ralerode could run
faster'n AN old buck or a race boss.
Some lowed it could, an some lowed
that it couldn't
so, sais by jew Peter, (ye see
the preacher be told me | mustn't
take the name of the Lord in vane,
an if | must swsre to say by Jew
Peter so, sais |, by Jew Peter, and
Jew John, an all the rest of the
Jews, I'll soon know. So down |
goes one day, and thur wus three
or four trains a ringin bells an
snortin', squeelin' an squawkin'
enuff to scare the devil, an frigblen
all the game out o. the hills
Now / don't mind tellin' you-uns
about this, but | don't want ev'ry
body to hear it. Tbeer hes ben lots
o fellers bofhrin' me about't, an
that Bob Roddy, feller with nose
I like the coulter nv WoodcOek plow,
an eres like peeled ing-ens wus a
tryin' fur 10 git it to put in the Som
erset HERALD. But when be gifts
me into his id old paper he'll be
smarter'n ! am, an a heap smarter'n
/ think any O them printer fellers is.
But then, be amt no right printer
We know, jist one Of them cussed
fellers that go about 'ritin' lies fur
the Newspapers. If they print any
thing bout me III gut ther old she
bang wurse than the big FIRE did, an
lick that Bob Roddy tell be wont
know whether he's a fresh earcage
or a two yeer old corp. Mind | tell
ye SO.
"Well, as | wus gOin' to tell We,
down | goes to the rsleroad, aud told
EN- / wanted 10 take a light tramp
on them there cars. Some one told
me to git my ticket as twas bout
rain time. So bout a good sized
sled load OF fellers an me went into
the house an found a feller cosped
up 10 q kind Nv a kubberd. We
handed in our money an be give
Us all little pieces Of pssteboard.
Thinks /, III watch them uther fel-
lers. So out we all goes again onto
the p5reb, an stood lookin' at the
cars. \ feller with a dirty face, at
the bine eend hat wus twistini away
at a kind Of double jinied screw dri-
yer, he hollers out kind O. cross like /:
"tGit board. Git a board l'''
"Sais ], I'll be id i'll do! ssis
1, (fur We see, fellers, I'd beerd lots
o people tell about traveIlin' in the
West. When they'd git ther mummy
they'd make EN- walk behind the
stage wagin all day carryin' rale to
pry it out o the chuck holes | thort
mebbe the rsleroad wanted TO play
IL on US somehow when they'd git Us
out in the woods.
SO, sais, !, nary board fur yours
truly, sais /. Not by id sigh,
an then some y
The oiter iellers they wus in too
big hurry to look fur 3 board. an
so We sll jumped into the cars l
tell you what them cars wux 6xt up
nice. Nicer'n Pihey Ridge meetin'
house, which it was 6xt up s,purpose
10 spite the uther congregation We
all soi down onto little squabby kind
sctees that had kind ov patient lever.
siliender 'scapement, kind ov back ac-
tion arms on 'em, so I you could
set sry way or both ways. without
turnin' round. That eussed bell KEEP
ringin' and then al al wonst, al them
frames an cars an ralerodes begun
TO yell
HI and seduction. bow they did
squawk. felt things kind ov quiv-
rim aud shet my eyes ike, to git
study. Suddenly the sirth give a
kind Nv ajerk az slid right from 10
unde" the cars / iist grabbed q
tight holt ov them sillender 'seape-