Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-24

triumph and almost to say, "didn't do that i
manflny 2" When il came TO fearful
curve, it would manifest caution, and slacken
up little, lat II might frighteu the trust.
ipg passengers behind If these are not the
attributes Of life, tell us what are. We
were in full sympathy with the powerful
and faithful old engine on this trip.
we found our position upon the
engine a fret rate place to mOralize upon
the ignorance of the passengers in regard
to what is ahead Of them, and upon their
thoughtlessuess about the forces and powers
that pull them forward. How little did the
tourists upon that train know Of the sharp
turns they we're going TO make. to avoid the
walls Of water, Of HILL of forest that barred
their path. How little thought did they
bestow upon the quiet man 10 soiled gar
ments, who, with blackened hands, sat there
with his grasp firmly fixed upon the lever,
now looking sharply up the track ahead
not an object, even as tiny as bird or
a leaf escaped his nOtice-pow glancipg at
the steam-gauge, and anon looking quickly
back at the hurryiug cars behind. And yet,
that soiled hand had the lives Of them all
in its grasp He made the engine speak
and act like thing Of thought and life, and
upon his sobriety, skill and fidelity depended
the safety and comfort Of ALL We verify
believe that no class OF men, in the public
service are more heavily burdened with
responsibility and more worthy of kindness
and confidence, than the locomotive engi'
neers. Somebody has said truthfully Of
these men. H.
"Whiter men than they are beneath their
bronzed features, their soiled, rough clothes
and blackeued hands, you cannot God
Always temperate, never off duty on a vaoa
ton, ever self.contained, utterly regardless
of the thought or the lack Of 1t in the pub
lie mind about themselves and their work
they stand quiet and steady at their post
thorough gentlemen, every inch Of them.
If ever an American citizen should tax
of his hat in the presence of any mortal, a
token of respectful consideration. he woul'
be justified in doffing that hat when he stand
in the presence Of the faithful engineer VIII
guides the train he travels on.
> If any of our readers will take one ride o
r the old engine, they will fully appreciate whu
I. we say. The following incident illustrates tn
e views expressed above as to the fidelity aut
t earnestness of our engineers.
e When the fast mail train from New Yor
arrived at Elkhart, Ind, on its first trip it wa
q twenty-five minutes late--a delay caused b.
the heating of a journal box on the sleep
ing car. The distance to Chicago from Ell
n hart is l01 miles only, and the engineer VIII
f took charge Of the train looked doubtful
II at the time table. His name is Fran
Osgood, and his work in carrying the trai
. into Chicago fast enough to recover the lo'
u time, so strained his watchf0lness and nervt
's that whom he shut the throttle of his engir
e IN Chicago eight minutes ahead of schedu
time, he tainted away, and for few mi
utes il was reported that he was dead.
3 large portion of the Chicago delegate
n breakfasted with the postal officers, wh'
= complimentary resolutions were passed At
h pleasant replies were made. Ten thousau
letters for Chicago we're brought by the fa'
mail train for distribution. The New Yor
VI newspapers, only day old, were sold in th
Q hotels at the same price as the Ohical
dailies.