, 1876-09-17
TIE LYING CLUB.

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The readers Of TIE TRIBUNE may not be aware
that a branch OF the celebrated Nevada Lying clnh
has been established in Chicago. Friday afternoon
q TRIBUNE commissary, hearing Of the new organ
ization, Waited Clark street store to procure
suitable disguise. He masqneradcd as fireman..
and took Wabash avenue car to Sixteenth street,
where he a1ighted and commenced his search for
the headquarters. After several hours spent IN
vain he a. last 5ne the
teenth street depot, said building being used as an
engine-house.
Carefully crawling through q window be found p 9l
the member telling the biggest le TIE Tnls',SE at =
man selected position where he could see and not
be seen and prepared for the fray. A man weigh
ing about 400, more or less whom inc other mem'
Twas runnn' on the Middle Division one time,
and Loosh Howland was conductor. we hao ple
train and We had to cverlastinly 60 to MAKE ,t nP
orders to 70 Mendoty with time order agln No,
2. Loosh brun@ the order over to me and says. AZ
est on she rin & he and By the
che fust coach came to him we were going SO durn
fast he darsent try it until he got to the hind
coach and then he g grab an and knaef 1Ippeo pn
and durn me If be didn't kctch holt Of the truck to
save himself from falling and pulled II Clear ons
from under the hind end Of the coach, and We were
going SO fast that the wind kept the coach from
falling onto the rails until we got to Menooty ana
then, of course, the coach settled down on the
rail ker thump, and the fat man stopped to take
breath and to abstract q cigar from the pocket OF
the man next to him.
An engineer Of undoubted German descent was
the next to take the floor. lie said: t'Poys,
used to run on der New Yorrnk Z1utEsl. runs
dem Cypress drains 20 fast dot der pagEagmans
und prakemans always take der shair und dabie
und blay shccker-right und de door. Der WIND
keeps dem up already like Watkins coach, sure,
and 1hc Club decided that Watkins was deIeated 81,
'sRell 81 said modest-looldng young man %lth
a moustache which ought to do him us good service
in dark night as an ordinary headlight, II never
had any experiences such as Watkins and our
German friend relate, but I'll tell you little incl
dent that happened to me not more than ~ years
aro: went out ahead OF No. with big freight
train one night, dark as pitch, and showing and
blowing terribly. You all know that slough near
the Claren Hills. Well, it was frozc over, ana,
when we got there We jumped the track. and the
whole freight-train jumped with US clean onto the
ice, and VIC etad there and never knew the dluer-
epce until No. passed us like she was shot out OF
gun, aud we wondered where that new railroad
was built, and found out where We were"
.sThat's nothing said the man that sat next to
Battles IL run the Tempest one time down
East and she jumped clean acrost the Pcnobscot
River and we got half way to boston oe1ofe We
found out where we were"
Here the proceedings were interrupted by Wat
kins, VINO slnng monkey wrench at the reporter
He had penetrated the newspaper mans disguise,
and thfrsted for his blood. The rest Of the party
commenced bombarding the innocent newssathcrer
with oil cans, lanterns, waste. water buckets.
etc. and the representative made n graceful exit
through the window and started for the nearest
drug store.