The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-10-06
George francis Train IN Madison
Square,.

The writer strolls through Madison
Square in this city, IN. y. every even
ing Among the observed of all OBJ
servers is he of the ambro>ial locks and
bronzed face, who every evening sits on
a seat remote from the others. surround
ed by bouquet des. .feea;s. in the shape
of hundred or more children, mostly
little girls. As we pass by we observe
that he Is reading a paper, aud at the
time handing out bon boles To the chill
dren, and supplying them with jumping
ropes ard balls
AS we gaze on this interesting spec
ta-le we hear the children exclaim, "Mr.
rain, Lizze's got my ba l!'' ''NIr.
Train, Kitty's stole all my candy"
The name Of Train seems familiar to
us, and We: we cannot recall it, SO we
step up to the gentleman who 50 be-
tlevolently deals out candy to the chill
drer, and commerce our interview.
't eg pardon, is y"ar lame Train,
sir-any relation of George Francis
1raiu2''
&c That, sir. was my name in the olden
time before | eroluted.' he rep led, ,
smilingly, and louking US tuil in the
face with his large, expressive blue
grayish eyes.
s'Betore you what ?'' we asked, not
quite catching his meaning
"Betore I became passive. I, who
before was SO active; who held over
thousand conventions, and ran for the
Presidency. Bnt now, sir, am passive,
because the country has gone to the
u l,A l., l.
sails set and at anchor. There, there,
Lizzie, don't pnll my hair; it hurts.
! They have contracted the currency, you
see, to such an enormous extent, that
they have run the country aground );
aud, sir, it's too late ta do anvtlling.
/ The process OF equalization is going
OH now. You see the hundreds of men
sitting around in The parks and begging
at tie basement doors They are hap
py, because the rich meu Lave got 10
10 take care of them Eighty men ont
OF one hundred are paupers-the other
twenty must take care of the rest.
That what call equalization
let's sit dnwn anil talk it all over
suggested your correspondent
Excuse me, don't allow auyboas
u sit ''ll ltltS Ntd6 Win IlSs L aGGEi T.
wish to be tapped. Yon see 1 have
been tapped by tie penp'e to such an
enormous extent. that have. slut down
on it entirely. My vitality is e..ormouS,
as y"n see, hnt wish to preserve nv
vitality and magnetism: that's the
rtsa an / dcn't go to any meetings or
speak as might at the Academy of
Music at a dollar head 1t did |
shuuld come int. Contact with gro n
mass ot i congruous forces and shoald
depreciate u my magnetism; III short,
beta ped. 4ou have had candy enough,
my child: too much candy is dangerous
st this time "f the year. DO yon OBJ
serve how many people are sitting
around here? How they are attracted
about here by tlis great magnetic force
that possess 20
1onr correspondent was about 10 in
terrogate Mr. Train further, when a
gentleman came NY Al extended his
land III the hearte>t manner. Excuse
me, MY dear sir. don't shake bands
with any one: have not for two years
| It's singular evolution, but never,he-
! less s,,; and what's more | have estab
lished the two-minufe rule, and dorl't
converse with any one over two minutes
except these CHI dren. have become
a. little child, aud learn wisdom from
/ them. tsr,wn up people know little or
/ nothing, aud will not learn auvthiuo
! told them years ago that they would
drive the ceu try into bankruptcy. and
now they must come To me to get out
of it. The children would elect me
President to morrow ii they could.
Want more candy Kitty? But | have
evnlnted, aud intend to stay So This
park is getting too much Tor me; peop e
cone around aud tap n,e.' Here Nh
Train began suddenly to read. and " M
correspondence concluded that the two
minnta rule was in force, and that the
time was up f'r conversitsg.
If Mr.. Train can be compared to alty
one as he sits il the park bare headed
and surrounded by CHI dren, he is 10 be
compared to Victor Hugo in hisie>tiral
with the CHI dren at d't Iauteville IIou~e,
on the beautiful Isle of Guernsey, and
his passive broIzed features. elegant am
br0>ial cnrls and tille gestures stamp
him at once as q distinguished person.
age. Every evening he may be seen III
his accustomed scat surrounded by a
ci,?Sd of children, aid hardly mouth
passes that some gentleman does not
/ stop and gain some novel aid refreshing
news on the situation. Kind and agree
able to all. his face beeming with smiles
and his packets overiiawi,g with candy
for the children and crumbs for the birds,
Mr.. Trail' is the picture of bei:evp!ence,
good breeding aud good r,ature.-B Busy
Bee, IN the Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Russian as Working MAN.
In paper read before the Paris. So
] ciety of ivil Engineers by Mr.. Ser
gueeff, the Russian workman emph,ye,l