The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-05


There WAS only one stop In the III
miles that separate St. Thomas from
Amhersfburg on the Canada Soui hern
RsiIrcsd The engineer. Macomber,
Vas surrounded BY an aimiring throng,
and passengers and railroaders COM
msuied ON the handsome appearance Of
his iron steed. The steam gauge lust
before starting showed pressure a
- pounds. moderate figure for 4 loco
motive. Conductor Crawford sang out
..All aboard" and the special train
with Bishop Borgess. on board pulled
ont from 81 Thomas NJ . % D. m. A
grand hurrah from the platform sig
naled the departure.
Once the bridge was cleared, Macon
Der .let her OUT Bishop Borgess., in
the palace car, after receiving the salu-
tations Of the gentlemen Of the party.
sai down. and dinner was served 10 him
and his travelling companions upon a
small table No one noticed any par
ficular motion in the car. There was
no disarrangcment in the dishes, crowd
ed and small rs was the table. The
hum II the train was somewhat sharper
than usual. and the rushing air against
the windows sounded like the sweeping
II rain storm. Otherwise there was
no indication Of unusual speed 10 per-
son in the car
Presently watches were taken out and
observations made The reverend cler-
~. a well As the more worldly laity.
became interested
"A mile in 81 seconds" calculated
one.
shortly after-.A mile in s. sec
onds.'-
Again-.A mir in 81 seconds and
the enthusiastic Frank Moran. with a
cheer that intensified the excitement.
announced thzt his stop-wafch marked
- seconds Ia the mile.
Before one could point out an object
il had vanished BEFORE a question
could be asked and answered mile had
sped: five miles were traversed In the
interval while cigars were handed
around and lighted By - many men. A
dock Of bisckbirsis flying toward the
west with all their iieetness in cleaving
the air were soon left behind and lost to
view.
The wires on the telegraph poles
swung up and down from the move
ment Of the train The bushes on the
side Of the bitches shook a. IL swept by
hurricane. and the tall and gaudy vel
low coxcombs that grew beside the
fences bent 10 the ground in seeming
y overPowering desire TO get loose from
the earth and follow the rushing train.
The drfSf from newly ballaSted portions
II the track and the chips and leaves
rose up fiercely against the force Of
grzyitzfion and whirled and gvrated
ike v2lsory clouds in a tempest. "A thin
line 81 smoke stretched infermirably in
the distance. The impetus Of the train
increased, the vehemence with which II
rushed forward created a vacuum that
apparently took nature some seconds 10
overcome, and the spirits II the pas
sengers were exhilarzted BY the UMPIRE
cedented speed ~ which they moved
through space
A side-track passenger train saluted
a. with cheers and locomotive whistles.
Neither was heard, before the sound
could reach the ears Of the passengers
in the special il was beyond hearing.
One osEld see the rushing steam and
the waving handkerchiefs- Then Dis
patcher Noble reported that six miles
between Highwood and Ridgeton were
made in 1--WE minutes: the So miles be-
tween 81 Thomas and Charing Cross
were made in 56i minutes. A halt al
Charing Gross Of four minutes for wa
Ter, and then on again with the same
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