Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-13
Correspondence.

| Y. r. r. was sadly behind time.
caused by an overplus of that sworn
foe to all time tables not printed ca
Iadia RubBer The numerous cram
berry picker his still more numerous
wife, children. luggage etc. Mike
Moore claimed that 'with good day and
good track as they of the turf say,
No. 5 could yet make her time at Val
ley junction, miles away. So after
getting fairly off from--Stat;on
he pulled her wide open and away she
new, lie With CHE. eye closed, the other
carefully scanning the track ahead,
right hand on lever, while the left ca
gerly searches every pocket of his
"dry goods for that cigar, the cigar
that should have been. but was not.
Thus he stood the very embodiment of
frmness, anxiety, and settled grief,
firmness to dc MS duty as he under
stood it. (make time or boil the bus
ter. } Anxiety in the latter. event as 70
the future of one of the O'Moores.
who BY, the way were Kings in their
own right. dating back &c. Grief,
deeply settled, that he failed to bull
doze Sandy Davis out Ct at least one
more cigar before leaving the depot It
Wausau. Billy had just filed her up
and was. sitt5ng opposite with hands
tightly oienching the seat while with
iugU bEiQus ceuntenance he. vainly en-
deavored to recall some fragment of
sadly neglected and long forgotten
prayer, learned in the days of his in
nocence (Which of course we're the
days Of his infancy far away in the
"Ould Dirt A mile or more in ad-
vance is small way station used. only
during the cranberry harvest. Just
COW on its platform flag is seen,
waved. by vigorous hand Mike. NUT
ters s-wel it may have been prayer
but if so, was offered up with unwont-
ed energy. Full we'll he knows that
another influx Of the dreaded cranber-
/ ~ picker with his etcs. will surely lay
-
sim out. He cduld not hope (eyen
with No. 5 } to annihilate time and
space, but, orders must be obcyca.
One sharp "toot' of the whistle, -ev-
cry assistant conductor springs to his
Armstrong brake, -Soah we glide up
gently, coming to a full stop, lat The
spot to an inch. And for phat! A
half dozen empty sacks. tagged, ''Wat.
Earl Groceries, Flour and Feed, TO.
nah, Wis, d. H" Is that all :?
eyes" says q voice in the crowd.
You should have seen Con. Shute's
face; it was study worthy of poet
and painter, and, for aught I know,
ylazier & paper hanger also. + GER
tainly would have Been interesting to
Miss.--had she been there (but
Glen she WASH t you see Time was
precious; evidently feeling he coula
not do justice to the subject on such
short notice, he did the next best thing
shouting 'sAll aboard and again we
speed along the Ircn bands at the'rate
of less than "a mile minute includ-
ing stoppages, '' arriving at Valley
Junction on time and O. X.
Well done Mike, Well done Billy,
Rully for No 5, and Viva La Trio,
The next a, m, on return to-
Station the Con. took occasion to del1v-
er an extempore lecture to a
small and very select, if not greatly
delighted audience, freely giving his
views to whom it mighC concern IN
general, apd the offending party in
particular on the improperly of flag
ging'the IL. E." for such trivial mat
tiers as a half doz. ID. H." empty
sacks, Tie remarks were few, we'll
chosen and to tie point, ne Irrelevant
matter introduced, nothing about Vaii-
derbildt, Tom Scott, or . - or
even The Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION or their different modes of
doing business, but given in what I
will term solidfed' R. r English, the
strong point Of which is, it never fails
to reach the understanding of even
the most obtuse, in fine in was dccid-
ed success. After which the offending
party SLIDING up to your Cor" the
| following colloquy ensued:-
OFF P-"Say, Stranger, who is that
,ere long Teller with the brass hoops
around his head -
Cor THAT shute. Con. shute. !"
| OFF P.-'sCon. of this train eli {?
Well | declare for t You know him p
Cor.--"Well yes, slightly
o. Kinder put codt want he"
Cor Looks a little that way"
Cnnlinot still closer !nrnwlinoc Iii