The Newtown bee., 1878-12-12
Sevtnty-Five Miles An -Four.

had spent night in a stage, day in a saddle, night in a sleeping car, half day doing busin ss, half day in bed, and was, aft.r supper, enjoying cigar and news paper in the reading-roo of the Redwood House. Fayctte. Ind. The newspaper was | unlnterestlng. or else I was rather sleepy and guess it was little of both-so that l soon neglected it. to watch the fantastic curling of the smoke from my fne-favored cigar. didn't feel much like talking. and felt still less like reading but did feel as if l would like exceedingly well to hear good story.
 had barely come to this conclusion. and commenced wishing for some one of my acquaintances to amuse me till the time was up for the train which was to take me to Indianapolis when l recognized. in the person who sat next to me. fellow traveller in the sleeping-car of the night before.
 o1 lis Hs Ji2 Jt29 h24 ha2l lal a8ds a apd. Eag to keep him company.
 He was very agreeable-looking little man, with clear, gray eye, light ha.r, sandy whiskers, and smiling mouth, h. deed, he had so much the appearance of the man that I would like to hear tell a story, that thought Dame Fortune had smiled upon me- when he recognized me with genial, How dye do, stranger! !'
 I returned his salutation, and asked him some common place questions about how he had enjoyed the rido we had to- gethcr.
 He said something in reply about th2 running being too fast for the poor track; and from this the conversation ran upon fast travelling in general, for some time At last remarked, that sixty miles an houl was the most speedy travelling that had ever done. Whereupon my friend informed me, with a pleasant but knowing smile that he had trayeled considerably fast than that. and in fact, fast r than he hat ever heard of. besides. Of course l wa anxious to know where, how, and when h had done it; and, after the modest assur c1cc that he feared his tale would not b int rcsting, my friend relieved my anxlt t l by relating the following story:
 T am Q railroad engineer. Away alon in fifty-seven, during the great panic, wa running on the F. & C.. R. R. The railroa companies were going under, in all dire' tions. Every day We heard of new failures end quite oft2n in quarter where We lea exp ctad it. Our road was generally looke upon as one of the most substantial in tf nation; nobody seemed to have any feal that it wonld fail to survive the gencr mash-up. But yet I did not fully share = the general confidence. Wages were c down: arrearages collected; md gre .c many other little matt Is seemed to indica to me that the road had got into rath t. deeper water than was agreeable all aroun Among other things, the master mechaE had told me in the spring that the compai 10 had ordered four first quality Taunton C zines for tine fall passenger business. I ne road was put in the very best conditio and ether preparations was made to down the time, and put the trains thrt quicker than was ever known before, wi the new engines should come. We'll, tn was but one of the engines came.
 II said there was but one engine car but she was, in my opinion, altogether
 best ever turned out of the Taunton Wor and that is saying as much as can be saiJ praise of any engine. She was put in
 charge immediat .ly, with the understa ing that she was mine.
 1t was Saturday when she came out the shop, and was to take special u up to Y-. The train was to carry { the president, and ssveral of the officers
 the road to meet some officers of anoi road. which crossed ours there. and ara
 some important business with them.
 'Thad no trouble at all making my f'
 miles an hour going out The engine
 dled herself most beautifully. We '
 just holding up at Y---, when Aidrieh
 treasurer, who had come out on the
 form to put the brake on, slipped and
 As Ne were yet under good headway
 was very much injured, and was carrie
 to the hotel insensible-
 According to the presidents direct
 Iswisched of my trAsn, turaed my eni
 and stood ready to satrt back to C.
 moments notice
 ..Aldrich's presence ~as of so niueh
 portancs, that the bssszness ccald nn
 transaeted without him. 90 all ti1ose
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