Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-05-06

| 10 suit himself or he'd run 1t into the
ditch Now you SEQ, sir, Pm railroad
man, and don't caro- to run on road that
has no time, makes no connections, runs
nowhere, and hes no Superintendent. 1t
may bo oil right, but I've railroudcd too long
to understand it,"
"Did you try the Methodist" I said
"Now, you're shouting" ho said with
somo enthusiasm. "Nicc road, eh7 Fast
time and plenty of passengers. Engines
carry power of steam ind don't you for
get 1t; steam gauge shows u hundred, aud
enough all the time. Lively road; when
tho conductor shouts all aboard, you can
hear him to the next station. Every train
lamp shines like headlight. Stop over
checks given on all through tickets; passcn--
gers can drop of tho train as often os he
likce, do tho station two or three days and
hop on tho next revival train thut comes
laundering along. Good, whole.souled,
companionGblc conductors; ain't road in
tho country where the passengers feel moro
at homc. No passes; every passenger pays
full traffic rates for his ticket. Weslcyao-
house air brake on all trains, too; pretty
safe road, but didn't ride over it ycstcr-
day"
"Nlaybc you went to the Congregational
Church, | said.
Popular" said the brakeman: Gan old
road, too; one Of the very Oldest in this
country. Good road bed aud comfortable
cars. We'll managed road, too; directors
don't interfere with division Supcrintcn-
dents and train orders. Roads mighty
popular, but it's pretty independent, too
Sec, didn't one OF the division supcrintcn-
dent down East discontinue one of the oldest
stations on this line two or three years ago?
But it is mighty pleasant road to travel
ou. Always has such splendid class of
passengers"
"Perhaps you tried the Bap,ist?"
guessed once more.
"Ah, ha?" said the brakeman, "shc's
daisy, isn't she? River road; beautiful
curves; sweep around anything to keep
close to the river, but it's all steel rail and
rock ballast, single track all the way and
not side track from the round house to
the terminus. Take heap of water to
run it through; double tanks ut oycry sta
ton, and there isn't an engine in the shops
that can pull pound or run'a milo less
than two gauges. But it runs through
lovely coun'ry, these river roads always do;
river on one sido and hills on the other
aud It's steady climb up the grade all the
way ill the run ends where the fountain
head Of the river begins. Yes, sir, I'll
take the river road every timt for a lovely
trip, sure connections and good time, and
no prairie dust blowing in ut the windows
And yesterday when the conductor cane
around for the tickets with little basket
punch, | didn't ask him to pass me, but
paid my fare like ittlc man; twenty-five
cents Tor an hours run, and little concert
by the passengers throwci in | tell YOU
pilgrim you take the river ruaa When you
want"
ut just here tho long whistle from tho
,Ine announced a station, aud the brake
man hurried to the door shouting "Iions-
vile: This train makes no stops between
here and Indianapolis"
a DIALocUE.-Whilc travelling
not long ago in a railway We were
very much interested by the fol
lowing dialogue:
The parties were all strangers
to us, and seemed to have moi
accidentally after a long scpara-
ton.
"Wcll, Jack, how arc all The
people getting on in Ridgctown?n
(Jack loquilor.) "Wby, only SO
so-somc arc doing well and some
amt.
"What has become Of Tom
Hoilins!'
"Dustcd up and dead long ago.
"Why, he was making money
like all tho world when [ was
there last"
eyes, but he took to drink, you
sec, and everything went up the
spout"
"Whcrc's his wifc--shc was a
nice woman?o
eyes, but she got down pretty
low and married Bill Sharp
'you don't say so-marricd
that rascal!"
~ cs, times went hard with her
and she had TO do the best she
could to make living"
wv heres Doc SimmonsY'
"i>ustcd, and run down to no
thing"
"Why, he was doing wcIIp'
eyes, and making money as
long as he sold aud didn't drink
his liquor"
"Abc Gassct, what's he doinc?''