The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-06-04

with blood, grease and feathers. and from
her appearance you'd surely think ths.
Mother Goose had been picking on tia
day"
You know, Abe, the day l hoisted VI
George Hagerty's eaboose, several year
ago and came near killing poor old George
WE'LL" continued Jackey, 'sthat Wasn'
much of an adventure, so I'll tell You wha
Tom Wilmuth, who used to run on til,
Susquehannah division, once told me aboll
chasing for miles a herd Of horses. HI
said he overlook them one day on a straight
level stretch several miles long,and instead
of being frightened off the track with the
whistle and bell, up went their ears and
straight ahead they bolted. Tom said he
was travelling all of ifnot more than thirty
miles an hour. He had light freight
train, and of course was violating the rules
Of the road at that speed, butas he had to
make statiou ahead of flrst-class train
he had to skip along lively to do it. He
couldn't slack up speed a bit, for if he did
he'd hold the first-class. So, with blowing
every quarter minute, he kept on, with the
horses ON a clear run ahead of him. He
said he run on that fiat stretch for miles
and miles, and every little while the horses,
as if angry at the wonderful speed he was
making them go, threw up their tails def
antly and kicked up their heels furiously,
just like they invariably do in an open field
when you run by them. Tom said it was
truly wonderful how they kept ahead on
the track for at least six miles; and only
went off when d bridge was reached over
which they could not go. Part of them
went off on one side and the rest on the
other, and then he went on and telcgraphed
back to the nearest Office to send out track
men to put them of, the track if possible
before the express came along. Fortu-
nately, the express was d little late and
they got out of the way in time. Tom also
said the horses were as wet and white with
foam as if they had just been lathered with
soap. He didn't believe deer could do
what those horses did, and he always rec
commended the owners of running horses,
if they wanted to get railroad speed out of
their runners, to frighten them good with
a locomotive whistle and bell, and they'd
clean the deck.
so, that's nothing" facetiously remark
ed Carpenter. "Jule Parker once told me
about his running after two full-srown
bucks on q Southern railroad" Parker
was a chiyalrous,. daredevil Southern en-
gineer then running the lightning express
OH the eastern division of the Erie stHe
said" Carpenter went on to relate, that a
pair of bucks suddenly bounded upon the
track from thick woods, and so frighten-
ed were they from the roar of the ap-
preaching train that they started down the
track not more than twenty feetin front of
the engine. Parker put on all the steam
his boiler would make, and carried his
train along at break-neck speed, but, in
spite Of his fireman's efforts. ne could not
turn his drivers fast enough to overtake
the fleet deer. He never said how fast he
was running at the time, but / know the
man, and when he told that he Was going
at 'break-neck speed we can imagine some
thing about it. The road was a splendid
one for speed. It was mostly new; the
bed was in prime order, but notwithstand-
ing his engine chawed up fuel as fast as
his fireman could feed it to her, he could
not run the deer down. 1t looks astound-
ing, but he said he finally chased them
after run of ten miles into Il village.
There they left the track, ran up and down
the streets as wild as cows, and scared the
people into spasms; but before doing any
serious harm they were shot and captured.
Parker said he greatly enjoyed the yenison
steaks that were afterwards presented to
him by an old bootmaker, who was the
lucky shot,
S'Did you ever hear 'Hughey' Williamson
tell of his adventure at Washingtonyille,
on the NeWburg branch?" asked Carpen-
ter. Williamson is another know-no-dan-
ger runner, and is now on the road. Fisk
selected him because Of his courage to run
the Chicago relief train. "Well, he went
on to say, 'sthat was a rarity, and one that
seldom occurs. Williamson was in New
burg when he was telegraphed to run to
Greycourt to assist in pulling big six
wheeler on the track that had run off a
switch and couldn't get back herself, as
they sometimes do, you know. Of course
time was an important thing, as the engine
that was off blocked up the westward
bound main track. He started from
Newburg with nothing but his en-
gine, and, having a clear load, you
can just bet he few. He left the rails
echoing behind like never-ending water
fall. The station agent at Vail's
gate rushed to the door wild with fright
thinkingit was a RUNAWAY engine, no.
body on it. All Salisbury Mills, the po.
pulation of which villageis but a few feet
from the track, rushed out Of their houses
utterly dismayed and unable to believe thei,
own eyes. They thought it wasa spectre:
which they could not describe, so suddenly
did it appear and as quickly vanish again
from sight. Over the Washingtonvilie
flats the gait was SO rapid the telegraph
poles looked like blades Of grass they wert
SO thick. After turning the curves at the
WashingtonYille Station HugheF espied {
hand-car full of track hands, rails, tools
and so forth. They had no sign of a flag
out, and did not expect any thing along
He Immediately concluded that he eoulG
not stop in time, so he only blew Ills whistle
to warn the men to jump off. There wa
a dozen Of EN-, and they had la wonderful
narrow escape. He picked UP the hand
ear. rails and all, and sent EN- hyin' in th'
air in all directions. A low hand-car witt
rails on it pointing rightat Voa is the mos
dangerous thing you can possibly hit, bu
the rails this time, instead of pearcin.
every part of the boiler and engine, sWerv
| ed off and did little injury. The Dime
kettles Of the labors few up like popcorn
on a frying-pan, and croWbars, ahovles
pickaxes, tamping-bars and spikes, made
a complete Kaleidoscope the air. One 0
/ the axles of the car to which was attache
one wheel bounded over the smoke-stae
J. @
] and came crashing through The cab sindos
on the fireman side, who was nearly kill
] ed in his great hurry to get out Of tn
way. The most Of the car landed on tn
front Of the engine, and before .Hughey
could stop he had carried itthrough one {
those old-fashioned covered bridges nearl
Il quarter Of a mile of. Ii all my e1pel
/ ienee, concluded Carpenter, II don
thinkI ever heard tell Of such a miraaalou
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