Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-03-25
Mnmuruns department.
A CONDUCTORS MISTAKE.

A New York conductor, the other day, in
collecting the fares on Madison Avenue car,
came to passenger who was sitting on large
trunk, on the front platform, picking his
teeth, with complacent smlle The conduc-
tor in question was an irascible-looking fellow,
and was, just at that moment, not in the best
wait five minutes for an old lady to exchange
some farewell remarks with her friends on the
corner, before she boarded the car at Central
Avenue, and then to ransack his pockets for
change for FIVE dollar bill which she had
rendered him as the smallest she had" while
the car was crowded with passengers whose
fares had not been collected. He came up to
the passenger seated on the box, demanded
his fare, and brief twinkle of qualification
rested for moment on his features, as he saw
that only the standard sum of six cents was
the amount handed over by the complacent
gentleman.
"Here, you'll have to pay extra for that
there box" said he.
"Oh no, | guess not" said the passenger,
blandly.
"Well, now, guess you will. Dye think
this company's going to haul you and big
box twice your weight for six cents p
dunno anything about that" retorted the
passenger, land don't care I'm not going to
pay extra on this box"
"Oh you won't, won't you? Then l just
tell you what it is, young man, that box is got
to 60 off er this ere car
"What dye mean?" said the passenger,
rising, with an odd twinkle in his eye. You'll
throw it of, will you?"
II Just WILL" said the conductor, excitedly.
"Now. then, pay up, or off she goes" He
waited an instant for reply, and then, suiting
the action to the word, he raised one end Of
the heavy box until it was on a level with the
dashboard, and, tilting it over, it went on to
the cobble stones with crash, while the pas
senger stood by with his hands in his pockets
with an amused look on his face. Before the
conductor had time to turn around and OBJ
serve the effect of his summary action, an old
man in the car jumped up from his seat, and,
reaching up for the rope, commenced sound.
ing fre.alarm on the bell. The car came
to a halt, and he rushed out on the front
platform, tearing his hair and foaming at the
mouth, and demanded of the conductor in
stentorian, Teutonic tones, "Vat for you drow
dot box over?"
"What box? That box" said the conduc-
tor, blankly. "Was that your box 0, Lord ;
why in thunderation didn't you say so be-
fore thought it was this fellows property
and flung it over because he refused to lay up
double fare"
He turned to 'this fellow" but the gentle
man in question had leaped over the rail and
was slowly meandering toward the curb
stone.
Look here" shouted the maddened con-
ductor, didn't you tell me that was your
box?"
mo siree," called back the man. 81 told
you wouldn't pay double fare on it, and
neither will l."
Slowly and sadly the conductor turned
back, and with the aid Of the infuriated own
er soon got the innocent object of the dis
cussion back into the car 1t was very much
the worse for the fall, and lucky it was for
the conductor that it was, as the aged owner
turned his entire attention to it and address
ed his incoherent "cussins" to nobody in par.
ticular. He didn't pay double fare on it eth.
er Words would fail to express what his
feeling and actions would have been had the
conductor demanded it. On the other hand,
the conductor went out on the rear platform
and INDUCED in long train of thought,
which wound up by his bringing his fist down
in the other palm emphatically, as if having
reached some conclusion anyhow.