The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-03

4 one II the W82OOs anu the morse, TOO. ana
when hit them / swooned. Twas the
most terrible experience l ever had since
ran an engine. The two ladies seemed
as il charmed, and were perfectly un-
conscious Of their great danger, while
the man was beating the animal in q
fearful way to get him to pull across out
Of the way. They all had their eyes riv-
eted on the train, and although it was
running them down every second faster
and faster, not one of them made move
to Jump from the wagon. When struck
them they had not moved step from
the spot where first saw them.
"When the train stopped I got settled
but could hardly recall what had Just
seen. My fireman said, Let's 90 back
and see if they are killed. but couldn't
stand 1t, and didn't go back. It turned
out happily that the only one killed was
the horse that baked. When the en-
gine hit him he was directly between the
two rails, and being struck with such
force, broke loose from the wagon and
was sent twenty feet in the air, landing
in the culvert with his neck broken, and
mutilated in q horrible manner. The
man and the two ladies were more fright
ened, like myself, than hurt. They were
all pitched with the wagon into the gut
ter on the side of the track, and beyond
being roughly handled and receiving
several scratches and bruises, nothing Sc
rious befell them. O, yes, forgot-the
mans arm was broken. The nearest
house was opened to them, and we went
on, | being unstrung and hardly capable
of running the rest of the trip. I tell
you will never forget that experience,
and several times since it happened the
horrible sights has come to me in my
dreams"
.'Well,'' put in Carpenter, 81 have.
mover killed human being yet, but we
can't tell how soon we will. The near
est ever come to it was at the time I
struck the tramp between Howell's and
Mlddletown some time ago, and as was
able to nearly stop before reached him,
| only gave him light rap, so light that
he only gotta leg broken and small
scalp wound, both of which he soon got
over, after being taken to the county
house. But did ever tell you about the
brood of geese I struck at Sloatsburg
once?" continued "Abe.' That was a
funny mishap, and laughed over it lots
OF times. You know geese are like old
hens when in front of awagon or train
cunning, and ready to jump out of the
way just in the nick Of time. These
geese were sure "gooses' this time, for
they didn't bulge; like the women you
speak of, Jackey, sister .sgooses," they
seemed to be enchanted and charmed.
There was probably fifty of 'em. But I
knew they couldn' t do any harm if there'd
been fifty million Of 'em, I let her out a
screw or two on the throttle, just to see
them fly. You'd ought to see them.
Twas just fun. Some of them went up
forty or fifty feet. They went up on all
sides and you would think lot of BOYS
were snowballing my engine. Two Of
them lit down in the coal in the tender.
and one came whizing in the cab-window
My fireman and had roast goose for
dinner that day, and each took one goose
home. The engine was covered with
blood, geese and feathers, and from her
appearance you'd surely think Mother
Goose had been picking that day"
"You know, 'sAbe,' the day I hoisted
up George Haggerty's caboose several
years ago, and came near killing poor old
George2 Swell, . continued Jackey, ssthat
wasn't much of an adventure, so I'll tell
you what Tom Wilmoth, who used to run
on the Susquehanna division, once told
me about chasing for miles herd of
horses. He said he overlook them one
day on straight level stretch seven
miles long, and instead Of being fright
ened of the track with the whistle and
bell, up went their ears, and straight
ahead they bolted. Tom said be was
travelling, all of it not more than thirty
miles an hour. He had light freight
train, and of course was violating the
rules of the road at that speed, but as
he had to make station ahead of
a tirst-class train, he had to skip along
lively to do it. He couldn't slack up
speed bit, for if he did he'd hold the
first-class. So, with blowing every quar-
ter minute, he kept on, with the horses
On a clear run ahead of him. He said
he run that fiat stretch for miles and
miles, and every little while the horses,
as If Angry at the wonderful speed he
was making them grow, threw up their
tails detiantly and kicked up their heels
furlously, 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 the track
when bridge was reached, over which
they could not go. Part Of them went
off one side and the rest on the other side
and then he went on and telegrarhed
back to the nearest office to send out
trackmen to put them of the track
it possible before the express came along.
Fortunately the express was a little late,
and they got out of the way in time. Tom
also said that 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 did recommended the owners
of running horses, if they wanted to get
railroad speed out of their runners, to
brighten them good with locomotive
whistle and bell, and they'd clean the
deck
80, that's nothing tacetiously re-
marked Carpenter. "Jule Parker once
told me about his running after two
full-grown bucks on Southern railroad. y
Parker wac q chivalrOns a ara.davi1 South