The Russellville Democrat., 1880-08-12

effers could catch and they saw the bundles tumbling somersets and trud- | ling along behind the train as if they would pursue it. Then they were lost in the dust. Some of the men who tried to photograph the scene on the de l pot platform. as they went dashing by il say there were lot of men waving hats ] and others say they heard faint cheer Probably both are correct, but before the matter could be soberly discussed Farrel gave warning that the train was near. ing Tafsytown. The great pouch once more blocked the door and the men stood ready to push them out at the word. st.
 Conductor O'Connor looked at his watch, took glance at his time-card and shouted in the Herdld mans ear Seventy miles an hour now." The Herald man nodded through the shower of cinders that he thought so too, but before this interchange of statement and indorsement could be completed some one cried: Look outl" Every one peered out and behind the train, and were impressed with the fact that there were mali bags, human feet-about a dozen of them-human heads-about six or seven of them-newspaper pack ages--at least fifty of them-all going up and down together as If they were in some fierce boiling pot which tossed them to the surface and dropped them down again. There was suggestion of a cry or scream, for the novices to fast mail trains were frigl tened because they thought somebody was hurt, but the old hands sneered at their ignorance and said: wss
 People get in the way of it. Those fellows wont be there tomorrow, but somebody else will be-"
 After that one of the hartless amuse- ments furnished by the journey was to watch the collision of men standing and boys falling. They were frequent. At Sing Sing there was great crowd. The sun had begun to touch with his earliest ray the hills on the other side of the Tapan Zee, and the prison guards had stopped on their way to duty to see the fast train go by. They only caught a glimpse of it, and only a brief glance was afforded the crowd that stood on the platform.
 At Croton, Portland and Crugers. three or four miles south of Peekskill, the train slackened speed with sharp jolt. Everybody looked out; it was seen that the black semaphore showed red sig nal, indicating that the way was no clear. There was a long delay before the white target showed, and the train which held the track only by right of emergency, was shouted out of the way. Then No. 71 steamed up to the water tank and took a long, hearty drink. Meanwhile she blowed of steam and misses, as if proud of her performance, and Farrel circled around her with a great oil can in his hand with which he anointed her, and loveingly he laid his hand on the bearing of her axies to see whether they were too hot or not. It didn't take long to find out, and once more the fast mail was under way Through highlands, garrisons, Cold Spring, where ton of Newburg mail was dropped, the fast mail train speeded. at rate only occasionally falling short of fifty miles an hour, and frequently reaching sixty-three. The sun was well up and the day quite awake when the train rattled through the Poughkeepsie tunnel and moment later stood un- covered in front of the depot. Farrel climbed down to feel of his machines hot places and compared watches with a score of people. To the eager questions he replied abruptly:
 "Seventy-three miles. Exact running time less than ninety minutes"
 What ever the fast mail deserved in name below Poughkeepsie it sacrificed to Albany. It required three hours to | travel that distance of sixty-nine miles, but it reached there iu time to give the Saratoga train a mail to deliver at late | olyf f,o ot fb..k L kala mail and so did Fort William Henry Glen Falls, Whitehall. Fort Edwards North Adams and Bennington and Rut. land before noon. The fast mail forms a part of the fast express train from Al bany west. It is ninety-six miles tc Utica, which place was reached in trifle over two hours after leaving Albany There train on the Utica and Black river was waiting to take the mails tc St. Lawrence county. Ogdensburg anc Malone. A little while atterward Rome was reached, and the Oswego shore went out with Watertown's pouches to gC over the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens burg road and to the Thousand Islands Guests at that summer resort read theil Herald and smoke their after-dinnel cigar at the same moment. At Syracuse the mail car went off on the old road tc supply Auburn, Canndaigua and towns ill the Seneca lake region. Over the di rect road the express crawled with tn, Ethrough mail, making stops as If it likeo to, and Rochester is reached at five o'clock, city time. A few minutes later fast trains are taking the load on West People at Niagara held their Heralds al supper, and so did the Buffalonians. | is noted that not packake was carried by. Because of the day being a holiday and Monday as well, the service wa; light comparatively, but the first day, experiment. shows it's uses and show, that those who planned it planned i wisely and well. lfsE r