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

them after run OF ten miles into vii
lage. 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 venison steaks that
were afterwards presented to him
BY an, old bootmaker sixty years old who
was the lucky shot. z Y, 5es
Did you ever hear Hu2hey' William 6
son tell Of hls adventure at Washington.
vile, on the Newburg branch3n asked
Carpenter. Williamson is another know
no-danger runner, and is now on the
road. Fisk selected him because Of his
courage to run the relief train. tsWeIl,,'
he went to say, 'sthat was rarity, and
one that seldom occurs. Williamson
was in Newburg when he was telegraphed
to run to Greycourt to assist In pulling
q big six-wheeler on the track that had
run off 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 engine, and, having clear road, you
can just bet he flew. He left the rails
echoing behind like neverending water
fall. The station agent at Wallis gate
rushed out wild with fright, thinking
1t was q runaway engine, nobody on it.
All Salisbury Mills, the population of
which village is but few feet from the
track rushed out of their houses utterly
dismayed and unable to believe their
own eyes. They thought it was spec
tire, which they could not describe, SO
suddenly did it appear and as quickly
vanish again from sight, Over the
Washingtonville flats the gait was SO rap
id the telegraph poles looked like blades
of grass, they were so thick. After
turning the curves at the Washington
Station Hugh espied hand-car full Of
track-hands, rails, tools, and SO
forth. They had no sign Of
q flag out, and did not expect any thing
along. BE Immediately concluded that
he could not stop in time, so he only
blew his whistle to warn the men to Jump
og. There was dozen of 'em, and they
had q wonderful narrow escape. He
picked up that hand.car, rails and all,
and sent EN- fyin' in the air in all direc-
tions. A low hand-car with rails on it
pointing night at you is the most danger
Gus thing you can possibly hit, but the
rails this time, instead of piercing every
part of the boiler and engine, swerved of
and did little injury. The dinner kettles
of the laborers flew up like popcorn on a
frying pan, and crowbars, shovels, pick
axes, tamping-bars and spikes, made q
complete kaleidoscope in the air. One Of
the axels of the car to which was attached
one wheel bounded over the smokestack
and came crashing through the cab vim
dow on the freman's side, who was near
~ killed in his great hurry to get out of
the way. The most of the car landed on
the front of the engine, and before Hugh
ey' could stop he lad carried it Though
one of those old fashioned covered bridges
nearly quarter of a mile of. In all my
experience concluded Carpenter, 81
don't think I ever heard tell Of such a
miraculous escape as 'Hughey' had. He
must have been going through the air
like an electric current when he couldn't
stop an empty engine before hitting such
dangerous thing.