The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-02-26
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iug hiuseli On ihe arm q ne seat say,
went TO church Yesterday
Yes' said, with that interested iudce.
ton thst asks for more. Aud wba.
J church dld you sttendf
Which do you guemi be asked,
Some unlou mission church Ihszard.
ed.
Nav, be ssid, don't ike 70 run ou
these branch roads very much, don'l
often 20 70 church, aud when | do,
want to run on tho main line, where
your .ran is regular and you 20 on a
schedule time aud don't have to walt on
connections | don't Ike to ran on 1
branch. Good enough, bat | don't like
lt.
EplseopalY ! guessed
Limited express, be said, al palace cars
aud g. extra for seat; fast time, and
only stops At The big station, Nice line,
but TOO exhaustive for brakemen. An
train men In uniform conductors punch
and lantern silver plated, and no train
boys allowed Then the passengers are
allowed to talk back at the conductor
and il makes them too free and easy,
No couldn't stand the palace cara.
Rich road though. Don't often hear Of a
receiver being appointed tor that line.
Some mighty nice people travel on Il too.
/ Universslist? guessed.
Broad gusge, said the brakeman, does
too much complimentary business.
Everybody travels on pass. Conduc-
tor doesnt get fare once In .ihy miles.
Stops at all flag statous, and won't run
into anything but union depot. No
smoking car on the train. Train orders
are vague, though, aud the trainmen
don't get along well with passengers
No, / don't go TO the Uuiversaliss,
though know some awfully good men
who run on that road
/ Perhaps you went 10 the Unitarisns?
No, didn't, but | might bave done
worse That is mighty good road,
well bslasled with reason, though 1t runs
through region little bit cold, aud
there is apt to be some ice aud snow on
the track, but in case of accident there Is
no danger of upsettiDg the stones and
being burnt up; and there's one good
thing about il, the neghbors are gener.
ally ready TO come and help when you do
! iul A.
things nice and comfortable ia this
world, doing what they think is about
right snd taking their chances for the
other. They don't seem to take much
stock 10 being as miserable az You can
here in the hope that You will be the
happier for ii there. They seem to think
that mans going TO reap the same kind
of crop that be plants, and that If he puts
IN selfish, worthless kind Of "a life on
this earth il ain't a-going TO come out
very fine specimen in heaven. Seems TO
be some sense as well as poetry 10 that,
but ] was raised an orthodox and
Pwouldn't do for me 10 be seen on that
train or | might lose my place on the
other line, as there's good deal OF com.
petition between the two roads, and our
folks are getting afraid OF losing travel.
Presbyterian? asked
Narrow guage, eh? said the brake
man, pretty track, strait as a rule, tun-
mel right through a mountain rather
than go around It; spirit leyel grade
passengers have to show their tickets be-
fore they get on The train. Mighty strict
road, but the cars are little narrow
have TO sit one in a seat and no room in
lhe aisle to dance. Then there's. no stop
over tickets allowed; got to. 60 straight
through to the station you're ticketed lori
or You cant get on at all. When the
cars full, no extra cotches ctrs bnilt at
the shops to hold just so many and no
body else allowed on. But you don't
often hear OF on accident on this road.
lPs run right mp to the rules.
Maybe you joined the free thlnkers2
| said.
Scrub road, said lhe brakeman, dir
road bed and 80 ballast; no time card
aud no tarin di.ralcler. an traias rnn
wild and every engineer mskes bis own
time, just as he lIeases Smoke ifyou
want to; kind Of gj-as you please road /
Tpo many sitc uscks, sbd every switch
wide open all the lime, wHb the switch
man sound ssleep abd the target lamp 1
dead out. Get on as sou please and get 1
off when you waDt TO Don't have 10 1
show your tickets, and the conductor 1
isn't expected to DO anything bat amuse
the passengers No, sir, was offered
pass, bat don't like the liae. / don't
like TO travel on line that has 10 ter
minus. DO you know, sir, | asked a /
division superintendent where that /
road run to, aud he hoped 10 die II be /
knew. sske,l bin II the general /
superintendent could tell me, and he
said be didn't believe that be /
kneA any more about the road than the
passengers. asked him who he repor-
ted TO and be said nobody. | asked a
conductor who he got bis orders from,
aud be said be didn't take orders from
any living man Or dead ghost. And 4
when asked The engineer who be got
bis orders from, be said bed Ike to see
anybody give him orders, he'd run that
train 10 suit himself OF he'd rnn Il into
the ditch. Now you see, sir, I'm rail- 4
road man, and don't care 10 run on a
road thai makes 40 connections, runs
nowhere aud has no superintendent, Il
may be all right, bat I've railroaded too