The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-12-15

81 guess So"
The train stops here, does it?"
"Yes'm."
."SStops long enough for me to git onp'
ooh, yes"
Well, m?bbe it does, but if Il don't
you IL hear from us p
She gave place to a man who had
looked at his watch three times in six
mIput! 8, and who sternly asked:
Ibid J. understand that we were to
wait here two hours?"
Yes, sir. "
Is it two hours before that train
crosses here ?"
Yes, sir"
Whereabouts on the line is the train
now." '''O u '''"
II don't know"
Why don't you telegraph ?"
1--WE have no instrument here"
Haven't, eh That's pretty state
OF affairs Two long hours, and perhaps
four Now, then, if"
Here he was called away by the blow
ing OF q saw-mill whistle, apd the most
peaceful-looklng man in the crowd edged
up and inquired:
Train on time?"
eyes, sir"
"Does it cross here?"
Eyes, sir"
"Always stop?"
"Always."
If L should get left here tonight it
"oula cost somebody good round sum. :"
LII the course of the next ten minutes
the other two mon approached and in-
dulged in about tie same style of con-
Versatlon, and after an interval of ten
minutes he was asked what time it was
why he was not an operator, why the
trains didn't make close come ction and
and why on earth he didn't have an
eatlng-house in connection with the
station. He had civil answer for every
question, and his patience never wavered
until Just four minutes before train time.
Then the old woman SAID to him for the
twentieth time:
DO you 'spose I'll miss the train?"
81 hope not" he quietly replied
for if you do shall take to the woods u
And ut that the six passengers gathered
on the end of the platform, went into
convention, and it was unanimously
ReS0lUed, That the arrogance and
impudcnce of public servants must be
and Is hereby sternly rebuked. ."--Uctroit
Free Press.
Cruelty to Fish.
Talking with gentleman of 81 years
"a man OF great experience in practical
life, and withal one of humane instincts
and principles-we gathered many in
teresting suggestions and ideas, that
would be worth repeating. Among 9TH
er things, he referred to lifelong prac-
tice he had always observed. In catch
ing fish, he never failed to kill them inn
mediately upon drawing them out of the
water, which is their natural element.
Every boy knows this fact, yet hardly
one in o hundred stops to think that O
living fish, deprived of the peculiar
means of respiration that the water fur
nishes, must suffer similarly to human
being cut off from its usual supply OF
atmospheric air. Death by suffocation
is regarded as terrible, and fish out Of
water, being deprived of the oxygen
that sustains its blood, doubtless suffers
intensely. 1t is the easiest thing to kill
n fish, either by striking it slight blow
upon the head or cutting it's throat. 1t
is we'll known that the flesh of ami.
mails wounded and then left tC
die is unfit for food, and expert.
enced fishermen say that fish
| should be killed Immediately on being
caught in order to render it fit for tho
table. But, aside from the question OF
food, the subject should be considered
as one Of principle. We know by the
fierce struggles of the captive fish it is in
severe pain, and humanity dictates that
it should be speedily put out of misery.
We have no right to inflict needless
suffering upon any creature, and the
torture of fish is quite as bad as the
torture of dog or q horse. Nearly
every day during the fishing season may
be observed boys carrying large strings
| of fish through the streets. the move
ments of which show that they are alive
and in great pain and misery. In most
cases this is the result of thoughtless.
ness or ignorance. Most boys would
dislike to be thought cruel, and, if they
were instructed by their parents and
I others on this subject, would probably
follow the rule Of humanity in the treat.
ment of fishes, as they do in the care OF
domestic animals. We trust our young
friends who read this article will moi
only follow misconceptions themselves,
but will try to induce their companions
| to do ikewise--HtI1lG'1e Journal.
THEODORE remarked, when Angelina
father showed him off the doorstep, tina
the old gentleman had considerable pusl
| about him.