New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-15
IN IDLE HOUR IN 4 CARMEL TRAIN.

On Il recent trip over the New-Yorll City and
Northern Railroad from High Bridge to Brewsters,
a TRIBUNE reporter was entertained ny "a letio"-
passsuper VINO looked ana talked Ike SCION
Shingie though IN fact he was a ZIMMERMAN uolhg
busin. IS IN this city, and not Oack-c0untTy
farmer. He SAID he " knowed eyeryDouy on the
ROAD from Harlem to Carmel, and his stream OF tax
about each farm and farmhouse and the people
who titled the fields or hung about the stations
flowed on without pause. There were DTS oil ms
quaint comments on men and things expressed III
his peculiar dialect that much amused the listener.
When near West SOmers, where many members Oh
the Society OF Friends have their homes, the lun-
herman remarked:
ders the blacksmith shop whar served my time as
n blacks smiths apprentice and aren't ashamed to
own il nuther. The only time ever stole anythln
was in that lot back o. q hat ar housen yonder
went over one night and stole some peaches but
Seriously that war my last steal. It's tact.
stranger They warn't ripe, so l hid them under
haystack what stood night on that ar kn0il 10
ripen. Yer see that knoll Wall that ar the
VERY one. When went to get EN- found that ono
of the other little thieves had been to get nus ana
stole mine too. | made up my mind that when one
little thief stole from another it "a rascay piece
of business. an | never stole no more lts a TACT,
stranger III,
Stranger. yer see that house yonder. Wall thats
whar - lived who was supposed to nave been pos 2
oned by his hired man.. knowed EN- Doth. ~, ~,
wife kind o liked the hired man-an yer cOuluh
blame her-an' it suspicIoned the hired man
poisoned the husband. Tween you an 1 with
mysterious twinkle OF the eYcl thar was good
and il now Twin with the wldder
A sui 1t lntial-looking farmhouse further on next
attracted the attention of the ex-bla cksmlth.
" Tnars an old Quaker livin thar" lie said. Hes
well fixed he's rem But these old farmers mp here
are not like Us New Workers. As longs they We got
clothes to wear, plenty to eat an drink, an good
comfortable bed ter sleep in o nights they're all
right strangeI But tell yer these old farmers IL
never forglt old Baldwin, who kept bankn
house IN Lake MahOpac an skipped with Dig
steal-a defalcatou they called it, but it's no moro
nor less in my mind than steain. That's what 1t Is
in pain En- glsn- glO-SaxOn without any
dressln up. All these farmers lost money by
him. but one old Teller who had : 900 IN bonds
on deposit in BaldwIns bank has alters since been
mad as a hornet 'Twar safe enough while thar
thar was no trouble about that but when old Bald
win got ter specuatn down ia w all Street. 1t wernt
50 safe No. stranger, 1t warnt, yer can bet yer
bottom dollar that. This story reminds me OF a
brother III law o. nine who died an left his wife
$4,000. She gin ii to an eX-prayln man Tor sale
keepn', AMI ho kept 1t so sale that now she s
keepn' "a boardin'hOuse to get her bread n butter
She amt so mGch faith n pTayln men as sire had:
Nuther have |, stranger. Between them an
cashiers whO are deacOns or Sunday-schoo supern-
| tendents | want ter shy clar. But here's Carmel.
| I'm mighty sory got ter leave yer. but mebbe III
meet yer some other day, when III tell yer snthin
about myself and some o these other skin Hints up
this way. Good-day, stranger; pleasant trip ter
yer an when yer get hard uD fur place to sleep
cum me; I'm alters ter hum every night"