Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-04-13

Jnc qulcJ glow Oh tne SeUllnp sun. IN
some such bright harbor, perhaps, old
Cap'n Peleg had long since met his boy.
Cap'n Ne'miah shut the gate with q
sharp click. .IIn f... Jp.. l,,. .,'
"Itsgetting rather chilly" he said, las
he turned toward his own cottage.
Goodnight" = SteOaH Chaplin; in
NJ Y. EGdnii,ter. sf'1' H.i W.
ln A Discreet Conductor. b,
~ understand you have made an ap.
plication to be placed in charge of q
train on another division Of the road, !"
said newspaper man to Conductor
Rumsey, the other evening. "The boys
say it is too lively for you up around
Waupun. How Is itp" s.-. / s,-~
mo, sir,'' says Rumsey, with a
mad look on his face 1T is all b lie.
shall stay on that road as long MS
they want me; and you fellows want
to have your passes with you when you
strike my train, oryou have tolphtIup.
The boys all have TO come down and
see me with passes or tickets or money,
and don't you make no mistake. You
want your thick-solcd shoes on, or you
get corns.'' 'n't'Fs 'bgr1 1Ho et'I.i
t"But what was it about some fellow
chasing you out Of the coach into the
baggage car, and you locking the door
and not coming out till the man got off
Any truth in that p,-said the newspaper
man, as he took cigar out of Rumsey's
vest pocket, and lit 1t. sSA ~ 80
"Well, YOU hain't got no gall, either.
What.you want is to go into a slaughter
house somewhere and get some gall, -
and he looked down at his empty cigar
pocket. " Nav, there didn't anybody
scare me-. The boys tell everything on
me, because l am good-natured, and
don't kick. II is because am not pick
ing fight all the, time. am no fighter,
and l had rather stop q train and build
a track around n man that wants to
| fight, than to whip him. Some of'these
sheritfs and constables that travel
around after prisoners, or take them to
| Waupun, think n conductor is n regular
deputy sheriff. I am no Pnkerton. The
other day q big husky fellow opened his
coat and showed star on his vest as
big rs the ones these Milwaukee alder
men wear, and said to me: : want you
to help me up the road here piece. l
expect couple of horse-t thieves to get
I oh anu tueN may DC IOO ulllCl loI lllc.
told him hadn't lost any horse thief,
and when the fuss commenced he could
find me turning back summersault of
the hind end of the train. S'pose am
going to pull sand-baggers and horse
thieves for eighty dollars q month, and
have bullets shot in my stomach. Not
much. A sherifffrom Nebraska wanted
me to lay of one day and go to Ran
dolph and help him arrest Polk Wells
and his gang, two years ago. You re-
member how everybody got shot full of
holes that. time. Reyolyers Just laid
right down on the floor and went off
themselves. Not any Polk Wells busi-
ness for me. Some of these sheriffs
that take prisoners to Waupun think a
conductor is'going to sit right down and
watch prisoners all the way. A fellow
wanted me to hold big prize fighter
he was taking to Waupun, with hand
4 cuffs on, while he went out at Horizon
! and got a drink. i told him guessed
not much Mary Ann, and he said /
didn't have any sand. Well, have got
just enough to run my business and col
I lect my fares, and if i want any sand
bagging will quit railroading and run
for constable. Why, they wanted me to
stop n train once and go with them to a
barn about a mile away from tho track
and hunt for some prisoners that es-
capped from the penitentiary. Did go?
Well, haven't got my memorandum
with me, but if recollect right, didn't
go. Take me for a detectivepH
"Then, you rather incline to a quiet
life, and had rather get along without
any fuss, said the newspaper man, as
he asked Rumsey for match to light
the cigar, .-.-,--.-., - -
"NIatch! Well, Iguess I better light
it for you, and pay you for smoking it;
o, wait till i catch YOU on my train
without your pass, and will make up
for rcigars and matches, lifting you off the
platform with leather Yes, sir, be-
lieve the ugliest man that ever got on a
train can be made peaceable by kind
ness. | had q man on my train one
night going up, that always gets drunk
on purpose for n row. He has cleaned
out lots of trains, and l see he was in
for row. He looked as though he had
a hot box when he saw me come in the
door, and grated his teeth. He was
full, boiling over, and expected
to fight to the next station, where he
lived, and get off without paying. ]
went up to him, and sat down beside
him, and asked him if he had had a
good time to-day, and then 1 pulled
out some picture cards that I got
in store here in Milwaukee, and said
'Here, Pat, take these pictures to your
little girl at home, and tell her, as she
meets you at the door and throws her
arms around your neck, and kisses you,
and says she is glad you come home
sober, and that she loves you, and that
you are the dearest papa in the world,
tell her that old Rumsey sent them tc
her with II kiss Well, you wouldn't
believe it, but before / got half through
talking about the little girl, the big
tears came to his eyes, and rolled down
his red face, and he took them, and
thanked me in q choking voice, and
said, as he pulled out five-dollar bill
Take my fare out Of this, Rumsey, and
God bless YOU I'll bet that rough fel
lows heart was touched, because wher
he got off at the next station he was
sober, and was wiping his eyes on his
coat sleeve, and he pointed right straight
for home. o, aman can get in his worl
on a railroad train, and never kill 6
man, If he wants to. ought to have
been sister of charity instead of con
ductor, know that, but now am into
it am going to stick. ."-Peck's San.
Copper Not Poisonous.
M. Galippe, a French savant, has un
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