Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-25
THE SUPERINTENDENT.
A Tale OF His Troubles from One Who
Knows How IL Is Himself.
,.Thc happy low Ito down.

Uneasy lies the head that wears crown
Our friend Ballaste Fysheplate Steal
rayle Is the superintendent Of a Texas
railroad, and isnot unfceguently styled
Colonel His claim to the former
title is unqucstionable, but the latter is
one of those war-worn flowers OF cour-
tesy which seem to bloom perennial in
the military hot-bed indigenous TO the
South, and Is almost invariably offered
to him either AZ colloquial bouquet,
or the preface to a request Tor pass.
To continue the fowery simile the bed
of this autocrat OF "blOated monop-
oly,' IL net one OF roses, for he Is the
of 1.-The Muddbedd,
Breakdown. Kyllbulle X Slotyme rail-
road,r which hangs like a huge iron
incubus alike over his sleeping and
waking hours. He Is one man to
whom every hour is valuable; his du-
ties are both multifariOus and vaiegat-
ed, and the calls on his patience and
time inuumerable.
The Muddbedd, Breakdown, Kyll-
bulle and Slotyme styled for the sake
OF brevity by It's employees the Nj. Il.
Kyllslo) In n thousand miles long,
more or less, and meanders from the
three forks of the Big Blue to
Longhorn Walls. In its course
through the several counties 1t
bisects, 1t becomes n Bosom Of destruc-
ton. II frightens the merry OK team
burns grasses and growing crops, and
slauphters without mercy Clydesdale
and percheron stalljOus Durham, Here
ford and Jersey bulls, merino DUCKS,
Cotswold ana SoulnuoWn sheep,
Chester and Poland emma hogs; ana
now and then for variety, Stays span
ish jacks or Jennets. IL may pe re-
marked In passing that these cho,ce
varieties OF live STOCK, especially tne
last two named, were comparatively
rare before the invasion OF tne Muuu-
bedd ana brakeuown. All 'his uu
ing and slaughter II crystal
lied IN, the shape Oh
claims which are poured IN upon
the devoted head oil our irienn steal
rayle. They are accompanied by
letters rude and courteous, explanatory
and objurgatory, peaceful ana warilke,
and many OF them marveis OF or
biography ana grammar, iitlie snort OF
q cipher dispatch. a Blaine hlaJorlty,
OF the COWS killed prehx the PROUD
title OF milch to their names or IKE
the mares were in a condition that
should have appealed 10 ihe tehuerhess
of the engineer, or mad lett lender
ana helpless OIL ,prinS 10 the COZ" iier-
cies of the prairie.
Others of the letters contain ailida
Wits and certificates as TO the character
of the claimants aud value oil the
animals, carefully drawn up by rurn
Dogberrys who, In anticipation OF q
lawsuit, prick up their ears ut thu
locomotives whistle. The Vaiuc OF
all live stock I'm Texas Is increased
by crossing IL with railway train
Grass, formerly free, shoots up To =
per acre aud the cereals increase par
passu with grass when burned 10y
sparks from n passing locomotive
"Settle or be sued'' seems to be tn
watchword, and before Texas jury
corporation Is lamb before Its shear
ers. kilograms crowd thick and Civ
AN agreeable variety to the Letters
No. 4 'is In the ditch" Nos. i ana i
had IL collision at FitzChump's bayou
trestle gone at Frisky Fans creek an
road-bed washed away AT Bloody Gal
Jay Gould Is coming down To inspec
the road; have everything in goo
shape. This last solitaire flashes froI
New York, and another flash from tn
same quarter says, Expenses Las
month too large; you must cut wage
ten per cent
Poor Stealrayle pDoders over tn
charming literary layout before hin
He removes his hat, and we are abou
to say runs his hand through his hal
but alas, his crown Is as hairless as a
egg. Railway superintendent hay
1 no time to use hair "vigorsn or resto
atives. A clergyman comes In an
asks for pass for himself and fanil,
eleven souls all told. The editors
: the Bungtown Bugle and Redbug Ri
shorter also drop In and ask simili
iavors. Malachi O'roole, drunke
foreman, "discharged for cause,n h,
ignored the roadmastcr aud comes
the superintendent and asks to be r,
: instated. Another Fenian creole mi
takes him for the paymaster and wan
I three days pay for services rendert
i two years agoand long since buried
the "unpaid labor" list. The new age
i. at Longhorn Walls Is getting b
o hind" A highly respectable citi2,
!, OF JacksborD (copptras brooches al
y one suspender) wants permission
!. pile 100 cords OF wood along side
T. road at Jackpot station, the compal
(, OF course to make good all losses
the wood Is ired by sparks from
- comotives passing that charmir
watering place. But Stealray IL