Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1884-10-16
John w. Garrett.

| MI. NUITctt death reminds mo OF
astoly,' remarked an old railroader
not now in service. ut was before the
war; l was running TN engine on tho
d. u 0. In those days there was n
good many slaves getting away from
their masters in Virginia aud making
for Pennsylvania. So the owners club
bed together and established patrol
along the Il. & o. For more than n
hundred miles they kept an average
OF three men to every milo where
there wns timber watching the track
nights with dogs and guns to catch
any slave that would attempt to cross
One night | was running n freight
west. All OF a sudden before me in
the light from my hcad-lamp I saw u
co!ored man standing on the track.
He had heavy stick in his hand, and
was fighting for life with pack Of
dogs Down tho track ! saw three
slave hunters running toward the ne
gro. l tell you it was Il sight that
made my blood boil. Acting on tho
impulse of the moment I shut off
steam, wllistled down brakes and set
up fearful whistling. 1 also released
the safety valve and made her blow
off steam. l hoped to frighten the
dogs, and did. They turned and look
ed and looked at the big light OF tho
engine, and some Of them ran away.
But the slave was nearly rs badly
frightened as the dogs. IIc stood
motionless on the track. TO this day
! can see his figure US il was outlined
against the darkness 1t was statue
OF despair. Fearing that lie would be
run over ! clambcred out to the pilot
and shouted to him just in time. lie
reused with start, jumped TO one
side as passed und called to him to
get on the train, which by this time
was running slow. watched him get
on, when l gave her full head of
steam, whistled off brakes, and We
sailed by the slave hunters SO fast they
couldn't get on. They fired at me,
but missed. Ny fireman carried my
dinner-bucket back to the negro. He
dcvoured it like n starving man. He
must have been peculiar negro, for
when my fireman came back there
were strcaks down bis coal-bcgrimed
face. He had been crying He said
that niggcr had embraced him with
joy and prayed for him on his knees
on the top Of box car My bucket
was empty when it came back, and
then the fireman took his back to onr
passenger. Ii was emptied, too. The
man was furnishing. Well, that slave
got into Ohio, and after an investiga-
tion my case was laid before Mr.. Gar
rctt. 10 satisfy the slaye-owncrs, he
discharged me, but got me II job on
the Pennsylvania road, and paid me
full wages all the time was idle"
Hulskanlp, Victoria and Sitting
Bull occupied adjoining pcwsin Il New
York church last Sunday. Tho con
grogation paid but little attention to
tho discourse.
About 40,00o,000 pennies were coin
ed in tho United States last year. ,l'hc
contribution boxes managed to swal-
low most Of them, and the poor heath
On are now playing penny ante.
A. young Bullingtonian is drcaA-
fully anxious over the result OF the
campaign. II Blaine is elected, he is
TO marry the girl; if Cleveland is
elected, the girl is 10 marry him; if
neither Of them get it, they me to
marry each other.
Sitting Bull, tho great Indian
chief and warrior, is now in New York
in the show busincss. A New York
paper has this to say about the de-
mennor OF this noted Indian: "Illo
stoIidity Of the North American In
dian is truly wonderful. One finds it
difficult to bolicycthat the crafty chief
who mndo such Il famous fight in the
Rocky Mountains few years ago 10
now on exhibition in this city at fifty
cents a ticket. Compared to his dig
ni1icd mean, George William Curtis
independence and manner are friyo-
lous, frolicksome and gay. lie sits in
sombor silence, and looks at the un-
fortunate white man who is attempt
ing to be agreeable with Il cold and
reserved glance. You may enter the
presence Of Sitting Bull with Il brass
band, throw hand springs before him,
smile, weep, or have commissions, and
he will sit there and look at You with
n cool, boadlike and intelligent but
utterly unintcrested eye. Nothing
disturbs him; Ao never smiles, and
before he delivers remark he thinks
it over carfllly, turns il into Il dozen
different shapes, then Expresses it