The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-11-19

the Foot ot-Board-Investigatio of Lo-
connective Mind and Matter.
pittsburgh Chronicle. Telegraph
ado railroad trains thinki have they in
stinctp do you fancy q train has any quali-
ties that has not already been attributed to
It as common carrierl mean psyche
logical qualities" was the odd lot Of ques-
tions hurled this morning In bunch at a
reporter.
~ can not say as TO trains," he replied,
with elaboration; shut as you suggest the
possibility, may say that anything is
within the limits Of the attainable In this
progressive age. Locomotive engineers
have been known to regard their engines
as things possessing qualities fully up to
the instinct Of animals, It's sort of iron
horse sense should say. Sometimes a
certain engine Is regarded as unlucky, and
engineers dislike to handle It. There have
been stories Of the tendency of such an en-
CINE to get into smash-ups and TO kill its
attendants, for all the world like vicious
horse. Others have been renowned for do
cility, the ease with which they work,
their quick response to the manipulation Of
the levers, their cleverness in not being on
hand when there is an accident, their small
consumption of fuel and water, and their
infreauent visits TO the hospital. Such an
engine seldom gets sick, and is the pet Of
the engineer, and receives the tender atten-
tion of the rubbing down cloth Of the fire.
man.
An interesting book might be written on
the engineers and flremen's estimate of
anatomy, physiology, and psychology of
the locomotive. But yet, do you know,
have my doubts as to its having thinking
arrangement within its iron-bound car
cnss. In reference to the engineers super
Stition perhaps it would be as well to give
a point as TO locomotives possessing in
stinct, but draw the line there; they GER
tainly haven't brains. AS for cars, be-
Eeve they are positively stupid. They
have no motive In life except when an
nexed to the intelligent engine"
"Possibly, then," said the searcher into
locomotive mind and matter, "perhaps it
may be that an engine may have so much
wit as to be the mentor of an entire train
permeate the stupidity of the cars, so to
speak. When you rush for Union station
end see the train you were hurrying for
putting out OF tho shed and the cylinder
cocks putting out sarcastic remarks at the
t,rdiness Of mankind, don't you fancy for
a moment that that train knows more
about Eastern standard time and prompt
ness than your"
mo, the feeling is that of an indignant
repronch at tho locomotive | acknowledge
1 regard II for a moment as / would man
who hadn't quite come up to my expecta-
lions in regard to an appointment, but the
train. the cars, do not enter into the con-
sideration except as u dead responsibility
annex, OF no more account than the coat
tails of man."
81 am largely of your opinion" was the
interested reply. "Let me relate the in
cident that impelled my first series Of
questions. Yesterday evening, when l
got home, found two relatives from a
city in an adjoining State. They had
taken n sudden notion TO visit me and
came without notice, Of course. Within
an hour two relatives from tho northern
part Of this State put IN an appearance.
no sooner did party No. . see party No.
l than there was II cry of surprise. why,
you herep calculated No. >. How fortu-
nate. We went TO O. this morning
to take the train to pay you avist. At
o. wo saw our train leave n minute too
soon, but just then an engine on another
railroad began making up n train for
Pittsburgh and we concluded to visit our
friends here.' As party No. had not left
home until two hours after, No. . ex-
perienced the wisdom Of the two en-
gines atO-, the inference is that loco
motives not only know what is going on,
but possess a sort Of prescience, proph-
etic instinct that in this case was superior
20 the minds OF the fewer intelligent per-
sons comprised in my Nos. ! and . yis-
ring parties"