Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-07

/ ard furnished the cattle along the lire
/ with time cards. thus Obviating this diti-
/ Guilty. Last summer he whipped all the
leaves of the trees along the DIVISION, ana
Supt. MaXOn has been obliged 10 TIE down
several light station houses, anchor the
hand.car shanties and use extra large
spikes i'm the fence-bOards, In order TO
prevent their removal by the suction OF
the swiftly moving train. The rear car
has to be repaired and reprinted every
week. This is OccasiOned by the Tram
moving around short curves at such
rate as to produce sound similar 10 Uhe
short crack of whipash. This is nara
on the cars, and the company seriously
contemplates covering the rear end WIN
boiler non. The shadow Of the train is
always one station behind, while the dates
on the letters are frequently found to he
one day earlier than the time they are
mailed. Rural pOstmasters always run
out and throw the mail bag toward me
track while the train is yet two miles
away. and il never fails TO hit the mail
car door unless the postmaster m1scalcu-
lates the distance and gives the bag
heave too late. The regulation distance
used to be a mile and half, but after the
time was increased 1t was found the bags
always fell behind the train, so an oihclai
order was issued increasing the distance
to two miles Even this is a little slow,
UuL Iut EtTNitt II HOb NilbiiEi1 ttiNGtIu
vet. Switzerland has been known to leave
Ottumwa Sunday morning and arrive in
Council Bluffs on Saturday evening of the
day before. The writer, having decent
respect for the truth, will not make att-
dayit to this latter statement, not beng
personally cognizant Of its truth, but
gives it the benefit Of publication on the
assurance of Jim Sullivan that it is true,
and JIm's great-grandfather fought with
aab of
mids, while a miniature Ratchet bangles
from the watch chain of his VeraciOus de-
scendant. 81 came very near telescOping
No. 3 between WOODBURY. and Lucas the
other day.D remarked John, last night
Gas / turned the curve on the hog back
1 was paralyzed to see the tail end OF the
passenger ahead of me. / tipped her back
without shutting off, and twisted the tail
OF the air brake, but it was no good. l
saw / was bound to take in that coach,
unless Providence interpOsed. Well, !
don't ask you to believe it, but hope /
may never see that girl in O8ceOla again
if it ain't true. Just as / braced myself
to receive the jar felt a curious motion,
and, looking out the car window, nope
to be run over by car Of green lumber If
the engine, train and all hadn't jumped
the rail and scOoted to the wagon road
that runs 'lOng side the track at this
point, and quicker'n l can tell ii l was
runnin' neck am neck with 'tOther fellers,
with best o. two Z one and no takers that
I'd git there first. Oh, yes, you can latf,
but the first thing / knOwed the fOr'ard
trucks struck sOmethin', turned toward
the road, and earn my hide if she didn't
strike cattle guard and climb the rail
just in time to keep from bein' lacked up
the engine of No. 3. You see this was
bad, for though was ahead on the track,
was behind on the train sheet, and no
amount O. lynn on the supe ticket could
cover that up. Tom Potter, when he heard
o. this, wanted to hang me at sunrise next
day, but when showed up the cold facts
by a stack o. alibis as high as that box
car, supported by the afiidavits of Mark
Strassler, Clay Kirffman and Bill Flint,
Tom caved and ordered EckersOn to pre-
sent me with house an lot, a gold watch
an chain and a suit Of clotnes."
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