The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-14
TRAFFIC THANKS
1ne Union Pacific Railroad Gonna.
Issues a Proclamation

oFF!CE OF W
ASST. E PASSENGER Aou
THANKSGIVING ~PRocLAMAr,ox
TO the General and raveyi,,
Union Pacific people have alwa vs. Asents,
cause to be thankful to the ~ abundant
ing Public whose intelligence as Travel.
experience lead them to select Nv Years OF
and from the West. Their liheraa1I oates to
age increases from year to vear patron.
grand country grows in wealth lar az this
ton. 1t is fitting and proper thu. popula.
thus favored above its ieljows &c" d road
duce it's individual rates, even at F'ou'a re.
OF it's aggregate pas enger arninaa sacrifice
is this that we have done FROM and it
year, until it now costs so littla year to
that even tramps refuse to steal traVel,
the dusty and uncomfortable lNes On
train men can make no extras Lra"'' ana
down fares. "'ocking
1t is also fitting and proper that
ger men OF this great railway sbonId pI%ssen.
one day along with good citizens ga," "y9 on
and spend it's two dozen f%eetinea, "IeraLly,
more or less, in quiet enjoyment ~ noufs,
and cranberry sauce, and the conconn;.Aey
condiments Of the feet, f~attened n'ant
feathered biped. The President OF tho rl IN
ed States, General Fitzhugh Lee, Govs..a''
Hill, John Kelly and the victorions 'ano'
OF the puritan have all agreed nnon ssS
26th day of this present, passing nle we
choly month. as a day OF extended nro" aA
and universal Thanksgiving. payers
The Right Honorable Secretary ~ g..
in jingling harmony with the President as w,
all orthodox members Of the Ca hinet wv
set forth in pleasant phrases separats,d mas a
selni-colons, about all the features 81 a.99!
tence for which ordinary people are oenoaS
ent upon the Almighty, but has isInI
utterly, and yet innocently, to design,
ON OF the spiritual and temporal adv
tages which a class Of citizens have eniovaa
in spite Of civil service rules and Other nj,
fOrtu les.
Now, therefore, I, Samuel B. Jones As.;,
tant General Agent of the Great Onion d.
cific Railway, shortest, quickest and soi.st
as well as best operated of six transcont;
mental lines, and which runs through ~,
biggest, best, broadcast and busiest h,
between the two oceans, do hereby 90 tHs
Democratic Executive one better, and mo.
claim, designate and set apart Friday and
Saturday, the 9th and 18th DAYS Of W.
vember, as a double daily dose Of leis5rs
amusement and good dinners, to all ts
genial gentlemen who draw monthly premi.
ums for superior service in the Passep,ar
Department of the Cnion Pacific Rajlwar
and their wives, daughters, sweetheartsand
coachmen.
1t is recommended that tie usual Va.
venber fees to Pullman pUrters, which bav.
not been secreted in expense accounts h..
yond discovery, be chucked into the cash
collections, when the conductors Of the ros.
pei trains call for fares, between Sermon.
Vile and Terminus, on THANKSGIVING day
1t is also recommended that special yr,y.
| ers be offered for coupon ticket agents and
| ticket brokers, as we'll as for traffic associa.
tions, among whom earnings are to be
| about equally divided hereafter. that their
violent hand may not be laid upon the
! receipts from local sales.
1t is further recommended that each and
f! every person included, designated and de-.
sirous, abandon for two days, the harass.
ing habits OF their bold, busy being, and
devote these two days to cleaning OF lawns,
burning rubbish, heaving in the winters
| coal, and cutting kindIins for the hired
handmaiden.
1t is still further recommended that each
travelling solicitor allow TIE COMPOUNDED
gray to go his sawky way unhindered. and
that all the heavy v~illainy, with which cuss.
| Ing competitors are knocked out OF time, be
turned to the wall, while the acquaintance
Of wives, children and sweethearts. broken
of at repeated intervals during the past
| year, be renewed, and bonds OF union be
strengthened. n. B.-These instructions
must not be construed as authority for in.
} Guiding other feminine attaches Of the
household. or OF any other household Or
hearthstone, for similar concessions. Dis.
trict No. 4 is excepted, and the Representa-.
tive OF this department there, may proceed
to District No. IL. at his own expense, it
being agreed without argument that there
is a especial party there, which he Can
| work in his own way to better advantage
on holidays than the regular representa-.
tive.
1t may not be amiss to follow the exam.
| Pile of the eminent Secretary, and proceed
in pithy phrase to recite the reasons for
special Thanksgiving, calling out this second
annual proclamation.
Feed your soul on fairness and rejoice;
| yea, be We all exceeding glad and shout for
Joy, for the Lord is good to such as faith
fully serve the Union Pacific and Himself.
For h, that loveth his neighbor Ms hun
self will send him to California over the
Union Pacific. -,
And he that is in favor with the Good Of
Earth. is q passenger agent of the laloA
Pacific.
He it is that winneth praise, hecaa3s bis
neighbOr went to Oregon over the oregon
Short Line.
And when he visited the Rocky Noun
tains, and climbed the peaks thereof, l'
was a Tourist ticket over the Union IA
cifc.
Yea, when he beheld the cavernousc anon''
and the kissing geysers, and sat III a"eoI
the mighty cataracts-even then the tltAV'
which he held was Of Union Pacific issue
Wot We not, that they that are wise, the!
that are righteous, they that are WfIl+a,
ored and fat, and all who hope Ter hsppf
ness in the Hereafter, by reason oil di'ttr
ton in the Here, have w]huoped 1t up In
the Union Pacific at all times and III Ill
places with lusty lungs?
When friends have desired to remove
their locks and their herds, their Lafv'
and Penates, and canary birds to me su
ting sum- to the hills and valleys ana 'F
gold fields of the interior, and to the 0iF'
Salt Lake in the Valley of JORDAN va,
even to the farthermost sea; tneh iaNts
spoken kindly, yet firmly to one amour ,T,o
and hustled them hltherWari. ~, a." ,E
have thine enemies been dlscolnIltltu '"t
our pool percentages held up IN the l"'e y"
valiant and perspirlns competitors
Be thankful; yea, rejoice, for he tna' n",r
little and buyeth IL thir !-claSS ticket ~.
speedeth across plains and ihouA'",r,
even to the Home OF the Angels anu =.
Peaceful Ocean, on flyli. last tAPa,n5
trains, and he that hath much go1" an
and houses and lands and town "~
makes no more haste THAI his less ioi''"
ate neighhor. 49,. ts
And yet again, rejoice, Tor 'na'
months and the years are bringing PF9'ptr
ity and better accommodations frrs,
time, more trains, more buslnes,lO"tl "Id
and all things work together LOT l"'5
of the Union Pacific, except the "'
Congress and the Knights of LABOR 4hinl
Go to then, and enjoy y"ursel'Fs' IA.
not of the morrow, and by al T,kt
get the last night and the YESTERDAY
much solid comfort and little Il'llNr' +r.
Be content with trDth and EoLe''t' ,r,t.
key and cranberrics, cOil'e ana ~ Ii,
In social intercourse u; irleiit's .r"IL nrd,
ties OF affection ana strengthen NV u,oru.
OF kindly feeling, returning hol'''H to
ing refreshed, dasuing aid fe-"i"'n ,,tbcr
visit agents in your territory ar. r.
up passengers unit! your eoinP's', narr all
thing vanunished, may WIS.,! 'n's youl
of your kluShip, your religion ;"
railroad. Noyeln
Done at Omaha this 9th day Oh IrsJ and
Der one thousand, eight NUM-, ri ts
eighty-ive, and OF the lndepen"'" "j tenth
Tn;+ad C+,+os tina one hundred ana Min.
united States tlle one tln Iuion PleN