Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-03-19
Another Dynamite Scare.


Peck's Sun.
A raro instance of presence of mint
occurred recently on an Eastern rail
road. whereby an entire passenger
train was saved from panic and pos
sible wreck, and great loss of life was
prevented. Miss Parloe, the teacher Of
high-art and recherche cooking, was or
q train bound for Rochester, to attend
a class, and according to her custom,
took along a strong leather satchel in
which was packed night-gown, hair
brush and comb, toothbrush, sample
cookbook, lunch bottle Of perfume,
small mirror and other articles of femi-
nine wearing apparel. :,
There was also quantity OF dough
in normal state, needing nothing but
kneading and favorable circumstances
to develop itself into the staff OF life.
This was to be made into bread in the
presence of her pupils. The satchel
was packed TO bulging-a regular pent
up Utica satchel- and was placed be-
meath these in front of her which
was occupied by an O'Donovan-R ossa-
looking man, who carried dilapidated
and suspicious appearing carpet-bag
The car was very warm, and the
dough was at that particular point re-
curing but little heat to cause double
rise--a desire tC spread itself; and
being closely confined in the satchel,
something had to give. 1t was the clasp,
which parted with report like the
swapping of percussion cap, causing
everybody who heard it to jump and
look that way and fix their gaze on tho
IrishmaD, who was as much surprised
as anybody. He grabbed his carpet
bag and began fumbling at the lock to
see il his bottle of whisky had burst,
and the excited passengers, having the
late dynamlty explosions fresh in mind.
yelled Throw it out of the Window"
Away with it" Lynch himr' etc.,
Then came a sort Of ripping, clock
work sound, and there was general
stampede towards the end of the car.
One excited individual seized the bell.
rope and yanked it, several drummers
commenced saying "Now l lay me
down TO Sleep" and the brakeman
grabbed fire. pail and commenced fill
ing it at the tank, intending to douse
the suspicious carpet-bag.
AT this critical moment Miss Parloa
OWNED the cause of the trouble, and
hesitated not an instant Reaching
down, she grabbed her sstchel, threw
up the car window and hurled the dam
gerous thing out. Then, overcome by
excitement, and very pale about the
gills, she sank back in her seat. and
What goose l am
There was no danger, and what will
the man think who finds itP"
This heroic action, of course, did |
rot Immediately quell the excitement,
although the feelings of alarm were
subdued, as the cause of the |
was now gone. A re- |
porter of New York daily was on |
board, and al the first alarm, true to |
his instinct, he whipped out his note
book and jotted down in shorthand the |
particulars of another Dynamite Out
rager' "a Train Wrecked by an Infer
nal Machine!' ETC., prefacing it with
note to tho finder of the book, that the
account was full and complete up to
the moment of the explosion, and ask
ing that il found it be forwarded by
to the Daily Bloodd,sdthu,ader,
G. o. d., and il any of the writer's TO.
mains were discovered and identified, |
they might be sent to the same Office
by express or mail.
The train soon stopped, and the con-
ductor came through the car, 'mad as
a wet hen" and found the reporter in
Miss Parloa, who by this
time Yves the. center of attraction.
The Irishman fished out his whisky
bottle, took long pull, and stuck It
out towards her. saying: beg yer par
don, mum. but dhrap av
fwhuskey wut do you good
and quoiet your narves." She de-
clined with thanks, but the reporter
didn't. Here's to O'DonovaH Dud-
ley" said he, rs he drained the bot.
tie.
bad luck till the loikes av ye," said
Pat, as he put the empty bottle back
In his satchel, ''aff yez puts my lame
in the paper, I'll murther yez."
An explanation on the part of the
conductor soon put matters to rights,
but some OF the more timid insisted on
Pats showing the contents of his car
pet bag, which were found to be- harm.
less, nothing more dangerous than the
empty bottle being found.
OMiss Parloa will hereafter omit
dough in an incendiary condition from
her personal effects in travelling, and
depend on local bake-shops or friends
Of the cooking-school for supply.
The satchel has not yet been re-
covered, and probably sometime next
spring, after the snow-banks have dis
appeared, the papers will be full Of
accounts of the finding of
an Internal machine neal. con-
tanning enough doughnamite tn blow
up the state of New York,