New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-22
NANTUCKET TO NETWORK.
JoHN PATTI, LIVES TO TELL THE TALE.

@Tirws of the Old Colony Line' S'' "
traiu- boy. as he dumped red-coVereu "'Oi" "
dimensions into nv lap. -. - -,
80. ,,. 1novo nv own views o. this Old Colony
Iha And shall give them by and by" Here they
Let me premise that Mt. KeudrcR-cenerai'y orc"'o
with owning and running the roads r'eh" vi ,io
protestation Is all very we'll in its way nut u mi
Kerdr,ck's friendship for have one very singular
and strisire proof By never proGering me return
mass on his road he has kept me from ui'oilhR WV
more frequently than absolutely necessarily i"' ~
am grateful And let NE further confess tn"t VI '"o
main his line is well rua-the main lne' mean ~
tho branches complain when I said to him tha' tho
az ~ or bs,rars must surely " Oliver ChnrlcK
ord that the following r. r." probably stood TOT
rcsurrectou" II was after an experience vi VIC ar
Cod division But II broke him up all the sanc' nm
have always connected the restitution OF Id Genus ~
which had been overcharged 10y making me pay ia'e
In Mid leroro-a station beyond when only wah'o' "
m IN Iakevne-hecauso the New York Office was hDt
srppcd with Irinted tickets 10 Lakevt le) win par'!
repentance on bis part That complete ch"pHo VI
heart was not affected is pity because In that case 'no
present writing would be unnecessary
Bnt flat Mr. Kendrick Is chiefly Iesponshle lot 'n
isolation IN which Nantucketers are compelled to remain
dnr,o the winter IL fact which there Is no gainSylhe
I'm the summer when communication with the cehrcS
of civilization is not shut OF by conduo"s "hio" i
IL terror in very contemplation Nantn;Ke'erSc
Get away from the island then that CLANS come
an a
The revised edition cannot do justice to Inc terrorS
an aftenpt to get away With capital s. lremem-
her asking 81 reeman how Nsntuckct-or even l"Ael
puck-to his thinking compared with New ioiH' no' ~
a summer resort but for winter residence. nave
never been TO New-York" said ST. And he Sad 1t with
n sob This seemed strange TO mo Them out uhuer-
stand IT now photograph by profession, he cannot
leave the island until 1t becomes too cold to hoosraih
nut of doorsor they cannot conveniently move inc ou
windmill tue wrecks and the dead whales DeoVod Oh
tourists inside by the stove. Aud wheh tho "'h'cr
OF boats and trains is made journey 10
and back has all the disadvantages OF "Trip 10
Furore with none OF that trips compensations
First Won have TO lie over" four hours at WoodS
Hon This is compulsory, and though the easiness Oh
living has given to proverb lying over at "oou
Ho is quite another story. About all that one can 40
there is cat unch aud this becomes rather monotohouS
altar v hile Nor is tho bill of fare suc emily varied 10
suit the palate OF otos eater To the pure all soups
are possibly PURGE. but you soon ure Of tho one Io
which only the enters an ms redent adhs LOT lou"
hours OF it-wel, give me Lbery-St or give me boy
There the Fish Commission, 10 he SURE but ths Is on
NJ commission In the winter Dr. Nelson OF the steamer
Ftsbhawk was very kind to my party, showing us al
over the grounts yes. Ash are found In ese grouhus
the buildings and vessel but as none OF the commas
souers sitting round wo saw no hsh ha'ched ou'
notwithstanding that We laid there already remarked
sone four ho And sadfened rather than chee'eu
me to see specimens of fish put away in spirits flSh
pever drink And that such eminent illustrations OF
temperance should be permanently stepped picked
I'm acohO-bruught to the bottl1 ana "xhlDited u inns
glass limbo after death-scems to me the very irony OF
f,tei A few live fish swan sadly round IN tanks
p,ea.e do not sa that their endeavor to get out was
taness taskl These frequently to the top OF the
water and viewed the outer world with lackuse eyes
the while that they opened and shut their mouths NJ W.
in dumb converse 1t did not then know "hat
they we're saying. but found out later on Change al
East Waeham West Falu outh, South MddieDoro ana
keep their seats"
The bake the o. C. T. r." do this same thins
when they como stations. One knows they're saying
somethinc but unless one has travelled long while
| on the road cannot guess what And tho poor con
ductors Oh this Colony road. all OF whom have grown
old in II not weary Of we'll doing. my heart bloeds Tor
! themi They become bald-healed answering
questions and well nigh voceless VITA explaining
about as the with shouting out tho East ana
Was, and North and South and Central stations. Why.
7 wonder this multiplication OF names this compulsory
boxing of the compassi Is the road ih'eed an
Archmsdian spiral approaching It's terminus IN series
OF circles and win occasional stations nj centres II
not how do these villages, stopping places or
whatever you may call Them OF the same family ime
come To he lying round promi-cuolsly on all sidcs.
compelling the tran to stop at each Ana why ala not
the worthy fishermen who settled the Cape II nara
pushed for II on names consult tho nomenclature OF the
Good Book III christening their stations as well rs their
| sons With Obcds and Elpaacts on every hand "hy
| NOT few Cloths and Trzahs Better Dams ana
R,er,hcbss Jericho. and Jerusaems than all these
Easts and Vests. Norths and sOuths-whch no man Is
supposed to in day when all sectional differences
| are healed.
wend juno tion-no matter where you're going
| change herel" Is the next announcement Behold
another peculiarly Of this blessed Old Colony road
When stations at which they change you give ont.
they invent what they call Functions" Aud when
functions rs well are used up they fall back on yet
another device II IN front the conductor after
finding out yoI gcng to desires you to change
| into a rear One
NV brain vet reels under the terrible strain put on IN
this never-io. be forgotten journey. For instance.
one told the Ou set 10 change cars at
wareham. BY and by you start from troubled dolc
| with Wareham" murmurng III your ear Is this
| Wareham do we change here = you bicathcsSy ask
OF tho bald headed Tut bland conductor. Not this
| Warebam; some other Whrcham" he makes answer a.
he punches your ticket in perfunctory way Ana
then YOU find that procession OF Warchams has but
| Just beguni
| Al Taunton" Central Taunton" think-yOu change
again ana walt for tho steamboat train. Here sieu
confronts YOU Boots shined inside This Is Iuzhlng.
You wonder why boots should he made to shine Inside
at Taunton than at any other place along The Old
Colony road. And you question II the way OF putting It
DO grammar! Should It not DO " shOne" instead OF
shned But before tho question Is quite settled your
mind steamboat train comes along and the next
change at Fall River. IL into comfortable bed, big
and beany boat, wbcrc-aiter good supper-y0l lie ana
thank Heaven that they cannot change yOn again w al
New York is reached. This last and hnd one you feel
YOU face with serenity.
Now Mr.. KondrIck may think have merry heart be
cause my song gayor words to that clcctOr that am
not serious In what have said because has been said In
what may iOcuar of way Aith charity toward
ALL aud malice toward none But II so. Mr. Kendrch
IA mistaken In dead earnest. To say that a raj rOad
should not run in interest may tritt
but tits less true Individuals have rights we'll
corpOratOns And The Old Colony road pays its stock
holders sufficiently well on the whole to a train Of
two mt loss necessary. Moreover. doubt If Their,
would a loss for facilities breed raie This wrecheC