The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-09-26

hoirf rn0f the Iron lrapsd higher yei,
and landed uh iho r1uf n y dlfee,sfofy
bull'llng my ieoi sway II iors along
the Huf ripping m shingles by ne
scure, md feiehlhg w at lat against
chimney, whlth li.knUcked Into smith.
GREENS 1heu lia lnrro wai spent and
u stopped and remained On iho rooi
flho flight N this great Iron holt
waa over before my friend had extracted
himself from The dabria II left behind u
IN the harm lie wasn't hurt much, but
hia horse waa and had 10 bo shot Tho
iron string, VIZ soon found out. was
seciion " tho Ol Cily gravity railroad.
The purchaser II The fond had hegun
taking up the rails that morning. Tho
sieopncss " the hillside. aud tho fact
that II was covered with leo. had made
Il impossible for the wofkmen to takeup
the rails by working ON tho slope, and
20 they adopted tho plan ~ removing
one line of rails In body down the bill,
taking them apart ~ tho line moved 10
the bottom. Five or ak ~ the bottom
rails had been taken up. n rope fastened
10 the lower rail of the line, which was
then onn hundred feet from the bottom
Of the hill. and horses hitched 10 tho
rope to pull the string II rails down.
Tho ties were covered with Ice. and tho
whole slope was like glass. The horses
had started the string from lis position.
when i Immediately began TO slide
down on the Ice BY lts own gravity Its
velocity increased with every inch, aud.
by the time II reached the bottom. twas
going like CREASED lightning. When II
struck the level at the bottom Of the hill
the connections Of the rails were broken
In many places, and rails flew about In
the air, some Of them flying over threo
hundred feet away. A section one hun.
dred feet long held its grip. however.
and kept right on. My friends barn
was right in its way, and II went
through that as II Il had been paper
shell, and that was what spoiled our
sleigh rido that day. and came near
making necessary for me to be sent back
homo by express.
THAT incident upset me, hadn't
nerve enough 10 ask man TO give mo
nm order for groceries In that place. and
80 went on to Pittsburgh 10 recover
There ] met Charley Graves Charley
is hlghwayman for Philadelphia shoe
house. and has great head for machin.
CRY, and he induced me TO go round
with him 20 SEQ some ingenious contri.
vanccs that ho said they had at the Dyer
lap-weld mill. The mill occupies two or
three buildings. We were in one Of
them. and man was explaining the
working OF tho machipe 10 us. ] re-
member boy that stood near, staring
At us with his mouth wide open, and
holding nm immense pair Of tongs In his
hand. Not far away there were two
other workmep, both more intent on us
than they were on their work. Sudden
y all the machinery stopped. There
came a sound as Of approaching thun-
der. Then something whizzcd by my
ear 40 close that tho wind Il made
knocked my hat Of. The man who was
talking 10 US dropped TO the floor aud
laid there. and the two men dropped iD
quick succession, leaving only MS and the
gaping boy standing there. The boys
mouth opened wider than ever, and his
eyes actually hung out on his cheek AZ
be gazed after the tongs which had been
hurled from his hands clear across the
room. The room was full Of flying bits
Of iron. bricks and dust. With the ef-
fccts of the runaway railroad still upon
me. dashed out barcheaded into the
street There 1 found things also very
hiuch disturbed. ihere was hole big
enough 70 run ierryDoat through In
we o'ner puiiaing occupnd by the mil.
ii'y ieet away lay Two dead horses, and
inc rehinhhts oi truck ana load Of
coke were strcwn over the sidewalk.
just beyond the deal horses was n piece
Oh iron that looked M II u weighed
.on. Inc enliro rooi OF inc engine
mouse was gone, ana nm earthquake
souiunt nave rallicd things up more.
10 add 10 thc excitement two men
tripping we', came running ~ from the
monongaheln RIVER, ana said that some
lnihR hhd ialien from the SKY into the
rIser Alongside oi a boat they were hsh'
ing from, ana had swamped ~ COM
Pei,ng mem 70 swim ipr iheir hyes.
i a,un twan 70 near whnt the trouble
was all ABOUT, pul Just aug Tor my hotel
anu oru"red py Dlii; before got away
ohnrley came 10. he nhd stayed NJ the
milis 10 insesugate' lie found out that
inc great pelt That communicated The
power from the engine 70 the .pulIeys N
every part of the mil had broken IN
TWO. There was Bug head Of steam on.
ana the whole power was operating on
inc twentyioot iy-wheci, which, meet
ing with no resistance from ne running
machinery, rapidly Increased ~ revolu.
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