Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-09-03
Tire sIswest Railroad Time ON
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speaking Of railroads. said the
candy pilgrim, az he turned car seas
ard slowly divested himself Of his
dnstsr. reminds me OF slow one In
Kentucky. This only way that you can
tell the direction the train IL running is
BY the way the seats are turned. VISA
on the train one day last winter. going
from hsssellvills out to Adairsvills, q
distance Of only twelve miles. On the
same train was clothing man who was
hetting considerably abost the slow
tims the train was making. Finally he
concluded that he couldn't stand IL and
longer and he got out and walked. be
cot 90 far In advance that he thought
Inc train had probably gone back, so he
ut down 10 wait for II. The exercise
nat hs had taken had exhausted him
very much, and before he knew what be
lad isns he had keeled over and gone
found aslssp between ths rails.
About nine O'Clock that night the
,,sssspsers and officers Of the tram were
startled By continuous blowing Of the
whistle and lond cries a. II some one was
ia deep distress. We immsdiately went
inward and found to our horror that
rils train was slowly but surely passing
yer the PROSTATE form OF our clothing
fnan.
1.-THE brave engineer whistled down
lrakes and made heroic EFFORT to re-
-'srss the engine. Bat. alas, she would
ret reverse worth cent 1t seems that
his was the first live thing that this
train bad ever caught. and that 1t in
rsnded to run over this msn II II took
I'LL winter.
at had passed over his feet, and the
engineer said that If she continued tc
make schedule time, and II the water
lid net get too low in the boiler. II
would probably arrive at bis knees by
midnight. The poor follow seemed I,
realise his sad tate, and to appreciate
The fact that death would sooner or latei
oocnr.
NE called for paper and pencil, and
there, by the dim light Of the conduc
tors lantern, the dying traveller wrote
HE will and prepared TO make his trip
10 that land whore sorrows never live,
and hotel men don't charge drummer
10 por cent. more for meal than they
do farmer. He also wrote to his
house. But when he called for more
paper Anu Hhiu no Whnttu " Wiito "
his girl, there wasn't dry eye in the
vast assembly, Old men wept and beau
,tful women fairly howled. This ssnti-
insnt seemed to strike tender place in
the murderous engine. and the mule.
head In the boiler actually cried, while
little bullseye lantern on the brake.
mans arm shed tears as large rs wild
gooss-plums. He did the square thing
BY his girl. aud don't you forget it, He
willed her his insurance policy and
transferred it right there, but she never
got cent"
Transfer not properly made, aug.
gssted hardware man.
"No, not that" continued the gum
drop drummer, as he slowly rolled a
cigarette. TRANSFER was all o. X. You
zee IL was au accident policy, aud he
died . natural leath.
"Natural DEATH" echoed a dozen
voices.
Eyes, natural death-iust as sure as l
am sitting here. You see ii turned cold
about the time the engine struck his
knees, and the poor fellow died OF pneu-
monia. Twas the saddest death ] ever
saw Merchant Traveller.
This engine, it is said, has been placed
on the Long Beach Branch railroad, but
10 10 denied in official headquarters. -
Neporter.)