St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-28

His brow is damp with beaded sweat,
His heart with woe is cleft.
! Most earnestly he wants to go
The man that's always left.
If the train that's due at 1 o. m.
Should wait till half past eight,
There'd be one man come down to go
Just thirty seconds late.
| r. J. BURDETTE.
Just at present some of the boys are tell
ing good story in which one Of the con-
ductors running between Minneapolis and
st. Paul figures cOnspicuOuSly. A few
days ago a neatly dressed young man
boarded the train. and when asked for his
ticket replied that he was an engineer in
the employ of the company and had lost his
pass. The conductor passed on and in
formed the brakeman that he believed the
fellow was fraud well. we can find
out anyhow" he added. and few mo-
ments later passed through the car again.
Passing by the young man, he asked:
what time is it?' Pulling his watch
from his pocket the young man replied:
''Half past one" This settled it, and the
young man was compelled to pay his fare.
You see," said the conductor, in speaking
of tie affair. IF he had been railroad man
he woul have said 1870, and not half past
| one."
Milwaukee brakemen are at present en-
! joying much sport at the expense of green
brakeman, who is not as bright as he might
| be. He was sent back by the engineer a
few days ago to open crossing. He &C.
complished his task by tearing down panels
of fence. He was next seen out on the
pilot of the engine with broom trying to
brush away the fog from the headlight, so
| that the engineer could see the rails. The
| boys say that day or so later he was sent
ahead by the conductor to cut the train in
two. After waiting reasonable time for
! him the conductor went ahead to see what
the trouble was. and to his establishment
found the brakeman, Ratchet in hand, be-
tween two cars chopping away at the link.
The new uniforms of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul passenger train men are
pronounced lust too cute for anything"
The Railway Trackmen of North America
met at Council Bluffs, Ia, Thursday and
Friday, and held interesting sessions.
William Warren Goodell. the oldest loco
motive engineer in America. died at Sedalia,
Mo-, recently, at the advanced age of SO
years. He was on the track for fifty years.
! Many Minneap is railroad men will re-
member him.
Some seventy-ive railroad men attended
the railroad \. NJ. G. A. Thanksgiving din
| ner.
There was pleasant social entertainment
| at the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. Thanksgiving.
| An attractive programme was given, the
| following persons taking part: Misses Ger
tie and Myrtle Perry, Miss Carter and j. r.
| Campbell, Miss Matte Young, Master Guy
and Miss Maude Brarley, A. A. Powers,
| w. J. Onions and j. L. Smith, Joseph
| Chapman, Joseph Woodbury., Joseph Moore,
| T. Z. Judd.
The officers of the Locomotive Firemen's
Lodge No. 81 are: f. x. Holl, master; W.
T. Michel, secretary; w. f. Richmond.
| fnancer.
w. E. johnson has been appointed train.
master of fine Cannon Valley, Pacific IL st.
Paul division of the Minneapolis d St.
| Lous road, vice w. j. Allen, resigned.
j. E. Smith. general agent of the St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, has resigned
and is succeeded by G. l.. GOodlng.
| In speaking of the recent tiremen's con-
ventiOn in this city the Locomotive Fire
mans Magazine has the following to say OF
| F. Y. Hoil, master of Northwestern Lodge
No. 2: Frank X. Holl was the busiest mar
in all the convention. He was on duty day
and night. never lost his patience, was al
| way > iCduI " WolC WV hOiOi anu III Jul
! opinion is responsible. in very large meas
ure, for the success of the convention.
Brother Holl is universally respected in
! Minneapolis. he is conscientious and honor
able and our order has a right to be proud
of him.
The officers of Minneapolis Lodge No
27O, Locomotive Firemen, are: S. B.
Thompson, master; w. l.. Higbee, secre-
| tary; ID. Lucas. fnancier. This lodge
meets at the hall OH the corner of Frank
| lin and Bloomington avenues the first Sun.
| day and the third Saturday of each month.
1t is said that all the employees of the
| Vandalia system of railroads, with their
| families, are once a veal granted free
passes over the road. That is clever. The
| Minneapolis railroad men think this would
be a good plan for the roads centering here
to follow. as it would help promote har-
mony and good feeling all around.
s'Yes," said veteran conductor. ga
great many women do filrt On the cars. ]
suppose that time hangs heavily on their
hands during long journey, and they
hardly know what to do with themselves.
| Under the circumstances it is quite natural
for them to fall into conversation with their
fellow travellers of the opposite sex, and
having made beginning it is very easy foI
them to become silly. Let me tell you
about the worst case of flirting L ever saw.
1t was about two years ago, down in Ohio.
| On my train was young woman dressed
in deep mourning. and at the beginning OF
her Journey having a heavy black veil over
her face. She was apparently OF lively
| disposition-a cheerful soul, always dis
posed to look on the bright side of life and
to make the best of unfavorable circum-
stances-and it was not long before she re-
moved the veil. Soon afterward she began
to look around at her fellow passengers,
and in an hour or two l saw her in ami.
mated conversation with handsome young
drummer from Chicago. They talked and
laughed and exchanged cards. and really
grew quite fond of each other, and. for al
l know. made arrangements to carry on q
correspondence. This was bad enough il
itself, but what made it all the worse was
the fact that the woman's husband was or
the same train, ahead in the baggage car. .
1.-The baggage agent?" mo. he was in 9
long pine box in charge Of the baggage
master"
Something funny about man, any
way" said the conductor as he sat dowr
beside the clerical looking passenger ano
began filling up his tally sheet; AL mer
are different and yet all men are nearly al
ways alike. 10 you catch on. 4 ihOoi
that the way man is now heis likely TO Of
the next run and so Oh. Now, there's the
matter of pockets. Did you ever notice
that YOU always carry the same things ii
the same pockets-Say. most always:
That's my case Now. here in the lett hanG
inside pocker Af INV coat carry my ratt