The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-10-29

Got Scared at Something - Running
Through Rainstorm-sunset In the
East.
~ was lately on a train observed the timld
passenger. that went so fast 1t was danger
ous to loo: out of the window, as you were
likely 10 have your eyesight broken oil ana
carried away Why, the very farmhouses
looked like the street OK village, they came
so fast. and the hind car wheels touched Ibe
rails only once in while There was not
particle of noise to be heard, because the
train got far ahead Of it, and people along
the track said the noise kepe about a mile
back. while the dust didn't have time to get
I'D and dust until the train had got far away,
and the way it then got up and busted was
warning. 1t just seemed as II the tram nau
got scared at something. and the passengers
all thought there was great danger OF Tue
coaches running over the locomotive. Inc
telegraph poles were not visible, and the very
sunbeams did not have a chance to get III the
windows. and. of course, the shadow Of the
cars kept something like a mile and quar-
ter in the rear.
AHEAD OF THE SUN.
@Our watches got all out Of time; as we
flew westward 50 fast that we got clear ahead
of the sun. and if we had kept on at that rate
around the earth we would have been surely
a half a day Younger, and if we had continued
going around we would have soon been III the
middle OF last year.
The friction of the air took all the pant
off the outside of the cars, and hats were
sucked up through the yentilators. If you
had dropped a book it would not have touched
the floor until it hail reached the back Of the
car. while flies were dashed against the rear
end of the coach and killed.
"Of course the people could not see the
train at ali, and were continually driving
into it Mt the crossings, but they didn't Know
any better before or afterwards 1t WAS
thought that lightning struck them, as they
didn't know what else it was, and people
along the line said the train left tunnel III
the air which did not fill up for half an hour,
while the air was hot from the friction. If
Won would fooishly point your finger out OF
the window at anything it would De taken Oil
as slick as a knife by the sohdified air
THROUGH A STORM
I'VE went through a terrible rainstorm,
but not drop touched the train. 1t didn't
get chance, and several bolts of lightning
went for us, but fell short. The rear brake
man fell off the car, but the suction kept him
following right behind and they reached out
and pulled him in all right but quite dizzy
headed. At one place bridge had been
washed away, but that did not interfere at
all. for we jumped the chasm and went ON as
if nothing had been wrong.
The most wonderful thing about 1t was,
that night we witnessed the phenomenon OF
the sun setting in the east, sight never be-
fore witnessed, we had Travelled so much
ahead of it. People living along the track
maintained that it was a cyclone that had
passed. and houses were unrooted by the dis
turbed atmosphere The rapidity with
which we went was quite alarming, especially
when we were not in a hurry, but catching
hold of the front seat and holding back with
all our might did not seem 20 do any per
ceptible good A man fired revolver at a
venture and hit mule half a mile up the
track. That was the fastest ride over took"
A. W. Bellaw in Detroit Free Press.