Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-30
a FAST TRAIN.
rhc Remarkable Experiences of a Timld
But Cheerful Preyarlcator.

rhe Remarkable Experiences of a Timld
But Cheerful Prevaricator.
al was lately on train, observed
the timid passenger, THAT went SO fast
it was dangerous to look out of the
window, as You were likely to have
your eyc-sight broken off and carried
away. Why, the very farm houses
looked like the street of village, they
came so fast, and the hind car wheels
only touched the rails once in awhile
There was not particle of noise to be
heard because the train got far ahead
Of it and people along the track ssid
the noise kept about a mile back,
while the dust didn't have time to get
up and dust until the train had got
far away, and the way it then got up
and busted was warning. 1t just
seemed as il the train had got scared
at something, and the passengers all
Thought there was great danger Of tho
| coaches running over the lUcvnutivo.
| The telegraph poles were not visible,
| and the very sunbeams did not have a
| chance to get in the windows, and,
| Of course the shadow of the cars kept
| something like a mile and a quarter iu
| the rear.
"Our watches all got out Of time; as
we flew westward so 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 day
younger, and if we had continued 90
ing around we would have soon been
in the middle Of last year.
| "1he friction of the air took all the
paint off the outside of the cars, and
hats were sucked up through the vent.
lators. If you had dropped a book it
would not have touched the floor until
it had 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 all, and were continually
driving into it at crossings, but they
didn't know any better before or after
wards, 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 in the air
| which did not fill up for half an hour,
| while the air was hot from the friction
If you would foolshly point your
4 finger out of the window at any thing
it would be taken off as slick as knife
by the solidifd air.
I'VE went through terrible rain.
storm, but not drop touched the train.
1t didn't get a chance, and several
bolts of lightning went for US, but fell
short. The rear brakeman fell off the
car, but the suction kept him following
| right behind, asd they reached out anc
, pulled him in all right, but quite dizzy
l headed. At one place bridge haC
been washed away, but that did not in
, terfcre at all, for we jumped the Chasn
and went on as if nothing had been
i | wrong.
"The most wonderful thing about i
= was, that night we witnessed the phe
Q nomenon of the sun setting in the east
= a sight never before witnessed, we ha'
travelled so much ahead of it. Peopl
q living along the track maintained tha
il it was a cyclone that had passed, an,
houses We're unroofed by the disturbe
atmosphere. The rapidity with whic
, we went was quite alarming, especial
!, when we We're not in a hurry. bu
. catching hold of the front seat an,
holding back with all our might di
not seem to do any perceptible good