Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-12-04
GILL NYe's LETTER.


that you had just succeeded IN running
your lace for new curriculum Is "
hand and contents noted, us the Teller
said when wrote 10 him two years ago
and told him that his cussed railroad
had mashed old Brin. Yon remember
that Just rs you entered on what you
called your junior year old Brin re-
manned out all night, and your mother
and me took our coffee milkless in the
morning.
Well | went down TO the pound TO see
il she registered there, but she hadn' /
been there, the night clerk said. He
maintained, however, that number
two-aught eight-as he called it'll H.
come in half an hour late with COW 3
head on the pilot and brindle hair on
the runnin' gears Of the tender.
So | went over to the station and
found Brin's head there, whereupOn |
went down the track in search OF her,
| though feared 1t would be futile, as
you once said about administering a
half sole to your summer Tantaloons
Well | was right about it, Henry. If
I'd been in the futile business for years
|
was on this occasion. The old COW was
dead and SO identified with the right OF
way, that her own mother would not
have known her.
spoke TO the conductor about it and
he said it wasn't on on his run and for
NE 10 zee the other conductor. lime
found him he was on another road
and killed in 3 collision wish a lnmher
train. Then / wrote to the general
traffic manager using great care 70 spell
all the words as near right as possible,
and he didn't reply at all His hired
man wrote me, however with printing
press, that my letter had been received
and the contt nts duly noted. In reply
would say that the general traffic mana
ger was then attending IA tTipartite re-
union ut Chicago, at which meeting the
subject OF cows would come up. He
said that there he'd been snch CONNIE
tition between the Milwaukee the
Northwestern and the Rock island IN
the matter OF prices paid for shattered
COWS, that + mers got to dragging their
debihtated SOCK on the track at night
and selling it. to to the roads, alter
which they would retire from business
on their ill-gotten gains.
When the gene al traffic manager 60!
back / went in TO see him. he was
very pleasant with me, but said he had
nothing TO do with the dead COW in
dustry. go to the auditor or the general
solicitor" said he, "they run tho MGR.
que" But they were both away at.
tending large mass-meeting OF audi.
tors and general solicitors where they
were discussing the practicability OF a
new garnishee-prod pay-car that some
party had patented they said.
So went and wrote to the auditor
q nice long, fluent, letter in relation
TO the cow and her merits | told hin
that it wasn't the intrinsic. value Of the
COW that cared about. Intrinsic value
is term that ] found in one of your le'
ters and liked very much. wrote h, n
that old Brin was an heirloom and ,
noble brute. said among other thing.
that she had never been antagonis;ic tt
railroads. She had rather favored
them; also that her habits and taste,
were simple and that she had never as
lpired TO rise above her station in life
and why she should rise higher thar
the station when she was injured
could not understand. ] told him
what good milkster she was, and alst
that she came up every night ~ regular
as an emetic. rs
then wrote my name with littl,
ornamental squirm TO it, added post
Sept in which ! said that you was nov
in your junior year, and thought tina
about seventy-fye dollars would be
lsirquotation on such COW 1 had ieel
ly described and said good bye to hlni
hoping he would remit at prior dat
i II possible.
I | got letter after awhile stating tina
my favor of the 25th ult. or prox. o
something of that nature, had been dull.
, received and contents noted. This wa
E no surprise to me, because that is to-
often the sad fate OF my letters. Il
; fact the same thing had happened t
\ the other one had previously sent.
| was mad, and wrote to the presi
nent OF the company stating IN crisl
language that if his company woul,
pay more cash for cows and do less il
the noting and contents business h
: would be more apt to endear himsel
to those who resided along his line an,
who bad their horses scared TO dealt
twice day by his arrogant and heller
ing bosom OF destruction. "If you wi
deal more in scads and less in stenogra
ply and monkey business" says Iii
closing, you will warm yourself int
the hearts of the PLAN people. Other
wise" / says Eve will arise in our Nigh
and walk"
/ then, In humorous way marked
dictated letter" and sent it away.
got it back i'll the fall by way OF tn
dead-letter office where they know m
III bet they had good laugh over il
for they opened it md read it while
was there. / wouldn't be surprised
every man in congress had a goo
] hearty laugh over that letter. Congress
men enjoy good thing once in Will
Henry. They amt SO dumb as the
look.
\ But finally got my pay for old Brir
10 make long story short. The
cut me down some on the price but
: finally got my money. No railroa
Company can run over COW of min
and mix her UP with trestle thre
quarters Of mile long, without payin
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