Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-07
AHEAD ofl: EDISON.
An Inventive Train Nows-Aesnt Who Al
todatedstha

An I~nventivo Train News-A9ent Who Az
tedated tbs Wlsard.
edison may think he has this bus
ness Of telegraphing from i moyin|
train down fine, z said the Card
butcher, ..butI can goshim#one betta
I have been sending messages 'front.'
moving train for two years, md
stopped only three months ago. Ths
amt all. either; / send my autograph
by wire, and boxes Of candy. fruit, nov
els, and q hull lot o. such things Ed
ID way behind the times"
You're lying"
..No, / hain''t. Iswear by the gpea
horned spoon that ! am telling IL
truth, s'elp me. You doubt mop
course. All great inventors have bea
greeted insthis cold world bys1eers and
jfncredulity. That has been The fortune
of all OF us great men Bnt We ge
4thereiiust the same. You wantto heaa
how I did ita Well. tn tell you.
About two years ago Iwentgone On
girl who lived down in the country III
house located about . half milo fromth}
track in a little valley. There was nd
station there, and I didn't Qet to sa
her very often, except at III dfetanceA
wave of q handkerchief, or5Gotme thing
like that-and this wasn't sG~tfsfactofy,
as you may imagine. Ny Min neva
passed that way unless / hadsA yearnins
that there would Man y
cident OF something that would Gauss b
to lay over two OF three days used
TO think seriously about throwing my
self of the rear car and getting hurt, %
j could be carried to her dad''s hous
andsby her fair hands and loving ten
derness nursed slowly back @ ts
strength and health Of avix0rousf young
manhood. asithe story books have il
But / didn'tSthrow myself or the train.
not inst then. Might have done ii but
for an idea Ansideac came to me from
ont OF the clouds. / guess. It was .
regular inspiration. nSbfoke all over
me like . bad egg, which y grange
threw at M once down the road in 70
venge for cheating him out Of q nickel.
It took possession Of me from my brain
to my heart. I wasn't long getting 70
work on it, either. Thesvery next Sun,
day I stopped ut the nearest station,
hireda livery horse and carriage, and
drove out to my girls house. UJndea
the seatin the carriage / had big roll
OF telegraph wire which the linemen
had left out in the storm. told tho
girl of my little scheme, andashe becam1
enthusiastic over it. Between til
house and the railroad, u half-ml1
away, was q piece of woods coming
clear up to the track. Here we werea
walking. and Itook along my roll 9
sneaked ont Of her dads shop
We worked like beavers all the atter
noon, and by night had . wire %stretchs
from the track down the hillside TO 9
arbor in the gardensby the house. Fros
that on l sent her q message every TIM
I passed. Some days sent her books
oranges, boxes OF candy, every TIM
like that. HowP just as easy IS fsl
ing of q log. had stretched the Vt
from the top Of q whistle post close Y
the side Of the trark, and in my lit
kept . lot Of little wire fxin''sW which
madesmyself. They t tie wire nicely
" TO en- ! could tie letters, lssss
packages and such thfngs, and then \
had to do was to wntch forthe Whla
post, hoop in hand, and, on reachi99
the post, slip the hoop on the W.
While the train was running forty ms
IN hour. Down the hillside the ley
5glided with great rapidly, and o. Y
other end Of the line she wal waltz
on the arbor bench for my messss1
Great scheme, isn't iites'ns
Yes; but how did yod comet -
Why, bout three months ago ! ns
rled the girl. Yo1 wouldn't expeu
man to go to all that trOublSin orda
keep mp Communication With his -
wife.'would yous''- chioags HsTaS