Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-04-06

| Tue Ututbr lutfe eft WV etses~
80 sbo,t tia, Il frequently brings a train
TO q dead halt. There had been q ter
iible elsnhing and grinding on the wheels
anyway. bu, presently the noises were
redoabled. and the car tilted 10 a degree
ieat caused me To ~involuntahly help TO
brace the car. Suddenly that side sank
down and the other eide ro.e up. and l
Immediately made a grand tumbling &C,
toward one side Of the car and slammed
up against the eide with a force that
nearly took the boards of by the roots OF
the nails. IL may 90 sPek. ! had
hardly realized where ] WAS when the
car turned = shorter curve aud rolled
down TO the other ofner and slammed
% against, q new spot. | don't know
how many times ! erA"lsd around that
car in the DARK. with narrow escapes
from being .ho, through some OF the
numerous door. or through the roof. AZ
ter VIC 20, 10 our destination. III .
match and counted fourteen distinct dent.
in the boards. no, TO coun, the du's l
had s~ept of the floor"
"whsre doe. the oow-ea,ehsr bu.i-
ness come in ," queried Jenkins. a. he
slyly ~,dged the cover OF TO the cracker
barrel.
81 "a. jus, coming to that" replied
the tramp print. helping himself ,oa glass
Of cider 81 bad travelled there fof quite
awhile, when I became aware Of q great
to,ehlish, celebration Il be held IN q
town slmo,, twelve miles below. In fAvtr
Of Hsye., and there Was 10 be al exeur-
sion from South Paris. Is cents and re.
turn. when the evening came the whole
town vent up TO the depot. and after
every body who Was going bad 20, aboard,
there va. no one left bu, the women and
children and q few superannuaied old
county men. and ! eommshesd TO fcl
lonely. didn't have . cent. would
have asked the engineer. but be already
had the engine and tender loaded ~i,h
hi. friends. and | sa~ there WAS no
ebsnoe fof me | walked m~ournfully
around TO the other side Of the engine.
Presently II gave . 'ioo,.,oo,. = squirt
Of steam from the loo.e packing 10 the
e,linde.r and the train slowly moved oa,
Of the station. gave . has,y look
around. vas on the left Of the engine
AID 20 one In sight. A the engine
pushed pas, ms | grabbed the hsg-sisfi
and hauled myself up on TO the coz.
catcher. had hardly done % when
regretted my act. bu, IL -ss ton late /;
We -sis going too fs,, 10 jump oil
II decided to make the bss, Of Il. AMI
eaddlel my,slf up against the vain end
Of the boiler. II "a. . cold nigh, aud !
bad no o,erol,. We ~ere goius a, =
high rate Of speed. and a. bad TO,
,aken the ~prseaa,ion to stud my pants
into my boots. the wind would whistle
up my pan,.lss. and up the back Of my
neck With = force ,ha, nsee',i,,,sd bold
ins my bat on. Inadvertently loosened
the grasp on my hA, in order to bu,,oa
my coat. and my hs, flew up and iiai,ered
i,.slf .ero,, the headlight. a, stiseiually
shutting OF the lish, a. II IL had been
TUNED oai. managed TO gsi my Jack
knife under the rim Of the bat. pred II
of. and had jus, backed up asain', the
boiler when the hreman eame Pallins
himself along the foo;.board TO see what
"a. the matter. uisd to explain. lie
wouldn', have IL. ani aimed = Po~eifal
kick =, me. | oOaldn', move oeeau'e
the Wind KEEP, me pinned again', the
bead Of the boiler, ba, 10 my JOY the wind
caught bis FOO, aud l.mmed II UP against
,h. head Of the cylinder with q force ,ha,
made him ,hink better Of Il. Coz be tuned
and ercp, back TO the cab. After be had
gone I managed 10 take the brass plug
on, Of the iilg-,,sf and PRED myself
over 10 warm the other side.
The fireman told bis friends about
me and they tried 10 smu.e themselves
by plugging coal q, me. bu, the wind
blew the lump, back with greater force
than they we're sent. and after one OF the
chap. 70, ,Oppled off the wa',e.bot BY q
returning lump Of coal they gave II up
a. {. bad JOB. had an Interval Of peace
thea. and securing my ha, by skate
strap buekled under my chin. nestled
elo.. to the boiler aud ,iied 10 imagine
my.,lf a sort Of Msrspps. jus, as We
20, within one or W. miles OF Me. Fails.
va. startled by = succession OF sharp
Whistles. calling for down brakes. back
up and '.~iieh.' all in one breath, aud
commenced to look for a soft piece OF
ground to jump on in case OF collision.
But presently l, dswned upon me that
the lans,ie. in the cab were trying to
frsh,en me. and after pulling my lat
down on to my head and taking up an
other hole in the strap "a, down again.
..In . few moments we rolled into the
station and stopped. and | 10, of one
side Of the engine and skipped out. JUS,
a. the engineer and hi, friends 20, down
on the other side and commenced TO hunt
for me. | 20, in,o the crowd and after
the procession started | joined in. marched
ten or fifteen miles. had . lunch Of crack
ers and coffee in the basemen, OF an old
church aud wen, back to the depot.
81 didn't dare to Try the eow.ea,ehsr
leke, going back, 20 climbed up on
top the baggage Car. and with my arm
around the ve~n,ila,or | rode home rish,
royalty. inhaling stale cigar smoke and
einder from the engine all the way.
After | had 20, back to South Paris i
found my lodging house closed. and then
wen, back TO the depot. and with the aid
Of a plug Of tobacco and = little ful'ome
as,iery | induced the night Waterman to
allow me to inhabi, oae Of the passenger
cars on the siding for one night only"
With proper care and instruction the
above narrator stands a good chance OF
filing the highest position in the local
"S,ory-,ellen' Club now being organ
ized.-Psek's Sun.
PRESIDENT LrxooLS's VIsrroR.-Mr.