Sharp County record., 1888-11-08
A KICKER.
The Success Which Attended M.
Quad's Efforts.

was down near the lower railroad
bridge at Niagara Falls, having couple
of boys with me, when a hackman
drove up and offered to take us down
and show us the whirlpool, mile be-
low, and return us to the bridge for
half a dollar each. When this offer
was declined he said he would take the
three of us for dollar, and we got
into his carriage. He drove down to
the Whirlpool House, and as we got
out saw a sign reading; Fifty cents
to 90 down to the whirlpool"
"You agreed to bring us down and
show us the Whirlpool" l said to the
hackman.
"Well, it's down those stairs.
"But I don't propose to pay fifty
cents to go down there.
"Then you won't see it"
"And you won't get your dollar"
"Won'tI! Come, am ready to take
you back"
"But we are not ready to go. You
lied to us, and l refuse to pay you a
cent"
"You either pay or I'll make jelly
of you!"
"Come and try it,"
He did not accept the invitation, but
drove off up town, and stranger said
to me:
HE has gone for crowd, and you
will be lucky to get off alive. It's
shame-faced swindle, of course, and
hsse r tas d9zen Of b Eh8 &haAs hAsEs Cam Bes9 @9
do about it?"
"You can kick against the gang"
"Yes, but we'd get the worst OF it.
They are bad lot. You'd better send
the fellow his money"
"Tll be hanged if do"
As we started up the river on foot a
dozen men followed to see the fun.
When we reached the end of the street.
car track mob of fourteen hackmen
received us. The one who had lied to
us demanded his dollar. refused to
pay it. He called to his mob to come
on, and | backed up to the building,
leveled revolver at the crowd and
waited. They didn't come on worth a
cent. They didn't care for dollars just
then. One by one they skunk away,
while | took the car back to the falls.
The leader tried to get me arrested for
carrying a deadly weapon, but no one
would issue a warrant One justice
told him in my hearing:
Every man coming to visit the falls
ought to come with two revolvers, and |
the oftener he fires into your crowd the |
better it will be for the few honest peo-
pie here. wish more kickers would |
come here"
In going down the Jersey coast by |
way of New York, or, rather, by Jer-
sey City, reached that point to dis
cover that l was trunkless. l went |
over the river and consulted the Erie |
baggage agent, and after telegraphing
to various points, it was found that
they had been left in the station at
Buffalo. The baggageman there had
three hours in which to get them
aboard but he had singled out me as
victim. Every body else's trunk had
come along, but mine had been held
over for rest. l couldn't kick on a
man three hundred miles away, but |
laid for him. All the while | was fish
ing and sailing nursed my wrath to
keep it warm, and six weeks later |
walked into the baggage Office at
Buffalo. had the documents to back
me up, as l said:
"On the 22d day of July l passed
through here. / was ticketed to Jersey
City straighter than string, and
before | left Detroit l saw that my
checks were all right"
"Well?"
well, you left my trunks right here
for twenty-four hours"
Quite likely"
.'And now you must pay for your
carelessness."
"Whatm
Here is bill of expense made by
your neglect of duty: There is Sc for
three of us at hotel over night 1paid
an expressman seventy-fve cents.
paid another the same. had to hire
a hack to carry me about in Jersey
CITY, and that's twelve shillings more.
The total expense is 50, to say moth
ing of my time and worry and day
lost"
'And you expect me to pay"
you'll either pay or I'll bring suit
end sand for the general baggage agent