The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
AN ENGINES VICTIMS.
A Georgia Engineer Tells What He Ha
Killed an the Track.

AN ENGINES VICTIMS.
A Georgia Engineer Tells What He Has
Killed m the Track.
Il killed u buzzard This morning."
remarked an old engineer of the Geor'
gia road to a reporter the other after.
noon.
"Rather strange game to be hunting
with q locomotive How did it hap
penn"
"A dog or something had been killed
the day before. and the buzzard was 80
interested in the carcass that he didn't
take any notice of me until I got right
upon him and he was knocked of into
the ditch. 1 hi. him Il pretty hard lick.
and l guess it killed him."
isn't it an unusual occurrence to
run yer birds and the like:?" he asked.
~. no. not at all; we frequently kill
partridses. doves and sparrows with
out number. Sometimes a whole bevy
Of chickens are ground up at a time.
Although all kinds of poultry are run
over from time to time. l believe
guineas are smartest in getting out Of
the way. When a flock of them is en-
countered On . track. they usually
strike out in a run directly ahead Of
you. sticking tO the track. until you
get right upon them. and then dart off
to one side. If one gets OF the rest
follow. Inever knew it to fail. II YOU
get one Of them. you get the whole
flock"
''How Is It with other animals? I
guess you have run over nearly every
kind in your time?"
Eyes. I reckon l have" said the en-
gineer. thOughtfnlly. a shadow pass
ing over his kindly face rs he finished
the sentence. Il suppose l have run
Y nearly every thing. from a man
down to a toad"
"Onc day was running at a high
speed. considerably behind time. Just
as 1 turned a curve. q colOred man.
seated on a load of wood and driving a
mule. was crossing the track ahead of
me. Although he had ample time I get
over. l invOluntarily shut off the steam
and threw on the brakes. 1t was too
late. however. The poor fellow became
frightened and struck his mule a blow
with a switch. and the stubborn animal
came to a dead stop right in his tracks.
The nan was ~paralyzcd with fear and
unable to move. The next instant l
struck the wagon and knocked it into a
thousand pieces. carrying the unfOrtu-
nate man more than thirty yards be-
fore l could stop. The mule plodded on
the road rs ~uncOncernedly as though
he were still attached to his load and
nothing had happened.
but. speaking of animals" contin-
eud the engineer. "shcep seem to have
less sense than any thing else. If Il
flock of them should happen to be
lear the track when a train
comes along. and they don't manage
to get in the way of it. it won't be their
lhave killed as many rs a dozen
at a time. We don't kill many nova
DAYS. though. because there are very
few in the country.
Goats are just the opposite. 1 have
never killed than n or two.
They are smart enough to get out of
the way from the time they are two
days old. Let one be in the way of an
approaching engine. and when he wants
% get off the track that is just what he
ioes. and without any foolishness.
If he should happen to be in a
rut he starts up the bank. and gets
there. too.
while running q freight M night
| ran into 4 drove Of about half 4 dozen
horses. 1t was quite dark. and / could
zee them only when l would get close
lpOn them. With their characteristic
stupidity under such circumstances the
frightened animals made straight ahead
If me at the top Of their speed. / sup
bose l ran them in this way for several
niles. sometimes stopping entirely to
ct them get nut Of the way. but when-
yer l reached a descending grade
would be upon them again. At last
hey were caught and two of them killed l..
,efOre the rest got of the track. I
"A good many hogs and cattle are ,
lsO killed on the track. OF course. .
hese all have to be paid for. and there .
something remarkable in the fac: !
hat only Jerseys. B~erkshires and the I
Ike are so unfortunate rs to get in our l
'ay. Whenever a COW does get of the
rack and out of danger we have no I
easOn to feel gratified. because we G
now she il only q scrub. and of no j
alue, any way."--Itlanta Constitution. 4,
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