The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-03-31
AN ENGINES VICTIMS.
A Georgia Engineer Tells what He Has
Killed on the Track.

A Georgia Engineer Tells what He Has
Killed on the Track.
II killed buzzard this morning."
remarked an old engineer of the Geor-
gia road to reporter the other after
noon.
"Rather strange game to be hunting
with locomotive. How did 1t hap
penp"
IA dog or something had been killed
the day before, and the buzaard was so
interested in the carcass that he didn't
take any notice of me until got right
upon him and he was knocked off into
the ditch. 1 hit him ~ pretty hard lick,
and guess it killed him."
| "Isn't it an unusual occurrence to
run over birds and the likep' he asked.
30, no, not at all; we frequently kill
partridges, doves and sparrows with
out number. Sometimes q whole bcvy
of chickens are ground up at time.
Although all kinds of poultry are run
over from time to time. | believe
guineas are smartest in getting out OF
the way. When II flock of them is en-
countered on track. they usually
strike out in 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 off the rest
follow. Inever knew it to fail. If you
get one of them, you get the whole
flock"
"How is it with other animals? 1
guess you have run over nearly every
kind in your timcp"
"Yes, reckon have" said the en-
gineer, thoughtfnlly. shadow pass
ing over his kindly face as he finished
the sentence. II suppose l have run
over nearly every thing, from n man
down to q toad"
"One day was running at high
speed, considerably behind time. just
as turned curve, u colorcd man,
seated on load of wood and driving n
mule, was crossing the track ahead of
me. Although he had ample time to get
over, involuntarily shut off the steam
and threw on the brakes. 1t was toe
late. however. The poor fellow became
frightened and struck his mule q blow
with a switch. and the stubborn animal
came to dead stop right in his tracks
The man was paralyzed with fear ant
unable to move. The next instant
struck the wagon and knocked it into {
thousand pieces, carrying the unfortu
nate man more than thirty yards be-
fore could stop. The mule plodded OF
the road as unconcernedly as though
he were still attached to his load and
nothing had happened.
But, speaking of animals" contin
! eud the engineer, 'sheep seem to have
less sense than any thing else. If 6
flock of them should happen to b.
, grazing near the track when trail
comes along, and they don't manage
to get in the way of it, it won't be thei
, fault. 1have killed as many as dozer
at time. We don't kill many nova
, days, though, because there are yer,
few in the country.
"Goats are just the opposite. l hav
, never killed more than one or two
f They are smart enough to get out o
5 the way from the time they are TIVE
: days old. Let one be in the way of al
5 approaching engine, and when he want
, to get off the track that is Just what h
2 does, and without any foolishness
: either. If he should happen to be in
cut he starts up the bank, and get
g there, too.
o "While running freight one nigh
: ran into drove of about half a doze
n horses. 1t was quite dark, and coul
: see them only when would get clos
# upon them. With their characteristic
4 stupidity under such circumstances tn
$ frightened animals made straight ahea
II of me at the top of their speed. SUI
v pose ran them in this way for severs
# miles, sometimes stopping entirely t
l. let them get out of the way. but wher
d ever l reached descending grade
= would be upon them again. At las
IS they were caught and two of them kille
:, before the rest got off the track.
g "a good many hogs and cattle al
also killed on the track. OF course
these all have to be paid for, and ther
is something remarkable in the fac
N that only Jerseys, Berkshires and tn
like are so unfortunate as to get in on
10 way. Whenever COW does get off TIL
l. track and out of danger we have n
"a reason to feel gratified, because W
" know she is only scrub, and of II
3; value, any way" "--.Atlanta Constitution