Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-05
COLLEG1ATES FAIL IN DAKOTA.
A Railway Presidents Experience With
. High.Priced Brakeman.

From the New York Trbune.
why don't college men do well out in Da-
kota? Because the country's too big for 'em;
they can't Gil up the room out there. I'll tell
you one reason why the natives don't take to
em. We built q railroad out there, me and
Bill slearey-were progressive crowd out in
Blackstone of the finest roads you ever
saw. 1t was only a hundred miles long, and
hundred miles amt much in Dakota,
but it was a railroad from top to bot
tom. We'd made pile o. money. me and
when the country began to get settled up we
said we'd give EN- a railroad, and we did.
That railroad cost a sight o. money, but it
was worth it. We didn't stop at nothing to
Iceborough railroad" we called it. Cars all
inlaid and veneered, yellow plush cushions on
the seats, everything tip-top. WANTED to have
silver mountings on the seats, but Bill wouldn't
have that. He's thinker, Bill is, and ne
thought that when the train robbers stopped
the train they'd tear the cars to pieces, 30 we
let it 60 at nickel.
Well, | wanted regular eastern road, with
brakemen to call out the stations. They don't
generally do that in the west, you know. /
sent east for brakemen, and ordered college
graduates, for was going to have everything
the best. had 'em sent out there all trained
up ready for the first trip. They was as fine a
looking set boys as you'd want to see. When
got EN- into their blue uniforms, with their
gold buttons and silver badges, they did look
encouraging. / was pleased, now I tell you
and said to Bill the morning We was going to
pull out on our first trip, bill, this is great
country; we beat the world on everything We
tackle"
Bill wasn't SO cheerful He amt a feather
Drained ,aan, you know and he don't often let
his feelings run away with him. / never knew
him to warm up over anything but Injuns. He
did use to get little worked up over them
critters in the early days. Well he said he
hoped everything would turn out all right, but
he wasn't going to yell before he got out O. the
woods
We had a crowd on the first trip. Every
body was there. Everything worked we'll when
we started. But the thing l wanted most was
to hear the brakeman call out the station. That
Is what ! was waiting for. / had white posts
put up just where ] wanted him to open the
door and shout out the station began to
grow nervous when we got near Bee-at-riss
Beatrice" some people call it. don't object
to that if people like it, but we always pro-
nounce 1t Bee-at-riss out there to rhyme with
mattress, you know. Bee-at-riss. We named
il after Sheriff Bowie's little girl. As said, l
began to get nervous when we got near Bee-at-
Kiss. was afraid he'd forget the white post,
and l didn't want to have the whole thing
spoiled.
But he remembered it, and my heart Just
jumped when he threw the door open sudden
ly. Then that internal college dude screamed
out ''Bay-a-tree-chayl Bay-a-tree-chay! This
station is Bay-a-tree-chayv'
went into the telegraph Office and tele-
graphed down to Friezdale for the lynching
party. And that's why you see so many college
mems graves ont in Dakota y0unp man