The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-04-14
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AN ENGINES VICTIMS.
A Georgia Engineer Tells What lie Has
Killed on the Track.

Killed ON the Track.
IL killed n 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 a locomotive. How did it hap-
pen?"
"A dog or something had been killed
the day before, and the buzzard 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. | hit him pretty hard lick,
and guess it killed him."
isn't it an unusual occurrence to
run over birds and the like?' he asked.
80. no. not at all; we frequently kill
partridges; doves and sparrows with
out number. Sometimes a whole bevy
of chickens are ground up at time.
Although all kinds of poultry are run
over from time 10 time. | believe
guineas are smartest in getting out OF
the way. When 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. II one gets off the rest
follow. Inever knew it to fail. IL you
get one of them, you get the whole
flock" g,
"How is it with other animals? I
guess you have run over nearly every
kind in your time?"
"Yes, | reckon have" said the en-
gineer, thoughtfully, shadow pass
ing over his kindly face as he finished
the sentence. 81 suppose | have run
over nearly every thing, from a man
down to toad.
"Onc day l was running ut n high
speed, considerably behind time. just
as / turned a curve, colorcd man.
seated on load of wood and driving a
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 II was too
late. however The poor fellow became
frightened and struck his mule blow
with n switch. and the stubborn animal
came to n dead stop right in his tracks.
The man was paralyzed with fear and
unable to move. The next instant l
struck the wagon and knocked it into n
thousand pieces, carrying the unfortu-
nate man more than thirty yards be-
fore | could stop. The mule plodded on
the road as unconcernelly rs 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. II
flock of them should happen to be
grazing near the track when a train
comes along. and they don't manage
to get in the way of it. it won't be their
fault. Ihave killed as many as a dozen
alta time We don't kill many nova
davs, though. because there are very
few in the country.
Goats are just the opposite. have
never killed more than one or two.
They are smart enough to get out OF
the way from the time they are two
davs old. Let one be in the way of an
approaching engine. and when he wants
to get off the track that is just what he
does, and without any foolishness,
either. II he should happen to be in a
cut he starts up the bank, and gets
there. too
while running freight one night
ran into n drove Of about half a dozen
horses. 1t was quite dark, and | could
see them only when would get close
upon them. With their characteristic
stupidity under such circumstances the
frightened animals made straight ahead
of me at the top Of their speed. sup
pose ran them in this way for several
miles, sometimes stopping entirely TO
let them get ont Of the way. but when-
ever | reached descending grade |
would be upon them again. At last
they were caught and two Of hem killed
before the rest got Of the track.
"a good many hogs and cattle are
also killed on the track. OF course.
these all have 10 be paid for. and there
Is something remarkable in the fact
that only Jerseys. Berkshires aud the
like are so unfortunate rs to get IN our
way. Whenever a COW does get of the
track and out Of danger we have no
reason to feel grstifed. because we
know she il only a scrub. and Of no
value. any way, -Ifidntg Consfil.LL,x.