The Dickinson press., 1888-02-18
A CAR DRIVERS TALK.
ONE OF THE MANY WHO ARE
STRANGERS AT HOME.

Doesn't Get Time to See Ills Children.
Ecnctits of Organization.
lin driving in Brooklyn NOW, and I'll tell
You what tho last ticllp done for lis, speak
liz, about organizing. Before that we used
IT, got five minutes for lunch. and the super
told us VIC c;lnr there to work. and not to
eat: ROW We get forty minutes. Then we
used tn have To put the team away. and take
H." collars Off. wien We ZANE in at the end of
I'll" days work, and also &, there half al
l"n' carly and find OH team, ono i'll one end
oI thy Stable ;.ll the other i'll the other end,
and harness en- and bring EN- out TO the car.
Now that's all done for lis. .And then we
used to have to wash ON cars, and we used
to have to luv the bell for the off horse,
| We don't do none of thos, things now, and
gct forty minutrs for lunch besides. The
| difference l., thus, that | knew plenty of fell
luws that used to leave lionc, say ut 3 in the
la"Hnin-, and not get home again till after s
Mt night. ami then il another man WAS took
| SILK You hid To take his place, ST. that I've
| done three hours extra Oh top of Ivy day and
go, !l"ele at midnight and not seen Il soul of
| my family in tliirty-eiglt hours many time,
wi.lput II c"nt extra pay. But there's no
lm"r" of that.
set UP about half past D i'll the morning
anal light the fire and crack the ice i'll tho
| pitcher. NAV he, and | cook laHSclt an cg-g or
two and some coffee. and ii my witc's awake
l III, in auu whisipcra word with iicr without
Walking lie children. and then IEl M deck at
{ "'clorti. | don't live near tie stable oil ac-
count of the bal nciglijorllool for bringing
Ir litilc ones, SO | can't get nome to my
lunch. lui I've got four decent rooms and
decent people for rcigilhorS above and below
Mr. ual | pav SlUa month. ! get 81 Il day
and work seven days. because l need all | can
make. | Slve my wife all except twelve sliil-
lj4... which gets me my lunches and tobacco,
and s!i" used 10 lay up dollar now and then,
III that's all gone, and there's lo laying up
now on account uf her and lie needing thc
,i,m,"r. We'll, | let hoale ut at night and
t:,A my IwlI aud read my paper till lo""lo'k,
with the litr OF supper she s..es over for Inc,
and then | 20 10 l@u Wleomly thing hard is
NY MT seeing my children.
/ can truly thank ttnl thatmy little Emma
knows me nov. but up ) years "ld She
,ni not Et!aw me from any passer by i'll the
street. ! had Il chut.i, and he didn't h"lievc
n!, when | said that, but he believes me HOW
Iai> is how it was: | WAS doing my fourteen:
nl,! sixteen hours work on the Third avenue
in MN York. and | hal need of every cent
al,.l =, constitution like Il horse, so l made
every day tell. had been doimS that till
l.tlc Einlic WAS !; years old. and then
M lcs began To trouble me, and one day
had to lay oil. lGouldnt walk witiseaf help,
~ Jack. my chiul, goi away and hc!!c,. lae
ls,lie. There was Emlnit and her liotlcr
AMI Jar! and me. each took a chair. and
Mai-pcicl 10 my wife So that thu little girl
wouldn't hear me.
"EjnlAip. lear" says my wife, God bless
and hcri, her u ne, ''one of tllcs, gentlemen
i, yuur father. Do You know which one it
This is my papa" says size.
.in,i then Jack believed What I'll been tell
| ing Him. for the little child walked right
over To him and climbed on lis i:mer and put
| ii, iur mouth for u kiss. She lad seen my
l~:liti in the bed once III IL while, but Jacks
| beard and mine were as like as Two broolns,
| and She chose tho wrong one.
Well, in one way of locking at it, I'm
| surirv tn say that SHE knows me now quite as
| & rililt ought to. May le its what they call
Il Providence, and the finger OF God is in il,
but. an .,ow, my lrgs is that lad now that
olc in Il Willie | have to lay off for Il day
ait i, / tlia'n Ivy walking about and sitting
d MN-ipr Wien you get Il car drivers les
oi "u.I is Il curious thing that walking is as
;pti tw" il ti YOU can stand the pailp as sit
tia, Anmn. What do | mean by Il drivers
lc.: Veil, You'll ti3d many y man at the
lu"iIi has il in liicsa three cites. where
| t:iet II not 1T n driver sit down, and in fact
| al VIII get 1t s,D,l:"' or later il they stick to
tic business. 1t come, OF standing up so
mas, llnif, without the chance to walk
tir.s Il c"i,tInct"r has. up and down the car
cni:~'tili-, tn" fares. One drivers legs will
b. the sile OF telegraph poles, and another
ON. i!so lnr. VIII get ~i'l!il.'lcs of vein, as big
a. yuur list site, i.t.s out of his les. There's
En curcrx"j..,t the ullnSl. o,lsc or tiie ~lot!er's
field, thu,l hi do find IL great help i'll my
elastic sto. King. I'm IL better INA since l
put it III.
An the tall, about tho torture n man
tre!- WHEN lie frs. gets OIL Il car-well, it isn't
losil. for yna soc yo;;:i:: fellows give up their
ipi.s every week on account ef the agony
they suiirr-hut il uin't the frs: tr,v day it's
the whole life. Its hard Oh the legs, and
they never get use to it. a young fellow
thinks il he's stranded and knows about
horses that he can be a driver. Well, lGll
ilitt CIV Ii IA ucSoi1sSAtutioi VI u AA.liA
than in knowing about horses. | wore out the
first pain i'll my legs in about three Oh four
DAYS. But then came the swollen veins.
They must como. It's tho natural conse-
uucucc of the business. Leave ailroaling,'
SAYS m> doctor. Oh, it's easy to say it, but
whc.ta man is tied to y pair OF car horses
and hasa wife and family to support there's
no such thing as looking for other work. 1t
won't come to him, and how can he go to it
But in the regards of that l think l am very
lucky, for my boy will be old enough to APP
prentice to machinist Of my acquaintance
i'll another couple of years, and after that
liel chipina little toward keeping the family
and I'll be able to lay off u day now and then
l spoke about the almsllouse and the
potter's field, but there's no such thing fol
US. That's another old thing done away will
by means OF organizing. In our local we gct
s. week when we are sick-whieh will pa
city the landlord and Keep a bite in the cup
board. In case of death there's no provision
but we make up q subscription and ge
together $40 or $50, may be, which il
enough TO leave the potter's field i'll the dis
tance: andthe only cost to us of keeping uptht
local is thirty-fivc cents O month, so that w,
don't feel it very hard, though there's adozel
things crying ior every cent that most of u
earn. Now, that's pretty much all l cal
think of about driving a car.-New Yorl
Sun Interview.