Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-18
RaHling o'or ridges,
Smiling o'tr uriRe-,
Elr.- m a, TINS - pleasant.
hiding on 90 rail lLaughterl

" Raffling o'or ridges,
Smiling o'tr uDikt-,
Elo.- ms, TINS j. pleasant.
Riding on % rail" lLaughterl
Then remembered that other old song which
came up 10 mo, one ot tle verses Oh Whlch re-
membor went something like this:
Ancient maiden suddenly romarkA
Guess there must bC danger
Amorgru many sparks.
Rocuish-lookmc icitow,
Turning fo the stranger.
SAYS &c is his opinion
Ihof lady les out or danger.
mcuowca laughter nui apUiause.l
Thou IoacmbercI onoth4r Nefsei
puichman in The coynor
Smoking ~ his pipc.
Conductor comes along
uosmokos with an his might
'Nis against the ruio-,
Put that pipe away
Uutclmau smokes faster
Says Mich yeF stch.'
Icould not keep from thinking Of an incident
which occurred a year or Two ago %h@h went
dow ~ Que Of She depots IN tais city
aud came across an old Cavalryman who
wns runulug tao engine. tie SAID "6oneral,
We rode tokcther in tle war; come, g"i up Ia the
cab win mo. I sad, Tos-aud ran iOso't'r. TOO.
ll,NAmgcd laughtGr.l Cortqiuly We ala, and
there is no use going back upon thai paI1 of the
record lHrnowcd laUsnter.l No raN some
times tn one dirocti0n aud sometimes ~ Ano'heI.
! iApuiau@,.l He SAID; suppose you come up In
tlr, CAB with mo" hal NOS b,'on upon au ongine
ior a long tine and ~ safd ~ him: AS We rode
/ together during the war we Gan Tide now IN
/ mace We started. lido not know whether any
/ nor.on herr has ever been on the IA hmond aud
Aleqhauv road. Nog knUw that every two or
| three hundred miles therc - a chrvu. tl.a'Le,h-
I tori WhoneVo | would turn a curve
! I thought death aud dedruction Wefo ceftaNl.
/ In tho fare of the whole hing. you know, dtd
not liSo 90 show any fear upon an occasion Ike
/ this looked al the euginuor and be Was si1-
ting there calm aud peaceful Laughter }
Kvery thing socmed tO b calm except nOseL
Whom 1 tlrucd q curve on that rOad saw a
fiuck Of chickens right tVtwoen The ralls know
there would ho "a great dtaslof. Thore was
great rocky cha on one slie ana ne river on mo
other thought | WOgid either be mdShed %
death or drowned. CONTINUED iaughterl The
neXt momrut ! saw the chickens lying arourd
dead. got over that pretty wen
THEN THE DOjs.
Tho next thing was dog never saw so
many thugs on tho track before ia my ne
uaugAtcr.l Ihorr wore two dogs ihe engine
struck one Of them amtdships, as We would say
ga the navy. one half Of the hog LANDED on one
sife al the track and she Other hall lay httio
way of, scross on the other side. iLauehIerl
Hooked az nv cayalrymSn and be looked AZ
me. said 60 ahead, old follow; you cannot
Aftcr Going around another curve | saw afiock
of sheep Those sheep were kinder grazing
doWn towards The track. found sheep In
aXsry direction diNAul thN lSouhNA'A-i
I remembered that when on my farm
In virginia sheep laid between the rails, uat
they generally got on the highest paft OF tne
,-,sd and laid betwecu 'Lc rails On dark nights.
Tine engineer said ! feel something moymS.
W,u mo uoxt morning l thought / was IL a
snoW storm Sheop-Wool was all on inc engine
wheels ana what Is called the co~-caIcher
After giving graphic aud amusing account OF
hts trim on the engine with hts old caValfynHn
Governor lee proceeded rs follows; 49,.
cannot say as my reverend irltnd Nhr' fttl
said shat 81 have msrtei sreal many W oi
yOu h--liaughter)-bccause man IN my posltt9h
cannot marry but one Loud langhter.l lie
fpiip said that ne had failed 70 make some
friends by marrying some persons 40 hot
know 70 whom he refers. iut venture 20 say snA'
they win make it warm FOR him lLaugh'ef'l
GLAD TO sEE TnE1.
lam glad 20 see 80 many Of the BROTHERHOOD OF
Io.anrotlyo Engineers prtseuI am gao "
vveFcorne tuom here In Virginia, ana me iaoies
Voo nave bgought with yon. Now yon come. a.
understand IL from the length aud breadSn oi
fn,a great American country lou GONE lIVe1
where tine frozen fingers touch tne icy hocss =,
,pe onrfh yoa come from whero the 0resa
Fatnor Of Waters bcgins 90 run and nom mo mo
isshioa waves Of the Atlantic 20 nh.ro tle
muows break upOn the ahOreS o. Ca,hofiue
am FIND q know That engines an run ln." sli's
s,fy ir,fp every state ia tho Union, end wat
a,..,s engtneef. fireman. ana the passengers .
,t,.v hssss vita them 0ili 20 Volcome zap
s1e,,ae We are clad that this oonditloh 0t
ssn,.rgs ceufrouts uf No had our dinsro1ses
,n me pass Dffierent States IN no
AmerS,aa uaion construed the .ohsaaseeos s.s.
Ia ,oaarss 70 the dissolution OF sfatos IN 1InoI
ways MOI bsipg spie 70 sessls IhSH o"ae's''s'