St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-04-13

Ing without keeping both eyes open.
stood one evening at the corner o
Broadway and Wall street. New York
talking with a citizen of Grand Rapids
whom happened to meet. The houl
was ten o'clock and there was but LITTLE
travel. We had been there three min.
utes, when patrolman No. 74S came
along and roared out:
':Now then. move on! It's the last
time I'll tell your
"Are you speaking to usr' asked.
"You bet I am! This Is the third
time I've told you to move on. and
now you'd better git!"
Excuse me, but this is the first time
we have seen or heard you. We
haven't been here Eve minutes"
Don't talk back to me! I've had an
eye on you! You are two suspicious
fellowsr'
Then it is your business 70 arrest
u.s."
$50 I will"
So he did. and ten minutes later We
brought up at the station. From the
odOr and talk l believed the officer was
tight. As soon as We got in where l
could see him plainly said to the cap
tain:
Captain. take a good look At this
officer. Is he drunk or sober?''
why. Bill, you blamed fool, you
can't see straightr' roared the captain.
They wouldn't move onr' shouted
the patrolman.
But why should we, captain? There
were only two of us. and but few were
passing. He said we were suspicious
characters. Here are our cards"
We got an apology and the officer
was relieved from duty. Next day We
went to headquarters to file charges.
but No. 74S had resigned.
On certain railroad running out OF
Detroit the company retained an old
palace car until it was a little better
than a cattle car. Had the fare been
to match there could have been no
growing. but they were charging extra
lOI a SCoO AZ tlAt1S C<bGs IU0C
that car four times and then kicked to
the conductor.
Il don't run this railroad" was his
reply.
"Well. somebody does. and I'll fnd
him out" went to the line superin-
tendent and he sent me to the division
superintendent of q parlor-car com.
pany.
Have you been inside the .Asterisk'
lately?" l asked.
No"
do you know that 1t is old. dirty
and entirely out of repair?"
mo. SIR"
Hasn't any one kicEedl
mot that l know Of"
'.But have heard fifty complaints"
"The conductor has made no report
to that effect"
He promised to investigate. and no
did investigate. He found the car
with twelve people in it and every one
was kicking. He found the train con-
ductor ready to affirm that the old car
ought to be dumped into the river. He
found bed-bugs in the seat dust allow
and aloft, and almost every seat need
ing repairs The car conductor. who
reasoned as many public officials do.
They will growl anyhow. and let
them take it out in e rowling" got the
a new car was put on for the
very next trip. and the superintendent
was pleased to say to me:
'I'm glad you kicked-thrice glad.
DO it again whenever you see imposi-
lion."
And within a week he was person.
ally told by over twenty travellers that
they had determined to take another
route if the old car remained. A
thousand people had been imposed on
and swirdled and yet none dared
claim his rights! Not ono even dared
ask for Justice or hearing! One gen.
lie kick brought q new car and COM
tort to hundreds. The kicker may b
! crank. but the man who lets the
public walk over him without protest
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