The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-02-22
TO be continued.
WHY COLLEGE MEN FAIL IN DAKOTA
Thc President of a Railway Tells His Ex-
-pcricuce with "A Brakeman.

kilc Srfsitend OF n iiai,WaN Ertli his IN
-pc:icnce witt. a Brakeman.
Why don't college men do well oul
in Dakota? Because the country's too
big for 'cm; they can't ill up the room
out here. Iii teli you one reason why
the natives don't take 10 EN-. W
built a railroad out there. me and Bill
Slearey-We're a progressive crowd
ont in D~akota-one of the finest roads
YOU ever saw. 1t was only 100 miles
long, and 100 miles amt much in Da-
kota. but it WIS Il railroad from top To
bottom. We'd made Il pile o. money,
me and Bill, and We about owned Zero
Valley, and "hen the country began
TO get settled up we said we'd give EN-
Il railroad, and we did. That railroad
cost = sight o money, but it was worti,
it. We didn't stopa at nothing to make
it first-elass. The Zero Valley & lee
borough Railroad we called it,. Cars
ali inlaid and ~Neucered, yellow plush
cushions on the seats, everything tip
top. l wanted to have silver mount
iEgs on all the seats, but Bill wouldn't
have that. Hes a thinker, Bill is, and
he thought that when trHin-robbers
stopped the train they'd tear the ears
to pieces, SO we let it go at nickel.
Well, | wanted Il regular Eastern
r9ad, with 5rakemen to call out the
stations. They don't generally do that
in the West, you know. l sent East
for b~rakemcn, and ] ordered college
graduates. for i was going to have
everything the best. | had EN- sent
nj there all trained up ready for the
first trip. They was rs fine a looking
set of boys as you'd wantto see. When
| got en- into their blue uniforms,
with their gold buttons aud silver bad
ges, they did look encouraging.
was pleased, now | tell YOU, aud said
to Bill the morning we was going To
pull out on the first trip: 'Bill, this
is a great country; we beat the world
on everything we tackle"
Bill wasn't so cheerful. He amt a
feather-brained man, You know. and
he don't often let his feelings run
away with him. never knew him to
warm up over anything but l~niuns.
He did used 10 gel 4 little worked III,
over them critters in the carly days.
Well, he said he hoped everything
would turn out all right, bat he wasn't
going to Yell before he got cut O the
woods.
We had n crowd on The first trip.
Everybody was there. Everything
worked well when we started. But the
thing wanted most wis TO hear the
brakeman cali ont thc station. That
vas what | was waiting for. had
white posts put up just where | want
ed him to open the door and shout out
the station. ] began to get nervous
when we got near Bcc-at-riss. ''Bea.
triccn some people call it. ! don't oh.
ject to that if people like ii, but We
always pronounce it Bne-at-riss out
there to rhyme with mattress, YOU
know. Bce-at-riss. We named it that
after Sheriff Bowie's little girl. As |
said, ] began TO get nervous when VIC
got near Bec-at-riss. ! was afraid he'd
forget about the white post, and ]
didn't want To have the whole thing
spoiled.
But he remembered il, and my hear.
just iamprd when lie drew The dooi
open suddenly. Then that Internal
college dude screamed ont 'l5ay-a.
trec-chal! Bay~-a-tree-cllay. This sta.
ton is Bly-a-tree-ctay..i
went into the telegraph office and
teiegraphei down To F~rirzcdalp for the
Isnching party. Aud tiiat's why you
see 50 nAioy college mems graves out
in Dakntl, youag man. --ScV lorh
Iii6ugia.