Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-11-22
AN ACCOMMODATING RAILROAD.
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A volublo Old Gcntlemnn's Mishap and
How It Was Ee.asslied.
GIVE heard of railroads SO accommo-
dating that the trains would stop and
let passengers Get out and pick black
berries along tho linc," said John Gil
bert, the travelling groccryman, but l
ran across railroad up in PcEnsylva-
mia the other day that can give the
blackberry railroads many points. This
railroad runs between Montrose, in Sus-
quehanna county, and Tunllllannock,
Wyoming county. 1t is o narrow gauge,
and docs q big business. 1t is a mo-
nopoly, too, but it evidently means TO
treat every one fairly and kindly. The
day was n passenger on this road q
very volubie old gentleman sat in the
seat directly i'll front OF me. lie talked
much, and in talking he opened his
mouth very wide. He had store teeth.
and the plate had either shrunk or the
old gentlcnan's mouth had expanded
since the teeth were fitted to him. for
they kept bobbing mp and down rs he
talked like piano keys in action.
"'You better look out, old man,
said to myself, for if you haven't got a
string to those teeth the first thing you
know they'll desert you.
I've were tipping along at q pretty
good gait. 1t was Il warm day, and
the old gentleman had his window up.
Pretty soon he opened Up with few
remarks, in the middle of which he felt
compelled 10 laugh. lie gave one hi
larious snort, and zip! shot that set OF
misf:t teeth out of his mouth. 1t wasn't
satisfied with getting rid of his mouth,
but it threw itself out of the car
through the open window us well.
"'Gosh all tlshhooksr was what the
old gentleman undoubtedly imagined
he was saying. but his upper lip was
cavcd in almost to his palate, and as
lie had to push it back and hold it
there with his tongue before he could
talk his words came 81 trille thick and
full of splutter. That WIS all the cid
man said, hut he showed his head out
of the window and looked back man
fully toward the spot where his teeth
had left him. We were gone u mile or
more, l guess, before the conductor OF
the train had learned of tie old gentle
mans bereavement He pulled the bell
rope. The train was stopped. Then
they backed up to the place where the
teeth had shot out of the window.
There conductor, engineer, fireman and
brakeman formed themselves into a
searching party, and went TO work to
look up the lost teeth They searched
the country on both sides of the track
for several rods, up and down, and ut
the end of half an hour brakeman
shouted:
Here they be-
He had found the old gentleman
teeth. They were all there safe and
sound. The old gentleman showed
them in his mouth and then said:
"'Gosli all 1ishlooksl I'd q ketched
fits when got home if hadn't Il found
them teeth
Then the train started, and the old
man commenced Lis talking where he
lett off when his teeth had got tired
and quit him. Nobody seemed to
think the stoppins7of the train and go
ing bacl, after the teetl was anything
out of the ordinary every day way of
managing Il railroad, and wasn't go
ing to be conspicuous by kicking; but it
was accommodating, wasn't it9-New
York Sun.