The Southern herald., 1892-02-26

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Dear reader. did yoa evsf fias for
snv eonsiderable dislaaee 81 ln.Asa
railroad train--that i. train mass Il
Of passenger eoache. and frSignt cafsf
II you never have, then yoa kAe" nos
how steam-power ean BE- insalia.S yon
know not what weary, wretehad w@AF
ing on a railroad really meanA
years ago, when tha Western nelas
ware and Reading railroad was arAt
opened to public travel, purchases 2
ticket at Wilmington. Del, Scr head.
ing. Pa, distances of somewhere about
sixty miles; and when ! came e enter
nv ear, / found myself On board one
Of those mixed trains There wa1 Fast-
| " more freight than there were pa..sn'
gers
For myself, however. ! did not par
tieuiarlV suffer The road ran for -
whole distance through the esaHtaiai
valley Of the historic Brandywines ma
al was not driven for time, ! found
plenty Of enjoyment in the picturesque
scenery that was continually opening
10 INV view. Much Of Il was grandiy
magnificent, and all Of II interestingi
ana. what was very favorable % sight
seeing, lost no pictures q tne pano-
rama through rapldity Of transit
But Il was not so with others Many
were in q hurry, and the grumbling and
growlinr was general At nearly every
stopping.placs there was freight % b
left and freight 70 be taken on. Inc
regular hands Of the train were not
paid, they declared, to handle freighA
aud they worked charity; and, more
over. those stopping-plaCg4 were many
and frequent You can, perhaps I'M
agine the speed Of that train.
We left Wilmington at T:so q m AZ
noon we had made not more than halt
the distance 10 the end Of our route Az
4:sO D. m. we arrived at the junction
Of the Philadelphia and Reading rail-
road. about ave miles distant from the
: latter city, nine mortal hours on tho
road thus farl
As we approached this place, where
5 we were to strike on to the other road,
p our conductor came along 70 take mp
e the tickets Of the passengers Very
9 near TO me sat an elderly lady, accom-
4 panied by boy, who, during the long
4 and tedious trip. had called her grand
4 ma When the conductor came 70 her
q she qave him two tickets, one OF which
: had a corner cut Of. signifying only
: half 4 ticket The Official looked AZ III.
. ticket, then at the strapping boy, anc
. then he looked back upon the elderly
I, lady.
Il Say, my good woman. dye call thai
n boy Of yours the kind Of boy to ride
y on a half-ticket9'
y Never did a human face express mor'
N of disgust-more Of bitter repugnanc'
p and dudgeon, than did the face Of tha
ID woman-and the face had been 90 mil'
le and 30 benignant at times IN prattl'
81 with her grandson. She looked int
70 the mans face; and she answered him
ID in tones which you may imagine;
n when bought that ticket Il wa
q, all that was required for this boy. !
N he's outgrown IL since, II isn't m
fault"
- The conductor passed on withou
" further remark; and, really, ] though
=, he enjoyed II; for evidently he was ns
no fond Of running that mixed train n
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