The state chronicle., 1893-02-05

remember once that l was tuck up
down thar and carried to a court house.
1t was sumthin concerning . hog
The witnesses kept q swariDg about
Frazier and the hog till l felt bad.
Then the lawyers they got up and
bout all | could make out of what they
said was Frazier. and a hog "a hog
and Frazier. l got mighty tired of
that stuff. After awhile the judge be
had to have say, and he just kept it
up about Frazier aud hog-a hog
and Frazier. tell you boys it jest
made me sick to hear ry name men.
toned in that connection, but l kept
my seat, till twelve fellows that had
been settin' thar and sayin nothin an
lookin' wise like 90 many billed owls,
got up and went out After they went
out l didn't hear another word about
the hog, but when they came back they
stood up and said somethin to the clerk
and then a man they called sheriff,
he asked me to walk out with him. We
walked till we cum to 'simmon tree.
| remember it was in the fall of the
year and the tree was full of simmons
Well, do you know that that sheriff
took and tied me to that 'simmon tree
and he jest licked me till shook every
'simmon IF that tree.
You see l was always mighty fond
of 'simmon beer and l made up my
mind right thar that l wouldn't stay
in state where simmons was wasted
in that way. 50 l came to Kentucky.
That's all l know bout court houses.
ssI'm That Boy"
The Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad
was first built with little strips of fiat
iron, nailed down to stringers. The
giant steam was then in his swaddliDg
clothes, and his twin br other electricity
was not born. The giant was re-
garded as a curiosity. The country
people focked to the way stations to
see him snort, aud opened wide tiieir
wondering eyes as he drew small
car or two on the way. He had not
at that time annihilated space, riveted
the continent with bands of iron. rev.
olutionized the art Of war and made
himself master of the commerce of the
world 1t had never entered into even
the fore most minds of that day that
North Carolina was on the border
land Of grand future, when we would
travel by steam, talk by lightning and
paint by the sunbeam.
Railroading was an experiment il
those days. Sometimes the cars 60
all the way from Raleigh to CASTOR il
a day-and sometimes they didn't.
RENE member very we'll that it took m
on Christmas day 1850, from sunris
to sunset to get on this road fron
. Warren Plains to Franklinton.
Captain Jrptha Horton was con
i ductor in those days, and he was
good one. He watched carefully at al
e the stations to see who got on and tha
no one got a ride without pay. Lat
q one forenoon, after an unusual Ion
and annoying trip, the "Whirlwind,
: (as one of the old engines was ironi
i cally called) crept into the depot 8
the intersection of Salisbury and Mort
II streets. The passengers, with wear
longing eyes, began to look out, an
It raised their hearts in thankfulne
n that their lives had been spared to 5,
3 the end of the journey, when euddenl
y Captain Horton espied an old ma
with long snowy beard and bow.
u form in the passenger car. He rusht
o up to him and demanded "ticket"
e II gave you my ticket soon after
got on, replied the old patriarch, wi
to sad and weary air.
k "Where did you get on?' demand
the conductor.
y, "At Littleton," was the answer
ST Snow, know you are attempti
l. to swindle this railroad," said CAPITA
ey Horton, with flashing eye, "no one e
= on at Lit Teton except little boy"
a "I'm that little boy" responded t
lis passenger in a feeble voice. as
he nervously stroked his long, shag
to grey head and Captain Horton 8,
;" denly remembered how long it
he taken him to make the trip, and he
longer demanded ticket.
lid Those were the "good old times"
read about, but it took large amor
nd Of grace to keep passengers from
'ut lowing any loose profanity about th
persons from escaping during tn
>" trips all the same. Yours,
JOHN B. NEATHERY
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