Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-13
ALL OVER IN FIVE MINUTES

A AA V AN r Il h luAN V n hSs The Lively Experience of a Drsmme, | Who Participated in Two Runa.
 ways.
 Jim Burns represents a Philadelphia house, and his territory is eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Jim Ia de. scribed by the Cincinnati Tribune as s talented and artistic fsbrioator, and his fa. brics all bear the stamp of originality. He Is an inimitable narrator, and when he Is in 8 story telling mood he never lacks for auditors. Recently Jim and number of other commercial men were on a train which pulled out of Pittsburg for the west. The eoterie soon drifted into story telling, and the tales oonsietsd chiefly of personal adventures on the rail. After the experience meeting had been in session some time Burns said:
 "The most exciting experience of my life occurred about year ago. had been in railroad wrecks and @ steamboat explo sion, but they were tame affairs as com pared with the one I am about to relate. I was on one of my usual trips, and early one morning boarded the train at NJ to go to point some twenty miles distant I entered the smoker, and had probably ridden ten miles when I finished my cigar and started to go back to the next coach. As stepped on the platform between the cars noticed that the air brakes were be- ing applied, and, knowing that there was no station at that point, I stepped down on to the lower step to take 8 look ahead. Before had time, however, to see any thing the train came to dead stand, and the stop WAS so sudden and violent that was thrown clear of the car, and instant ly found myself falling through space with frightful rspidity. The car from which was thrown had stopped on tres tie about twenty five feet high, and which passed over 8 wagon road. Fortunately for me covered market wagon was pass. ing under the bridge at the time, and struck the top of the vehicle feet foremost aud went through the top like shot. landed with one foot in a packet of eggs and the other in crock of butter, and then pitched forward on to the seat with the driver. My entrance into the wagon accustomed considerable racket, and in less than half a second after I landed I was participating in 6 runaway that fairly took my breath away. The horses tore down the road at the top of their speed and the driver, who was a big muscular fellow, ev- idently had no control over them While tugging and saving on the lines the driver turned to me and said:
 "'You d-d fool, just wait till I gil thCcC hoIeos stOppcu bud H IA 1ou "We had proceeded two or three hun dred yards in our mad career when we en | tered a small village. A farmers wagon with two horses attached, stood in front of 6 blacksmith shop. We smashed into the farm wagon, the front wheel of thu market wagon on my side interlockine | with the outside front wheel of the othel | vehicle. The shock pitched me out and landed in the hind end of the farm wag on. The farm team, not being tied, ant the driver being absent, became fright ened. sprang forward and tore the vince off the market wagon. The market man. team continued down the road, reducin, the vehicle to kindling wood, and ss th | atmosphere was filled with butter, eggs | vegetables and big round oaths. I fount that had only jumped out of the fryinl pan into the fire I was the central fgur in another runaway. The farmers tesn was tearing up the road at 6 bresknecl | pace in the direction from which I ha, started. The lines were wrapped arount the lock lever, and unwound them snt tried to stop the horses, but my effort
 were useless. In moment we had rsaohe.
 the trsstle from which had been thrown
 and I noticed that the train was on th
 point of moving of. With e mighty ei
 fort pulled the horses heads into bank
 sprung from the wagon, rushed up th
 bank and caught the rear car as the trai
 was moving away.
 "Ths train he'd been stopped by a sligh
 obstruction on the track, which only n
 quired few minutes for It's removal.
 had been thrown from e bridge, psrticips
 back in the train, all inside of five mir I utea p