The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-11-08
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of transportation. We do not speak of a
free pass when We say transportation
We rather refer to wheeled and runnered
vehicles with one or two jackass power
or nc power at all which is visible. There
were piles of EN-. A French cuss had a
three-seated carriage there which was
propelled by eleLtricity-a small dynamo
being the motive power. What wonder
full possibilities. Imagine yourself going
to HARDIN's stables and telling him to
8 md you around a three horse power dy-
namO to a t~wc-seated vehicle-that you
wanted to take a spin to Raleigh And
you would get iD, take the break wheel
in yOur lily-White hand, and speed away,
No runaway if you tried to upset a loco
motive-but the dynamo as geutle as a
hOrnless William Goat But then there
is no ink or lead Or paper made-nO
thought think which could attempt to
describe transportation hall. The first
train of cars which they ran down in New
York state is there-and we wanted TO
bet the proprietor of tn" fair five dollars
that We had d street car mule, in Durham,
N this improved age which could not,
under any pretext-even if going for the
doctor or a free lunch, get up as much
speed as his old train of second hand
collins. And he. said that some Of the
fellows he had seen from North Carolina,
carrying ham sandwiches in their back
pockets seven days old, rather carried
out our proposition and he would not bet.
We saw it stated that COLONEL JULIE
CARR had bought a fine carriage at the
grounds and would ship it to Durham.
We had at that time gotten as far as
CASTOR, West Virginia, on our homeward
trip. The Old Lady, at our suggestion,
pulled the rope and stopped the train,
and we at once returned to Chicago, de-
claring that COLONEL JULIE could not
turn us down that way, so We went and
bought the gilded chariot which Dom
PEDRO, as emperor of Brazil, used to go
around the streets of Rio De Jane-erio,
and all other things like that, with his
tan-colOred gloves and his sorrel shoes
and his Brazilian cOurtesan. We bought
it and asked the Old Lady how she would
like to ride to and fro from the great
North American newspaper oftice-cor
ner Church and Main streets-price fifty
cents a month and now is the time to
subscribe-to the Yam Farm. She said
if walking was good that We probably
would be u W company. But after
having paid enough money to give Brazil
another revolution, if she wants it, we
concluded to keep 1t. However, we made
some inquiries. We found that the chariot
needed painting. 1t also needed some
new running gears, that is, if you expect
to run it much. And a Brazilian, who
was a private pick pocket and had once
enjoyed some familiarity with DON, in a
professional way, told us that because of
DoM's aversion to a money panic, and he
fOretold the hard times through a Wake
county astrologer who gave US ten cents
worth of information for five dollars,
that he had thought the thing over, and
because of the stringency of the times he
would not regild his chariot-but he'd be
damned if he didn't throw up his job as
emperor before he would ride in a chariot |
which needed repainting.
This is q true and historical account
Of the business. See our dairy and guide |
book for further facts if this does not
suit.
But in order to crafty the Old Woman,
we bought her the chariot which the |
shah of Persia used to ride in. 1t cost
US 20 tomans, about IS 90. This looks
something like WHITMORE's bread wagon
but a pair of COW seemed to be the
power of propelling We bought that
so that we could have a bread wagon,
and with the COWS could have bread and
milk on the road.
COLONEL POsTLEY instructed US to
buy him the chariot that the Prince of
Wales had there-but they wanted too
much for it. We offered them an eight
day clock and q Waterbury watch but
they wanted US 10 throw in a years
SNSSNhiPhAOh ~ III 'cEhL N1OBE |
price 81 50) and We told them that we'd
see EN- consigned to six weeks at our
boarding house before we make any such
concessions. So COLONEL PosTLEY will
have to ride another year in a wheelbar-
row or walk. He can suit himself-he
can ride in our Dom Pedro chariot.
And we want to say that when you see
us coming down Aston avenue in that
chariot OF Ours-yOu'd better get out of
the way, as We intend to upbolster our !
great South American horse and hitch
her TO it ana come down in a blaze of
glory.
AFTER SAM.
A correspondent, claiming to be a good
Methodist ana signing himself w. w. P,