Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-05-08
THE JOURNAL,


II was true that the train was hypnOtic
II runs twicea day over recent pur
chase Of Mr.. Russell Sage's-the POUCH
keepsie and Eastern railroad Passen
gcrs have declared that they frequently
experienced little puts and calls Of eiec
trio fire running down their spines IN
passing over che thirty-nine miles Of
rail between Poaghkeepsie and Boston.
Nov, II there be ghost trains, why not
hypnotic trains as welli
II appears that the Poughkeepsie and
Eastern railroad owed the town of
Aucrain s84r for taxes. This amount
was two weeks overdue last Saturday
and Tax Collcctos Hoag, OF Aucrain,
who gets percent commission on what
ever money passes through his hands
determined 10 protect himself and his
commission by ievying warrant of
attachment upon one of Mr.. Sage's hyp-
notic locomotives.
Mr. Hoag proceeded with deadly cum
ming. lie knew that the last train OF
.he week would arrive at Boston Cor.
ners from Paughkeepsie at six minutes
past o'clock on Saturday aftern Don
He got out his attachment papers, Sc
cured a swift horse with buggy and
started for Boston Corners with a deputy
to gather in a locomotive, or II need be
the whole train.
The remainder OF the story is best
told In the words of the fireman, who,
Ike 'ahe gifted Mooney" OF the late Mr.
Dickens, can talk as well as a lawyer
at might a BEEN" said he "a half
mile from the station, and we a-drivin'
along under all steam, when the engi-
neer says to me sudden like, Joe says
he i can't make out what's come over
this engine And, strike me dead, the
words was no sooner outen his mouth
when she begin to slow up of her own
accord the throttle, mind you, bein'
wide open.
II was just about TO say prayer when
the conductor pulls the bell, and we
shuts her off altogether. As soon as he
could get alongside the conductor he
points TO a cloud Of dust close by the
station and pale as death, he says, It's
hat--tax collector and our name Is a
:oal dust
I'VE caught on directly, but all the @
anne that don't explain how this here
.ngine had the inside tip. Back her Z,
Town, Joe, says the engineer, while I
ieep watch on the son of gun--meanin'
Ioag
"Wcll as soon as The collector tumbles
o our game he dashed up his boss and "
egins chasin US, shoutin' like mad for pi
s to stop. m
"Weli, pretty soon we came to the W
horseshoe, and there | thought he had II
s. for the grade IS heavy and there's tn
hort cut by which ne could run through N
&c woods and board as easy. The pass OF
ayers was cussin', too, and | could see ur
e engineer geitin' nervouser and ner- ca
,user and nefvousef po
never knew how We got by that point, be
"a then the engineer says to me- he TO
vs., aloe, I'm goln' 10 run over 10 that Pr
arlem railroad sidin', and now | think sh
have got hin- IL
81 wasn't on, but l followed orders a
ID In about a minute we wuz bang up su
the siding and stopped short Hoag orr
cones bustlin' along and begins read tn,
law paper. IN attach this here Gel
conceive. he says, for them taxes ma
" Right says the engineer, but what ant
unity may that there paper read from' vel
olunbia county, iaybird, says Hoag mi
mt you know what county your own
wn Is ini"
= Then. says the engineer, very dig a.,
led. yer out OF Il. for this hers engine 49,
~ stands In Duchess county W.
d It's lief roars Hoag, bu, he was '"'
On convinced. and the thought made sP'
a 30 mad that he swore he'd put owe
IL on the rails in front Of the engine, enc
that she couldn't move out for her q"'