The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-12-30

line. Whom wo reached tho town otii,
conductor put detectives on track f.sG
the rascais, and hope they will catoh,
them. .u .". o. .,,Ii&F M,
When got to Merid iah 1t was night
again and in going to the hotel fo1fti
the pavement torn upspart of the yyfSyy
ana before | was aware 7of any imppdfsl!
mont, | stumbled against an$ Abrufbsl
rise and fell far and wide on tta un-
feeling brick. 1t seemed to hsSgI>
could not stop falling and my ,cOrpors1.
slty spread out in b horizontal attitudtIf
| lost my cane and my spectacleR, but
II Kind. hearted man ran out Of 2 ms
store and helped me up. and wes f0liIid
them. You arc tho third, man That
has trippcd up thoro tonight aud the,
city council ought to- have q lamp ',ena
IL watchman here. / skinned nv knees
pan and got my best clothes all dirty
and once more ] consider lnyself 1tGss
injured person, for I.still bad nd acs
cidcnt policy. $SS
Today, when our trafnl stopped lyat
Vicksburg, ~, dot Of prenchers g6E
aboard on their way to! the, synod $ands
some Of the nice ladios 0flSthe town!
came down TO meot some lady friendsS
on the, train. 1t took them a good
while 80 exchange salutati0ns and ss;
|
train moved Off and gradually SeainSdl
speed OF motion and the nidBi isIati, ,fssl
ran hastily to the do ir and down ttliata
steps and made u loap!for thespl 6forutS
l'nevcr saw such aapread Of EfemininS
forps and garments in my life. N They,
| both fell violently forward face down.
| wards with oil four OF their limbs EsS4
| teqded, and | know the shock mnst
have broken every stay in their ,c0EsS
sets. 1t gricved mo- Tor knowBhey
are hurt, but tho train, never stopped
to SEQ, for the conductor aopposSa
those ladies were passengers and nob
visitors and had gone forward to look
after other matters. But nm obliged
to consider those ladies the ibjure9
persons. 1T won't do for ladies Or}t;Itl
men to leap from movifig tpafn.sff F7NS;
| When we crossed the great" "Mdsss 81
sippi river and had re3Gmed our ion "a
ney the train stopped to take on d
young couple who were clipping froIf,
their parents and were going to get
married as soon as thoy reached tho
lrst courthOuse, town. They had
lodged the old people by crossing tlsa
river 10 q skiff andiso whom tho trafhj
reached the town the young i1aqI
hurried to the ol6fk and gotta liGsnse
while our train waited for himt ThSy
didn't know Where to find q preacher
hut there were IUrty sor5 & ilty% aboard,
our train and Kind friends tslig gesteai
that they bas married afttS; y parl0f
CIR that was attaohoa; d SO hose|
our t..Tmmy Hillh6uses, ho yit8ed To-
preach in Caftefeyil Lent bti&s now,
located 10 VicksburgSSs 3STssi got j eeYE
Jimmy Jones to <assfst u Sln ganqs@hil$3
the train was going s S,taj
hour, the happy tqpupl
together insthe holy Sof 2fls 81
m0ny. Tho two JtIhmiS it iissaIdt Y ifS
a fair young brideJahd W he'd iii q mo D Tho
castbonnd train ,tBtss e0uple leI bon e6 tt
and returaed, TO- their s.nSiapS pa z.
There vas nothing inj the Way, oi bii ss IL
marriage save mo itsys 4 Tor iie
youpg man off as,od its and good
famtisySsSa tsa ths ( S @ sgest ay .
'Bat thssg ssre s Eri gfis and
Jolly vet. pt gs, laug all
l|tReII to- N ontoe y tSere III 81 Sy pod
4 meet IS ihg foS e clis reli coii ftss ie
i their te6 u geG rsati on s. q But q am
Etired .to.bi9 q, tfs6r D trsyel led 90
miles sba paast st9, Tor th6SsSt fsegf
fsenS. Siii I'll s