The Winslow mail., 1901-05-02
RAILROAD TATTLE.

concerning the author of these
articles. [ think this is wholly
uncalled for While my remarks
concerning him have not teen
quite complimentary, they would
have been even less so, had l
adhered more strictly to the
truth; or, if attempting to speak
a word in his favor, l had id
him by such faint praise as my
conscience would have permit
ted me to bestOw upon him.
Doubtless, in his own estima-
ton, he is an object of admira-
tion. Itdoes make in such cases,
material difference, whether a
man S worth be measured from
his own standpoint, or from that
OF those who see him as be is,
divestcd Of the halo with wish
his ignorance and egotlsm have
surrounded him. In order that
he may the better understand
now Indifferent I an to his opil-
ion Of me, I recommend Course
6: reading. I advise him to
study the classic 1t least %
the extent Of Gamiatlzing Linn
self with the fable of The Lion
and the ASS.
l. vas requested by the stin-
gers Of WinsloW lodge, 10 write
something for the Trainmen's
Journal. Something that would
be interesting and complimen
tary to the lodge and it's mem
bers. AS yet [ have not had the
courage to tackle it. l am not
honest, because [ am not liar
from choice or instinct, but be-
cause I am the slave and victim
of an able bodied and remorse-
less conscience. [ know that if
[ were to write anything that
would not be good cause for a
libel suit, should havs to en-
dure untold and indescriba BILE
agonies in consequence. Yet, |
like to stand we'll with my broth
er stingers, and the temptation
to crafty them is great, when l
consider the ease of the task, as
anything could say that was
untrue would be rank fiatterv.
And I think Ishould yield to the
temptation, were it not for the
yet too vivid recollection of the
brutal treatment [ received from
them when l was initiated two
weeks ago.
] was gratified to see that the
yellow conductor was the wor-
thy recipient of fifteen well de-
served Brownies for dltChing
seven loaded 'freezers" at Will
liams. He has not my sympa-
thy. A conductor vino has
hungry hind shack { was work
ing for him that trip and will
ditch seven car loads of oranges
in such a way as not to spill an
orange, is not entitled to CRATE
full consideration as a private
b nefactor. was further graf
flied to note the fact, that he
llad received the same consider
alton tor his work at Chambers,
when he caused us to make such
d sudden stop that we jerked
the whole liver and intestines
out Of two cars, and it took US
an hour and a hall to chain up
and load the debris. [ will not
attempt to portray my private
feelings on this occasion, as [
feel tiat any truthfui statement
| could make would be unfit for
publication.
I wish to disclaim the author
ship OF the article which ar-
peared under the title of Rail
road Tattle" in the issue of April
18th. While the statements
therein contained may all have
been truthful, they were Lot
written by me. Any Chump can
tell the truth, but interesting
liars are not so common. Here
after shall sign all my articles
by my nom de plume, which is
protected by copy right, and L
warn everybody against tres
passing on my preserves.
STINGER.
The members OF the New Cen
! turV Club of WinSlOW, we're de-