The Winslow mail., 1901-03-28
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dogs. And I am convinced
since yesterday that had the
author of the proverb lived in
this age he would have based
this opinion on his experience
OF railroad men and intended it
to apply more particularly to
those conductors of yellow ca
boose who set out carloads Of
produce knowing full well that
the SO is following and may have
to pick them up even as we had
to pick one up yesterday. But
what can you expect. All of
these yellow conductors were
once hind shacks and we have
no more reason to expect them
to be different than we have to
expect to find the essential re-
quisltes of honesty and honor in
judges who are wearing the iu-
dicial ermine for the sole reason
that they have become too lazy
and vicious to practice their
professions. And doubtless had
the author had my experience
with them he would have sub
stituted conductors" for men"
and qualified his dogs" by the
primary adjective adjunct "yel-
low.
The bulletin recently posted
orrather pasted-requiring train
men to wear their badges while
on duty [ take it is intended
rather as permit or to extend
privilege than a posative
mandate. If it were not for
some distinctive label attacted
to him some flrmer might mis-
take train man for clean fire
man or a respectable hoghead.
And l think the originator of
the bulletin had particularly in
view the feeble minded shacks
of the second district whose
lives are spent in the intellectu-
al pursuit Of hat boxes, and who
having acquired that polish and
refinement that naturally result
from constant association with
dope buckets-and each other
might have their sensitive ma
lures shocked if requested by
stormy" conductor to try the
air or put a new brass in his
train. In order to avoid any
counterfeit presentments of this
kind I an sure if there is any
thing that would be more ac-
ceptable to the stringers of the
second than is this present bull
letin it would be one issuing
peremptory order for trainmen
TO wear thaiI badges all the time
and Sunday.
While enroute from Seligman
to Winslow with No. 81 we were
given a meet at Angel, and the
male blped in charge Of the west
bound extra. which arrived there
first, had the gail to hold the
main line regardless of our su-
periOr rights. If he had seen
that the switches were llIined
up for us it would have been d
palliating circumstance. It is
needless to say there was
a yellow caboOse attached to the
rear end of the extra and as [
ran to catch our caboose after
the east switch I mental
ly registered a vow that next
time l came out 7 would bring
my gun along and proceed toex-
terminate a certain yellow con
iuctOr in defiance of the game
laws Of Arizona.
Twenty minu .es is time
e lough. The ordinary rough
neck" can eat in half that time
bat the spectacle would bemore
harmonious if he would dispense
with his knife and fork and take
his nutriment from a trough af-
ter the manner of his near rela-
tiOns. But even the most refined /
of Us could eat in 20 minutes If
The trouble is that
it sometimes takes you half that
time to get your order in and s
minutes Of the remaining 10 are
consumed in the cooking Of it.
Of course this affords you ample
time in which to say grace,
which, when it comes to a lunch
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