The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-24
Manassas Conductors Pride.

Manassas Conductors Pride.
A peep at Manassas is all to be seen
between Charlotte and Washington; with
an air of proprietorship the conductor
points out the battlefield; points to the
hill which hides Bull Run from view and
tells of the quarter of mile of breast
works which is all that remains to tell
the tale. The conductor of perhaps thirty
summers and. incidentally. as many win
tiers. calls attention, with pride. to right
down in that gully is where the most
of the fighting was done, as If he, I'M
aided had won each battle.
How to Get Information.
If there Is a subject on earth on which
the average railroad man is. ignorant it
is that OF railroads. / sought informa-
ton in every Office in Washington as to
the wherea bouts of Clinton and how to
get there. tried the effeminate appeal
ing attitude. 1t won't work in Washing
ton, so 1 went to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road depot, walked up to the ticket
agent a la advanced woman. and said:
Il want to go by the best route and first
train to Clinton, New Jersey"
Clinton" he said, that must be
very small place"
Yes" ! snapped, "its a small place but
its on earth. l want to go there by first
do So
got all the attention that man had
in his shop after that. Soon armed with
a ticket to Bound Brook, thirty miles from
New York and information that l must
change cars. change depots and recheck
trunk at that point departed rejoicing
Relic for Peter Forney Chapter.
Reaching Bound Brook, having an hour
to wait there and being lonesome. l be-
gan to talk to the ticket agent and to ask
questions about these parts He was
rot very laxative but when ! told him
was from way down South and pretended
that everything up here" from the looks
of the skies to the manner in which a
man breathed was a matter of astonish-
ment and interest to me, little interest
was awakened--but not much. l asked
him If there were any places Of great
historic interest in the vicinity. He
drawled. Nav. guess not"
did not believe him, so I tried my
last Garland one that never fails.
Il am a newspaper woman" said with
becoming modesty, land l am always
looking out for such things"
Now when 1 knock at the gates of
heaven IL I feel that / am not eligible,
I'll just tell ST. Peter that I'm a newspa-
per woman and I know he will swing
flourish of trumpets.
That ticket agent walked up, came out
of his den behind the little window and
saying: You are?" led me out and
pointed just across the railroads to an
old building that was being torn down.
THAT was General Benjamin Lincoln's
headquarters during the revolutionary
war" he said. 1T is 100 years Old
Have time to run over there and get
a relic?' 1 asked. No" he said. But
went any way and got a piece of the
wood to give the Peter Forney Chapter
D. A. R.
When 1 returned he said: "Why didn't
you get a brick?" / started back, but he
called, Your train is coming. I'll get
you a brick and have it here when you
come back
When I reached Clinton after another
change of routes l found each days New
York papers were giving accounts of the
passing away of this old place. and felt
quite proud of the relics from it I bring
our D. A. RS
l reached the by-ways and hedges of
New Jersey.
Clinton is on earth.
Situated sixty-five miles from Greater
New York with seven trains daily to and
from the metropolis. it is a place of 1000
Inhabitants.
The general impression of New Jersey
is a dreary picture in which sand and
mosquitoes are leading features Such a
picture is not applicable to the hilly re-
gions of Western New Jersey, where the
scenery beggaIs description and the
''skeeter',. is a rare bird A drive of ten