The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-03-23
"a PSYCHIC MESSAGE
III saolssEo A RAILROAD OFFICIAL TO
SUDDEN ACTIVITY.

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a numEer OF railroad officials were
Sc gattiug after Il business meeting.
sI-c8s tie discussion Glanced to drift
JEszl> tire question whether railroad
~ axe superstitioas.
xsen,ed with the opport-In nifty to
a. Ky taeir knowledge, some of the
NSs& gy~~T men >diifted into the realms
II es1->&' Buddhism ana pscychic Pie
.-z&.;sssZssgsEa- 18th touch of spiritualisln
sssrssa I'M FOR full measure. Finally one
If ihs' party, Il passenger traffic man
'Gge. assisted that he was neither sd
sskrsdItious nor Sid he understand
rKge3aje phenomena.
Just tie same" he concluded. Il
ariG cue of those psychic things happen
10 me when was engaged in trying to
s1d1ce every one in Nashville to travel
Eg the Louisville and Nashville. TIE
skrx,s Opera company was coming TO
town for week s engagement. and tie
Nnafit scenery and all. was coming
osez- our line. thanks to the persuasive
agsSiity of the Louisville and Nashvilles
3zrsIemanIy representative, who at
gsuf time was your humble servant
-"Fhe day before the grand opera sea
zsgza should be upon us the advance
aEekIt called upon me and, rubbing his
lands gleefully. declared that the adj
ARee sales had been enormous.
''.A good first night he declared,
Svtrg,Td moI,a tho o,eyo romoOt a record
Meaker If everything goes well to-
Megy8w night they can't stop us. l
aREgs3se that scenery is on the way all
light and will show up on timer
Il assured him that it was as heSsup-
spssd. and he left me i'll happy frame
II mind The next day as | was sitting
In my office thinking about nothing
s1krficular the conviction flashed upon
ME that ID was up to me to get the
a<am scenery to town in time for the
1pexsng performance. | laughed at
aa4ie conviction at first, but 1t required
10 Me with irresistible force, and l
espuia not get it out of my head that
Me scenery was doing time on d side
tfaek somewhere, between st. Louis
mRa Nashville remembered that the
aDeging opera was to be Aida which
gssUEires the double stage and there
f3ra IN endless amount of scenery. Ac-
yeoEIingly if that scenery did not ar
aEfEe n0 makeshift would supply the
want of it.
by early afternoon l had worked
zxyssIf into state bordering upon
z2zeFyous prostration. and finally l bolt
sssd soc Major James GeddeS' Office. The
slsa5ar was then a division superintend-
eat aud after apologizing for mixing
Esp in a matter that was really none of
-y business, L asked him if the Grau
Sactzlery was on the way.
% Certainly it is he replied conyinc
.1E,sssly- 1t left St. Louis early last even
ing and is coming special on fast
schedule 1t will be here within an
sxzyRr from now
=. How do you know all that?' | de-
uzauded.
know il. know it? shouted the ma
JcT Wrathfully. How do l know I'm
sziyef Haven't l. got the reports
,zEaowiug the makeup of the special the
s4ane 1t left st. Louis and the schedule
"a which it is running? You had bet
aer so back to your office. young man.
apd keep on selling tickets. Don't med
de with the operating department I'M
f6ss you can talk sense
lust the same. major insisted, Il
sGwe reason to know that the Grau
asxHery is not on the way to Nash
TpfIfe'
$.The majors wrath knew no bounds.
- where is it. then?' he snorted.
"a Somewhere on d side track between
here and ST. Louis | replied.
'''Young man. said the major, ris-
rag you are such a blamed fool that /
VIII break my rule and take the trOu-
aassssld of kicking you out Of my Office.
Oonae with me-
~4We rushed upstairs to the train dis
Mnteaers Office, where the major or
0essd the dispatcher to show me prog
rIsss ad the Crau special.
IT'S not progressing. 1t has been
lTi8g On the side track at Riolado for
Ave hours, replied the dispatcher. and
I've been securing the system for an
ongiDe The specials engine went
HenGr
THE major forgot me, forgot every
fsaing, except that special. In trice
ze Lad another engine tearing up the
traEx TO get to Riolado from point
Hew miles away. and then he cleared
the track and gave the scenery the
EigfEE Of way clear to Nashville. That
nzR of 1856 miles from Riolado to
Nashville stands as southern record
hcGzy, but it burned up nearly every
exr In the outfit to make it. The spe-
cfaf arrived thirty minutes before open
Eng time. had an army of wagons
aaG men waiting for it. and before the
ssarszfn was rung up every stick Of 1t
Wag En place."
-+Ehat did the major say?" was ask
aa.
>Yae next day he sent for me and
EzM Young man. the next time yOu
have one of those nutty lunches hit
ffHasa main limo apI COO mo hafn;o II