Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-03-08
The Emporium Powder Line.


And sadly left my home:
With nothing much to hurry me,
For had lots of time,
jumped aboard o train, enroute,
Emporium Powder Line
got off at the station,
And to the Office sped,
And quickly found the Super
And this to him said
II heard you wanted men sir
hope am in time,
To be to you OF service,
On the Emporium Powder Line.
He looked at me moment,
With fro~ning half closed eyes,
As ifhe didn't admire,
Ny long and lanky size;
felt little shaky boys,
And took Il as a sign,
That he didn't need my service
On the Emporium Powder Line
At length he broke the silence,
And bid e take a seat
But smiled and finally limited,
I'd better wipe my feet
Then ] sat and softly whistled,
The tune of"Auld Lang sync,"
And wished I was a hundred miles,
From the Emporium Powder Line
But soon his business being dona,
Once more he turned to me,
And the smile he wore upon his face,
Was something good to see;
Here young man, these papers you mus. sigs
tfyou ever hold your job,
On the Emporium Powder Line.
And the way lie gave the orders then,
Was enough to sicken one:
And when l though he'd said enough,
He'd only just begun;
He told me I'd have to hustle,
And get around on time
10& -. ,prH with other men,
That worked upon the line.
Now first would be my kettles,
Ofwhich I must charge three,
And take a stick and level them,
As level as could be;
Then go and dump my acid drums,
While doing bear in mind.
You must watch out for signals,
On the Emporium Powder Line.
Then quickly seize the poker,
Make the ilre burn bright and clear,
And plunge aganst the sickening fumes
As brave as Paul Revere,
With crow-bar, pick and shovel,
IN the salt cake pan yop climb,
For now you'er doing business
On the Emporium Powder Line.
Keep your hand upon the throttle
Cfyour wheelbarrow, never fail
And to dodge the flying splinters,
With your eye upon the rail,
And your nerves you must keep steady,
Midst the believing whistle chime,
Or you'll get free pass skyward
on the Emporium Powder Line.
And your duties every morning,
At six o'clock begin,
With a space of twenty lGinutes,
For to eat your dinner in;
But when the whistle toots again,
You know 1t is high time,
To resume your operations,
On the Emporium Powder Line
But mark me, whatever
You may dare to do,
Tho treason stepped, or murderous Thoughts
Might find excuse in you,
But should they perchanoe,
A match or lighted pipe
IN your possession find,
They would. well The coroner hold an
inquest
On the Emporium Powder Line.
Now here's to our superintendent,
Charles 7, Logan is his name,
A highly honorcd citizen
From honored parents came,
IN honest, frank and cheerful way
His equal scarce could find,
Among the men that hired him,
On the Emporium Powder Line
Now here's to the noted Climax,
The TAR famed Keystone too,
With men behind the guns Of both.
With hearts of royal blue.
But when it comes TO wages paid,
In this or other cline,
The record shows the argcsi
On the Emporium Powder Line
Come all you Jolly WORKING men,
Wherever you may be-
For luxurious ease or unearned gold,
is not for you or me,
SO with willing hand. we 10 work aud toll
TIL distance marks tic time.
That leaves a gap for other men,
on the Emporium Powder Line
NJ. f. Taybas-