THE SIGNALMAN ON THE MIDLAND

Temuka Leader, Issue 2090, 26 August 1890, Page 1

THE SIGNALMAN ON THE MIDLAND

I;.' > There are probably' about ‘a ! million ;men temployedn iin a i winds; capacities! ■ the , Bailways ,of, £re>j, ( npmber ftgri enough • .if they were, f oldiera. 'to, „ overrun i: f)poS%he mt : -physibal- depend! the liveioflt he multitudeawhi’are,constant!^ trayelling: by rail,, ; ,imy »^d(|on. andj jeri^ud of families in mourning. Aoonst6tfied as ibis ,ttf eafp; and, swifj;. ;oonTey»nofe: ? f;oto f ßsint M point.:. the,, pubHo scarcely realms s»i» J»ot J The following brief narrative, which is strictly! -ft nii l 4ilhfhtrifdre'he 'nUd'wSfli -ftterelityh-j i. r; Oo 'i : -sthi'; ‘Midland; Ssilwayp-tweritylthMe f miles sfflJth of.Qwlifle therejoa MMft station I oalledi .Oulgaith.,, £jere .there, if a in'which' Signalman Andrew Aggd-is W bd < found 1 oh duskily.-A* w the dashVitjh all i dtbeh h signal; J ibdies,\thU‘ l > the levers and the usual .complicated; WeotHo and . mechanical (1 - f, for $&&&/AW I his ‘s»t; • 1 m 1 it inSA hfj -thirtymycj' imgoodi health, andinoscomplaint! has ever; been. m%do ft agaipat, hipi: ibj\ ( the , Company ,ovJ&Jm occurred a' few years ago that dame near! dejilnWhji' hiii o ofdiik fpdHtibn'^d^'hW'litp.f For some time he>had; noffelt pelh the; worst! ,andi most dhnfeerdßt phaseMhiMhdwpositionj unexpectedly and-, as he,ceionbea,it, set ■ fe'Vilry ihing'th ( and tltid* I Thol ddbtttr Wld :htm v f rankly th«t itiAaVia symptomi pit* still 1 morel radical j . complaint bioughlj ■ on. by;,to [mpob ;i congne>; his '-worl 5 ‘sr^>hils and^tt/'^hhnghAf iscene. '-T' ‘>l lunon ilrw > ->i! Jio -mt; ■’ < i Bat this was-easier said' than done. : He| ibad a familyto; support, and couldn't! afford (the luxury of a yacatiopt He f hpow | business, anA WulAndt risk thefoss'bthißi : plaAe/'aiif' J Work'wak always dtihs'W#few, no matter how he felt. But itis'onlydair'to ■ay he had many - anxious boars over it, His ailment, ,w,bioh be had.discpirered to be icdigektion how L «et dp more aldrming simptoipß.!. r A physician at Appliby enured Agge thatitheroiwaa jorwnsftrouble ■with ’ his .kidneys and'bladder.. It is.- .paid thk!Si|nalmaii, '* tho'rlesult of the condition 1 of-y 6u r digestion.* 1 Tour 1 blood is poisoned eredyorgan of the |?pdy is iciipplpdj by ftl j " f y- •>;/ rlrj ir! w ~( i Thiß ,wap;'B Bjiserablo outlook: who jweht .haok (i OqlgMth with courage for his Work. He wok: hqld,thongh, as ! morhing serqral'jweeko kfterwara*;! He <¥hk in Msboxak usual when-of a snddema sharp pain shot,through- bun as ohpbgh he bad been stabbed with a knife. f’He Aamblea.dowh oh the! forenoon < in' I aoutov distreVs etidi'ago'hjr. consideration.,, UnaHo tp,, rpmaiq -in rthat position > any he laid dpwn and roiled On the floor. ; ThA pain'in MS hips'ahd 1 back #as Bo'-intenfle that He oclmparfed it;t6‘bfcitfg oht; with 1 dull ikhiveij and:! piereedl with/hot irons. r Aggp and BB..nobody, except rail way, are allowfed in the sign#? bo*es, it was some time befofo h!a'^ht' Wh4 ; ;di.covkredi • 'Ffeally,

t however, \fchi» neighbours were' summonedjand the suffering map <*»■: put ( intp: a•.tWuftgda t yß bouse, a *uue WW, . There.was ill {b¥‘ patf: k ’of 1 thef' tinfe Mobnioidtu. When 1 the ! phy<lbioti< a hadTbvbwedl^ ,: |;ot tb the end: bt.their, resources ibwas agreedithat' the iignftjman’i; ,end n f a* only.a matter o£* lU!f. J:'!.;": r ] i'' ' ThU iwai; the : .situation when, a ,singular while £ aggq f wbis feeling the 1 bybiptoWs Of hii 'diiUrder/he had taken el ihedioina stoat had htlped him i i getting hotter/he! putrtho bottle aside, etUl-bali MU forgot-it, altogether. 1 V. iV-/-'--..; i Is he was almost in a dying .conditio n hU ifitmorjr flashed J up ! pne' day/;bnd h'e distinctly-iteoailed ; where its A search was mads and then i itr found. The prostrate .Sigoaiman began using.U and, to thnastonishmentof neighbours an<| footers, in a' dhyi ‘war able td git bit of ddbrs.' We may mention thif thd’medxcine Was. the, well'knbwnv' preparatibh, (Mothers Seigelfs

Curative Syrup] l i!tbougb t 6! adteTti/e thci -article' ii not' !the’ 'chief'motive'fbi-'lbH‘littlcj narrative. Aa a matter Sighalman himself with it, and) it sevtredwhim,- be ita nature whatclit inayJ Ha-went-back-to his box long ago, and tbii orfler may know more brjihe character and exj perience of, ay lajge and faithful - body of publicK^.a> Vl ,