Rustics on a Train.
There was a family on the train between Birmingham and'Anniston, who had come out of the woods of Mississippi and were on their way to some place in Georgia. It was their first ride on the cars, but while the wife and children were full of natural curiosity, the husband didn't propose to give his ignorance away. When the wife asked him what kept the coaches on the track, he looked at her with pity in his eyes and answered: •
• Maria, don't you know nothin' *t all? 7 They put tar on 'era to make !em stickT She was satisfied until they switched in on a side track to let a passenger train go by, and then she asked:
* Gordon, what do they do this for'? 1 1 Nother train going by, Maria.' . ' And do we have to git off the track ?' •Yes, it's th« new way. They, use to have one train scramble over the other, but it scart the passengers too much so that they have adopted another plan.' She looked up at the* ceiling and then out on the extra track and: replied :-J- ---* You orter buy some peanuts of the boy, Gordon, and show the railroad that we appreciate this extra expense they have gone to. They must have feelings as well as us.
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Thames Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5816, 20 September 1887, Page 1
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