Railway Humour.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 24, 9 December 1908, Page 12

Railway Humour.

The Erie Railway, which provides the comedians in the American theatres and the comic papers with the same sort- of material that is furnished in New Zealand by a certain Northern line, lias adopted the policy of printing on its time-tables these references to its methods. Here are some of the criticisms of itself to which the Erie calls the attention of its patrons: —_ A traveller on a dining-car of the Erie Railway had ordered fried eggs for breakfast. “Can't give yo’ fried aigs, boss, lessen you want to wait till we stops,” said the negro waiter. “Why, how is that?” queried th ? passenger. “Well, de cook he says de road’s so rough that ebery time' he tries to fry aigs dey scrambles.” A passenger riding on one of the Erie trains became disgusted with the slow running, and, calling to the guard, said: “How far to the next station?” The guard replied: “Fifty miles.” “And how long have you worked on this road?” was the next question. “Twenty-five years,” answered the guard. “Is this your second trip?” the passenger wanted to know. Then the guard wanted to fight. “It’s a wise child who knows his own father, especially when father has bought a suburban home on Hie Erie and spends all his time in transit.”