Romance and Humor of the Road; A Book for Railway Men and Travelers (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871. Excerpt: ... Conductors on their own Time--This Seat is Engaged--How Sadd Punched a Ticket--Haw a Christian Citizen Renewed Ms Pass--. Kab's Twins--Kingslterry's Gymnasium--Dudley and the HoopPolfS--"Littlfjohn's Killed"--" Oivt us our Change"--Kingsberry's Bridal Train--JSradley's Girt--Twenty Minutes for Confession--A Weary Bridge--Eckert and the Superintendent--Get a Pass or Pay your Way--Riding for Life--Hughes and the yoon Prayer-Meeting--Standing up for Jesus--Good Deal for a Meal--How a Corpse went to a Dance--The Missouri Milky Way--Incident on a Sleeping Car--Drury's Half-Farts--The "Star" Conductor--Scene in the Bergen Tunnel--"Faithful to Jane"--The Road to Mennydoty--Joe Hunt in a Bridal Chamber--Uncle Ben--Hi. Evans' Strategy--"Pet's" One Dollar yfote--A Counterfeit Five--Wager's Baggageman--George Burt and Long--Howland Aiding the Heathen--" Fatty's" Dream--State-Room Heard from--Hawley's Crock--Making it an Object--The Commercial Traveler--Making a Bull of it. HE author makes bold to affirm that there is a "Jack Short's" on every respectable American Railway. A pleasant, quiet place, you know, like McCutcheon's, in Galesburg, where there is light wine and ale on draught in the front room, and a constant draught of fresh r.ir in the rear apartment. Pipes, tobacco, cigars; an easy chair, and a place for your feet, a warm fire in winter; hot water--heavier wine--aye and oysters, stewed and fried. An institution as necessary to a road; as important a part of the running-gear as the turn-table, round-house, or switch. For here, conductors side-track when off duty, and run into a cosy little round-house of their own. Here time-tables are ignored; special and general orders powerless. The edicts of the Train Dispatcher cannot enter here; and invitations from ...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871. Excerpt: ... Conductors on their own Time--This Seat is Engaged--How Sadd Punched a Ticket--Haw a Christian Citizen Renewed Ms Pass--. Kab's Twins--Kingslterry's Gymnasium--Dudley and the HoopPolfS--"Littlfjohn's Killed"--" Oivt us our Change"--Kingsberry's Bridal Train--JSradley's Girt--Twenty Minutes for Confession--A Weary Bridge--Eckert and the Superintendent--Get a Pass or Pay your Way--Riding for Life--Hughes and the yoon Prayer-Meeting--Standing up for Jesus--Good Deal for a Meal--How a Corpse went to a Dance--The Missouri Milky Way--Incident on a Sleeping Car--Drury's Half-Farts--The "Star" Conductor--Scene in the Bergen Tunnel--"Faithful to Jane"--The Road to Mennydoty--Joe Hunt in a Bridal Chamber--Uncle Ben--Hi. Evans' Strategy--"Pet's" One Dollar yfote--A Counterfeit Five--Wager's Baggageman--George Burt and Long--Howland Aiding the Heathen--" Fatty's" Dream--State-Room Heard from--Hawley's Crock--Making it an Object--The Commercial Traveler--Making a Bull of it. HE author makes bold to affirm that there is a "Jack Short's" on every respectable American Railway. A pleasant, quiet place, you know, like McCutcheon's, in Galesburg, where there is light wine and ale on draught in the front room, and a constant draught of fresh r.ir in the rear apartment. Pipes, tobacco, cigars; an easy chair, and a place for your feet, a warm fire in winter; hot water--heavier wine--aye and oysters, stewed and fried. An institution as necessary to a road; as important a part of the running-gear as the turn-table, round-house, or switch. For here, conductors side-track when off duty, and run into a cosy little round-house of their own. Here time-tables are ignored; special and general orders powerless. The edicts of the Train Dispatcher cannot enter here; and invitations from ...

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Imprint

General Books LLC

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 2012

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First published

February 2012

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

50

ISBN-13

978-1-235-63023-1

Barcode

9781235630231

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LSN

1-235-63023-4



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