Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1885 — Prudent, Even if Tipsy. [ARTICLE]

Prudent, Even if Tipsy.

During the war Brown was a train dispatcher at Memphis, and one evening prior to taking hold of his key he chanced to meet several jolly companions, and by lingering with them managed in some mysterious way to get a rabbit’s foot into his pocket, or, in other words, imbibed too much sour mash. The consequence was, that when he found himself at his post of duty f he had sense enough to realize that it was impossible for him to direct the movement of trains on the road during the night. The more he endeavored to find a way out of his dilemma the more fuddled he became, until at last he grew indignant, and, after side-tracking all the trains on the road, he closed his oft ce and went to bed. The trains remained on the sidetracks all night, waiting for orders to move, while the respective crews shook their fists and howled in their profanity. The next day Brown was discharged.—San Francisco Argonaut. Said a man who had made himself, and thought that he had turned out a pretty good job: “When I was a boy I so thirsted for knowledge that I worked all night to buy books, and then got up before daylight to read them.” Dickens never allowed himself to be called grandpa. A man may readily pass for 25 years old, if he happens to hit noon the right scheme. The pet aversion of a Japanese is the fate of being buried at sea.