Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — Anything to Oblige. [ARTICLE]

Anything to Oblige.

During the strike of the officials of the North British Railway a few years ago much difficulty was experienced in finding qualified engine-drivers to maintain the necessary train service. Upon one .occasion a young fellow was put upon a section in Fife. One day he ran some distance past a certain station, and, upon putting back, he went as far the other way. The stationmaster, seeing him preparing for another attempt, to the great amusement of the passengers on the platform, shouted: “Just stay where ye are, Tammas. We’ll shift the station.”—[Yankee Blade. In 1892 808,585 tons of Iron ore were imported into the United States. Over 2,000 tons of snails are annually eaten in Paris.