Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1911 — The Motorman’s Lament. [ARTICLE]

The Motorman’s Lament.

Barney Oldfield, at the dinner in honor of his victory over Jack Johnson at Sheepshead Bay, told a number of automobile stories. "But my best story,” said the famous racer, “is about a taxicab chauffeur. This chap was discharged for reckless driving, and so became a motorman on a trolley line. “Aa he was grumbling .over his fallen fortunes a friend said: ‘Oh, what’s the matter with you? Can’t you run over people just as much as ever?’ Tea,’ the ex-chauffeur replied, ‘but formerly I could pick and choose.’ ”