Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1917 — WHISTLE LEO TO COMPLAINT [ARTICLE]

WHISTLE LEO TO COMPLAINT

Rural Citizen Explains to Railroad Official His Grievance About Express Train. - f The railroad official invited the stern citizen to communicate his troubles. “I want you to give orders,” demanded the visitor, "that the engineer of the express which passes through Elm Grove at about 11:55 be restrained from blowing his whistle on Sunday meanings.” “Impossible I” exploded the official. "What prompts you to make such a ridiculous request?” “Well, you see,” explained the citizen in an \indertone, “our pastor preaches until he hears the whistle blow, and that confounded express was twenty minutes late last Sunday.” —Lamb.