Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1855 — A Little Incident. [ARTICLE]

A Little Incident.

the i uiornbig; the dense fog through wjttahme(h»4db*anjfuavMng foei last four or five hmir« bad the track so slippery diat considerable time ip climbing up grtijei;.'but ivi vVerC noW‘inning down a moderate grade, and as-the' I fog was clearing -atwiiy, we fotnereaatj our apecd, and bur cngineen ever attentive to his bnsineew. was ObMaftlly enveloped m cloud* of wafory vapor- As we were thus, running along, the engineer rais his hand to the cord attached to tfre-whfstle. lie held it for a moment, and fheh gave the signal to brake. Turning my eyes in the direction in which we were moving, I wfts barely able to discern sotnesmall olyect upon Lhe_track, a con.-., sidcrable distance ahead, but could not make out what it was, A moment later the engineer repeated the signal to brake, in that particular manner which'is instantly recognized by the experienced brakeman as an indication of immediate danger.— The engine was reversed as if by magic, and as the steam applied the driving wheels whirld around in | an opposite direction to that in which ' the train was moving. I now dis- j covered that the object before us. was a little child, apprcntly unaware j of its danger. The almost constant; screaming of the of the whistle with ; which the “engineer sought to fright-, en the little one from the track, seem-' eJ only to amuse it. The wheels of our engine grated and hissed upon the iron track, unable to stop the train, which, owing to the slippery condition of the rails, it was certain would send us far beyond where the child was standing, before be could stop. Thus we rushed on with the almost certainty that the next minute the innocent, unsuspecting child, too young to know its danger would be a mangled corpse. Turning my eyes to see if there was no one near to save it, I saw a lady who seemed almost flying toward the child, but one glance showed me that the engine must reach it before her. The 1 engineer had left his post and was running rapidly along the frame work to the front of the engine. In an instant he was crouching upon the ‘ cow-catcher,” with one foot upon its lower bar, his hand extended toward the child, which, at the very I moment it would have been crushed, Ihe caught by its arm, raised it from the track, and bore it along in safety. One more minute, and the child, uninjured, was restored to its mother. OCT’Mis Sally Chappell, of Louisville, has sued Gen. Tickell, of Mississippi, for breach of promise.-^*- 1 Damages laid at SIO,OOO.— Ej?. Atenthousand doilaFfucit/c er steep for these hard times.—Scnti- • weZ.