Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1884 — A Railroad Pass. [ARTICLE]

A Railroad Pass.

“Ah, good morning, sir,” said a gentleman in black clothes and white necktie to the ticket agent at the Kentucky Central Depot in Covington. ; “Good morning,” was the polite response. ! ’ “Do you pass clergymen on this road?” “Yes, sir,*nearly always. rt “Ah, thanks. Will you be kind enough to give me a ticket, then, to Lexington ?” “I can’t do it, sir.” “Didn’t you say you passed clergymen?” “Yes, sir; and the conductor on the last train in said he passed a dozen, and Mr. Brown told him it was all right. You’d better see Mr. Brown.” Then he started up stairs after Mr. Brown, and found him at his desk in the corner. “Good morning, Mr. Brown; your ticket agent informs me that you pass clergymen on your road, and the last conductor in passed'a dozen or more. Will you extend the same courtesy to me ?” “Of course,” said the polite officer, “if you will except the same conditions they did.” * “I shall be pleased to do so. I certainly would not ask more than had been accorded my brother clergymen. Will you state the conditions?” “Yes, sir. They were as follows: The gentlemen in question, a dozen, I think stood on the platform of a small station up the road, waiting for an accommodation train, and the conductor on the through train passed them all; ev§ry one of them, sir. Never stopped any more than if there wasn’t any station there, and they came on the accommodation fifteen minutes afterward, and paid half fair as usual. The The next train for Lexington starts in five minutes and you’d better hurry if you want to go there.” He hurried.— Merchant Traveler