Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1896 — He Was Used to It. [ARTICLE]

He Was Used to It.

A blind man got on % trolley car the other day dnd took a, seat near the door. Soon afterward a drunken man got aboard* When the conduc-toir tried to collect the drunk’s fare he refused to pay, and the conductor undertook to put him off. The drunk was, a big man and full of fight,’’and matters began to be pretty lively. The conductor and the obstreperous passenger wrestled for a few minutes and finally both went dpwn together on top of the blind man. Then several other passengers -went to the conductor's assistance, kicked the drunk off, picked up tne blind man and put him on Rie seat again. “Are you hurt?” asked one, sympathetically. “Oh, no,” replied tbe blind man, “I’m -used to riding on trolley cars, you know. But, Say, don’t you think that jolt was unnecessarily hard? I always expect to be thrown off my feet every time the car stops, if I ajn standing. %iit I never was thrown out of my seat before.” Being blind, he had not realized what had caused his mi3hap and supposed ft was« due merely to the ordinary tumbling about of passengers that the patrons of the Buffalo care have become accustomed to whenever the brake is applied.—Buffalo Express.