Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1869 — Stopping a Passenger Train. [ARTICLE]

Stopping a Passenger Train.

fhiznd informs us of the novel mode adopted to stop a railroad train in Vermont, the other day. He was at Centre Rutland, a way station, where the train did not stop except upon the signal of a red flag. It was early in the morning, and the station-master had not arrived. A woman with two small children came to take the cars, and was anxiously awaiting their arrival. The time was nearly up, and yet no appearance of the station-mas-ter. The woman grew more anxious. She said there was no signal, and she must take that train at all hazards. “Why,” said she, “ I can now hear the cars coming—what shall I do ? I must go on this train.” This appeal was addressed to our friend, who, by the way, is over six feet tall and “well proportioned.” After thinking a moment, he asked the woman if she did not have -something red about her, a shawl or something. She replied that she had not. In a moment a thought struck her, and She said “ yes, I have on me a red petticoat, will that do ?” “ Certaifily,”Said our friend, “I will elevaleit On my walking stick, and if that don’t stop the train then there is no virtue in woman’s expedients.” The experiment was tried, and the emblem of woman’s rights brought the rushing train to a stand, on time. The woman was delighted with her success, and laughed as heartily over the sengers on the train. —Albany Argus.