Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1875 — “Ticket, Sir!” [ARTICLE]

“Ticket, Sir!”

This was the way it happened. One of the regular attendants at Central Church is a railroad conductor. He is regular; not so much from any personal predilection for Calvinism, as from the fact that he has a first-rate Presbyierian wife who keeps him in the way he should go. A few Sundays since one of the Deacons was absent, and our conductor was requested to pass the plate. Of course he consented. For the first fdozpn pews everything passed off well. There was a regular financial shower of nickels and dimes, and the. railroad man watched sharp, Jiut couldn’t see that anybody “ got away” without responding. Finally he came to a scat where the occupant was either busted or disinclined, for he shook his head, but made no attempt on his pocket. The conductor looked at him sharply, but no cash appeared. Then he nudged his shoulder, and softly called: “ Ticket, sir!” Again the man’s head wagged horizontally, but the stamps didn’t come. “ Pass, then!” whispered the conductor. Still no response. Just as the railroad chap was about to call up the fireman and brakemanto help pitch the impecunious worshiper out of floors the regular Deacon came in and relieved his proxy. The conductor says he believes in running a church the same way you would a railroad train. If a man won’t pay, or hasn’t a pass, let him git.— Eastern Paper.