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April 29, 1859
The Independent Press
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
On a Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad train to Greenfield, a woman whose husband misses the departure tricks the conductor into stopping by claiming she has no money without him, allowing him to board. Moral: Money stops trains quicker than husbands.
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MONEY RETURNS HUSBANDS.
A correspondent of a Worcester paper relates the following incident:
Just as the train was about starting for Greenfield on Friday morning, on the Vermont and Massachusetts railroad, a sprightly little woman, with a child, took a seat in the car where I was sitting. The cars were beginning to move, and the little woman looked anxiously through the end window of the rear car for her missing husband, who was in the depot attending to the purchase of tickets, &c. The speed of the cars increased, and the woman looked more anxious. The husband now appears, and commences to run. He gains on the cars at first, but they are too far ahead of him, and soon are leaving him behind, although he 'did run well for a season.' It is now the wife's turn to try what she can do. In agony she implores the conductor that her husband is left, but he can't help that. 'I am starting on a journey, and can't get along without my husband.' 'Then let him attend to his business next time,' was the cold answer. 'But,' says the keen Yankee woman, 'I have no money with me.' The brakes were applied: and the cars brought to a stand still, and the panting husband enters the cars to the delight of all the passengers, especially of his wife.
Moral—money will stop a train of cars much quicker than husbands.
A correspondent of a Worcester paper relates the following incident:
Just as the train was about starting for Greenfield on Friday morning, on the Vermont and Massachusetts railroad, a sprightly little woman, with a child, took a seat in the car where I was sitting. The cars were beginning to move, and the little woman looked anxiously through the end window of the rear car for her missing husband, who was in the depot attending to the purchase of tickets, &c. The speed of the cars increased, and the woman looked more anxious. The husband now appears, and commences to run. He gains on the cars at first, but they are too far ahead of him, and soon are leaving him behind, although he 'did run well for a season.' It is now the wife's turn to try what she can do. In agony she implores the conductor that her husband is left, but he can't help that. 'I am starting on a journey, and can't get along without my husband.' 'Then let him attend to his business next time,' was the cold answer. 'But,' says the keen Yankee woman, 'I have no money with me.' The brakes were applied: and the cars brought to a stand still, and the panting husband enters the cars to the delight of all the passengers, especially of his wife.
Moral—money will stop a train of cars much quicker than husbands.
What sub-type of article is it?
Deception Fraud
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Train Deception
Husband Left Behind
Money Trick
Yankee Wit
Railroad Incident
What entities or persons were involved?
Sprightly Little Woman
Husband
Conductor
Where did it happen?
Vermont And Massachusetts Railroad
Story Details
Key Persons
Sprightly Little Woman
Husband
Conductor
Location
Vermont And Massachusetts Railroad
Event Date
Friday Morning
Story Details
A woman boards a departing train with her child while her husband buys tickets. He runs but can't catch up. She implores the conductor to stop, claiming she has no money without her husband. The train stops, and he boards.