Word: cars
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Came out on the horse-car - next...
...omnibus line between Harvard Square and Boston is one of the future probabilities. We have all seen enough of high rates and insufficient accommodations to welcome any additional comforts on our pilgrimages to Boston. We suggest that one may come out as a supplement to the last car and pick up the footsore stragglers...
...Meet Freshman at station. Observe foreign-looking man in sombrero. Freshman suggests spy. We suggest brakeman. Take compartment car. Freshman, ourself, and mysterious stranger, locked in together, go madly rushing through the night. Have observed stranger handing papers, doubtless important, to villanous-looking man in station. Certainly not brakeman, possibly spy. Do not have a good night's rest. Stranger refuses a pull at our flask. Suspicious...
...ROBERT W. SAWYER, a member of the Senior Class of Harvard College, fell off a car on the Eastern and North American Railway to-day, and his left hand and foot were crushed so badly that amputation was "necessary." - Journal, September...
...Index Niagarensis mentions some of the "Necessary Qualifications for a City R. R. Conductor," among which we find: "'Far-sightedness,' or the faculty of not seeing persons who wish to ride until the car has left them three blocks behind. 'Love of ventilation,' or the knack of keeping the door wide open on cold nights while joking with the driver. 'Politeness,' mingled with authority of tone, so as to be able to say, 'Now, then, step, lively, old lady; don't keep us here all night!' 'Humor,' or a fondness for starting the car just before you step off, thereby...