. Baltimore and Ohio employes magazine . e Lodgecordially invites all of its friends to bepresent. ^ The Laziest Man The laziest man I ever saw, said atraveling man, was not a tramp nor acop, but a station agent in a little one-horse village in Ohio. After I had fin-ished what little business I could do inthe town, I went down to the railroadstation to buy a ticket for my next lazy station agent sat on a broken-down office chair, his feet on the desk anda pipe in his mouth, unlit. When I askedfor the ticket, he slowly reached up tothe rack, drew it out, handed it to me,and took my mon
. Baltimore and Ohio employes magazine . e Lodgecordially invites all of its friends to bepresent. ^ The Laziest Man The laziest man I ever saw, said atraveling man, was not a tramp nor acop, but a station agent in a little one-horse village in Ohio. After I had fin-ished what little business I could do inthe town, I went down to the railroadstation to buy a ticket for my next lazy station agent sat on a broken-down office chair, his feet on the desk anda pipe in his mouth, unlit. When I askedfor the ticket, he slowly reached up tothe rack, drew it out, handed it to me,and took my money without bestowing aglance upon me or moving from his chair. Thats the laziest thing I ever saw, Isaid to him, if you can do anythinglazier than that, Ill give you this dollar. Without the slightest curiosity oreven interest, the loafer drawled, Put itin my pocket/ and I did. W. H. H. Francis, Agent, Nashport, Ohio, Newark Division. Railroads Create Wealth Our marvelous crops would count fornothing if forced to lie in the fields where. PLUGGING THE LEAK THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 51 they grow, or driven to seek such marketsonly as the farmers team could cotton crop, which brings to ourshores annually nearly half a billion dol-lars of foreign gold, would be but a fruit-less burden on southern winds if therewere no railways to carry it to the sea-board. We take from our mines andforests and factories $20,000,000,000 eachyear, but without means of transporta-tion these costly products would beworthless junk.—Leslies Weekly. Short—Yet Sweet The desire for originality sometimesresults in queer effects in language aswell as in art. A newly opened railwaystation has this sign at the entrance toits train platforms: All Passengers WillBe Required to Show Transportation atthe Gates. How much simpler, shorter,and more understandable is the old-fashioned phrase, Show Your Tickets,with the customary progressive railroadplease in front of it? »-^-» The Value o
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