This Day in History: 1874-01-25
The young station master in Mahwah went on horseback to visit his girl in Tallman’s. On the way he was overtaken by a sudden snowstorm. Just at that moment a train came up the grade shooting fire in all directions. The result was what he called “the toughest ride he ever took”, but, he added that “everything was lovely when he got there.” The correspondent of the Bergen Democrat was moved to quote a verse from the famous Ride of Tam O’Shanter:
“Well mounted on his gay (grey?) mare Meg,
A better never lifted peg,
He skipped on through mud and mire,
Despising rain, wind and fire.”
(Bristow)