Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-12-09
a Numrerous &ketch.
Sleeping in the Cars.
A RICH JOKE.

n BIedt many luIlny tHlnSS Happen, an
, any quantity Of amusing stories are sold Q
5 occurrences that take place on the railroads
A little incident transpired last week Oh
the road between here and Rochester, tha
is really about as good of its kind as any
thing we have heard lately, and proves
conclusively, that 'the longest way rounc
is the surest aDay home"
One of our s'fellow citizens having busi
ness to transact at Syracuse, took the even.
ing train here at o'clock, and departed on
his journey. Having been laboiiously en-
gagged during the day, and considerably
fatigued, he fell sound asleep Just the other
side of Attica, and only stirred from his po-
sition when the conductor came about to
collect tickets. T'empus fugit-ed rapidly,
and the cars soon reached Rochester,
Here, as the traveller will remember, pas
sengers are transferred to another train,
which takes them east and those who had
come down from the west had arranged
themselves comfortably in the other train
all except "our friend" He was so
sound asleep that nothing walked him.
The consequence was that the cars started
promptly at their time, and he was left
1t SO happened that no one went into the
car, and he remained perfectly undisturbed.
The train from the east arrived just as the
other was leaving, and passengers for Buff
falo left the cars in which they had been
riding, and stepped into those going west
Into the same train, in fact, by which
sour friend" had gone to Rochester, and
where he still remained. enjoying mag
nificent nap. Another conductor was in
charge of the train, and when near the
water station, six miles west of the city,
gave the usual significant intimation-
"Tickets !" "Our friend'' had to be tapped
on the shoulders once or twice before he
"took," and seeing new conductor, sup
posed everything was all right.
"Do you 60 through, sir ;" asked the
conductor.
"Y-e-s," replied the sleepy-head, with
yawn.
"I'll take your fare"
"How much!"
"Eleven shillings."
"Well, that's cheap" (Supposing, doubt
less, that he was paying from Rochester to
Auburn.) And forking over the amount,
he subsided into his former position 10 finish
his snooze. Two hours more brought
them to Attica; but not even the noise and
confusion at that great point, nor the sonor-
Gus announcement that ''the cars will stop
fifteen minutes, and give passengers plenty
OF time for refreshments" could disturb the
slumbers if sour friend" Those fifteen
minutes, however, soon passed the engi-
neer's bell rung the conductor gave a
twitch of the ''bed-cord," and the train was
o-p-h. Somewhere near Peters milk me-
tropolis, the conductor opened the car
door, and exploded on the word "Tack-
cts" But Sour friend" Was deaf to the in
timation.
"Ticket, sir" said the conductor, giving
him good shake on the shoulder.
"W-h-a-t 2"
"Take your fare, if you please"
"O-h !-Y-e-s!-By George! Tve slept
like book all the way; never had better
nap in the cars in my life. What's the
fare 90
ssNinety-three cents, sir''
"Well, that is cheap-cheaper than
/ ever paid BEFORE" and after paying up,
he wriggled about until he got 'quirled'' up
into about the same attitude in which he |
had been reposing, and went at it again.
By and by the cars arrived at the depot,
and he was necessarily reused up. Twas
no use to try and sleep amidst such an up
roar as there is when a train arrives here,
and he accordingly sslid out" On alight- |
ing, he stopped short-stared about-rub-
bed his eyes-stared again--looked at the
lamps-then at the conductor, and finally |
exclaimed
"WM!-by-thunder,"
"What's the matter!" asked the conduc-
tor.
s'This is too bad.'
"Whatl"
"Look here, friend, l should just like to
know achere Iams %
"Where you are!''
eyes"
"Why, in Buffalo, to be sure yon can't
go any farther west on this road"
.'Well this is pretty business. Last
night took the cars to 60 to Syracuse, and
now find myself at o'clock in the morn
ing, back at Buffalo If aint an ass, then
there never was one." And off he went,
muttering and swearing, to and at himself
-tic sWSdiihS oc'hS uoio VI Piha idiiSutSe
nervous, but inelegant-strong, but very
unsentimental; such as would be quite i'm
proper to repeat to ears polite.
The fact is, it is just as Read told him,
the only correct way to go to Syracuse, is
to be sure and take the right train at
Rochester.-Butalo Courier.
CHARLES LAMB AND CGLEBs.-,The author of
ella" had nice old lady acquaintance, who
was great admirer of "Celebs in Search of
a Wife, and lent him the book as special
favor. Charles, who never could relish this
sort of writing, returned the volume with
some lines scribbled on the fy-leaf. What
was the old lady's horror on opening the book
to read the following doggerel:
" eyerI mafry a wife, ..H
III marry landlords daughter;
For then may sit in the bar,
And drink cold brandy and wster.
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