Washington sentinel., 1853-12-18
Consequential.

A Yankee was travelling last summer in the
railway train from Liverpool to London. Two
Englishmen occupied seats in his immediate
vicinity. One by his side, the other ris-a-cis Of
of the latter, and both between him and the
window, which was down, the day being re-
markably fine,
They were evidently Brumagem Birmingham
bagmen, as commercial travellers in England are
called; and were as unsocial as bears, and as
uncommunicative as blank mill-stones Our
Yankee friend, after several fruitless efforts to
"bring them out, drew large oblong chunck
of Leftwich's best Virginia tobacco from his
kansas tooth-pick liberal slice of it, he, with
an air of rough cordiality, presented it first to
the one and then to the other The only reply
he got from either was gruf gutteral "No,n =
and scowl Of displeasure, which gave not our
Yankee friend the least concern; for he slowed
away the rejected quid in his own sinister jaw
and commenced to masticulate it as one who
could appreciate its quality.
Finding his mouth fast filing with saliva, and
desiring to spit out of the carriage without any
violent exercise of the hydraulic glands of hts
lips, he politely asked his two fellow-trayel
ers, in succession, if they would exchange places
with him and permit him to take seat next
the window. Another gruff negative shake Of
the head was the only reply.
Nothing disconnected, the Yankee, gathering
the volume of liquid in his mouth, and stretch
ing his neck, let fly the saliva over the hat Of
one of them and out of the window
His torpid neighbor now, for The first time,
showed signs Of animation; for he jumped in
his seat as if he were operated on by galvanic
battery, and taking off his hat hurriedly, and
looking over his clothes as well as he could in
IL. i
or befouled, he again thrust on his hat and gave
most reproachfnl look at his down-east COM
pagnon du yoydge, which very plainly damned
has eyes, mentally, though not audibly. He
might as well not, however, for the Yankee
paid not the slightest attention to him, but
kept his eyes on Murray's Guide Book, with the
open blade of his Arkansas tooth-pick under
the line which engaged his immediate study.
After some time another discharge flew from
his well-compressed lips over the head Of the
Englishman, who sat in an oblique direction
from him 3g
Flesh and blood English flesh and blood
could stand it no longer, and both exclaimed:
as if they had studied together at rehearsal,
"Why what in ell do you mean, sir whe-
ther do you contemplate drowning us or poison
ing us with your blasted tobacco juice So 'elp
us God, both still speakingl we'll have you
| arrested when we 60 to London, for placing in
jeopardy the lives of two Of the liege subjects
of her majesty the queen! Why, you must be
one of the Cape-of Good Hope Kaffers, or a
savage from the backwoods of America. You're
see - and here they simultaneously
started to leave their seats and seek less dan
gerous quarters.
"Look here, gentlemen" said the Yankee,
coolly, as they rose to go-"don't be on-easy--
there aint no use in mussin'. Keep your seats
! tell you can shoot clean over you every lick,
without drop touching. Now, you see if !
don't?"
The Yankee was preparing for another exhi-
men, not desirous Of submitting to another ex-
pertinent, incontinently left No one went be-
tween the Yankee and the window from that
time till the cars reached London.
The Yankee, since, boasts that he spitted his
way to the best seat in the train.--N. o. PIC.