The weekly Placer herald., 1853-05-21
NUMBER So.

! ma, WflteS ilhck TO one at her acquaInt-
ances her experience of travelling. Here
IL an extract: ar.s hsagaWEoA
"Our cabin has two boyes in il -cal.ed
herthS, though coifins would be nearer
The Thug, for you think more of your
thtter end AT sea n great dpal One Of
these il situated over the other like two
sht Ives. and these together make " has
! they call state ronnL My birth ia the
uppermost one, AMI | have To C i,nb up
10 II, putting ore foot ON the over one,
and the other away out on the washstand,
which Is "A great stretch and makes Il very
s'rninlng--then lift one knee on the
berth ani roll INTO II sideways. This is
| very 'nr"hvenlent for woman of my
r2~ ana very ID ngrsonSsr fr SroMSa h,gt fase, fsh' a.
-he slept close ~ The edge of the lower
nhe, and nearly put out her eye; and |
i've torn all the skin off my kreeS, and
then | have Il large black spot where
htv" been hurt, and ','y head is swpllad.
TO dISninunt IL another piece of horse
nnn-hip only fit for a sailor, You cane
sit up for the floor overhead; so YOU
have 10 turn round and roll your legs Uut
first. and then hold on till You touch hot.
tom somewhere, and then lift yourse {
down upright 1t il drendfpl work,
and NOT very decent for de icate female,
# the steward happens TO come in when
! you are IN the act th!s way. don't know
witch ~ the hardest-to get in or get out
Of berth both are the most difficult
things in the world. and shall be glad
when nlu done with il. am oh iged
to dress in bed before leave it, and no.
body who ha~h't tried to put on their
r.o,hea wing down can tell what u task
it is Lacing stays behind your back, and
you on your fare, nearly snoIhered with
The bed clothes, aud fee ing for the eyelet
hole with one hnpd, and trying to put the
tag with the other, whi,e you are rolling
| lbont from side TO side, is no laughing
mltter. Yesterday | fastened on the pj =
lows to my hustle 10y mistake, in thu hur-
ry, and never knew il TIL the people
laughed, and SAID the sea agreed with re
had grown 80 tat; hut putting on stockings
is the worst, for there aiil't room to sto0p
forward, SO you have To bring your foot
10 You, aud stretch out on your back, lift
up your leg ii you can reach it, audl han
drag it on. Corpulent people can't do
this so easy, can te you. 1t always
2lves ne the crainp, and taxes away my
breath. Xon will pity me if you gould
conceive but You ran't-nobody but
woman can tell what II Woman suffers,
being confined in ii birth al sea"
WATERLoo YARN.-fhe world has
been listening for years to stories Of
Waterloo; but it won d seem that like a
certain other commodity, long since f,tIni-
liar to our readers, "there are a few moro
left of The same sort" An individual who
owned srAll tavern near the eventtul
field, was frequently questioned by vIsi-
tors rs To whether he d'd not possrss some
relics Of the battle, and rs invariably and
rs honestly answered in the legatlve.---
But he was very poor, ant. one day while
IameutIng 10 pei9hhor not only his
poverty, but the annoy: nces, to which
travellers subjected him, his friend cut him
short with. ,,t,
"WelI, make one help the other. Make
some re irs!" .. ,t.D
''But what ran do I" inquired the poor
one. ....tI .~
"Tel them that Napoleon or Weliing-
ron entered your shop during the battle,
and sat down nl, thai chair"
Not bong after an English tourist en-
rerrd, and inquired for relics, heard the
chair story he char Was nj once bought
It an Incredible price. he next cpiner
was lHlbFtileH lUdt w tllItlBluu liiI tdhcn
, drink, aud the ''W ellington tumbler"
was accordingly sold The third "arri-
var" z ,zrd with breathIess wonder at the
unil on which Bonaparte had chung up
hls hat. The fourth purchased the door
posts between which he enterei,, and the
fifth became the happy posscsser of tho
floor "u " hrlI he had tr' dden. At the
last advices, the fortunate tavern keeper
had NOT II roof 10 cover his head, aud was
-ern sitting nn ~ hig Of gul,l IN the centre
# deep pin fpruled by selling the DIRT
on whtch the house had stood!
| \ late Duitlln paper coItains the - low.
ne auvtrtlseln,n TO Let. -. | h- ups
per part nt IA rrllar---t" a snlall family,
rem low. P S-PrlyIlege ON the side
walk tor hog" -
A Gambler was brought up, and the
Court asked, "Dld YOU not aid and abet
4 n thts aft .lr' 81 would aid IN q 6etxny
! tn,e with a ch nee OF winning, whether
Il was fair or not" .
"ls that dog Of yours of cross breed z"
asked Il gentleman of Il canine vender.
IN J., zur," was his reply; ''hlssnolher
An, il gent e, afftctionate cretur :" lhe
man left. s.,,i... % ...,...-. ....g, .r
a gentleman having asked, Chow
many dog days there were IN year."
received for an answer, that u was irn-
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