Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-06-07
Twenty Minutes in an Omnibus.

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Twenty Minutes in an Omnibus.
The man who patronizes all omnibus
meets with many annoyances. Below,
"Falconbridge" graphically illustrates
few, in Philadelphia paper:
Hold up!'
The man in the pyramid Of capes and
under-clothes holds up, and we get in.
It is not without some trouble, however,
that we find scat. The day was rainy,
and the |'bus'' full, Of course. All the
gentlemen were ranged in solemn array
upon one side Of the moving vehicle.
Chunking ourselves down between d dem
ocratic looking man and a sleek lawyer,
(perhaps,) We folded up into as small a
compass as possible, and resigned our
lelVes to the common fate.
4 young lady opposite us pulled the
string, and the ''bus" began to hold up
In the meantime the young lady dropped
something in the straw; it was her half
dime. She Observation-Disclosures,
| and fused, but could not find it.
What was it:" said an old lady with
u boy On her lap.
* Five cent piece" replied the young
lady.
! q Better give it up, .r,a am" sad an
! important, dapper looking, middle aged
citizen, in the upper corner.
The young lady looked very confused,
and said she knew it was in the straw
The driver called cut:
= Hurry up, ma am I can't wait all
day
Never mind, MSS" said our demo-
cratic friend, the driver can find it when
he gets up to his stand; [ guess it's all
right"
Come, fly roundw bawls the driver
and III great confusion the young lady
gets out, amid a general cloud Of sour
looks and snappish muendocs.
No sooner had the driver started than
a tall, starchy, dignificd lady, next the
door, is struck with the idea that she
wants TO get out.
/ ''Please pass this, sir, says she, giving
, the democrat ticket, which he hands to
the driver. This operation is no sooner
! performed, than the driver shouts out:
',J.ooh here, this won't go-b'longs to
the Other line, Say-heTe, rIa m.'
But ma ann is of and gone Drive:
swears like trooper quite shocking tha
nerves Of the old lady with tie boy on
her lap, while everybody in the <.bus y
looked SOUR as vinegar at each other.
Ten rods on We hold up again. \
woman with trunk in her arms wants
to 60 TO Prime street depot. Drive,
swears again, and wants TO know if the
fool couldn't see q Baltimore ''bus."
Seemingly in great disgust, our dappc1
passenger pulls the strap, and very cris
PLY vows it is better to walk than ride
in such bus"
Amt YOU got no change 2" asks the
driver.
No" responds our dapper friend.
How many tickets d'ye want Z"
"No tickets -
Cant change dollar for a single
fare, no how.
Come, neighbor," says our democrat
:" give him the change, Or take tickets
1t amt fare to give a dollar bill fol
change, and not take one ticket"
That's my business, not yours - re
plies the dapper man.
Yes, it is, too You keep all of US
waiting" --.,,
Waitin'" !" grunts the Old lady.
''All waitin Mister, says cur neigh
bor
In great excitement the dappcr mar
unbuttons his overcoat, and fumbiing il
his vest, hands out the change.
\ condensed grunt escapes all, as the
!; bore makes his way out.
No sooner was the door shut than III
Jumps one of the ladies, and in that fire
away fizzle style of excitable female wo
man, she cries
Amt that Schr1ssill Seventh street?'
Yes, ma am. !" says several.
Then want to get out stop dri
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