Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-11-19
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Incidents Of Travel.
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share Of the many columns heretofore
devoted 10 love stories and the like. This
change, 20 me, has been keenly relished, ard
believing that other patrons are as wel'.
if not better suited, and would read q
part Of a column, not very critically got
together. J need not apologize.
Taking the Sandusky train for New
York via Monroeville and Cleveland, and
not making the connection at Monroe
vile, was detained some two hours, Civ
ing us a fine timo TO learn the fashions,
morals, &C., OF that place. II is well
noted for lis manufacture of corn cordial,
having two or three establishments Of this
kind; and the second matter worthy Of
note is, the fact that the science or art of
profane swearing is practiced in all its
branches, from the apple pcdlar to the
station agents, mail sgents, hoielrunncrs,
hog drovers, whiskey makers, indeed each
seemed 10 vie with each other for the
mastery in profanity. What a horrid
practiceit it is for our youth, to say nothing
Of the oged, to be constantly thus engaged
in this awful practice; but then Nhiskey
makers swear, whisky dealers swear, their
retailers and guzzlers must do so too.
Leaving Monroevile, we soon found
ourselves in the Forest City; supped at
the new eating suloon in the new depot
fine cstablishment---paid the fee, and
the engine giving symptoms of uneasness,
and call aboard, "took passage for Buffalo
on the Lake Shore Road. Afier leaving
Cleveland few miles, the road bears Off
into the interior several miles from the
Lake, and continues to advance distance
of four or five miles from water, we'll
built and wei managed road. The trav-
eller can occasionally catch glimpse of
the foaming waves of old Erie through
the openings. When within twenty
miles of Erie, a, small station, n signal
was made TO stop, when it was discover
ed that the storm had blown a tree across
the track. The engineer Of the down
train, did not observe the danger until too
late to check, came on it, completely
demoishing the engine. tender and bag
age cars, and breaking and damaging the
passenger cars at an awful rate, bu for
tunately no persons were severely injur-
ed. 10 sec what q havoc was made with
the engine and ars-the scattered frag-
ments of trunks, valiscs, carpet bags,
travelling bags, band and bonnet boxes,
with the thirty nine olher articles never to
be forgotten, was truly astonishing. Two
Express Iralno, fully lnah"A with pas.
sengers, numbering about five hundred,
destined to yemsin here in the woods all
night, to roost amid the incessant grum-
blings of the inpatient, was quite disa-
greoablc. YET lodging was cheap, and
plenty to be had, such rs il wa. Dlsap.
pointment was on every countcnance. |
noticed many things which were decided
ly humorous, and had the gift of PEN
cling, would eagerly embrace it to give
details. A newly married couple, on their
way East to spend a week or two, accom-
panied by several ladies' and gentlemen,
who had the usual fare of the crowd, and
attracted considerable notice, especially
young lady of twenty, or thcrcabouts,
whose fascinating countcnance shone with
such brilliancy as to hit fellow passcn-
ger residing North of Mason's and Dix
on's Line, widow er, who, by the by, is
said TO be gentleman every way, and
some among the ladies. Our widower
soon began to lay the ropes for trial Of
'cutting out her beau. Things worked
so and so, standing in siata qno, as the
lawyers say until the next day, when our
train got under way, but was detained
several hours at a point where the Maine
Law is dsregarded. There our widower
friend discovered his young opponent TO
be fond of demonstra tions at the bar, nd
tried his wits TO floor his rival. So he
became quite familiar-stood treat several
times, until the young man became mel
low enough for his purpose, then spring
ing the trap, he became an easy prey,
whilst our widower in triumph got the gal.
All, these widowers are not slow in mat
ters of this kind-so look out, boys. Our
young friend looked since as lonely as
"the babes in the woods" or as Selkirk,
when composing 81 am monarch of all
surveyf' &c.
At Erie the Road has different guage
for nineteen miles, and passengers are
compelled to change cars and pay a
fee 10 the corporation of Erie, a part of
which fee goes into the treasury of the