Butte record., 1854-02-25
CAR ETIQUETTE.

1t is nowadays a very common affair
to see two ladies {? enter railroad car
half an hour before the time for the leav-
ing of the train, throw the back of one
seat over so as to sit vis-a-vis, lumber
the spare room with shawls, bundles and
bardboxes-and when the cars begin to
be filed up, take every preeaution to
prevent any one from occupying what
should be vacant seats, and in many in
stances compelling passengers to stand,
when spirit of accommodation would
allow them a comfortable position. Such
persons should be informed by the con-
ductor, that when they buy ticket, the
purchase of the car is not included.
None of US but have had similar scenes
come under our notice We are remind
ed, at this moment, of singular move
ment on the part of an individual in the
Central Railroad cars, which came un-
der our observation few weeks ago-a
movement which combined in striking
degree at once the iudicaal and the srecu-
tire in the person of single self-appoin-
ted Fighter Of human wrongs.
Two ladies, fashionably dressed, and
apparently intelligent, but of the species
indicated above, had taken their seats in
the cars, facing each other, and ekeing
out to the greatest possible extent what
they called their baggage" Though the
party themselves were worthier that
name) the shawls, reticules and little
''fxings," so as to effectually exclude all
corners from the two vacant seats. The
cars soon became uncomfortably crowd
ed, several were standing, and many
were the Intellectual applications made
for the unoccupied places referred to,
but all to no purpose. When, at last,
an elderly gentleman and his wife COM
ing in, meekly requested place, the
young lady, who sat with her brazen
face towards the passengers; consented
to allow the tadg of the newcomers to sit
opposite her, but no mortal would she
permit to occupy the seat by her side
Consequently her husband was compelled
to find an asylum in some remote part of
the car. The indignation of the passen-
gers had, by this time attained to about
the Daurmurlng pitch, but things went on
in this way few statious further, when
a stalwart, hoosier-looking chap, who sat
directly opposite the elderly lady, on the
SIDE Of the aisle, seemed to have been Wis
tied by sudden inspiration, rose,
marched up to the self-complacent young
pre-emptioner, and said in tone that
would have made a nor'-wester nervous
Hello sa-ay-look o. here, | bin
thinkin' we can make better range
ment than this. I should like to hev that
old gentleman and his wife sit togeter,
should. They'd ride heap more com
Portable Now spos'n you and this 9TH
er gal turn over this seat and sit togeth-
er, and III fetch the old gentleman and
sit him down along side of his woman"
With superciliousness that was beau
tiful to see,' her ladyship replied:
'No, l thank you, sir I want this
seat for my baggage, and l shall not give
it to anybody;" and up goes her nose
into an angie of forty-fve degrees.
''Wall, now," PERSISTED Hoeshierous,
''that don't seem reasonable, that you
should litter up hull seat with them
ARE little straps, when places is SO scarce
Hang 'em up onto nail stick EN- un-
der ye; set onto 'em; there's lots o'ways
to do it.''
Snap went the eyes again, and up
cooked the little nose, as she retorted
'T shall do no such thing, sir; and
moreover, I'll be obliged to you, if you'll
just mind your o0n business"
"Well now, you see, I've set my heart
onto fixing this, and it don't seem S
though 1 could think of being disappoint-
ted. And I've about made up my mind,
that unless you fix it so, l shall be obliged
to give up my seat to the old gentleman,
so Is to bring him as nigh as possible to
his wife, and / shall have to come and sit
along O. you. l dunno but you'd Ike that
'rangement Pm considered some among
the girls where live"
A look of determination began now
to CLEAN from the corrugated face of the
countryman, and the young lady, with
mingled alarm and indignation, hastened
to reply:
you'd better take care what you do,
sir; Pm not to be insulted with impuni-
ty."