The Trinity journal., 1856-07-26
Railroad Incident.

On the New York Central Railroad, |
from Albany to Buffalo, the conductors are
frequently changed, and with the entrance
of each new one comes the annoying com
mand, "Show your tickets y On night
trip few weeks since, teSty old Yankee
was one of the PASSENGERS, and having eX-
hbited his ticket to the first conductor, he
placed it in well-worn pOcket-book, but
toned it up in the breast pocket of his coat,
pulled his hat tightly down over his eyes,
and resigned himself to sleep. The first
dream was just beginning when another con-
ducter came in, and cried in his startled ear
''Show your tickets" He reused up and
exclaimed
81 reckon you don't want to be sccin' on
it all the time dew YEP"
"Once will do for me-" said the conductor.
81 should kinder think you had seen it
often, so you kin pass along"
But the conductor insisted, and the old
fellow had to unbuckle, grumbling the while
like bear with two sore heads. Presently
the conductor came back again, thinking he
had overlooked some and as he approached,
the Yankee roared out,
"What, again Well you are the big
gest bother | ever did see-there, take a
good look this time, and don't come agin."
Once more at rest, the old man stuck his
ticket into his hst-band, where it could be
easily seen, and settled down into a regular
snore. The motion of the cars loosened his
hat, and it soon fell off rolling away under
the seats A sleepless wag seeing the acct
dent, approached the old man and shouted
in his ear "Show your tickets "
"Patience massy on us |" he screamed,
ref here amt one of them ticket fcllers
agin."
He pulled out his pocket-book, and FUN
bed it over, and felt in all his pockets for
his ticket in vain, and at last broke out
you've got it, know you have gin
it to you myself"
Here he recolIectcd sticking it in his hat
band, and now he commenced search for
the hat, which had travelled on far out of his
sight and reach. After busy search he
spied something black under fat old lady s
seat, and pitching after it, walked her lady
ship out of a sound sleep. She cried out,
"What on airth are you AFTER do want
to know ?"
"Tm only jist reachin' for my hat, ma'am !;
it's got under your seat"
81 tell you it faint no such thing that's
nice excuse to be giviu' for comm feelin'
round people in the dark, in this kinder way.
III tell the agent-see if | don't"
"Why goodness gracious, old lady, don't
be sccered | never dreamed of teching on
ye."
"Well, didn't say you dreamed about it !;
but you amt bit too good for it, comm
around here in the middle of the night, talk
ing about hat. Why don't you get you're
old hat and go away p
Thus permitted, the old man reached
carefully under the seat to take the hat,
when it proved to be the old woman's pet
dog, which snapped at him with acc-e-o1o,
and caught his fingers.
"Blame the little sarpint," yelled the
frightened man, "why it's live catamount,
do declare"
"Now, | guess you're satisfied, " says the
old vixen, that you're hat amt there"
just then a jolt of the cars threw the
poor man into the woman's Jap, from which
he escaped with sundry scratches and re-
marking, more coolly than could be expected
that che would rather be bit by dog than
hugged by a bear"
The wag who had personated the conduct
or thought the joke had gone far enough,
and picking up the hat, handed it to the
old fellow, and settled him down in his cor
ner again-Harpcr's Magaeine