Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-05-01
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THE HUMORs OF THE RAIL.

THE HUMORS OF THE RAIL.
Passengers by railroad who travel much,
have suffered not little this winter from
detention occasioned by snow storms and
snow drifts. We chanced to be one of
coachload that was beleagured week or two
ago, for about three hours on the New York
Central Railroad. A light snow, and the
wind springing up and blowing a gale, the
track was filled in deep cut. An army Of
knights of the shovel was soon on hand, and
while they were quarrellins with the drift,
the passengers attempted to "k;ll time."
They succeeded pretty well. An elderly, jo-
cund looking gentleman took his turn | to warm
himself by the stove. While enjoying this
luxury, he suddenly exclaimed:
"This is the meanest country l was ever
in in my life !"
Nobody replied to the remark, through
he evidently expected that somebody would
Presently he broke out again:
~ never did see such mean country as
this is d! I have heard tell of York State
before. This is the first time was ever in
it, and I do hope it will be the last"
The remark aroused cadaverous gentle
man near by, who had been for five minutes
engaged in devouring an apple. Said he ::
"Don't see what you find to make fuss
about; can't see anything from the windows
of the car that is derogatory to New York
as q State"
"Can't, eh ?' exclaimed our grumbler.-
"Yes, I can! I see enough to disgust me
with it, and to make me wish I had never
seen so mean State as your State is ~
At this New Yorker fired up and sung
out-"See here, my friend! What is the
matter with New York ?'
* "NIatter!!" replied the other-"matter
enough. Here is New York-the Empire
State-the biggest and wealthiest State in
the Union"
awe know all that"
"Of course you do-no disputing it; but
as was saying-here in New York, this
great State, boasting of her square miles and
her millions of population, and yet so mean
that she can't afford but three feet ofsno'o
on lerel! I detest such State !"
A roar of laughter followed this unexpec-
ted announcement. One old chap sung out
-"Say, Mister"
"Say rhat!"
essay this You talk about snow Amt
it deep enough for you here? How deep
is it where you cum from? Where did you
cum from, any way"
"INe! l came from the Superior coun-
try"
allow deep's the snow up your way"
"Deep'! Bless you, my dear! We don't
pretend to live anywhere where in amt
twenty-five feet on leyel-and as to drifts
talk about your Peak of TeneriAe and your
Himmalayan mountains Mere knolls COM
pared with them ~
They all let "Old Superior go after
that.
Another fellow insisted that the snow was
deep enough in Otsego county to suit any
body. He said when the third storm came,
the school master was boarding out his week
with him. lie stayed FIVE weeks, and then
began to get uneasy. The school house was
half mile away. One morning pedagogue
determined to travel out and find the school
house. He started on the crust, and after
traversing the usual route, and getting into
what he believed to be the immediate vcini-
ty of the school-house, he was nonplussed.
No building was in sight. He thought at
one time he had found it, but the object
that attracted his attention turned out to be
the top ola maple tree. Searching around
further, he suddenly slumped through the
snow and landed in the school-room lie
went through the chimny.! Two days
afterwards the trustees drew him out with
rope!
"Wellw exclaimed another man, at the
end of this yarn, 'this is winter that Clay
and Webster would have enjoyed if they had
been alive !"
"Clay and Webster?" cried out a dozen,
"what on earth has this winter to do with
them ?"
GA good DEAL" he replied; ''it is Nation
al winter. 1t knows no North, no South, no
East, no West They are skating in Flori-
da, buried in New York, all ice and cold on
the Mississippi, and are having considerable
winter down East"
just at this moment, the snow having
been cleared away, toot toot screamed the
whistle and the train moTed on. An hour
pleasantly killed d.-Aubuln american.