The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-12-11
from Reynolds Miscellany.
THE TRAVELLING PICKPOCKEr

aE TRAVELLING PICKPOCKEr.
u Is highly Important to those VIII
ua'ei w IRON London to Edingburgh in
:."y' ana who cannot read or 90 to slee,
:" railway carriage, to secure for them
serves an agreeable travelling companion
having to take this journey very otter
) ahu 'aocring under the above disadyan
tases as | do, the practice of looking on
lor eligible fellow passengers, at King,
gross or Euston Squire, has made m,
pretty perfect in my judgments. The
most cursory Of glances suffices to con.
vince me OF Who's Who, in the 9 A. NJ,
III 'he case OF four-tifths of its live stock
whose rank and situation. can apnrox.
innate to with the fidelity Of a collector 0,
income.tax, and whose very opinions !
can often predicate without giving them
'"e trouble OF opening their lips.
foar-htths OF the human race,--or at
al events, SO much of il as travels in the
hrst class by railway be assorted |; =,
ABOUT hait,a-dozen pigeon holes, and when
you nave seen all, the rest being but du-
Cup fogy. army swell, man of business.
country gentlemen, parson, and indiyia.
uai with grievancc-very nice peonle
aii' without doubt, and may thew live n
thousand years at the very least; but lust
conceive an eleven hours journey in the
same carriage with any one of them OF
.he Sentler sex | say nothing save Bless
the'r hearts, and may they never grow A
day older! For as to being shut up elev
en- hours with the same female. | am very
sure thas the honor would be together too
much for me-.
MY sphere Of choice, then, being thus
narrowed to one-ffth of the human race
male) who travel in the first class carria.
ges, and my eye being as have said, un.
errins, | generally choose the carriaue
which is occupied by the most intelligent
man IN the train. never indeed made
a mistake that | can remember, but once
when, at the same instant at which I de-
posted myself and my carpet bag in
carriage, the individual whose appearance
had captivated me, walked straight out
OF 1t with his hands in his pocket.
on Thursday, the twentieth of July
last, had occasion to set out northwari
as az usual, from Euston Square. was a
little late and hurried. and there was M.
very varied collection of PASSENGERS /,
choose from As walked hastily by the
side of the already occupied carriages, the
unthinklng guard would, in his impa.
thence, heve twice consigned me to dur
ance vlc--once in company with a whole
juvenile family, who had already com
menccd eating aud smelling of ham sand
witches, and once with no less than Eve
Caledo1lans, only waiting foran Euelsh-
man that they might begin to dilate up
on the perfectious of their native land
| cast myself into the last through car
ria-e N desp2i@, and without 50 much as
looking before me. 1t was probable that
my luck would be better; it could hardly.
as may be imagined, at all events, be
much worse.
Beside myself, the carriage had but
one other occupant young man Of an
altogether gentlemanly appearance, ex-
cept, perhaps, that his clothes looked sus-
piciousI y new, and his hat somewhat too
glossy. lie was not reading the Times
so intently but that he could spare a scru-
tinizing glance at the new arrival, as |
rammed my carpet bag under the seat
with my hands, and kept sharp look out
under my right arm, on him. When |
rose, he was again buried iu--yes in
the advertisement sheet. The gentleman.
then, had probably some good reason for
concealing his talent for observation
Nobody who Is not in want of a situation
gets wrapped up in an advertisement
sheet; and my companion, / felt sure,
was in want OF 30 such thing. His pro-
fessioa, whatever that nj ght be, had been
settled long ago, and the fishing rod aud
guide book which reposcd over his head
disclosed young gentleman with money
TO spare, who was about to take a summer
holiday among the trout streams of the
north. One circumstance which occurred
just after we started, persuaded me that
he must needs be lawyer, land, indeed,
as afterwards turned out, his pursuits did
somewhat partake of the nature Of that
calling, 50 much did it smack of ready
reasoning and practised acuteness. Lean
ing ont Of the window as the train began
to move, the wind carried away his glossy
hat; whereupon, instead of sitting down
forlornly, and muttering Good gracious !
or Confound it the young man seized
upon his hat box aud launched after the
missingproperty.
"My hat-box, " he explained, in answer
to my stare Of amazcment, "has got my
Edinburgh address in it, but my hat has
not. The one is Of little use without the
other, and it is probable, since we have
barely left the station. that they will both
be found and forwarded to me by the
next train. -
Here was an original Here was a
grand exeeptation to tive-ffths of the hui
man race who travel in first class carria-
ges | hugged myself at the notion Of
having secured SO promising compan,
ion, aud that too, after such u couple OF
previous escapes.
"But how do you know" I urged,
because | had nothing better to say, and
was determined, at all risks, not to suffer
the conversation to drop; show do you
know that somebody won't steal them p
II don't know" replied the other
with a contemptuous dryness, "but | d.
not think it probable; the articles woult
fetch SO small price that the reward i
likely to be quite as remuncrative as tn
swag itself, and, of course, without til,
risk"
The swagl Did anybody who travel
first class ever hear such an expression
|, was a good deal piqued, also. ~ TIL
! tone of annoyance in which he spoke, an,