Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-11-09
AN ADVENTURE THE cARs

!, college 1t was vacation and we
" concluded to take trip to the Falls
We got aboard the cars at N. and
were soon travelling very rapidly toward
our destination
e We had just seated ourselves and pre-
pared for comfortable smoke, when in
came the conductor, and who should it
be but cur old friend Fred B. After
the common salutations-"How are you
old fellow" etc. had passed, Fred said he
"a had some business for us to attend to.
= s'Out with it, old chum," said we.
"anything at all will be acceptable, so
let us have it"
"Well, boys" said Fred, in a. very
confidential tone, ''in that next car there
:, is as 'lovin' pair as it was ever my lot
i, to see. They are going down to IF
, 10 get married, and now if you canahave
an, fun over it, just pitch in They
must be cared for, and I don't knewwho
can do it better than you"
In moment Fred was gone, and we
set our hea> Is together to form planfor
taking care of the lovers
"I have it boys" said Bill Sewers;
1--WE must max = that girl think that her
lover is MARI ed"
"That's it, B ill-that,s it," said we,
not giving him time to finish the SEN
tence.
THAT lie is married man and the
father Of children, said Bill.
aThats. the gal le, boys; now let us
play it.
It dsvolwad upol me to commence
operations. Accord n gly, [ entered the
car Ia, which we we're informed the lovers
were. Sure, enough, ii lere they were, IN
'eal soft lovers style
All this gathered at. glance. Step
NJ. ,g up to- them, said:
:. Why, Jones, what in he deuce are
vou, 1oing with this girl?''
90 here, stranger saio the fellow,
worm. a MAZE mistaken; my name am
Jones. !" -~o....;r,-
.1s eft vaur wife and chill dreD, and
r;s5 70 palm yourself off for a single
nan, have youS
81 tell 'ou my name airs't jones; 1t S
Harner t never was Jones; 'tslnt a
,oin' to be, nutheS'; ,.oa
1 merely shook my head ana P 81 s.Ia
IN tn auothf r seat 50. see the rest Oh the
nm .Tbe o; ri looked 'swild" after sat
lowp: but Jo nes, alias Harper; soon &C u
-inced her tn; vt I was mistaken
About the time they got to- feeling
;gbt wen aoa; n, in came Elliot Gregg.
up to Harper he accos'eo MIN
ruth:
"Why, Jones you mere. no" olo you
cave your wife ana oaolese
"Now see here !, Stranger, you ain ene
,usf man that's C. llled NE Jones to-day, |
,,' T reckon T m ust look awfully like
,;,,,. bnt a;n,tJ ! ones, an more'n- that, |
Fou mustn't call N zones. L haln' So'
wife, nor babies eithenr Dut TINS ere
gal an me is a goi 70 ssiice, al tnen |
5ou can talk abo, 1t my wife, and I
wouldn't wonder bl Wha', In the course
IF time, you might ak (, acoo1 'he,uaDies' ga,
Th;s ,etort brouol 1T forth vociferous
.,,.rhtor from the sn sctatons, and it also
~ 7,aLt hlnsbes to tt e face,ef ''the gal
that was goin' to bes s1loeS
"Ah, JONES' said "reSg you Will
regret this in the futu &C: F'ty you,
wife and children, and TINS poor glrl:
$50, Mr.. Harper, yo u reac name IS
Iono Ion 1ouq Well. we al ut splieed yet;
nay, Jon,+ think we will ! soon5' said the
girl, and her eyes fairly Easheo Afe;
eJane, Jane" said harper, non
vou know I'm Bill Harp efi Ihaf ain
a darn drop of Jones bloc u IN ne' an
I'll prove it. ,.,.,., p;u
Sewers, and Jim Byers en- sered, and OF
course their attention was allied to'Har-
ner by his loud talking. L hey stepped
up to him and said: ~ a..
faWhy, Jones, what is all this russ
about" ,,,a
|, stand. He leaped upon seat. Il
F "Now," said he, tiny name am
Jones, and can lick the feller that says
it is. ~
, By this time we had got to H,
! and our friend Fred came into the car
+ and made Harper keep quiet: The girl
! that wouldn't be 'spliced'' requested
Fred to help her on the train that was
); eo;no bacss to N, which he did, and
+ ! the aotorious Jones, alias Harper, fol-
r lowed her. We learned afterwards tnat
) he proved himself to be: Bill Harper in
a stead of: Bill j ones, and he and his gal
Jane "got spliced."