The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-03-15
An Adventure on the Cars.

There was tive OF us--yeS, hve as happy lei
lows as were ever let loose from college. II was
vacation aud we concluded to- make a trip TO
the Falls, We got aboard the cars at N and
were very sooa travelling very rapidly towards
our destination.
We had Just seated ourselves and prepared for
a comfortable smoke. when in came the cou"uc-
tor, when who should it be but our old friend
Fred B.? After the common solutions
how are you old fellow etc, had passed, Fred
said he had some business for us to attend to-
Out with il Old chum,' said we; anythi NJ as
all will be acceptable, SO let us have it,.
Well, bows, said Fed, in very confden-
tiOl tone, in the next car there is as oviu u
pair as it was ever my lot to see. They are 50
ing down to IL to get married and no il
you can have any !un over 1t, Just pitch in
They must be cared for and doht know who
can do it better than you,
Il have it, boys said Bill Sewers; we must
make that girl think that her lover is a married.
That's it. Bill--that's it, said we, not CIV
ing him timc to finish the sentence.
That he is married man and the father of
children
/ That's the game, boys; and now let us play
| it,
! Ii devolved upon me to commence operations
| Accordingly, entered the car in which we were
informed the lovers were. The girl. thinking, |
suppose, that she must give her lover all the
seat, had taken seat on his knee and he, for
| the purpose of protecting her, of course, had
thrown his arm around her waist and so they
sat, in real soft lovers style.
All this gathered at n glance. Stepping up
| to them said:
why Jones, what in the duce are you doing
with this gir2"
The girl arose hastily and seated herself on
the seat.
See here, stranger said the fellow, you're a
mite mistaken; my name amt Jones,
why, Jones; said you certainly havn't left
, your wife and children, aud tried to palm your
/ sell off for single man, have you {?
} Il tell you my name amt Jones' its Harper ;
4 1t never was Jones, tain't goin' to be- nuther.
| merely shook my head, aud passed on to q
{ seat so as to see the rest of the fun. The gir
looked wild after sat down but Jones, alias
2 Harper, soon convinced her that | was mis-
! taken.
e About the time they got to feeling well agol
: in came Elliot Gregg. Walking up to Harper
: he accosted him with:
C 'Why Jones, you here. How did yon leav,
: your wife and babies I?
y Now See here, stranger, you amt tie lust maj
l. that's called me Jones to-day and reckon mus
e look awfully like him; but | amt Jones' an
e morn that you mustn't call me Jones, hahn
i, got vile, nor babies either, but this gal an
is a goin to splice, and then you can talk nbou
~ NY "''o, al" Npuiuh | "ulhrI bub WHAT vi VI
l. course OF time, you might talk about the babe
II too, but you mustn't call me Jones.
e This retort brought forth voclIorous laughtc
II from the spectators and it also brought blushe
S, to the face of the girl that was going to b
d spliced.'
'e 'Ah, Jones' said Gregg, 'yon will regret thi'
lie in the future. pity your wife and chiHrenau
e this poor girl
'e $50 Mr. Hlrper, your real name is Jones, is
oi and you've been fooliu' me, have von? Wei
1T we amt spIiced yet and don't think we wi
t be soon, and the GIRL and her eyes fairly hashe
fire.
+ 'Jane, Jane said Harper, don't you kno,
m that I'm Bill Harper? Thar amt drop
rs Jones blood in me, an I'll prove it,
oi At this moment jeff Jackson, Bill Sewers an
Is Jim Byers entered, and of course their attGnio
l. was called to Harper by his loud talking. The
t. stepped up to him and said:
III Why, Jones, what is all this fuss about !?
he This was more than Harper could stand. II
t leaped upon seat:
I'd Now said he, my name amt Jones, and
S, can lick the teller thatsays it is
u l'y this time we had got to II, and o,
e. friend Fred came into the car and male Harpt
s. keep quiet. The girl that wouldn't be splice
N requested Fred to help her on the train tha
n was going back to N, which he did. al
en- the notorious Jones, alias Harper, followed he
ne We learned afterwards that he proved hmse
he to be Bill Harper instead of Bill Jones, and
e; and his gal got spliced.'