Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-04-04
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

RAii-RiDING.-Tha the expression 81 let this city
by rail- should excite mrh in any, It must stand in
another connection than with the departure Of soli-
tary traveller from this vicinity for Boston. Let no
man esteem himself to have attained auglt of the
discipline afforded by n life Of travel, until on March
day he has taken the early train from hence; when
fairly settled into seat and taking up the thread Of
a story It may be, been warned to leave the car to
kick his toes and watch his movable effects ut Grouts
for the quarter Of hour before the train over the
"trunk-road" comes along; been twchcd through
coveredbrdges otener than his author finishes para
graphs-the announcements Of the conductor Of
"Omnge," "Baldwn-ville," "Gardncr" and other
names suggestive of frutfuness causing him to ool,
forth occasionally only to behold noisy river lcapng
between rocky banks, with products of the country
standing in shape of chair-sun broom handles
and snp-buckets. Escaped from these, learning with
pleasure that Ashburnham,ju has been reached
and trusting that connection is now to be made with
civilization and progress towards the club Of the uni
verse; becoming apparent, attention is given to
the book of satisfaction provokes sleep and
the tourist mods his acquescence in existing arranr-
inents. jerk, and alas, we are going backwards
visions Of chairstut and broom-handles flying past
the carwindow bring to his feet, to display YER
dancy before the orderly passengers who reversed
their seats the train paused Mt this station where the
rectangular style of rail-roading is introduced Bes-
sings on The man who invented "pop- com'-embar-
rassmont of any kind is dspelcd at this point ms the
inevitable Smith enters the car with basket trunding
before him. "Have popped barrcl-lu every morning
for twelve years"-'wi thank any gentleman to take
n handful"-"only four cents a raper"-"wi you
have more salt in yours"-and thus on to Fitchburg
Tln init tod ,,tv bo1 hate, 1,
latter place and take the points of compass, time Of
day, also of the year, for although tits Just
dinnertime, andthe almanac records "days and nights
Of equal length one would almost swear the March
day to be longer than "A DEFENDERS night No one
read so long, observation must be accepted as a
teacher for the remainder of the trip Conductor en-
tiers with 'posy in his moutl-why he thinks there
is charm in that flower thus carried and that no oc
cdcnt can befa him long rs he maintains the prac-
tice-an innocent little imposition to be sure. With
four cents worth Of popcorn down Our mouth we'd
pay for liic-risk on ourselves than he cor
any other man" From the experience Of old lady
acquaintance of ours who insisted that the rear seat
of the last car but one in any train the safest and
made herself very disagreeabe from her determine
ton always to occupy such seut-until the accident
ut Windsor-Locks few years since, when part of
the train pitched into the canal-basn and she was
drawn out of hole chopped in the top of CARVE
have been led to believe that aboard cars one place
just MS safe another, and safer too-but the one
place is liable to change of location
Ignoring talismanc influences of every kind we do
however confess to little better feeling aboard this
train, than is induced when ticketed by 'lighnng-
express" 20 Springfield, by man hobbling through
the car on crutches with an ugly looking stump I'M
der the hher side of his body, urging the sale Of
good article of 'court.pHster;" and rejecting that
our grandlahers occupied II week in making this Jour
ney on horseback, and their sons eighteen hours bv
stage, we're "gad come" for at the last we NAV
boast ourselves twelve hours ahead of either into the
"city Of notions"