Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-11
The SCIENCE OF TrarelIng.

And in what may that consistY' asks
curiously one Of our readers. 1T Ger
tainIy cam require much science 10 mere
" enter Q ca. or steamer, and be carried
To- ones destination A child can do
that Nonsense Softly, dear reader.
In measure you are right, and in =
great measure you are wrong. Weused
TO reason the same way once, but Bit
ter experience Of twelve or fourteen
years travel over our principal roads has
taught us tho fallacy Of so doing. To
be sure IL doesn't make so much differ.
v ence in half n days ride or where one
journeys once year, but in these days
Of migration when our roeds are swarm
ing with travellers whose routes frequently
extend over thousands of miles, people
should be properly educated and fully
posted in what we have denominated
above the "science" Of getting along
You don't understand Well, lot 40 zee.
Suppose, some fine afternoon, la a
plethorie state of pocket and an unset
tied state of mind, you resolve. for the
time being, to change your base" You
have maiden auut--a great many Poo
pie have maiden aunte, and you are Iuas
as likely as anybody else to be blest In
that reapect--living several hundred
miles away, whom You have often prom
iaed to visit when you could "get round
TO ii !" That time has now come, and
YOU resolve on the journey It's just AZ
easy TO suppose this as any thing and,
besides, there is strong air OF probable
ity about 1t. Your baggage 10 taken TO
the depot by an obese Hibernian, who in-
sists that he has expended dollars
worth Of muscular strength in 80 doing,
You pay il, for you're not used to these
things In your trunk c@efully packed
away, you remember are some delicate
articles of glass or china ware, intended
to open the heart Of the old lady, and to
more firmly settle you in her good grace.
This fact is brought more wildly TO.
your mind, as, waiting for the train a.
start, you see your baggage, which you
have so carefully marked in big letters,
"Handle with eare,i pitched into the
car with a violence which makes you
shndder. You can't help il, however,
and you take your seat with an unccm.
= Portable feeling that you might as well
hs.ve staid ut home. Suddenly horrid
thought strikes yon--your baggage is
unchecked In your haste you have for
gotten it Too late now, however. AT
the next station man with very red
face and very fat hands gets into the car,
and with difficulty squeeses himself In
TO the seat with you. His breath is fra.
grant, and there is q difficulty in his re-
SEPARATION which IN Irks his proximity exs
ceedingly disagreeable. He has likewise
n very pleasant and familiar way OF
leaning against you TO expel his tobacco
Juice from the window-an operation
which is repeated with alarming fire.
quency.
You have been very csreful to pro.
vide yourself against contingencies, as
the umbrella, carpetbag, hatbox, and
two parcels, which you have Wrought in-
to the car with you, Rbundantly testify.
You have also in no way neglected 70
provide yourself with satisfactory
amount OF lunch, which, with dint OF
hard crowding, you have managed TO get
into your coat pocket A small boy
who is busily engaged on very large
doughnut, directly In front OF you, re-
minds you Of the fact, and you investl-
gate You now understand a certain
feeling Of moistness which has bean
forcing itself upon your attention for the
last half hour. Your fat man has done
the business for your eatables, which are
crushed to an infnitessimal thickness, or
thinness. In disgust you tell him TO
rise, that your garments may be olsen
gagged, in which endeAvor he manages, By
some movement of his elephantine foot
to destroy the symmetry OF your hstbox.
And at the same time you discovr o
huge stain of saliva on your immacu-
alte umbrella. Human nature is pro-
verbally weak, and you feel as if you
cannot stand 1t any longer, SO you
move Tired of sitting, at the next sta
ton yon inquire of some one near you,
"How long do we stop hereT "Ten
minutes" you get for an answer.
GOOD deal can be seen in ten minutes, 90
= YOU leave the car for short stroll In
thirty seconds time, and when you are 3
dozen rods away, the bell rings. BY dini
of sharp running you manage to barely
save Yourself and in due time get bach
10 your seat, only to find that Jour lm
brella, together with one of your parcels
has misteriously disappeared. You bow
with resignation, for you can do no bet
ter, and the cars thunder on. You was
- hungry after q time, and the announce
ment of n station by the conductor
coupled with the words, Stop for din
ner," is hailed with delight Out yo'
90, this time securing your parcels, ant
making 8 rush for the table.
A. girl with red hair and dirty finger
nails, takes your order and disappears
returning Just before the bell rings
careful to collect the sam due on deliv
ery.of the eatahles, and prone TO conaids