Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-17
How Lost My Whisl<ers.

DO YOU DDlCCtatO SlllOhlIlp, SlI !TNT@ y
This1 asked inimyI blandest manner of
an old gentleman who sat, with bis face
hidden by a newspaper, opposite to me i'll
a railway carriage.
All the seats in the carriage were filed
/ and four others were on our way from
Cambridge to enjoy the Christmas yaca-
ton. Our spirits were high, for there is a
delight in banishiIsg fora time all Thoughts
of comic sections, Newton's "Principh =
and the " little-ge," and entertaining, in
exchange, the visions of hops, skating par
ties, and all the orgies which every right
minded family holds at this season in honor
of King Christmas.
But | must introduce you to my chums-
for chumS-ye were, although, our tastes did
not all liezin the directions Jack
Stirrup Is (or rather was, at that PERIOD a
riding and hunting man, and was not I'M
frequently to be seen at Newmarket.
Stretcher, on the other hand, loved boat
ing, and preferred the sight of a well-de
veloped biceps to that of the. best bred
hunter, and would often remark to Jack
4" How on earth you can say that you would
rather see the Two. Thousand than the
Time race in the tColquhoun Skulls
cannot for the life Of me make out" Ed
wards was poor and reading man, but his
wit and talents rendered him a universal IA
vOrite whilst Davis was a rich, open
handed, goOd-hearted fellow as ever lived.
For my own part, [ do not think had any
well-defned peculiarly, but did a little of
everything. / read alittle, rowed little,
had a fair income--in short, if had any
characteristic at all, it was love of laZi-
ness and practical jokes.
We,coDgratulated ourselves in gettingSa
carriage to ourselves with the exceptionof
the old gentleman | have named), for we
intended to keep out the cold, and beguile
our journey with sundry pipes and cigars.
We had our cases out, and prepared to light
up as matter of course, when we were as
tonished by my o5s-a-gis dashing away the
newspaper which had hidden his face ,,
IDOL object to smoking 2 5Y es, Sir, lido
object! object very strongly, sir, and beg
that you will instantly replace your cigars
in your pocketsslJ I insist on having no
smoking in this carriage!"
We looked aghast at this sudden burst of
old -gentlemanly wrath -
might | ask if you intend travelling far
on this line, sir? y Inquired Edwards inhis
comically -polte tone.
What is that to1yous sir? What bust
ness is it of yours whore | ann going to? ,"
81 merely wished to suggest, in case of
your travelling far that pleasing and de-
1ightful as it wouldpbe for us to enjoy your
agreeable society, yet nevertheless, we
would try to bear the loss should you pre-
fer to change carriages at the next sta
ton"
"No doubt you would wish to get rid of
me; but no, sir I do not move my seat,
and the first, one that smokes I report to
the guard, UU sCH1i Oh Cd
In that case, fear we shall be obliged,
painful though it0be, to tear ourselves
away" l said, as we drew up at small
station.
Fortunately we found the next COM
partment empty, and as we started again
we pulled out our cigar cases, this time to
light their contents. nh oh
"The old boy has certainly got out of
bed the wrong side this morning." said l.,
putting away.
Cor has made mistake in his betting
book" said my sporting friend osWell
give him benefit, now, at any rate | vote
we take it7inrturns to puff smoke through
the lamp-hole. Lets look at him; ha
cooled down a little, is about to compose
himself to sleep. I'll trouble you for his
night-cap; come and look at him, Fred"
L did so, and roared at seeing red, woven
cap, of comical shape, which added
considerably to the Wrathful expression of
Tie Wcsrer 5 IedIureS
With perseverance which deserved a bet
ter cause, we each made tube. of paper,
and putting the end through the lamp hole,
took our turn at 6 smoking him, out y and
L blush as | now think how heartily we en-
joyed the enraged state in which he paced
up and down the empty carriage, ike
Gagged tiger. s0h,f3 tie
The next time we stopped, however, the
guar(tputh his head into our carriage win
dow, and said, with wink:
"GentPm in next compartment COM
plains of your smoking sir'
"Smoking!" we exclaimed, with mock
indignation, "Do we look as though we'd
been. smoking?s, What nonsense!" and
added ina mysterious manner, y on see
there's one vacant seat; of course we're
not going to tell tales of the man who oc,
cupies that"
"All right" said the guard, laughing,
81 wasn't born Yesterday And after a
slightly confidential transaction of a pecu-
mary nature, left us in peace. ta4 4t{6l
The snow, which had been falling heayi-
ly all day, now lay SthiclS all around Our
eyes ached again, as we looked out Of the
window (Which was itself all frosted over
on to the dazzling snow which covered all
the landscape; and as we stamped our feet
on the floor of the carriage, we began
heartily to wish ourselves at our journey s
end and by the fireside. Twh7T
Halo i what are we stopping for now {?
| wonder whether we're going to do an up
set, or anything exciting of that kind?"
said Davis, looking out of the window.
81 don't see a train anywhere that we can
have friendly collision-withg III
"Get out, here, gentlemen" said the
guard, passing the window; "the line is
showed up, and we shall haveto wait till it
is clear" K. i -. -, .e a gy''
The grumbling which this pleasant an
nouncement caused was Immediately
stopped by hearing the voice Of our disai-
greeable companion in the next lcompart
ment Line showed up, is it z" said the
gentleman, trying to appear calm in his
fury; land we get out here? OH and
do you suppose am quietly going to sub
NIT to this?. The line ought to have been
cleared ready forus | shall bring an ac-
ton. o------------
But sir" said, show on earth could
they -
Might i request to know who spoke to
you, sir? / consider your remark and in
reference excessive impertinence"
This was a little too bad, and turned to
Jack and whispered that we would devise
some plan of giving our friend lesson de-
monstrative of the evils attending bad tenn