Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-21
Travellers Beware of the Women


=, y The Davenport Uowa) Gazette tells the
following good one" upon a ,staid citizen
of that city: -, -. go NJ
bli A few days ago one of the best natured
citizens of Davenport, q gentleman full of
fun and immensely fond of ioke-in a
word, "fellow of infinite jest"-was made
the subject of joke of decidedly practi-
cal character, in this wise: Our citizen,
who shall here be known as Mr.. T., while
journeying on the railroad between this
city, and DeS Moines, found himself i'm COM
pany with several ministers of the N. E.
Church. on their way from Conference at
Iowa City. As;usualr in railroad cars, sew
eral representatives of the fair sex were
also present, and two of these latter Occu-
pied seat directly in front of Mr.. z. The
immediate proximity of so many ministers,
however. SO completely assured our Dav-
enport traveller of safety that he was in no
wise disturbed or alarmed by the presence
of the bewitching ladies, notwithstanding
the fact that one of these ever and anon
drew from a miniature bottle some drops
supposed to be peppermint, and used as
q remedy for local ailments. Suddenly,
when darkness reigned outside and lamps
were lighted within, the hitherto happy u.
from one of his fair rfellow-passengers,a and
an iasseveration that she had been robbed of
her pocket book, while taking quiet doze.
q. looked around and carefully scrutiniZed
the several male occupants of the car, and
seeing that these were all gentlemen OF the
ministerial cloth, himself being the only
masculine sinner in the company, deliber-
the anxious lady that she must be mis-
taken. your pocket-book has doubtless
slipped into the folds Of your dress, mad
am" gently insinuated Mr.. q. mo sir"
was the positive and indignant reply "it's
gone and somebody in this car has sto-
1av, cAo1tT hnv
chloroforn or Gdrugged my peppermint
bottle.'b 'tWhere'sli the conductor ?" con-
tinued9 the now excited lady. Anxious
to calm the ragitated land deeply
wronged passenger, q. offered his friendly
assurances, consolation and services, and
advised quiet until, the conductor should
return to the car. In a few moments the
arrival of our friend, Conductor Root, was
made known by buzz OF whispering from
all the now interested occupants of the car.
The case was stated at length to the oblig-
ing official by the lady herself, the narra-
tive being interrupted by frequent objurga-
tions against williams who travel to rob
UNPROTECTED females" s.But madam" re-
sponded the conductor, naturally hestating
in the attempt to select a thief from such
passengers, shave you any idea who has
stolen your pocket book ?" '.Yes, SIR" was
the stern reply, .ithat is the man who has
robbed me-" Imagine the surprise of q.
from her seat and point, with all the mai
estya of outraged virtue, directly at him,
while every eye in the car was turned on
the supposed culprit! There was scene
for a painter! A pretty pickle for an hon.
ored citizen, with wife and respectable
family at home! Conductor Root appreci-
aIed the situation, and coolly swinging his
lantern toward the feet of the irate lady,
convinced her in trice that her lamented
pocket-book lay quietly on the floor, hith-
erto hidden by the ample folds of her skirt?
1t is said that u. felt better, but he AYERS his
belief that the lady will always be certain
that he actually stole the pocket-book and
dropped it on the floor to escape detection.
''Samiyel, beware of vidders." was Mr..
Weller's sage advice. We suppliment this
by saying to all masculine railroad travel
ers, Dear friends, beware of women wher-
ever you journey +. a.r.tr d. .t.-s d