The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-12-02
STRUGGLES AUD TRIUMPBs,
Or. Forty Years EecollectionS OF
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/. !. GaInu1n.
Written by himself. Illustrated; 7S4
PIP Hartford, Conn, j. u. Burr q 20.
From the vell-known publishing house
CT j. B. Burr L Co, Of Hartford, Conn,
comes the above entitled work, fresh ,plquant
and full Of interest. The great Snowman"
having retired 10 private lie III the shades
OF his cherished 'Waidmere' Ia picture
Of which accompanies tie book, has been
induced to give the public bis experience
during forts active years, 10 large volume
Of $40 pages, adorned with over thirty ex-
cellent engravIngs.
Struggles and Triumphs' is peculiar
book in every way, and IS one OF those books
fortunately adapted for domestic reading,
to be taken up, if enc likes, every now
and then, =" anu, opened &C any page, iurn>
ishipg cheerful reading for the passing
| hour. However, whoever takes 1t up will
be apt to Iured on to the end, SO full Of in
terest is it.
| We give our readers an extract from the
book
The mana gers Of railroads running west
from Chicago pretty rigidy enforce a rule
excluding from certain reserved cars all
gentlemen travelling without ladies. AS
| do nor smoke, / avoided the smoking
cars AMI as the ladies, car was sometimes
more select and niways more comfortable
than the other cars, / tried various ezpedi-
ents 10 smugg e myself IN. Ii / saw lady
about to enter the car alone, / followed
closely, hoping thus TO Glade the vigilance
OF the brakeman, Hho generally acted as
doorkeepgr But the car Ctrabus Is pretty
we'll up to all such lodges, and did not al
ways succeed. On one occasion, seeing a
young couple, evidently just married, and
starting On brlLai tour, about 70 eater the
car, followed closely, but was stopped BY
the dooi-heerer. who called cut:
How MANY gentlemen a1e with this
lady. p"
hare always noticed that young newly
married people are very fond OF saying my
! husband and my vile; they are new
:erns which sound pleasantly to the ears Of
those who utter them; 50 In answer 70 the
/ perempt0ry inquiry OF the doorkecpcr, the
! bridegroom promptly answered.
Il am this lady's husband.
And / guess you can see By the reaem>
blauce between the lady and myself, said
to Coretus, that / am her father.
! The astounding husband ana the blush>
ing bride were toe much taken aback" to
deny their newly discovered parent, but the
couple TO pass IN The Car:
We cant pass all creation with one
lady"
Il hope you will not deprive me Of the
company OF my child the little time we can
remain together" I said with demure
tcouuteuance. The brakeman evidently
sympatuized with the fond parent whose
feelings were suficieus l. laceTatod at losing
his daughter through her finding a hus-
band, and l was permitted to pass. i'm
medlately apO,0gizGd to the young bride
and her nusbanJ and told them who |
was, and my reasons for the assumed pa
ternity and they enjoyed the joke so heart
lily that they called me father during
our entire journey together. Indeed, the
husband privately and slyiy limited to me
that the first boy should be chrislened ''P
T."
Ny friend, the Rev, DR.. Chaplin, by the
| by an inyeterate punster, is never tired OF
ringing the changes on the names in my
family, he says that my wife and | a"e the
most sympathetic couple he ever saw, since
she is Charity" and | am Pity" II. T.
On one OCCASION at my house in Me-
J York, he called my attention to the mono
gram, z. L. g., on The door and said, Il
! did it. " did What?' I asked WHY
that" replied The doctor, up. I. 3. Pull
The Bell, OF course, " thus literally ringing
q new change on my initials
At another time during my Western
lcctmiug trip, was following closely IN the
! wake OF lady who was entering the favor
lite car, when the brakeman exclaimed:
You can't 90 il there, sir
Il rather guess | can go in with a lady
said l, pointing to the one who had just
entered.
Not With that lady, old fellow; for l
| happen TO know her, and that is more than
you DO; we are up TO all these travellers
| tricks out ha-o; lis 10 20.
| / saw indeed that is was mo co." and
| that l must Try something else. Look
here, my dear fellow said /, Il am trav-
cling every day on the railroads, on Ice
turing tour throughout the West, and |
really hope you viii permit me to take q
seat in the ladies' car. / am Baruum, the
Museum man from New York.
Looking sharply at me for an instant, the
altogether too vide awake brakeman OK
clGiiaad, Not by ID sight you amt!
know Barnun!
| could net help laughing, and pulling
several old letters from my pocket, and
showing him the directions On The cnyel-
opCs, / -agieG:f
Wei, you may know bin, but the 'old
fellow has changed in his appearance,
perhaps. You see by these letters that |
am the 'critter. "
The brakeman looked a8tonished, but
finally said: We'll, that is fact, sure
enough. | know you when I come to look
again, but | really did not believe you at
first. lon see we have all sorts of tricks
played on US, and we learn to doubt every
body. You are very welcome to 90 IN.
5ir BarnUm, and | am glad TO see you, "
aud az this conversation was heard
throughout the car, Barnum, the show
man, vas the subject Of general remark
and observation
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