The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-02

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d.smay and yexation, while we made th
best of time toward Boston. All at one
the horses were pulled up hard, and tn
carriage stopped once more. | looket
out we were still out of the city, bu
there, directly across the road, were th
lights of train. 1t was stationary, ant
groups Of passengers were standing ont
side. Of course / jumped out, supposint
| it to be an accident. The most fearful
shrieks were ringing from the car direct
ly in front of u.s. / asked what the mat
ter was, and soon learned that patient
whom his brother was taking to the Wor
cester Asylum had suddenly been seized
with fit of frenzy, and that the conduct
or had been obliged to stop the train. s
Now, had had some practice in thai
very matter of insanity, and was of courst
soon in thick of the trouble. 1t took me
a while to get him quoted and give him
an anodyne, but | succeeded Then
turned to look after John and the car
rage The train was in motion.
found we had been under way. ten min
utes at least, and were making up for
lost time We were long past Water
town. and. being the night-express, would
stop only at Worchester. There was con-
ISOLATION in this, however; l found tina
there was no medical care-taker on the
train The crazy mans brother had fool
ishly undertaken to manage him alone, a
lit of excitement had come OF, and the
conductor was obliged to stop the cars
for the frightened passengers were at the
jump off pitch of alarm just MS thelfrain
pulled up across my road into Boston. II
was necessary almost that | shouldremaln
till we got To Worcester, and then take
my patient to the hospital. 1t was well
I did, for twice he broke out again, and
it took all my skill to quiet him; the
whistle seemed to excite him.
1t was past midnight considerably be-
fore disposed of HIM There was no
tram to Boston before morning, unless /
could catch one Of the steamboat expires
SEES. | was tired and Sleepy, and had
been inhaling ether pretty freely in the
process of administering it during the
paroxy sms; and lsuppose it so hsppene
that got into the, wrong car and went
fast asleep. The conductor has given
me free pass back to Boston, and just
stuck this In my hat band by way Of tick.
ct, and off went. What did must
have been done in dream. The new
conductor declared pulled out my peck
ct book and paid himlthe fare to New
York and, lsure enough, had the checks
all right, but solemnly declare that
knew nothing about it till reused uI
and found the train entering the New
Haven depot sf.nf .la9 tt e#
1t is all very we'll to laugh at me, bu
if you had been up all night managing /,
mailman, you would have slepttoo How
ever, there was / got our and into th'
street, and then went back into the build
ing to state my case at the Office 0
course I could not do this while they tcer,
selling tickets; so had to wait till tn,
train was off, and then fight a pretty Sc
we're BATTLE with the ticket agent, befor
I could get accommodated back to Bostnl
without paying fare. SEEING that cam
on board their cars simply obligc them
felt was entitled to ride free. How
ever, made them see it, and the mex
thing was to get my train My train wa
the Shore Line, and due i'll half an hour
I strolled up to the colleges, feeling seed,
and disreputable, being in evening rig
and looking tossed and tumbled as il
had been Ill the station-house Then
went back and got some thing to eat, AM
then autographed to Fanny's father ant
then went into the station.
Now any one who has ever been in tn
New Haven depot reed not be told tina
it is possible to get turned round com
pletely. had gone out of one door an
come through another without noticing
it, and SO my north had become south, 0
my east, vest don't know which;
don t care much. I.'oIliy know | wa
turned round; and so strong is the lin
preston that to this day cannvt stan
on the platform there and keep my min
right without strong mental effort. q
will look doaoa, do what will. So, whe
train rushed into the depot, | jumpe
into it, only asking if that was the Bosto
shore line | had never been on tha
route, and took it all for granted, espes
| tally as / had bought 8 paper; and pa
pers were very pretty reading in thos
early days of the war, when two column
OF sensation and two more of ccntradit
ton we're the ordinary average,
| gave the conductor my ticket, but, n
luck would have it, it was the New Yor
ticket from Worcester SO he said notf
ing. could not look out, for the wiz
dows were covered with frost, and rea
ly did not find out my mistake till tn
baggage agent came through the traiI
Then I.eds in for it. No stopping plac
this side of Twenty-seventh street, an
the hour about five P. M. was tired on
hungry, and som what indisposed, and
knew that l must have rest So I wen
eff to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, ordered
room and asked for dinner.
Amy baggage ? !" said the clerk.
"No baggage, said, | as registered IN
name.
Then our rule is payment in advance.