The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-12-22
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you Know How it is yourself"


"You Know How it is yourself
A life in railway car would be, Of all other
ulaces the most preferable to the student who
desires to make human nature life study. It
is there that the selfish man displays his ma
ture, and the generous man exhibits his great
heartedness. The very wise man enlightens
all those about him, and the man of few brain
but large imagination, in fact 50 large as to
imagine himself all brains, Is the most con-
spicuous, and the oondescension with which
| he imparts information to those about him, is
ALWAYS plainly noticeable. The man who re-
alizes that he knows but little, in fact less than
any one else, is, OF the two, the most agreea-
BILE. Fand receives the credit of knowing the
most for he sits with open ears but closed
mouth, troubling no one, with the important
announcement that he is on the train.
We had occasion during the past week to
ego riding on the rail" The traveller, at the
present day, observes that the moment a train
stops at station, grand rush is made for the
cars in order TO secure seats, and those who
wish to get off may crowd through, and be
pushed and knocked about, and think them
selves extremely fortunate if they escape from
the train with all their clothing, before the
train starts. Now, it is not any particular one
class that does this, for it is true of all, for
we know how difficult it is to find comfort
table seat on our principal railroads. On the
morning in question, we entered car and
passed along through, carefully examining the
picture presented, which is the same in every
car, and on every road. In this seat is
stretched out a weary, tired mortal, all over
the entire seat. He has apparently been trav-
elling for forty-eight days and night without
stopping, and we judge is now sleeping the
sleep that knows no waking, at all events he |
doesn't wake. Now who would not stand
rather than exhaust himself in arousing this
Morpheus, for the sake of getting seat. On
the other side lewly married couple ars trv-
ing to sit somewhere all over two seats, and
all admit that they need room, SO we pass on.
In the next seat is such good looking middle
aged lady, but she and her chignon occupy all
of one pew, and IN another she has her thirty
odd bodies, bundles and satchels, and they can't
stand 80 she is sure not to be disturbed. The
next seat has only one occupant, young man
with no baggage, and we offer to share it
with him, but are assured that it is occupied
by man who just stepped into the other car,
and will return in a moment. So it is, until
the other end of the car is reached, and we are
accosted by an old woman. sitting on a seat
not more than six inches from q red hot stove.
She has generous SOUL besides pass to some
county town where she is going to take up
lodgings at the poor house. She offered the
unoccupied portion of her seat, with civiIity
that no one else in the car manifested but the
strong perfume of snuff, onions and musty
baggage, together with the warm atmosphere
of that locality, forbade its being accepted.
In the next car was a vacant seat, and in an
enviable community, as we soon realized. On
the right sat modern Soloman grieved that
his sayings were not preserved. He opened
with the startling announcement that the
"Prince of Wales was only man." this piece
of news had marked effect upon those who
heard it, and especially upon little old wo-
man in blue hood, who sat crouched NJ in
corner, and seemed to have more influenza
than anything else. She said "she knew that
but he had rcil blood, and she had heerd that
fevers took hard with them kind as had big
blood" This aroused great sympathy for the
Prince, and fears for his recovery were freely
expressed. Our Solomon made himself indes-
pensible. He was the lexicon, directory, crit
ic, &c, for all in the car, and his wisdom was
distributed with profuseness that led US to
fear that before he reached his destination he
would be robbed of ali, and left motley fool.
An old lady just in front, with ten by
twelve snuff box, and greed specus introduced
herself with the interesting announcement
that this was the first time she had ever "rid
on the keers." We responded in a comforting
manner During the next hour, she enter
tanned US with fearful recital of the grievous
troubles Of her daughter "Serry Ann," caused
by her marrying "good for nothin' Teller. y
We expressed our pity for "Serry Ann" and
reminded the grieving mother that it was
against the rules to shed tears on the train. as
freshets are always dangerous.
At one station, a prompous individual from
the country, who had travelled "more nor
onst" as he afterwards declared, came putting
and scolding into the car, declaring that the
train was fifteen minutes ahead of time. and
that such irregularity should be stopped, as he
might have been left. We tried to buy his
watch, but it wasn't for sale We know Of
only two other watches of this kind in the
country, and their possessors live in this city
SO we felt anxious to own the third. Our Sol.
omon at once surrounded this lunatic, and gave
him discourse upon the present railway sys.
TEN that would be in valuable to the Lake
Shore Company if they could get copy of it
Gathering people into railway car, is like
gathering closed buds into green house, they
suddenly unfold into full blossom all the beau
ty or uginess which they contain So in
railway, the characters of the people are sud
l denly unfOlded and their respective beautie
1 or deformities are made apparent.