Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-11-08
A Trip 70 California...NO. IL.


haps would sound more elegant but 1t would not
be half 50 applicable. We will retire" sug-
gcsts passage up long and winding stairway,
through hall into square chamber" with a
broad high bed in the farther corner, a chest OF
drawers with mirror browning it between the
two windows wash stand with towel rack be-
side It in the nearer corner, chairs, carpet etc
etc, all in their proper places it also suggests
the taking Of the initatory steps that are noces
sary to bring ono's self into the arms Of Morpheus
"dccently and in order" Gwen 20 to bed 3" sug.
gests nothing in particular other than bed and
the getting into it dccently' perhaps, but with
out much regard to the order" adopted and so
the last phrase just suits sleeping car arrange
ment From thirty to fifty people are to 60 to
bed in one room W hen the sections are all made
up as they are now, that one room is about fifty
feet long and eight feet wide on either side are
curtains behind the curtains are the bcrths, two
in a section, the lower and the upper, about four
feet Of space up and down dividing them. How
TO get into one Of those berths properly condition
ed for sleep, is the grand question: faye there's
the rub a. SHAKESPEARE said probably in antici-
patton Of the invention Of sleeping car berths
for speaking from experience it is " rub" the
host ,yov vop en-, fix il IN no, int, ono Tho first
mint ,nt tool;n,, yor,, ,r,do., o,,.-,h,d,, doos
all the disrobing in the berth Dear reader, i'm
agine your chamber shrinking to these proper
tons six feet long, four feet high and four feet
wide, and yourself in it preparing for bed. First
Won are seated ,bore Won didn,t sonnose von
conld henl vo,r.olr int, scl, d, ,osi,;on ala yo,
Bnt Won Httle droo, whit ,,sit;o,s far mora nm.
comfortable tb,, tbis GRO hoc,rc ga, ToLe ar
your collnr. Lin nm vour head To untie vonr
noektie and unbutton y,ur COLLAR An hnmned
v,,,r hood ,ii,i,,t On, Didi, b,r, ,,,,oh , ralo
Off your cont What aid Won nh vopr cro.y
bo,g r,ro Van shonll,,, have cro.,Lod yo,r e,b,,y
s,,,,i,l rho.l.,,,,o- ;.,,,, L., g. -.
tberc s,y ., iJos,i. =, no, ,ho. ,,tor nod NJ,
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'''''V u'u p" LOU iuny use '"o o'ner worn
u'"' just once " II WIZ '"Ne out the smart any
ior you Will never ma more nulng opportunity
AZ "s' you are se'l'eu uhuer 'ne olanAeS' why
amt uey longer you ASK 10 give you TINS
peasant prooien 70 solve, suppose Which on
'he WhoIe Is the oeSti 70 sleep with one should
ers uncovered or win one lower extremities
bare to the knees You Will invariably lind your
sell at any gwen moment deciding the question
IN iayor oil the part that is that moment blanket
less ana the natural result oil course IS that the
blanket Is hrst pulled up then pushed down,
then pulled up then pushed down, and 50 ON ad
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hut u YOU nave had such time OF II, how do
you suppose the OLD gentleman in the upper berth
mas got along by the way, why do large old
gentlemen ana lat Old ladies' always get upper
oerths Like Aunt Jemlma, they have to be
boosted INTO them whereas the young, the lean,
and the agile ike you and me, ought 10 climb up
there ami let them turn in down here. Is it
because they get little quiet fun out Of the
thought, now that fellow down below there is
thinking how should crush him it these berth
braces should break, Tor the fellow down below
thore Is certainly thinking about the possibility Of
such catastrophe. No. that IS not the reason.
Inc growing ana puihng incident to old ages
ascent INTO an upper berth pre-suppose some other
reason "n'eh ! gr"'e'y surnise Is tins We
young lean ana agle fellows are able to reach
the ticket ONCE hrst' anu believing heartily in
the doctrine that we ought not to love our neigh
Dor osHT than we do ourselves take the lower
80 U1 ''' III" aNo 'ie UPPER Inns IL the
IS Vn', i"' '''o,u "s"' ou' we care
- - '''''''S "'u lio'e ABOUT
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hor,h paos .,o paw ~ e''s, III person. OF ms
chez D., - ~. -. az '''''
b,ots ros,l, .,lli-,,, - ~,
Of boaJs NJ, AZ a., -, ~
other ortic,es Of drog, ,,o 49,. ,,,,.
h,t,ooo,l ~, +f, ,,.,,i,,,,. ,.-,.,,,;u..
tons a. MA o,,o,,,l 49,, al 80, ~.
hutton. hole. arc to-n IN, and none ,,,,,,,,t,.,
eis, a., ,bo .,,rtoi,,
hand nnst s,,o,ly the o,,rt.;n r,;,h h.,.,,.. -
h,,to,.h,los ,rhilo ,h, - ~,
Its a slow and nuz,linr w,rk bnt :, is dMe -,
last and ,yc end tbot ,r. ,a, 80 -. 81 a,a
nc lopdlv and with os much sot;srac,ion 10 onr.
selves if not IN our neigbbors in tbis sleeninc.
ear as in our own ouiet chnnber at home
| Now tbis ,or,i,,,,,, ,;,h, ah,.,. ,nLi.h
talking is the third pirbt ont. and tbrowing
modesty TO the winds.-don't bo startled doar
readers,-the modesty refer To is not the genn-
inc article it is false, conventional counterfeit
affair, that will not allow us IN onnoar in o,r
shirt-sleeyes, or be seen in public taxing off our
coats and boots. and outside articles of cIotbing
Throwing such modesty to the winds we proceed
to make our arrangements for seeping as uncon-
cernedly as though we were in the bosom of our
families. The ladies take down their hair. mt
away in a safe place what is theirs bv nprcbase
and braid up what is theirs by nature The
gentlemen take of coats. vests. shoes collars all
going about the business of going to he'd like cen.
sbe men and woman and the respl, ia ,ha, ,vo