The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-04
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wisdom OF an old Traveller.

Always check your baggage before
starting; but If you lose your check at
forwards you might as well have saved
yourself the trouble.
Ryou have some solid hand-baggagC
with you, be careful and place it in the
rack securely. A passenger neglected
10 do this, and il fell with great force on
the head of his mother-in-law, with whom
he bad some trouble.
Always buy your ticket from an au-
thorized agent before getting on the car;
but if you have TO pay the conductor for
your passage, do not stop 10 tell him all
the reasons why you are travelling. He
would not care about that, although he
may be sympathizing man.
| To adj men would say: never look
out of the window when the cars are in
motion with your hat OMIT might be
blown off; and never look out of the
windhw with your hat on in the dark, be-
cause your head might run against the
parapet of a bridge, or water-crane, etc.
Do not always be wanting TO compare
your time with the conductors and asking
him how much you are slow; neither ask
him frequently if he is on time, or, if he
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ductor is not an angel.
Always be considerable to your fellow
passengers; and if you are travelling with
the tailor whom you owe for your last
new suit of clothes, do not let him sit in
the draft of the window.
Some people say that in the event Of
an accident il is best TO sit in the rear
car-and others would prefer the center
car-and others would like to sit well
forward. Such is the difference of opin-
ion. But if you were TO ask me which |
would choose, / should say let me sit in
my arm chair at home.
Do not 90 from one car TO another
while the train Is in motion, unless your
life is insured; but even if il is, il is not
right TO risk nipping yourself in the bud.
The rule of most lines is not to allow
passengers to stand on the platform.
Some evade it by sitting down; but OF
the two, as man and father, / would
rather be inside the car.
1t costs a railroad company as much
to sweep out the leavings of some as
they pay for their tickets. If you must
eat peanuts and apples, put the shells
and parings in your hat, or else throw
them out of the window, but mind you
do not hit the station master.
Never speak in a loud -voice ON board
a train. 1t would be awkward if the
train suddenly stopped for you TO be
heard saying: mo, sir, by the Eternal,
I'll shoot him first and get divorce af-
forwards.
If you are suffering from an attack Of
ague, and have the shakes badly, and
are very chilly, put as much wood in the
stove as you like, and do not bother
yourself about the man next 10 you, who
has, perhaps, got the typhoid fever
To newly-married couples would say,
dono be deferred from the sweet inter
change of tender glances and tokens of
affection Icy the offensive notice Of other
passengers. "Frail and fieeting are the
joys of loves young dream" Besides,
you will awaken the agreeable memories
of crabby couples who were married some
time ago.
If you are a parent and have your
children with you, and one that is too old
to travel free, you can lay her across
your knee and feed her with pap when
the conductor comes along. He will
then pass.