The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-19

'iii' Htl > ~ Sidu IlOU Ol lllc
tops wlii' both hands and pull EN-
up,
says he, "Goto grass
Sol started 70 grass, and I'm now
on a trip over the Erie Railway. lis
Il good titac to go on railroad. The
trees IRE all disrobed, and the leaves
are through .hlu,hing and turning Al
color;, What last spring WAS 4 lamLet
iinow 4 muttonlu. 'Grern peas have
, turned to shot. aud 50 forth.
Tile iir,i tl!ing | did after getting
into the cars was to try and make my
: SELF agipeah'e.' The attempt proved il
iai.tffa. I.saw u fellow with 4 pack
age III his band, ard /! said to biin: !:
''lIave 4 gtmes'
Dame OF wllat,n said he.
"Scven-up." said |.
There isl't so much bitterness in 4
ton Of boiled aloes aS there was III the
expression Of that fellows face. liz
| tense scori and lmtigrity struggled
TO tlIc ma@tery rs he yelled ont, mo,
sir : I'm Il minister"
| Well. :" said !, ''you needn't get
mad. Nobody ever would believe it
unless yo,ttoal 'em so.f'
Then told him Oh closer inspection
he did look like a mini;ter-a minister
(! peniteutiary -ald asked him what he
was doing With those car,I'.
lie said they were not cards, they
were bank tickets for the Sunday
school library.
4 Ttcn | sa.d, "N-hat might your
name he?"
/ lie said. "Barles."
! Then said. with Il smile, "Taeru
f! alr. lots Of barns all over the country.
amt there"
I 70 tltis day he has never answered
that question. lie moYedinto another
4 car.
/ Back Of me sat a little boy. lie
Ind a half ticket. The conductor
punched it. | said to him, " i that
boy obliged to have whole ticket to
travel Oh this tmin?"
! lie said, mo"
! ~ ell. sad |. lie liza; got one.
''Iie hain'tn said he.
! "i'llbet you," said I. 1T wa a
/ half ticket until yon puached it that
/. made il Il Iiolc one"
f. He intimatevl he would punch me
/ SO we didn't continue to converse.
| Imoycl over next to n fcNow who
was devoid of nose. "Ahem," said
case Of. mayhem? z"
NO" said he, ''my dorg chewed it
off last Jn.y.'
| "Ah,." said I, ''not mayhem, but
.lulylen, eh:"
/" BE you from York; said he.
Il am. (" said /.
'Do You know smlth?" said he.
" "Smiti.," said |, what Smith,"
"No, not Watt Smith. but Mister
Smith; he keep: a store down there"
lie was very much surprised when |
tod linn " | Ind never heard OF him."
"IIewer Of wafer and chopper of
grass" ! exclaimed, ''wlnt is your
biz"
He said he was a miller.
"tiin miller said /.
"No, sir" said he, II conduct a
we'll regulated, Christian saw-mill."
"Ah," said L. ''you are millerite.
then" just then made some fur
ticrremarks. | observed the conn-
try looked fine. lditln't exactly know
how the coultry ought to look to look
fine, but | hit it right, for he said
Yes" and he said we were passing
through n dairy country.
-~''Do they run trains nights through
dairy colHitry." asked, sweetly.
lie said yes and said they made
mighty good cheese in that section. |
related 10 him how II didn't like
mitc-y good cheese then tod him
"i'rutlI was mighty and would prevail,
and cheese was mite-y and that was
prevailing to considerable extent, !
too" 4.
Then We stopped for grub. and |
can swear that | saw a man sell slices
sawed of a policeman's club for
Bologna sausage and sandwiches. and
was served toa piece of the steak
o!d John Rogers was burnedat, and it
was burned ten per ceat. worse than
he was, and tougher than a parboilcd
pumplandic on toast. The proprietor
asked me if | had been served? |
told him yes Lad been served darned
meanly.
When got into the car again the
Millerite observed, 'the pen Is might
icr than the sword" | tod him that
wasn't tile case witlla hog pen. Thea
we commenced about the grass crop.
He said he was much troubled with
ground-hogs. 80 am l." said /;
''whele ! board we are annoyed to
death with 'em all winter"
d" Why" said he do you have
gronnd-hogs in York;"
Yes" said !, ''lots of 'em ; We
call them sassages.
For the space of five minutes he
bowed his head and wept.
As soon as he got through weeping
/ told him had recently visited New
England, and how prolific every thing
Wasup there, and | observed to him
how for miles along the side of the
railroads the telegraph poles had
sprouted and we've bearing apples,
ounces, musk-melons, huckleberies !
and bananas. ,
mo ~ said he.
"Yes," said |.
Then he rose and said, "Wash | ,
thought you was dead."
My name Is not WASH" said |. i
Excuse me, sir, said he, Il CALI