Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-29
NUMBER q.
A SLOW COACH.
BY DONN PIATT.

When the Patent Screw and Auger-line
OF railway from Porkopolis terminated a
Middieburg, O-it has since come to be
. great national thoroughfare-the un.
Happy passengers were carried to all
parts OF the civilized world, % we'll a. t.
New Jersey, by the old-fashioned st.ees
These stages tan crowded, and there w,
generally . contest for seats. Governo,
Thomas Corwin was to leave Middle
burg ct midnight for tho State capital il
. stage. To secure the best seat thi,
hamorist at up ell uight. IIe was uo'
alone, for he had bottle Of choice old
whisky to keep him company. lilo tried
tho whisky, he said, plain. Iio then had il
mado in'o y mint julep, after he had dis
ouasod it in the shape Of smash
About IL O'Clock ho thought = cocktail
would add variety to this spico Of life
Thus he washed down with hot punch, and
then 1t midnight, just a. be heard the
stage :attle in, he took I'LL that was lefj
" str~ight."
Seizing bis carpet sack and oyercos,
he rushed out to find crowd around the
sage, and without saying word, but in 4
great hurry, buleed il and ensoonsed him
selt in ono corner apoa 10 baek ssat HI
toll asleep coaQeenlsting hinoolf upoa
having been % fort1nate. and had q dim
dreamy consciousness Of tho stage rolling
away. .l:.5.Ia t4--
Wbea he again .wakened tho stsss W,
1t stand'still the curtains were III dowu
windows up; but enough daylight eanei II
to satisfy him that the institution had
done broke " sumo time since. He hasti.
lys arted up, and, dropping ono Of liz
wlndoxe, wss perfectly smaset to 6nd
himself in tho wagon. yard Of . hotel. I've
hogs were getting their dinner out Of .
manure heap, while meiasoholy COW
Stood chewing her oud, while working boz
tail to keep it i. practice for Ay.time: A
lazy hostler was entertaining himself With
. pitoh:ork. A further NOE Of the eur.
roandings satisded Governor Corwin that
he was in the rear of Muddlebure Hotel.
and that he had been there from y O'Clock
tho night before. Corwin WAS . man of
genius, and it did not take him long to
discover tho cause of this extraordinary
result He had goa into stage that had
come IN, instead Of going out. The people
about this leathafn convenience, when he
himself thought a. hs learned
afterward, that he was passenger in
search Of sn umbrella, or some other srti.
Gle, left behind.
The Governor opened the door of tho
stage very softly. He 'crept out trying to
Eel that, ~ he said subsequently,, bis skin
hung loose on him. He could not escape.
however, tho eyes of the hoetler, who ax.
claimed in some astonishment:
"Hello, Governor, did they forget and
leave ye, in der stage?"
"There, there, my man." answered Cor
win, giving him = silver dollar, aYou
keep your ay trap shnt OF they'll be y
death in your family"
Fore God" exclaimed the hostler, a.
Corwin walked away, "Dat's most stron.
Rry; the Governor done forgot in q stage
coach.
Corwin walked to the hotel, deposited
his carpet-sack and coat behind tho first
door he encountered, and then sauntsred
into tho breakfast-room, trying to assume
IN air Of man Who had not slept in =
all mig int. While discussing
The oiled sole leather aud muddy Coffee
for which American people p.y hotel
prices, friend on the other s;ds Of tho
table, looking up suddenly exclaimed:
Why, Governor, thought you left for
The capital Last night" = ~ ..-s..
"Well, exclaimed Corwin, with ono Of
The whimsical looks with which he vas
wont to set the table in roar, II vas
aoder that impression myself"
"tiot leh, did you ?"
"Yes, believe l was good deal LOFT"
"How was that Governor ?"
*Ses hero. my friend" exclaimed
corwin, carefully depositing his knife and
ork on each ads Of his plate a. If they
vere articles Of value, IL you will con-
ent not to press further investigation On
bat sabjee3 l win preseatyour Wiie with
J bonnet more like ! coal scutale than any
now in market. Hyou doa't oonsent;n he
'ontinued with wild energy, seizinE his
ork, " I'll murder you"
Tho story, however, wss too god for
Tom to keep to himself, and for years after
70 was in tie habit Of telliag how he slept
q stable yard, and sttzib sted it Ill 10
ONO very bad whisksy that ths Hon. Sal
,non ID NhaaA had r,svHs hs.>: =