Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-03-21
Vol. XVIII. Whole No. 1896. No. l2
How the Account was SQUARED.

The Cincinnati Times prints the FOL
wing from it, Fat Contributor:
Let me relate m incident of travel
that occurred when I was n frisky Young
man with y fnndncss for nng ladies'
society. Understand me. have no dis
taste for vouuD ladies' society row. but
they don't seem tc banker so much for
niue as they did. saw twenty yea $ ago.
This j. natural enough: don't blame
thcm-onlv thcy don It know what ihev
are missing. A friend and myself got
mn board the express train one afternoon
to ma n short "trip. The car we en-
red was full. Only one vacant seat in
fact. and that was nlongsi 'e of verv
charming Young lady. Friend and !
each made n dash for the very desirable
vacant seat. IL isn't a fair hing to do,
aS general thing. 10 trip y friend but
il was allowable ruder The circumstances
aud gave him just the slightest trip ia
the word. just enough To enable me to
get the start of him aud obtain the GOV.
cred seat. Nv friend took seat OF the
wood box. and looked disco ISOLATE
enough. think added to his disc IN
fort BY certain triumphan. winhs, mods.
and motions in which in 'ulged. The
Nou < lHtlN WAS AIttHCilNe, ntIiI some
casual remarks were dropped on Que
side or the otncr--vouug folks will drop
remark occasionally. n d are more
ready To pick il up again than old ones
afforded an opportunity to glide ca lily
and pleasantly into conversation. She
was witty and spriyhllv. and grew un-
usually brilliant; that is, to the best of
INV recollection II this somewhat remote
u. f -. - a
mldder AN ever At length we reached
a station where tho train stopped "A mo-
mcnt M friend abdicated the wood
box ana rushed out on the platform -
Suddenly he returned. and com ny
quickly 10 me seized me by the collar
and said in tone heard all through the
car: 'Qlck now; get right of here =
You can get "a job here Just as we as
not. They tell me there i only one
,hocmakcr in the place. AMI lots at work.
50 take Your Kit and get off before the
train starts. M use oi looking any fur
rhef for work. Trampirg all around
the country for Job OF snoclnaking
wont pav. Take work where YOU aud
it. That, my mott IIcaimost forced
me out ct the seat with his vehemcnrc.
and il hadn't made vigorous resist
aucc he would have had me out Oh the
platform. The Young lady gave me one
book Of supreme disgust tramping
jour. shoemaker - then directed hcr
gaze out oi the window, and kept It
there for thu remainder OF the journey.
NJ friend remuuutcd The wood-box. and
INDUCED IN such u series of hendi>h
2rinS aud malignant chuckles as would
have justified me in hurting him from
tlYs car, only | was too siupetict bv the
proceeding to proceed aga nSi him. -
When lett The car the Young lady look
cd TO see II hadp't forgotten nv Kit,
and | am satisfied she tiiou.'lt has got
oil to kick Tor / 30 as they say IN
shoemaker parlance.
DIrLoHACY IiERE ANp ELsEwnErE.-
The discussion on the Alabama claims,
aud the CItacaAv mnddle, seem very
clearly 10 have established "a the Euro
pclu nina Two things, both oi whi.h
were somewhat doubtful before. The
lir-ti~ HAT America ha, a race OF diplo-
mats Ia every scn~e worthy the ia re;
and the second that diplomatic diffi III
ties and u gotIaiions which occur III
America awaken the prolnunde,t inter
c>t and disturbance in Europe. 1t is
true hat he London Spec ntorpclulanI-
ly said. oulv the olNcr day. apropo, OF
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