The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-12-20

struggled for the mastery as he
yelled out, No sir; I'm minister.
We'll, said ], you needn't get
mad. Nobody would ever believe
it unless you told 'em So
Then told him on close inspec-
ton that he did look like minister |
"a minister of tho penitentiary-l
and I asked him what he was do |
ing with those cards.
He said they were not cards, |
they were blank tickets for the |
Sunday school library.
Then said I, what might your
name be!
Said he, Barnes
Then I said, with smile, There
are lots of barnes all over the coun-
try. amt there?'
To this day he has never answer
ed that question. He moved into
another car.
Back of me sat a little boy. He
had half ticket. The conductor
punchcdit. said to him: is that
boy obliged to have whole ticket
to travel on this train?'
He said, No
well, said I. hes got one
He han't' said he.
I'll bet you, said /. Tt was a
half ticket until you punched it;
that made a hole one
He intimated he would punch
me- so we didn't continue to con-
verse.
I moved over next to fellow
who was devoid of a nose. 'Ahem,'
said I, case of mahem?'
No. he said, my dorg chewed it
last July
'Ah!' said I, mot mayhem, but
Julyhen, he?
BE you from York! said he.
L am, said I.
DO you know Smith, said lie.
sSmith?' said I; what Smith?'
No, not Watt Smith, but Mister
Smith; he keeps store down there.
He was surprised when I told
him I never heard of him
'Hewer of water and chopper of
grass I exclaimed. what is your
biz?'
He said he was a miller.
Gin miller? said I.
No, SIR said he, 4 conduct a
well regulated Christian saw mill.
'Ah, said I, you are Millerite,
then. Just then I made some
further remarks. / observed the
country looked fine.' I didn't ex-
actly know how the country ought
to look to look fine, but I hit it
right, for he said, Yes and he said
we were passing through a dairy
country.
DO they run trains at night
through q dairy country?' I asked
sweetly.
He said yes, and said they made
mighty good cheese in that section,
I related to him how i didn't like
mighty good cheese; then I told
him truth was mighty and would
prevail, and cheese was mitety, and
that was prevailing to a considera
BILE extent, too
Then we stopped for grub, an6
I was served with piece of thu
steak old John Rodgers was burned
at, and it was burned ten per cent
worse than he was. and tougher
than boiled pump handle on toast
The proprietor asked me if 1 hat
been served, I told him yes, I hat
been served darned meanly.
When I got into the cars agail
the Millerite observed, the pen j,
mightier than the sword I toll
him this wasn't the case with no,
pen. Then we communed abou
the grass crop. He said it wa
much troubled with ground hogs
so am l. said L; where ] boar,
we are annoyed to death with 'en
all winter
why said he, do you hav
ground hogs in York;
Yes, said I, lots of 'em; we ca
'em sassages.
For the space of five minutes h
bowed his head and wept.
AS soon as he got through weeI
. ing I told him I had recently visit
ed New England, and how polifi
everything was up there; and I OF
served to him how for miles alone
side of the railroads the telega1
poles had sprouted and were beal
ing apples, ounces, musk melon,
huckelberries and bananas.
.No!' said he.
Yes said L.
Then he rose and said, Wash,
thought you were dead
My name isn't Wash, said I.
Excuse me, SIR said he; I cal
ed you Wash because you remin
me so strongly Of George Wssl
: ington who did it with his hatche
the man who never told a lie
f Says /, Sir, it's lucky you ain
? q nigger, for if you were, I woul
. kill you, sir, and let your family 6
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