Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-06-27
Catching the Early Train.

MAX ADELER, writing in the Saturday
ErsHiHg Post, says:
One of the greatest delights Of board
ing in the country for the summer is the
pleasure n man derives from his efforts to
catch the early morning train by which he
must reach the city and his business.
When he gets out of bed he looks at his
watch and finds that he has plenty of
time so he dresses leisurely, and sits down
to breakfast in a calm and serene state OF
mind. just as he cracks his first egg, he
hears the up train. He starts, jerks out
his watch, compares it with the clock,
and finds that it is eleven minutes slow,
and that he has only four minutes left in
which to get to the depot In a fearful
hurry he tries to sc op the egg out of the
shell, but it burns his fingers, the skin is
tough, and after foOling with it moment
ii mashes into a hopeless mess, and he
gets his fingers smeared; he drops the
whole concern in disgust, grabs roll,
scalds his tongue with "A quick mouthtul
OF coffee then he stuffs tie roll in his
mouth. while his wife hands him his
satchel and tells him she thinks she hears
the whistle. He plunges madly round the
room looking for his umbrella; then kiss
es his wife as he can, with all that un-
swallowed bread distending his checks,
says goOd-by to the children in lump,
and makes IA dash for the door. just as
he gets to the gate he finds that he has
| forgotten his dustn", and he charges back
after it, snatches 1t up, and tears down the
| gravel walk in u frenzy. He doesn't like
to run through the village, because that
would look undignitied, but he walks fu
| riously. He goes faster and faster. Half
way down he does hear the whistle fol
certain. He wants to run, but he know,
that he will start up that yellow dog there
by the sidewalk if he does. Then he &c
tually sees the train coming il
at the depot, and he feel
that he must make a rush. Ill
does. The yellow dog becomes eXciteC
and tears after him. Six other dogs joil
in the chase, and bark furiously, and froli
around his legs. Small boys contribute
to the excitement by whistling on thei
fingers, and the men at work on the ney
Westinghouse knock off to look at hin
and laugh. He feels ridiculous, but h
must catch the train. He gets desperat
when he has to slacken up until two o
three women, who are on the sidewal
discussing the servant-girl question an
the price of butter scatter to let him pass
lie arrives within one hundred yards c
the depot, with duster flying in the wine
coat.taiis horizontal and the yellow do
nipping at his heels, just as the train bC
gins to move. He puts on extra pressure
and resolves to make that train or perisl
lie reaches it as the last car is going pas
He seiZes the hand-rail, is violently jerke
around once or twice, but finally lands o
the step on his knees and is hauled in b
the coat collar by the brakesman, no
, mad, dusty, with his trousers torn acros
the knees, shins bruised, and three ribs
: his umbrella broken. Just as he gets con
? fortably into the car, the train stops, back
) up on the siding and lays there for ha
+. an hour while the engineer fixes a broke
g valve. Then he is madder than ever an
| determines that he will move in town L
r morrow, while he looks out of the windo
I and watches the dogs that followed hi
, engaged in a contest over bone whiC
a the yellow dog found on the platform
5 the station; and he registers a silent vo
I to devote his first holiday to hunting I
c that dog and Draining him with club.
/ "A company has been formed in Ne
), ! York City for the manufacture of artiici
j butter the principal ingredient Of whiC
y is beef fat or suet This is put into orc
l. nary meat choppers and minced fine.
o is afterward placed in boiler with
c much water in bulk as itself, A steaI
/, pipe is introduced among the particles
r the suet, and they are melted. The !
II fuse or membrane goes TO the bottom
IS the water, the oily substance floats and
L removed This latter consists Of butt
II matter and stearine. A temperature