New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-09
TROUBLES OF A TIChET-CLERk.

often wonder if any of the many people
who have need of my services IN ny Oh
fetal capacity would care 10 know any.
thing of the pleasures and troubles attend
ant upon being booking. Jerk. | think
might say, without tea! OF contradiction.
that there is net more harassIng, I'M
thankful bdsiness than mine. 10 have 10
stand all day long the coarse chat ana
abuse the attempts at traud. and the cross
examination ct querulous people: anu "hth
the days work is over, 10 have to make uD
books and money amidst noise and CON
fusion compared to which the Tower OF
Babel must have been quite peaceful. am
employed at owe of the largest metropolitan
stations at d salary or twenty-five shllllngs
per week; and | think that by the time
the reader has got to the end OF my nara
tive he will say that money was never
! more fairly earned. But come and accom-
pany pe one day. ! arrive ut the once at
! live o'clock. and after checking the ac-
| counts and money OF the clerk who was on
! duty last night. | open the window 10 book
| the U0rkman's train. The office smells
, most offensvely-the gas, turned down low.
! - left - burn all night. the smell OF hsu
! which itinerant vendors are gong to take
! down hy the train. the smell OF stale tODaC-
. co. and the sulphur from the engines. all
! CON bine to salute my U.IaCtorE organs. a
| workman Is Tue uESt az sOlLt Ht's 'h' tN
! H." He has the end OF his saw peep
! ING out OF his basket uncovered. and say
! You must cover that saw before a!!"
/ you the ticket.
! You railway people are "erv particular
| And so saving takes his ticket and passes
! on. A porter now makes his appearance,
ACCOMPANIED Ey IN elderly female, WHO is
! gcstivulating widely. She has some excess
OF luggage to pay Tor (which. by the way
! consists Of herrings and haddocks. ana :
! highly indignan, al having t0urpence To
nav. and demanded to know whether wish
! to see her in d workh0use. ! politely reply
! that hope not. but pom: out that unless
| she pays her wares viii not DE allowed tC
! 90 by the train. This convincing argument
! causes her to find the necessary :ourpence
! which she pays. descai.ting all the TIME
| up0n the vOracIty and cNtOrtIon OF railways
! generally, and this one IN Particular. and
! after booking few more people OF thIs
! class. close the window for ten minutes
| and get d cup o. coffee. which. while am
| discussing with bread and butter. | am
, broken IN upon by porter.
! ..Tou'U have 10 take another ticket
! STAY: turn your umbrella upside down.
She does so, and the ticket falls out. she
unes away muttering. but whether thanks
| or not / can not tell. The horse loader
! row comes up, accompanied by man who
| VII. hes to book Il horse 70 L.. have tC
,ak. eSS I'd, and am very much pressed
! for ;IGe, What with other passengers and
; oth. horses: and This man, seeing as he
; :niH a favorable opportunity. puts :
..rtI ng down head side upward. Blu:
! W. .ptly reject il. | was not so fortunate
| las. race time, for then they managed tt
! ma 2 tarthng on me for halt sovereign
in she hurry of business. which had t.
III. Ike good. My last passenger Is d crusty
! old gentleman, who is annoyed at having
| been kept waiting for FIVE minutes.
please. Mr.. E.. how do you charge
for Rabbits"
s.How are they packed: II one in a ham
! per. charge ordinary dog rate: if severa! IL
a hamper ur hutch. charge ordinary parce
rates
IAN RICH. sir. And Mrs Walters hal
brought half a hundred weight of German
sausages How am to charger
"Oh. we've got special rate for them
hall parcel rate
! have Just finished my breakfast. broker
n it has been by repeated calls at the In
quirT window mot to mention a woman
who has been tapping on the ledge Wi b !
coin of some sort all the while). and opel
the window 90 book the parliamentary, ny
first passenger is the before mentioned Ole
lady. who is in high state Of nervousness
and saws: - want party ticket TO s.
mine snd thTeepence hsltpenny. ma am
| After dropping her purse with all he
money on the floor. and managing witt
difficulty to pick it up, she pays me IS 9i4d
and can not be made to understand tina
she has to pay me another sixpence.
| 1--WE given you what you asked nr
havn'tI3 How much more do you want
| "Sixpesce, ma am
"That will make it rs Gig
| "No; don't you see that coin is form
"GOd bless my soul, SO it il. Here's tn
sixpence; and where do change!"
AT Muddieby and Stoke POgis, madam.
"Hov long before the train starts
! Twelve minutes"
"Do YOU know how for it is :rcn s. t
CT"
mo. madam, DO not
'When is there = return train IRON y
to-day :"
And, after consulting time table. in
form her that the tram returns at 1ort,
minutes past three, when she leaves. ate
keeping me just ak minutes booking her
-7hile the passengers behind are outlying
swearing and joking at mt. Very $40" 10
vounl: man II don't think he's quiz
awake yet" These and similar remarh
| are made by the rest of the passengers: 4
man applies for party to b. l ihII p
! him that there is no party to E. Ina
there is third class, tut no party "n'eH
| he can not understand.
I'm sure I've had party 20 b %
! FORE