The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-01
PREDICANENT

eihci, boHouiy, arrived IN
Buffalo at 3 a. M, Thursday. He had
come from Chicago, and was SLEEPING
soundly. He was to stop in Buffalo.
and had taken a Buffalo sleeper that he.
might not be disturbed until DAYLIGHT
The arrival of the train in the eitv with
the noises Incidental to a prosperous
depot partly awoke him, but he was
dropping off to sleep again when a voice
II the berth below sung ont ia the berth
opposite, Jim, where is If ?" What's
that?. said the party NAMED Jim.
Where's the stuff" asked the voice
below Mr.. Perker. This MADE Mr. Per.
ker vexed. He knew it was against the
etiquette Of a sleeping-car to talk in ar.
audible tone, and he felt ike putting
his head over the berth and glarine
down upon the colloquial party below
him. His intentions we're unknown to
the lower-berth man, and he repeated
his request with greater JUNCTION while
Mr.. Perker vibrated his teeth. But the
stuff was now forthcoming. and the
silence was almost Immediately dis
turhed again by a gurgling sonnd that
under more favorable circumstances
might have been grateful to Mr.. Per
kers ear. As it was, it irritated and
annoyed him beyond all control. He
was about to serene out his disapproba-
ton of the proceeding when the party
below hailed the porter with this ques-
ton, When vii! we reach New York,
porter" Mr.. Perker picked up his
ears. He was about to get I'd OF his
tormenters and at a great Inconvenience
to themselves. He almost laughed out
right as he anticipated the porter's
answer, Late this afternoon, SIR"
said the porter. Mr.. Perker could
hardly credit his hearing. lie ran his
head out into the passage-way and ex-
citedly cried, "Don't this Car stop over
here in Buffalo 2" "No, SIR" said the.
porter. And as if in confirmation of his
statement, the locomotive bell sounded
and the car moved. No pen can de
scribe the unfortunate predicament Mr..
Perker was now in. He had OH pretty
much all of his clothes. But there was
no time to lose. He jumped ont from
under the covers of mis- berth with q
vehemence that prompted the man I'M
der him to seek the floor i'll s most pre-
cipitate manner. He grabbed for his
coat IN the peg and tore ii from the
hold, caught his vest next, in the same
way, and succeeded in getting hold of
his pants. The train was now moving
at a sharp gait, and Mr.. Perker, with
his arms full OF clothes, and his feet
~entangled in the curtains, WIS perspir-
ing at every pore, ard vainly and even
profanely seeking his boots. A. the in
stigation Of the most equally excited
passengers Mr.. Perker gave up search
ing for his boots, and ran out On the
platform, in his shirt and drawers, and
bounded off into the brilliantly lighted
and exactly in front of Il German
pos ter who was SO excited by the sud
den event OF the apparition, that he
tumbled completely over apileof trunks,
and seriously hurt the back of his head.
Mr.. Perker lost his balance on striking
the depot, and was obliged to u some
thirty feet before he could recove from
the impetus of the landing. The boots
were tossed off the car q few yards be-
low him, and recovered by one of the
porters, and Mr.. Perker was taken int
the baggage oom to dress himself. The
baggage master says he has been a rail-
road man for thirty-four years, but he
heard such tiuency of valuable
language rs Mr.. Perker exhibited while
getting into his clothes.-Danbmy
NGUs.