Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-17

oil New England and New York have
taken the matter in hand and made it the
duty of conductors to exercise a strict
and careful surveillance over these train
boys, allowing them to pass through the
cars Just so many times over a given
road' OF distance, and if they 60 oftener
they are dismissed. So there will be
some peace and rest for passengers on
these roads, for which they will be verv
grateful TO the oficials.
Concerning conductors, too much that
is complimentary cannot be written or
spoken. As rule, they are a noble
worthy, kind hearted, sympathizing, ps-
tient class of men; the latter virtue. es
pecially. has daily full and severe test
OF its capacity-allowed to have its per
feet work, when one considers the endless
variety and number of questions they are
asked, the amount of information thev
are expected to be able to contribute
sort OF travellers encyclopedia In the
tens OF thousands Of miles Of travel il bas
bee my good fortune TO have enjoyed
l have met with but one iI-natured. nm
gentlemanlY conductor, and upon inqui-
ry. found he waslnot regularly appoint
ed only transient doubt If the same
need OF pralse could be awarded to any
other equally numerous and responsible
class of foflelals. wish could say as
much of baggage smashers
1t is frequently remarked that q rail-
way train is good place tostudy hu-
man nature and especially the accommo-
dating spirit or its conFerse-sel6shness
The latter, particularly. has its best ex-
emplihcation on night train. Watch
the passengers who may be sitting up,
just before a town is reached, and how
quickly many will drop down into an
easy position and be sound asleep in less
than a minute, each occupying, perhaps,
two, three, or even four seats, when only
one is paid for. and the new arrivals are
compelled oft-times TO walk through q
train before a seat can be found. Ionce
saw man, although doubled up like a
jack-knife, who occupied four seats, and
besides his pedal appendsges loosely
dangled over the arm piece of the seat
and half across the aisle-making the
conductor dodge every time he passed.
But I don't know as gentlemen are anv
more selfish than ladies, in this particular.
in fact think not quite 50 much SO, for 1
have certainly seen more offhe unsccom-
mo Ods.ing spirit in the latter than in the
former Some, know, who would not
only take all the law allows, but would
seemingly wish that it took four thirds
to make wholel Generally speaking,
however, think the difference is only q
matter Of form; in car travel, the former
can more easily adapt themselves to cir
cumstances, which the latter by sheer
necessity from dress, cannot assume. The
latter believe in 'isquatter sovereignty"
and the former in .'pre-emption privi-
ieges," so far as adjusting themselves TO
the seats is concerned. That is about
the difference fwixt tweedIe dunn and
tWeedle dee r
In the front of the car to my left, sita
young lady and gentleman. She is about
sweet SIXTEEN" a perfect blonde, and
pretty of course, and fascinating, espe-
ciallY 10 the young man at her side. He
is perhaps eighteen, slight OF figure, me
dium height, and. withal. rather preposr
sessing IN appearance. He is nursing
his first moustache. evidently, and parts -
his hair in the middle, a fact which re-
minds me of saying once made, L think
by Judge KennoH, who, on . certain oc-
casion was led to make remark about
one who had adopted the sans habit
viz, at was good thing for him that
he had hair to part, for he usually found
such persons had not enough brains to
otherwise occupy their tineI" As they
sit Wis avis. haYe q good opportunity
to see, as well as hear Like most of the
sex, she can put in six words 10 his one,
and she is evidently making many witty
and nice remarks-"perfeetly stunning
to him, and to sll within = halEcar
length, and she seemingly designs to be
heard by all around her, as well as by
her AdOnis. Did you never sit in 8 con-
cert or lecture room for hour preced-
ing, and have, somewhere within rod
or two ofyou, perhaps, some lady, who
fancies herself model of esthetic cul-
ture, who would chatter away as rapidly
and boisterously as possible, imagining
her fair speeches and witty sallies were
appreciated by all those around hsr-ev-
identity taking particular pains to snlight-
en- and entertain the audience until the
exercises appointed eommencedf You
never had such an experienced Happy
man if you have not been thus bored.
Four seats directly in front of me sits
one of "ye ancient maiden ladyes"-Ons
in the "sere and yellow lesfn of exist
ence, of whom it might truly be said,
The melancholy days have come, the
saddest ot-my life;" one who, has out
lived, socially, her generation, for her set
have all heen marnsd long ago, and now
she affects cOqpsAish. girlish ways and
manners, and attempts to go in sets Of
those who might sppEopriasely.se far as
age u concerned. call her Gear mother
One whose daily psalm Of life, iR pincF
key, for many long year, has heen=
sTAsf IA he ststs I long have soaghb
And vsiis3 lonE, bat fe1nd him pot
GlSa ; ooor ne an not thought
.Worshy I place u sons yaFa heArtg"
Thar is not sxaaElTe Roqses version.
nor LOAglsllow's smooshly-aOWlng num-
Oers, but Il Is to the point ana answers
my purpose. She is evidently weary and
travel-worn and wishes rest. s6on.Ehs
adjusts satehel and shawl In one end Ot
the seat and lies doWn-but not to sleep
or rest very much, Ter in about iEe min
pies she reyerses poslhon 70 the other
ead of the seat Well. tAst does not suit
very long, aud she changes to the other
togeiher-aud tries age
and so within . halfhouf rsYerses post
ton i've times. only to 6nd both ends OF
he seat the hardest, and q length sits
boil, nprivht-the picture ef diseppoiRt-
neut arspaar and disgusiI and evidently
,mothe5iags small tempest Of indignsr
lion. And qucried thussy-Whether