The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-02-24
Russian Railroad Accommodations.
A correspondent OF the Cleveland
Leader thus relates "Reminiscences Of
European railway travel

/ A correspondent OF the Cleveland
I Leader thus relates a reminiscence ol
European railway travel
/ 1 was on my way from st. Peters
3 burg TO WARSAW, snl happened to be
thrown in company with Orange
Judd, proprietor OF the american
Z AgricUltJfrist, his family and the Rev
DR.. Chase. The passenger cars in
which we were seated were = little
dirtier and less comfortable than the
poorest smoking cars on American
rOEds (; but they were the best we
could get, perhaps the best the com.
| pAny had, and we accepted them
without murmur of com paint. We
were trundling along at a slow gait,
occasionally stopping at Polish vii
lsge to take on 3 passenger, the
Americans wed ged in like 50 many
herTings, and monOpOiiZilg one end
OF the car, where We whiled away the
time by singing YanKee Doodle.
About the middle of the night our
train stopped at little Polish town.
the uBpronouncable name of which
was composed OF cne poor little
vowel, shut up in the midst of seven
eOnsOnants, and here we were sum-
moned to get out. The Russian Of
| fcel OF the road addressed rs in
French and conducted US as politely
as possible into a commOdlOus freight
car, Where we were to continue our
journey. Mr.. Judd was accompanied
by his wife and three or four children,
all worn out with travelling from
Mini Novgorod to Moscow and st.
Petersburg, aud the tirescms excita-
ment Of sightseeing. To them this
sudden adversity was 8 bitter blow.
The Rev. Mr.. Chase supported it with
as much meek e0mposure as be would
have listened to chapter Of Richard
Baxter's saints Everlasting r sst.n
Upon the brow Of Mr.. Orange Judd
seemed to be traced in large eharae-
tiers the words that Dante found over
the entrance to He'll: abandon
hope all ye who enter here" His
amiable lady submitted herself meek
ly to the yoke, Seating herself on
the floor in a corner, the heads OF her
younger children pillOwed on her lap,
she accommodated herself to the stu
alton with true Christian meekness.
Mr.. Judd did not show any such spir-
it. Thrusting both hands into the
cApaelous depths Of his pockets, and
posting himself against the side of the
car, ne stood there as if contemplating
the structure of the floor of the car,
only opening his mouth to say: "Td
like to apply my boot to that eondue-
tor"
Mr.. Orange Judd is known to be q
man OF extraordinary energy aud en-
terprise. At the outbreak Of the war
he dashed into the army as il driven
there by the impulsion Of the strong
wave Of popular indignation against
the innocent" people who only wan
ted to be let alone. His excellent
business capacities caused him to be
placed in the commissary department
where he worked aud toiled and ae-
complished more than any one man
out of a million could have accom-
plished. Mr.. Judd is q wealthy man
and has made donations of thousands
OF dollsrs-some as high as $4,000
| think to educational establish
ments. He has at different times
been the owner or principal owner of
two weekly journals Of national rep
utatiOn, and he has the will, energy.
intelligence and wealth to take hold
of any enterprise and make it succeed.
Yet I believe Mr.. Judd was never so
desirous to do anything as to kick
that conductor. As watched him,
he gritted his teeth, ,scowled, shook his
head and muttered, "Pd like to kick
that CONDUCTOR
Then the Hon. Rev. Mr.. Chase
paused in his walk, and remarked
al dare say the conductor acted in ac-
cordance with his instructions" But
Mr.. Judd never went back Of the con-
ductor to look for the really guilty
party. That would have required an
examination Of evolution, of the prog
ress of Polish society, and he might
have gone back to the days when the
poor, unhappy ever murdered King
of Denmark "smOts the sledded Pol
lock on the iee." Mr.. Judd would
not do this. He wanted to kick
somebody at oncs. l could see his
toes move in his boots, and expected
every minute to see his feet fly up
and come in contact with the good
Mr.. Chase the only man present
who did not think the conductor
ought to be shot down on the spot
destination, and Judd departed from
the car surrounded by his family, his
wish to find comfortable accommoda-
tiOns for his wife and children tam
pOrarily triumphing over his desire to
kick that conductor. I tIlked with
half 3 dozen railroad men at Warsaw
bout this transaction, but none of
them considered it anything remarka-
BILE, nor saw any particular reason for
Indignation.
The next morning, when L awoke
in East st. Louis, after having passed
a pleasant night in the sleeping car,
felt very happy to think was not in
Poland or any part OF Europe. Here
you can travel thousands OF miles
without any such outrageous abuse of
power as we experienced in Poland;
and don't believe that Judd, were
he to travel through this country fifty
years, would ever want to kick con-
ductOr.