The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-28

! lltkabAgE MACu We Ats 10 Alstio NVN u q
the other side of UIeensburg, seven bum
mel got Ia the same car WAS 10, and on
sAed me where | Mas going. l Iuid lin
/ | MAS going TO Plg,sburs; be said shoui
not, bat stop al Gr0ensburg, there Is
good stop there-iI IS n homo lOr tummer'
al Jhc uummvrs stop there and stay owe
night but told ham | would not stop ol
Tins side ~ Putsburg n / had 10 walk lE
but they all got cut and | laid down an,
went ~ sleep. " hen l awOke l Was n
Pittsburg, / went into house and aske,
"a Nouiau whether she would Geep mo oYo
night | told her Was willing 10 pa
ny nights lodging but they were poor
she sand, aud had Onjy room enough 10
her own family and hardly that. but sh
I said l should 20 down on Penn street
there were lots OF boarding houses there
| went down ana went into house bu
the lady said she had no room that sh,
WAS iull, or she would willingly keep m,
over night she then said | should x
down 10 James McUariy, man who lIV
| ed on the next square, | went down Ant
asked him. ana he kept me over night iol
IS e.s. had good warm bed, but Il
was pretty dirty, but nevertheless / Slep
| we'll lill morning. ] then got up and
went IN Il lunch room and got glass U
/ milk and shpiece Of bologna and finished
nv breakfast on q lot Of cakes which a Ia.
dy gave ms tor i've cenIs-l mad half lelt
| NV breakfast cost about 10 cents. then
went down street 10 the wharf aud asked .
| captain 10 let me hire 10 work my Way
down the river but u was coal barge
and they hired all negroes, and he said hs
didn't want any fellow 10 work with the
niEgSrs, but lie said he would take me
down Tor half fare; but l did not have
enough money SO went over The river Il
the Pan Handle road ana Jumped on q
| freight anu rJue 10 Iempurance.loEg And
Ihey stopped aud brakeman told me u
&c. uIi, which | did, bat when ., started
got an again and rode down 10 the mex.
station, NimicS, the train then swltchv j
some cars and weit back - Pitts burg. \
hummer then overlook me and We WAlk,
Ell down through Sheridan, Ingram, Graf.
ton, lakewood, North Mansfield, Mans
tsld, Fort Pit, Walkers Mill, Hay
Gregg. Oukdale. 20 NoblesIown. l then
wrote you postal and the other fellow
went on 10 Mcdonald. ! waited and got
on freight and rode 10 Willow Groye, ]
Il en- walked through to Mcdonald / then
fought ticket 10 Sseubenvlile, ONO.
got there about nine O'Clock, =. m. ltheu
got between tue baggage cars and rode 10
miles 20 Bloomfield, where the fireman
watched me and sept me of | w nj
about 50 yards and came 10 u steam pump
used 10 pump water ilto large hogsheAds
10 hll the engine tenders. l went 10 the
door and asked the engineer how far u
was 10 Cylumo bus, he ripped cut an oath
and said, 'lSl miles, you have deYIl %
ways, says he, come IL and stay with
me tonight. | went in and be cot me /,
bucket OF warm water and / took a good
.wA than ht. aA N ( | hnn-
gry, | told him ! was not. / siAid TIL ii
o clock when freight came along and
took water and l went back and got in Al
empty box car and laid down and went 10
sleep and when | got awake | found the
train was standing still. got out and
went into the ticket Office and got warm
ec ] asked the ticket AGent what the
name Of tee town Yss and hc Said IL was
DsnniEOn-and il was I0O miles 20 Col
umbus. ! then started down Town 20 get
a loaf OF bread and so did the train but u
did not want any bread so / ran and goi
IN the same old box car and rode good
while, | th-n LAID down again and when
| 20. awake il was broad daylight. | was
lying on the siding in Columbus. l got
ou, snd went down town and gotta Loaf OF
bread uEs ,tsrivt back again, but when !
got back the tram vas gone. Ihcn start
tQ GOWN kib 4hAAf "AAkEN ~AN~h ttAAH =
mile and what did / see but the same old
car; ran aud got in and rode 80 miles
and then walked - miles to CenlTeville
il rGined on me and was wet, 50 | went
TO the station TO dry myself; there were
three boys sitting in there and they got 70
talking with me, and one fellow named
Lytle said | must 20 home with him and
star sll night so | went and had q warm
place 10 sleep in the morning / got 4
good warm meal for breakfast and then be
sAid / should stay Till morning and iha'
MS father said he was going 10 get pass
| from Bob Cummin., the General ticket
| gent 10 take me 10 Indianapolis. In the
afternoon Pennsylvania named hornel
came over 10 Lyle and ssld must come
| and stay all night with bin. | went ov"i
and his excellent family tresied me like i
prince and gave ne supper, breakfast and
= good warm bed. AiIsr supper helped
the girls 70 do their sums, and then w
played domino2s till bed time. He hac
only two boys, and they ye!o both littl'
fellows, and four girls, one Of them yai
older than me and one was nearly tbs
same age Of me ; the other two wer'
younger before We played dominoes th'
! girls wanted me 10 dance with them-lhr
was all on Sunday evening mind, Anc
when ! told them | could not dance, they
| laughed and said II was very strange, thA
| there were boys IN town younger than ms
| who danced at balls. The next day Mr.
| Homer bought my coins and gAyo mt
| twenty five cents more 10 bgy me some
| thing to eat then went over TO Mr.
! Lytle and be gave me pass, but missed
| the train and bad TO wait till lOp. m.
/ then went over % the station got on tn,
| train and got INTO Indianapolis about m id
/ night On the way man sat in my sea
and got 10 talking with me and then h'
gave ma good advice ana G5 cts. / thci
/ had 81 II. They change GERS at Indian
apnlis. 20 ! went and got on the othc
/ train when the conductor came around
asked him how much the fare was TO Ha
wanna, be said 50 90, but be said that
\ would have q change cars az Champagne
| and the fare 10 there was 81 30. l tolC
| him / would give all the money | bad ant
! be should take me Rs far as the none,
| would reach be took It and said be wOulC
take me 10 Champagne and be gave me /
| cents back 10 get some hing TO eat--h'
| said we got 10 Champagne about day ligh
and then / mi,sed the freight that come
/ 10 HaVAnna. so / started on foot, / walk
ed TO. Deland. q miles from Champaign
and stopped at the office the operate
talked with me n while and then hske,
me IL had anything 10 eat-l told him
| bad not he then wrote me an order ant
told ma 10 20 10 bis boarding house ant
get sunb su per told him ! wHs no
hungry and did not want anything. Whei
be went TO close his Office be asked M
where intended TO sleep that night
told him il was not very cold and that
intended 10 sleep IN a box car on som
corn that's sheiied and was In the car
but be said | should 20 with him, b
thought Mr.. BRUCE would let me sleep Il
the stable. / went with him up 10 a stor
where we met Mr.. Bruce, he looked a
Bruce, winkrd and asked him whether b
would let me sleep in the stable. and sal
he would. The operator went in the st0r
and ! went with Mr.. Bruce, he said
might come In the house awhile, so
went in and his wife gave me some waite
to wash myself When | washed sh
took me in the dining room and gave ~
good supper, she made me eat after SUP
per. said j was very much obliged
| them, / was sleepy and would 20 10 bed
He said / should wait till he lit the lar
tern and he would show me the way up o
the NOW, he went out and after a BIT b
came in with lamp aud told me TO TAX
off nv boots, hat and coat and follow hin
did, and he took Inc up and put me IN
nice clean bed. In the morning he mad
me eat breakfast with them. He wei
along over to the station and got me
ticket to Lincoln-he and the operator Il
gether. Lincoln is halt way betwee
Champagne and HAVANA, and it is
; miles TO Hnvanna-the ticket cost 81 u
Iltook the train at q. M, and reaehe
Lincoln at 8 a. m. ] then walked TO Ne
: Holland, miles from Mason City. MI
son City is half way betwed Havanna an
Bishop Station. / got in box car an
was hardly in till the conductor opene
the other door and made me get ou
which did in short order. A brakema