The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-06-05
The SIeePing-Cnr was Fall.
From tie virginia New ChronicIe.l

From the Virginia New Chronicle
He got on the train at Colfax, and.
walking into the sleepingcAr, pulled out
two dollars, and demanded Of the Afri-
can the lower berth
"All full, sah.'
Lower berths all taken? Well I'm
devilish sleepy; I'll take an upper berth;
but it's pretty note that man can't get
lower berth on this road Here, chuck
that sack into some safe place and be
careful and not smash the bottle in the
top. Take this money, quick, and get
the bed ready"
DE lower berths is all full, sab, and
SO is the upper. Eberyting was gagged,
sab, before we left Sacramento. We
see"
The h. you say ~
When the man finished blowing of his
steam he bounced out into the other car,
slammed down his valise, and woke up
another man who was snoozing in his seat
to tell him that the sleeper was full. The
Other man informed him that he knew
all about it four hours before.
The disappointed passenger then put
his carpet sack under a seat, and comps
Ni IliuNNll " SihAhJNi ny running MS
knees as high up on the back of the next
seat as possible, while he slid down on
his own seat, as low as he could, until the
back Of his head rested on the top of
brass screw which was used in the uphol-
stery. la this position his body assumed
the form of a letter n turned upside
down. AT first he imagined he could
rest forever in this comfortable position,
and dropped off to sleep
The conductor came along soon and
woke him up for his ticket. He was un-
der considerable obligations to the con-
ductor for waking him up as he did, for
he found that his joints were getting stiff
and another fifteen minutes of it would
have crippled him for life.
He next put his sack at the end Of the
seat and used it for the end OF pillow.
When he laid down his head OH the car.
pet-sack his cheek became smeared with
a fresh quid Of juicy tobacco which the
sack had picked up from the floor. He
then remarked "- -
-!' few times, removed the tobac-
co, and coiled himself up for nap
He was in good position, and his feet
stuck through the end of the seat and
hung into the aisle. Presently a man got
up to get a drink, and he nad TO move the
obstruction by pulling them through the
ornamental work and holding them in
the air until the man got his drink and
went back. BY the time seventeen other
passengers had drank, he concluded his
position might be improved. and asked
brakeman 10 turn two seats facing each
other. The brakeman said he couldn't
He had the same luck with a baggage
master and a newshoy. He then tried to
pick the lock with his knife, and broke
four blades out of six in eleven minutes.
AT length the conductor came along
and fixed the seat. lie then endeavured
to sleep by putting his heels in on seat
and his head in another. The seat got
the best Of the bout in ten minutes. lie
then placed his carpet sack between the
seat and sat down on it, with his legs on
the top of thc seat behind. The seats
won this round in twelve seconds. He
then took the cushions and stretched them
on the frames Of the seats parallel with
the cars.
When he coiled himself up in this po-
siton he thought it was veritable dream
"Dream Of the Alhambra,' and in three
minutes he was asleep, and in four he
thought he had inst been elected to Con
gress from his State by an overwhelming
majority, Then he dreamed he was lost
on an iceburg in the Polar seas, and woke
up to find that a man who had got off at
Verdi had lett the door open, and the
cold air Of the mountains was pouring in
on him. lie tried t. warm up with
drink, but found his bottle smashed, at
which he remarked as formerly: g
and walked up and down the car, repeat
ing it every ten minutes until he reached
Reno. Next time he travels in the night
he says he will engage sleeper a month
ahead.