The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1880-02-27
The Hogs Weight,

The following incident was certified
TO hy conductor OF the G.. P. r. r.
to have happened on that road the
other night, and we print it for nothing
else than to show how these railroad
men impose on guileless journalists:
We were passing Reno about mid
night, said the official referred to, and
she passengers were all trying to get q
sitting up nap-there were no sleepers
un that train when the door opened
with loud crash, and new passenger
hustled on board. He was biz, noisy
sort of d man, and after half freezing
everybody by keeping the door open
while he roared good-by to some people
at the station, he came pumping down
the aisle and crowded himself into
vacant half seat. After that, he jumped
up and began sticking lot of parcels
and traps into the racks, in doing which
he managed to lean over and crowd
against everybody for six seats around.
Then he took off his hat, coughed
loudly, rubbed his hands cheerfully.
and then. turning to the much-disgusted
passenger next the windew, he ex-
claimed, in a breezy voice:
Good evening, stranger-howd'y
Taking a few winks, ehp"
The man addressed scowled beneath
his turn-down hat brim, but pretended
not to bear.
81 say, stranger" continued the
cheerful man, with another nudge, 81
killed a hog to-day, and what do you
think he weighed"
The sleepy man grunted his disap-
probation ofthe interruption, but snored
on.
:" say" repeated the other, shouting
IN his ear. Come, Just give a guess.
What dye s'pose he weighed"
Why the deuce can't you let fellow
alone?" snapped the victim. turning
over in the seat. Blame your hog!"
."Oh, come; don't get crusty. Just
give one guess-only onew pleaded tie
persistent newcomer.
How should [ know what your hog
weighed" said the other, impatiently.
Three hundred pounds, likely"
Oh, no! Guess again." said the
man, earnestly, raising his voice and
nudging his neighbor more vigorously
than ever. Come, now-guess again"
Well, 400 then-and now dry up"
said the sufferer, angrily.
Oh, dear, no. Guess again.
Five hundred pounGs!n roared the
eXasperated passenger, gradually sitting
up and glaring at his disturber with
much bitterness.
hog man, or man hog, who had now
rested his head on the back of the sept,
pulled down his hat, aad began to
yawn.
six hundred!"s shouted the awakened
man, with sarcastic emphasis.
" No-o--o Guess a--g-a-i-n,' y
said the other, who was evidently going
to sleep.
"Seven hundred, them" put in man
on the next seat in front, for by this
time the whole car-full was awake, and
all nervously incapable of going to
sleep again until this conundrum was
answered.
Moo. G-u-e-s-s-a-g-a-i-n," came
still more dreamily from the proprietor
of the rebus.
Eight hundred" yelled a man from
the other end of the car
But the hog-killer was asleep, and
did not respond.
81 say" roared the first martyr,
shaking the disturber of the public
peace savagely by the arm, wake UP,
W-h-a-tp" murmured the new
conner. drowsily; w-h-a-t saypn
Wake UP here, you incendiary old
fraudp shouted several, and tell us
what your blame hog weighedr
Ehp What? Where am Up" said
the slumberer, waking up slowly in re-
Spouse to the combined shaking OF half
q dozen determined men. What on
earth's the matter? What do you want,
gentlemenpn
What? Why, we want to know
what that blame hog you have been
disturbing the whole car about weighed
any howP''
Hog? Hog? What! Oh. yes! /
remember now. Well. l really don't
know, gentlemen; didn't weigh him. "
And If he hadn't ridden The rest of the
way ina baggage car they'd have assas-
sinsted him IN cold blsod .-Sqn Fran-
CISCO Feet