The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
The UOg's Weight.

The following incident was certified to by conductor of the c. P. R. R. to have happened on that road the other night, and we print it for nothing men impose on guileless journalists:
 We were passing Reno about mid night, said the official referred to, and the passengers were all trying to get a sitting. up nap-there were no sleepers on that train when the door opened with loud crash, and Q new passenger hustled on board. He was biz, noisy sort of man, and after half freezing everybody by keeping the door open while he roared goodby to some people at the station, he-came pumping down the aisle and crowded himself into Q 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 window, he eX- claimed, in breezy voice:
 Good evening, stranger-howd'yP Taking few winks, eh?"
 The man addressed scowled beneath his turn down hat brim, but pretended not to U6ar.
 q say, stranger" continued the cheerful man, with another nudge, q killed hog to-day, and what do you think he weighedP"
 The sleepy man grunted his disap- probation of the Interruption, but snored on.
 'I say," repeated the other, shouting in his ear. "Come, just give a guess. What dye s'pose he weighed e"~
 "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 Oner pleaded tie persistent newcomer.
 "How should 1 know what your hog weighedp" said the other, impatiently. "Three hundred pounds, likely"
 "Oh, no! Guess again." said the man, earnestly, raising his voice and judging 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!" roared the exasperated passenger, gradually sitting up and gIaring at his disturber with much bitterness.
 "Oh. no! Guess again." replied the
 
 rested his head on the back of the seat, pulled down his hat, and began to yawn.
 "Six hundred!" shouted the awakened man, with sarcastic emphasis. No-o--o Guess a-g-a-i-n, ? said the other, who was evidently going to sleep.
 "Seven hundred. then" 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.
 "N-o-o. G-u-e-s-s-a-g-a-i-n," came still more dreamily from the proprietor of the rebus.
 Flight hundredr' yelled a man from the other end of the car.
 But the hog-killer was asleep, and did not respond.
 II say,'' roared the first martyr shaking the disturber of the public peace savagely by the arm, wake up here!"
 W-h-a-tP" murmured the new conner, drowsily; w-h-a-t say?'
 Wake up here, you incendiary ole fraud?' shouted several, : and tell u: what your blame hog weighed!"
 "Ehp What? Where am IF" sai( the slumberer, waking up slowly in re sponse to the combined shaking of hal a dozen determined men. What o1 earth's the matter? What do you Want gentlemenp'
 1 '.Whatp Why, we want to know what that blame hog you have beer disturbing the whole car about weighed any howl"
 aHogp Hogp What! Oh, yes! remember now Well, I really don know, gentlemen; didn't weigh him. way in baggage car they'd have assas sinated him in cold blood.-jSan Fran cisco pOSf