The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-07
AMl.unllerslanding by Rail.


Last night, II the story Of Rochester
passenger who came down from Buffalo
may believed, there was an amusing and
a somewhat exciting incident on the train.
An Ohio farmer, from the vicinity Of
Cleveland, had been riding in the first
coach back OF the smoker all the way
from the city last named. He wore home
spun blue pants and coat which he had
evidently purchased ready made. On his
head was a broad brim black hat, and
around his neck there was the unmistaka'
BILE paper collar, permeated with perspira-
ton, At Buffalo q young lady in brown
travelling dress, with an apparent abund.
ance OF the new-fangled, spread-eagle
crinoline beneath 1t, got aboard the game
car and commenced casting about Tor a
seat. With that characteristic seltishness
which marks the American traveller OF TO-.
day, nearly every man in the car who had
not a lady or another man in the seat with
him, had placed his little satchel on one
side Of the seat and himself on the other,
TO carry the idea that the whole seat was
"laken." The damsel wriggled through
the car and then started disconsolately to
walk back. She hadn't reached the mid.
die OF the car when our Ohio friend
hitched his shoulders with marked indi.
yiduality, twisted his shaggy head around
on large, thick, sun'burned neck, 70 see
II anybody else was in the same preuica'
ment, lifted his carpet-bag from the outside
OF the seat to the floor, coughed nerVouslY
and said TO her:-
~ reckon kin make room fur you et
you want seat.
She did want one, and she wasn't too
bashlul 10 say 80. They had travelled side
by side till they passed Croit's station,
when q freight train suddenly came along
side and ratified by them in the opposite
direction. The first crashing sound OF the
freight reminded the 0hioan Of death and
disaster, no doubt, for he turned his bead
with Jerk toward the window. Then OBJ.
serving that there was more scare than
danger, he sat down somewhat embar.
rassed, But the sudden movement had
been too much for the paper collar. 1t
was all broken up. His fair companion
had spotted him as a good.souled old gen.
tleman, and she laid aside her retiring dis
position when she observed his mbar-
rassment in the disiointing OF the collar.
She rose very politely and said:
Cant pin it for you, sirY
"H'm! | reckon you can, eli you're q
mind to-" said he, looking her squarely in
the face and becoming treasured to such
an extent that he soon acted perfectly Ut
home. Progress was then the watchword
between the two, and before the two had
reached Batavia one would have mistaken
them for an old widower and his gushing
young bride, so thoroughly did they i'm
prove the time Chatting-he about "the
gals at home" and she about everything.
The conductor had been through and
taken up the tickets this side OF Batavia,
and the damsel's small talk, like toy
watch which Is wound every hour, had
about run down. Finally she took out her
embroidered handkerchief and yawned
behind It. Then she began 10 wink very
slowly, as II by effort, and finally began
10 nod, Feeling quite as much acquaint-
ed as II It had been his own niece that sat
beside him, the old gentleman put forth
his hand to "nudge" the sleepy girl and re-
mind her that 1t was only few miles fur.
tber." Fatal movement for him! He
touched her in about the locality Of peck
ct in her cloak. Springing TO her feet IKE
a Young tigress aroused, she exclaimed in
tones approaching a scream, which lew oil
the sleepy passengers failed to heart
"Don't you dare to touch my port'mon'
naie againl might have known, you
were one OF those sharp young railroad
swindlers disguised. They always put on
a paper collar, poor clothes and wig, to de-
ceive people and steal their purses!" :,
All this was said about as rapidly as the
words could be put together. But the as,
tonished reply came as quickly as itcould
follow:- ....
Thunder and lightnin'! Who are you
a.talkin' 10, miss2 But you can't black.
mail me-you can't; I'll expose you!
Durn me, 81 wasn't al took in! Now
get your seat whar you kinw And he
planted the carpet.bag back beside him on
the seat,