Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-10-14
The Unsalted Generation.

u0 WuEh WcdtiSl SAVy w
sides flies, mosquitoes and June bugs.
and other unpleasant insects, pecu-
liarly disagreeable variety of the
ubiq uitous unsalted generation.
This is time when the hard working
business men travel 70 and from town
every day between business and thei,
families. 1t is not always pleasan!
thing to make railroad journey Of ball
an hour or AZ hour IN tho morning
after hasty breakfast, or in tho even
ing when man wants his supper. II
is quite bad enouge to be shut up in q
stutfy car with all manner OF people,
and to sit bolt upright on en- uncom'
fortab!e seat. while you are jolted over
miles of ili-beliasted road bed.
To have the unsalted generation
follow you even there with its annoy.
ance is screwing down the discomfort
little too tight,
But the Cars are fine field for the
Objectionable young animals of tue cub
species. They prefer the smoking Car
for their basis OF operations; but they
have no objection to owning the whole
train.
They generally begins work by talk.
ing loudly to each other. for the benefi
of every body within fifty feet of them.
The conversation rms something like
this:
Il say, saw Wash to-day"
"Didjur ask him about B1ttsy? He,
he, her. u litter like an ACCORDION
trying to laugh bass.
"Ha, ha, hal" sound as if some
body was trying to jerk treble out ol
q trombone
He, he, he!'
Ha, ha. hal
"Guess Buttsy gave him enough
that time!"
"Wash was too fresh.'
sob, bu. that was fearful grind or
Mac"
Buttsy thought he'd made mash.
81 was glad of it; I told Mac. says
/, I'm glad told him."
"Naa"
"Take my dying oath l did"
"Ha, ha. ha! Oh, that was low
down on Mac
"Didjer see Nelse?"
mo. Was Nelse there 2"
"Yes; Nelse was there. He, he, he!'
cha, ha. ha! ha, ha, ha! Well, i
that amt the richest! Well, swear
Did Neke bite?"
81 dino. Ididn'. see him bite"
"Ha, ha, ha! Well, if that amt 6
regular pudding"
"Hs, ba, ha"
"He, he, hew
And so on for half the journey. The
attention of the entire carload is
fastened upon them. Old gentleme,
lay down their newspapers and gaze
more in wonder than in anger, at III,
disturbers OF the peace. 1t is impos
sible to read. Right in the middle o
the cable news or the Herald P. ]
column the unwilling ear catches frag
ments of mystic condolences abou
Bu.tsy and Wash, and fifty or sixt.
people Who would like to be mirdinl
their own business are obliged to ham
with bated breath upon the lips of th'
young gentlemen whose duty it is t.
answer the momentous question wheth
er or no Nelse id bite,
By this time one of two thing
happens. Either the youths yearn TO
a wider opportunity for cussedness, an,
go forward to the smoking-car to seel
it. Or else come one shuts them mp
This latter blessed consummation is in
frequent. But now and then it hap
pens that there ia u cool, taciturn
respectable yet tough American o.
board-a man from the Mississippi
perhaps--who stands it as long as h
can, and then shifts the tobacco in hi
mouth aud says: "Give us a resi-
there!" in tone that settles the matter
But this blessed angel is not oite
on hand; and IS rule the unsslte
adjourn to the smoking-car. and ther
exhaust their ingenuity in worryin
the other travellers. There arc lets {
disagreeable things you can do in
smoking-car. You can fence Wit
walkiug.sticks across the seats occu
pied by quiet and weary people; yo,
can throw paper wa1s about; yoa ca
stick your head out of the window an
chaff the people along tho road-yo
can make beast # yourself in man
beasily ways.
!! Only il you do, and if you are one {
the unsalted generation, look on: tia
some day an cDgered travelling popl
lace does not arise and pitch you
whole company out of thousand ca
windows from one cad OF the Unite
States TO another Pock