Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-11-01

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There il no man ia this western count
~ that likes to look well any better
than Cap. Nonlton, Of II Crosse. Hsiss
ono Of tho jollest, best hearted, god
tured men in the world, and yet he like
to look spruce. Tho captain and his
wife were In tho rear sleeper Of the traln
that was wrecked ut Pewankeess Wedn1
day morning. When the Captain soes
to bed in a::sleeping car no takes Oft ev-
erything but his red flannel undershirt
and drawers, and when he treads tho
quarter deck Of sleeper in that cos
tune he. looks like British red cost
grenadier Onthis occasion few mo-
ments before the accident happened, the
captain was taken with q desire TO get
up and get . drink Of water. 1t is q
habit he contracted when he was q
steamboat captain on the upper Mlssisip-
piriver, to take a drink Of water at 2
O'clock in the morning. He got up and
pranced along the car TO the front end,
and WAS standing there with his bare
feet on the oil cloth floor, trying to draw
water from the faucet that always run
slow, owing to the ice in the tank clog
ging the cold fluid. He stood on one
foot then on the other, wondering why
in thunder 10 railroad company always
covered the floor Of the end Of tho car
where man always stood bare.
footed, with oil-oloth or zinc. He
had finally persuaded the tank to
give him down Q cup full Of water,
and he looked down the aisle over
his shoulder before he drank, to sec that
there was no female in sight, that had
been taken tho same way he was, with
thirst, at such an unreasonable honr,
when he felt the almightiest thump and
bump that ever was. The silver cup
was knocked down amongst his back
teeth, the cold water was thrown down
his neck. inside his shirt. aud Seem
ed to be flooding the whole adjacent ter
ritory foated off everything that was
not tied down.
| His head struck the little room in the
corner where the porter keeps his clean
sheets and pillow cases, and his feet
flew against an upper berth, while the
middle Of bis body lodged across q step
ladder. He got up, said, 3Limping Je-
hosaphat," and opened the door and
looked out. In the dim light he conld
see the wreck, and the screams Of the
women and children froze the blood in
| his red flannel drawers. He rushed back
to what he supposed was his berth and
reached for his pants, shouting, "Great
heavens, Hammer, we are all killed. The
train is tied in double bow knot" He
was just getting into the pants when the
man in the berth opened the curtains
and said as he looked at the red flannel
clad citizen, "Say, look-a-here, Mr..
fireman, them's my pants" Cap. said
that was talk enough between gentle
men, and gave them back, and after a
little skirmishing he found his own berth,
but before he could get any clothes on
the aisle Of the car was full Of women,
covering themselves with curtains, and
praying the bold man to spare thcil
lives and they would give mp Their
money. With one leg in his pants, the
Captain told themthe train was wrecked
and he was no James Brother, and tt
get their buds on mighty lively. Their,
was nobody hurt in the car, but the Cap
tain says heshall remainder how cold thai
water was to his dying day.
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