Connecticut western news., 1881-03-02
AT THE RAILROAD STATION.
The Loafers of Many Lands-We are
 Sure to Meet Them.
IBy the Ha,rkeye Man l

[By the Hd,rkeye Man
 "There is our friend, the loafer," said the tall, thin passenger, as the train halted at a way station, Gan old &C., quaintance, he is, the loafer who is al- ways at the station, and whose collar IS never the same color or material as his shirt"
 "And the loafer, you remember" said the fat passenger, "who always wears black frock coat and jeans over- alls, so that you can't tell whether he is going to dance or to work.
 "And the loafer who always, summer and winter" said the man on the wood box, "wears plush cap with ear flaps, the string always broken, one ear flap pulled clear off and lost, and the other standing idly out at an angle of forty eight degrees looks as though the cap was trying to fly away, but couldn't, because it only worked one side and had stopped on the centre"
 "And the loafer," said the sad passen- ger, "who always climbs on the plat form of the car, fattens his dingy nose against the glass in the door and stares vacantly in at the passengers until the brakeman runs over him and the train starts, when he jumps off like wood stove falling down stairs"
 ssAnd the loafer," said the fat passen- ger, "who is always holding his jaws just in suspense over an enormous quid of tobacco, which he only chews at surly intervals, in defiant bulldog way ; the bully of the station platform, who often snarls but never strikes any one never shayes and seldom washes his face, and the last time his hair was combed, was when it was cut"
 'And the beau of the country sta tion," said the sad passenger, "with the curly hair, combed close down to his eyebrows, oiled into reeking glossiness wears his hat away back on his head, and tangles himself up in 8 brilliant comforter twenty feet long, with the ends dangling in careless grace dowr his back"
 'sAnd the 1oafer with clumsy boots, said the cross passenger, ''who IS al ways dancing fearful and wonderful clog of two steps, with natural grace that nearly scares the engine off th' track"
 "And the shabby genteel loafer," sai( the bashful passenger, "who wears tn suit he was married in, has an apolo getic look about him, always tries t look as if he was going somewhere keeps his coat buttoned and pinnet close up to his throat, and is devoure' by the sneaking envy of the loafer witt the curly hair"
 "And the loafer," said the fat passen ger, "who always goes in his shir sleeves, even in the coldest weather an overshirt maybe, belted in at tn waste is his only ulster, broad shoul dered, with narrow hips, straight leg and close fitting boots well built athletic fellow, and he knows it and s desires to show off his figure. Doesn like to waste his strength in too muc work and likes to exhibit himself whe, the train comes in.
 "This loafer," said the sad passenger
 always looks best in his workin clothes. He moves in them freely an naturally. The overlapping fit of
 fourteen dollar suit of store clothes dc stroys his shape; the coat is always to narrow for his broad shoulders an flares out at the hips, owing to his Sur l day habit of carrying apples in tn pockets thereof to church, or peanuts t the girl he loves. His store pantaloon are always too short and are cut pei fectly straight at the ankles, as thoug
 the legs had been sawed off witha cross
 cut saw. His good clothes always d' stroy his natural good looks and d' velop in thrilling and superlative d.
 gree all his unnatural and amazin awkwardness, giving him bunche where erst he had joints"
 : "And the loafer," said the woma who talks bass, "who has nothing to q 3 but make remarks about other people