The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-21
His Bath.

"There is the honest immigrant"
said the tall thin passenger. al be-
lieve he is going to wash his face"
And really it did look as though
that was the mans mad intention.
He had gone to a clear pool of water
beside the track, and was appar-
emily getting ready for his ablu-
tions.
"See him peel off his raiment,"
said the man ON the wood-box.
ole hasn't very much to peel Off"
the fat passenger said.
"Wait," said the tall, thin passen-
ger, che hasn't got started yet"
The immigrant first unwrapped
q comforter from his neck, and then
slowly took off q gray overcoat, with
short waist and long skirts, reach-
ing to his heels. Then he unwound
red woolen comforter from his
neck, and then took off q short pea
jacket of a heavy blue cloth. Then
he unwrapped u gray comforter
from his neck and took off leather
Jacket, very tight fitting and very
greasy. He then unwound long
flannel scarf from his neck and took
off a black vest, and then he released
his neck from the folds of gray
wooden comforter, and then he took
off q red vest and unwound another
comforter. and then he took off an
other vest and flannel scarf that
was tied around his neck, and an
other vest and another comforter
and another flannel scarf, and an
other vest and another scarf and an
other vest and another comforter
and another vest
"That man has robbed clothing
house." said the cross passenger.
The immigrant calmly unwrapped
from his neck long wooden COM
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"I wonder" said the fat passen-
ger, "if he got through the Custom
House that wayp
And then he took off another
vest r...i
"Whyp exclaimed the thin, tall
passenger, "he is no bigger than 1
| am" p'"1'"
And then he unrolled another
comforter from his neck--49m0a
"By George ~ exclaimed the man
on the wood-box, "he'll get down to
his bones in two more peels." ,n,
And the immigrant calmly unbut-
toned another vest
Suddenly the whistle Of the train
was heard in the distance, and an
other of the party Of immigrants
shrieked to the would-be bather:
"Jarliche Jams Krund Bjorneke
Bjornekessenl Hofickedienc dga-
krominieke thorlik id sounden de
smockerick ach es da trainege ause-
gekommekp 9a.5
And then the race began. The
train came along, waited three min
utes, and sped away, and long, long
after we left the station we could
look back and see that rash ifumi-
grant from the land of Njordvald-
sen, shooting himself into O job lot
of party colored vests, and hauling
upon himself an avalanche of coms
forters, in the vain hope of showing
himself under in time to catch the
next trim.
"I have often wondered" the jes-
ter said musing, "why the immi-
grants never battle from the time
they leave Castle Garden until they
get to their homes in the Far West.
1 understand it now. The man, in
his laudable desire to was up, will
lose a whole week before he can
dress himself. And even thcn he
hadn't got undressed far enough
down to wash his neck"
"Wauseon shouted the brake
man. Tff-t
"Was he onp queried the fat pas
senger. "Was he on what2 He
vast on the train by twenty miles,
but he was on to whole Chatham
street bankrupt stock of vests and
comforters, and don't you forget it.
What was he on, anyhowr'-Bur-
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