Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-07

Three Phases of Life.

1 -
A reporter slipped the other day be.
tween the lines of trucks which obstruct
| the current of traffic at the junction OF
Broadway and State street, Albany, New
York. Ahead of him was two gentlemen.
One said to the other:
81 don't see how these fellows (meanlng
the carmen exist. Their wagons ST and
here day in and day out, and they never
seem to be doing anything but fooling with
each other"
The reporter approached one of the car
men. This particular common carrier had
a round rosy face. He looked valuable
''How is business 2" asked the reporler2
'Pretty good. VIII you have cart -
'No. not to day. But how do you folks
ever get enough to feed your horses a nd
yourselfl"
"We have way" and after consider
able questioning, the carinan gave the con-
dit'on of the trade about as follows:
''You see there Is not more'n a dozen
carts here now. Well. all told, there is
40 of us and we are kept busy, SO that
there is not more then halt of us here at
the same time. Some Gays is better than
OtHcio, pue IL Is u pOoE uu WuiCu uOn
bring in IL shlllin'. Some weeks we have
enough to do for customers to keep us
busy all the time; and on those times we
don't have TO stand here atall. You've
noticed, amt you, that no matter how few
there Is here, that most of 'em are near
the cross walk !? Well, that's considered
the best stand. You see, a stranger COM
in along strikes the first one he comes to. !"
''How much do you realize In a day on
an average2"
''Oh, from 81 to .s6.or s.. Have a
cart, LADY," said the cartman to a pros
pectIve customer, who answering in the
affirmative left the reporter without story.
s'w hat are the prospects for the coming
season :" asked q reporter of canal boat
captain whom he met In the street.
1T is little too early yet to speculate.
| have no rea son but to believe that We
will have a good season next summer"
'Do you think that the removing of
tolls on freight will make much, if any
difference ?"
d "No; when the tolls were high we made
more money than when the authorities
lowered them. Just so sure as our expen-
ses are lighter, the freight rates are cut.
The railroads shave their rates down, and
the shippers have to have their commIs-
sions. 50 that deducting the price for Sc
curing the boat load, and taking the ex-
ceedingly low rate of freight, leaves but
little margin. No: with tolls off, the
shippers and forwarders Will think we
ought to carry everything cheaper"
why don't you try some other bust
ness Z"
because love my boat. During the
winter feel as uneasy as a fish out Of wa
ter. and from the opening of the canals
until the close. | am IS happy as clam.
Last fall sold my horses. and now l AMI
in search of good team"
''Is there much fascination about the
life OF a canalerl'
swell, yes. AT first, when the propo
sition to be canaler was made TO me, L
spurned 1t. got hard up and thought |
would make little money. Before l got
over the route from Buffalo to New York
once, the CID dread of the life had left me,
and | was SO fascinated with it that |
thought l could never tire. Since that
time have never once regretted going on
canal boat. | worked hard, and after
awhile bought boat of my own, and to
day the old craft is as dear to me as one of
my family"
Conductor, can't you GET me seat T.
said an lra5cible passenger OF the female
persuasion on a car. There was not va
cancy.
''Some people are hogs"
This was the comment of the passenger
on her feet.
80 they are" the conductor rejoined
soto soce, sand no one more than your
self "
The reporter was led to inquire by CATCH
ing the strange remark.
YES" said the conductor, 81 see |
good deal Of the selfishness OF this world. |
Some people will get In, and because they |
pay their fare think that l can find seat |
Tor them. Women are the worst, and |
many a blowing up get because cannot |
do an impossibility. do not except men
either, because some of them are even |
worse than the women. If one Of the |
latter enters with basket she viii set the |
basket on her lap so that it will take up |
twice as much room as she is entitled to. /
and 1t is at the cost of considerable abuse
that can prevail upon her to put her bas-
ket on the floor. Then again if woman
comes IN with ehild, she will place the
youngster along side of her, and no matter
if the car Is full, that child must have q
seat to the exclusion of Older patrons.
Sometimes the child is removed to the par
ents lap If an old man is seen standing, but
never if it happens to be woman. When
one women Is asked to make room for
another, she madly moves along, or throws
the child on her lap, and takes up as much
room as possible. Some of the male riders
occupy seats, and never see woman wnen
she enters. They look night past her, and
when within about a block of
where they want to get off, see the lady,
get up and offer her their seats / have
noticed that some women when they board
a Car think that some one ought to get up
ard give them seat. If no one s:irs theIRew
arrival glances around with an impudent
look. Then again have seen a workman
with his dinner pail board a car and get
a seat. He gave it up soon after to a
fashionable dressed woman, who claims it |
as matter of right, never even thanking
Alm- But most always a lady upon &C.
cepting seat will either say thank you
or lDcline her head forward.
The Oaeis of OnargIa,