The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1883-01-25

Time, lie mover makes ucqHalu~
tances on the train, and the porters
don't like him
mot long ago Mrs. Kate Chase
Sprague, with her two children, were
travelling; Perry Belmont was in
the same car. Mrs Sprague, though
good deal broken,is still a magnili.
cent woman, aud walks like Queen.
Well, man opposite her kept STAR
ing at her, which evidently annoyed
her. Belmont, whose chair was ut
the other end of the car. eeeing this,
and knowing Mrs. Sprague,osked the
mau to change chairs with him, which
the man did reluctantly
"Henry Ward Beecher always pa
trouizos tho hotel car freely. Gov
ernor Pattison ia nm easy traveller
and Congressman lIoar is very |
funny, pbilosophic traveller. He
pulls his big, black slouch hat way
down over his red, smoothly-shaven
face and goes TO Sleep
"Ben Batter usually travels in
private car. Two or three years ago
he went West in n private car, and
the cor being an Eastern foreign car
the roof was too high for the tunnel
at Gallitzon. on tho Alleghenies, and
part Of tho car roof was torn away.
Buffers only romark was, as no
looked up at tho torn roof and nd
dressed the scrvant, "ThomGs,' who
throw that brick ~
watti is The iollicst lady traveller
7 know of-she's full Of fun Hll tho
time-so is Aimee. Clara Lnuise
Kellogg always looks tired, and
Modjeska travels in her own special
car"
II had Billy Floronco aud John
T. Raymond both ono trip two years
ago. An old lady travelling alone,
and OF very nervous temperament,
asked Mr.. Florence If he didn't bear
la queer nOiso under tho car. "lIl
see tho conductor about it," said
Florence. lie started to the other
end of the car, and catching Ray"
mond's eye, beckoned to him. Ray.
mond got up aud walked to Florence
and they stood at the other end of
the car from tho old lady, with their
backs to her. John, said Florence,
"borrow ths conductors coat aud
cap for minute, and go tell that
old woman the cause of that queer
noise she imaginos she hears under
the car " Raymond saw the irke- -
put on the cap and cont, aud with u
/, very serious countenauco went mp to
the old lady aud said in an of-hnnd
: way, "That noise is merely caused by
the axle being nearly worn away
"But,' said tho old lady, "won't
tho axle break aud cause an acci-
: dent ?" at may be" said Raymond
"I'll take a look at it when we get to
Chicago
"Chicago," screamed the old lady.
1T might break and kill us all be-
fore we get to Chicago"
God forbid, Madam,' said Ray
mond. 81 have wife aud fourteen
children depending ou me-"
) "Well," went on the conductor,
"They scared the old lady for half mn
hour, then I went to her and told
, her that the conductor she had been
talking to was John II. Raymond, the
. actor, and that there was nothing
the matter with the axle, but | think
she still believed there was. Flor"
\ ence and Raymond make moro fun
!. on train than any people / know
J.. Of Frank Frayne was always q
q we'll liked traveller. I've been rail-
roading for over thirty years hore
and there" said tho conductor, "and
know nearly every man of note as
soon as see him."
, "Hello T. exclaimed the conductor,
: ! "here's Philadelphia" and sure
enough the train was rolling into
!, the Broad Street Station. Tho
Western passengers for Philadelphia
disembarked. and the Philadelphia
passengers for Now York got aboard
and in five minutes the train was on
it's way to the end Of its journey in
New York.