Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-20
On a Pullman Sleeper.
Snorers Who Rival the Noise of the TraIn-BridaI CoupIes-The Man With the Mig ghtmare.
 tha Philadal,nhia

| Snorers Who Rival the Noise of the l TraIn-BridaI CoupIes-The Man With l the Nightmare.
 1 From the Philadelphia Press.l | Press reporter stumbled across a very
 bright, intelligent porter on a sleeping car on l the Washington express few nights ago. | He was sitting in the forward end of his car
 surrounded by pile Of boots and shoes,
 which he just began to blacken. All the pas
 sengers had gone to bed and the porter had
 made his rounds and gathered up all the
 shoes he could find, marking in lead pencil
 in each shoe the number of the owners berth
 and section. Lead-pencil, he said, would
 not rub out. Formerly he used chalk, but found that it rubbed of easily and some | times he found himself all mixed up. He was genuine specimen of the southern dsr- key and was rubbing away vigorously when l the reporter said
 s'You've got a big job before you" etYes, sah," said the ebony porter as he | showed his white teeth but dat ain't all de shoes in dis hyar kyar; dere IS free pair ob shoes a missin', but I reckons l knows whar dey is,'' and the frowns over the porter's
 nose grew deeper and he frowned very knowing frown. 'tIn de fust place de own CTS ob de missin' shoes am Tanks, and dey
 hid dere shoes so dat de porter couldn't
 blacken 'em and den dey wouldn't hab to pay
 muffin in de mornin'."
 ''Why do you say the owners are Yan- Ke6S r. aSK6Q GQ6 r0pOEL6T.
 "Bekase, sah, no soth'en gemmen wud
 hide his shoes. Dey ain't so mean, but de
 people what belongs in Yankee land dey does
 hit right Hong. Ebery trip de same fng happens sometimes dey wrap dere shoes up in dere pantaloons-us-and shoves dem
 der de pillar, and sometimes dey just put lem
 under de pillar when dey takes dem off, and
 sometimes dey jest draps dem into dere va lise. Anying to hide lem from de porter and
 sabe a few pennies"
 All this the porter said in 8 low tone, while he shined his shoes as the train was
 rattling over the road.
 sI'se been on St. Louis run, and Ise
 been on a Boston run, and I'se been hyar, and right hyar's de best ebery time. De trabel to de Souf am fust-class. De soth'en gemmen always am liberal wid dere cash, and whar 8 man from de Norf gibs de porter
 ten cents de soth'en gemmen gibs him dol lah and doan make half de fuss ober hit. 'sGolly, boss,' said the darkey, with a chuckle and grin, ''de culled trash kin say what dey pleases bout bein' free and libin' up Norf hyar, but for me jest gib me back de good old slabery days Glib me back my
 old massah and missus, and I'd cut stick from dis hyar kyar quicker dan 8 'possum kin climb tree
 ttBut don't you make out pretty well here ?" asked the reporter.
 s'Sakes alive yes, sah," answered the DOT ter quickly with 8 grin ''I does in fack
 You see, de Pullman company pays me $50
 month, and hits werry dull time when
 can't scrape together $75 month. some times beats dat I'se made as high as $10o
 in month Most ob de gemmen what calls
 dereselbs commercial trablers is good pay.
 and dey am good fur half dollah. but de
 actors and de actresses beats dem, and de people what's trablin round slght-seeln' fakes de cake. A man and his wife trablin'
 from New York to New Orleans am wuf bout 8 or $3, and man by hisself am wuf 1 bout $I, but de man what's just bin mar
 ried, " said the porter with another chuckle,
 che am de boss, 'kase he don't know de kind ob reckless bout his trablin' expenses D
 People when dey am trablin'," continued
 the porter, doesn't go to bed as early as
 when dey am to home, but de minnit one
 man tells me to make up his bed, den de hull