The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08

tory at Rochester, N. I. My wife
said she woiild know him because
he has big gray moustache, and
wears diamond collar button ir
his shirt. She said she thought
he was pretty stylish for porter
at that time. They woke us uu
several times in the night to tell
us what to do in case we were
sick, and in the morning before
we were up waiter brought up
cur breakfast. He said the land
lord sent it up, and he just stood
around until we had to sit up in
bed and eat our breakfast, but
when | found out the waiter who
brought it up was travelling man
for a reaper factory at Rockford,
and remembered how darned inn
pudent he looked at my wife, [
could have murdered him, but the
clerk said he had gone to Winni-
peg. 1t was just about as bad
coming down here on the sleeping
car, and [ think half the passen-
gers OH the car were those same
drummers that were showed in. It
was colder than Alaska, and I
would order extra blankets and
they would steal them. [ had
more than twenty blankets put on
the bed, and in the morning there
was nothing but a sheet over us.
And every time there was
blanket spread over us there was
different porter put it on, and [
think they were all travelling men.
Every little while somebody would
pull open the curtains and itdown
on my berth and begin to pull off
his boots, and [ would tell him
the berth was occupied, AMI that
he must have made mistake, and
he would look around at us as in
nocent as could be, and ask our
pardon and go out and damn the
porter. Once I felt somebody
feeling around my berth and [
asked what was the matter, and
the fellow said he was looking for
my wife's shoes to black. Then
about every fifteen minutes the
conductor would open the curtains
and holl a red lantern in and ask
for +inLa+r- i thiuls rnUy
punched my ticket sixty-fve
times. Anyway it looked like q
porous plaster when [ got up III
the morning. [ think it was trav-
cling men who were playing con-
ductor, but [ was sleepy and l
thought the best way was to let
them punch it. Well, about 3
O'Clock in the morning somebody
punched us and said it was time
to get up, as all the other passen-
gers were up, and we would have
breakfast in fifteen minutes. And
then we hustled around and got
dressed the best we could, lying
on our backs and kicking our
clothes In the air and catching
them on ourselves when they came
down. | got my pants on wrong
side before, and lost everything
out Of my pockets, and my wife
lost her hair and had to tie hand
kerchief around her head, and
then we had our berth made up
and sit up till daylight, and the
porter found my wife's hair and
pinn3d it to the curtains of berth
occupied by preacher from Osh-
kosh, and he kicked and got mad
and talked about it and wondered
how it came there, and he swore
about it, and l think he travels for
an Oshkosh carriage factory. o, I
never had such a night, or two
such nights, in all my life, and
what | want to know is, if can
be quiet here and get little
sleep, and not be annoyed"
The hotel man told him if any
body came about to bother him, to
knock them clear down stairs, and
he would be responsible, and the
bridegroom took his satchel and
his wife, and the colored man
showed them a room, and they
have not shown up since. 1t is
confounded mean in travelling men
to get showed in and form a syn
dictate to have fun. They will
cause themselves to be disliked, if
they keep on.
Don't stop ne just now, said the
young Central street lawyer. I've
got 10 go oyer to the Police Court