Frostburg mining journal., 1883-03-10
was pretty stylish for a porter, at the

time.
"They woke us up several times in
the night to tell us what to do in case
we were sick, and in the morning, be-
fore We were up, waiter brought up
our breakfast. He said the landlord
sent it up, and he just stood around
until we had to sit up in bed and eat
breakfast. l thought at the time that
it was kind in the landlord to send up
our breakfast, but when found that
the waiter who brought it up was
travelingman for reaper factory at
Rockford and remembered how dsrDed
impudent he looked at my wife l
could have murdered him, but the
clerk said he had gone to Winnipeg.
"It was just about as bad coming
down here on the slesping-car, and |
think half the passengers on the car
were those same drummers that were
showed in. 1t was colder than Alas
ka, and l would order extra blankets
and they would steal ihsm. had
more than twenty blankets put on the
bed aud in the morning there was
nothing but a sheet ovtr US. And
every time there was blanket spread
over US there was different porter
put it on. and 1 think they were all
travelingmen.
Every little while somebody would
pull open the curtains and sit down
on my berth and begin to pull off his
boots, and would tell him the berth
was occupied and that he must have
made a mistake, and he would look
around at us as innocent as could be,
and ask our pardon, and then go out
and damn the porter.
"Once felt somebody feeling about
my berth and 1 asked what was the
matter, and the fellow said he was
looking for my wifs's shoes to black.
Then about every fif:e,n minutes
the conductor would open the cur
tains and hold red lantern in and
ask for our tickets. l think they
punched my ticket sixty.6vs times.
Anyway it looked like porous plas-
ter when got up in the morning. l
think it was the travelingmen who
we're playing conductor, but I was
sleepy and thought the best way was
to let them punch it.
"Well, about 3 o'clock in the morn
ing somebody aroused I'd and said it
was time to get up, as all the passen-
gers were up, and we would have
breakfast in Is minutes. And then
We hustled around and got dressed the
best we could, laying on our backs
and kicking our clothes up in the all
and catchirg them on ourselves when
they came down. got my pants OF
wrong side before, and my wife lost
her hair, and had to tie handker
chief around her head, and then W,
had our bsrths made up and sat W
) till daylight, and the porter found my
} wifs's hair and pinned it to the cur
tains of a berth occupied by preach
ar from Oshkosh, and he kicked ant
got mad, and talked about it, anc
wondered how it came there, and b,
{ swore about it, and l think he travel
for an Oshkosh carriage factory.
, 20, l never had such night or tw'
, such nights in all my life, and what
want to know 10, if I can be quie
here, and get little sleep, and no
be annoyed"
l The hotel man told him if snybod,
came around to bother him, to knocl
T them clear down stairs, and he woul
be respol sibls, and the bridegroom
. took his satchsl and his wife, and th
co!ored man showed them room
: and they have not ehowed up since
It is confounded mean in travelling
men to get anowed in and form syn
q dcate to have fun. They will caus
l themselves to be disllked if they kee
= on.