St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-13
HE WAS A SOUND SLEEPER.
A Buffalo Mans Experience with q
Crazy woman i'm a Sleeping Car.

Buffalo Mans Experience with q
Crazy woman i'm a Sleeping Car.
From the New York Times.
A young gentleman from Buffalo was re-
lating some sleeping car experiences to a
select audience before small table in the
Hoffman house last evening. ''You will
remember he said, ''the sensation that
was created month or so ago by mad
man who took possession of a railroad train
in Illinois. Well, l had an experience
once with crazy woman on a sleeping car
that don't ever care to repeat.
''You see, / had run down to New York
for few days, and, as luck and my friends
would have it, | didn't get much more
than three or four hours sleep all the time
| was down here, there was so much paint
ing to be done. l determined to make it
up by sleeping all the way back home, and
took the evening train for Buffalo on the
Central. was so sleepy when got down
to the depot that l could scarcely keep my
eyes open, and l took some ammonia and
soda water, just before | got on
the cars, to keep myself awake
until the porter could make up by
berth. There were two sleeping cars on
the train, and l had section in the first
one. The train was not billed to start for
fifteen minutes after [ arrived, and T
walked through the cars. L found that
was the only male occupant of the sleeper
nay berth was in; and, after ordering the
porter to make up my bed at once, 1 went
into the next car. | found some people
there that l knew, and l remained talking
with them for half all hour after the train
started. Then l started back for my own
car, almost dead with sleep and happy at
the thought that at last was going to have
a rest.
when 1 opened the door of the Other
sleeper, however, found all the occupants
crowded in the end of the car, all of them
women. They seized me at once
"'Oh,' one of them said, we're so glad
you have come in here. You're the gen.
tleman that has section i'll this car, aren't
yOu?'
Il replied that was.
DO you know the woman went on in
tone of the utmost horror, there's a crazy
woman in the car? She's got the berth at
the other end, and there's an attendant with
her. Every little while she screams and
raves and the attendant has all she can do
to keep her quiet. Oh, dear, we are 30
frightened; wedOn't know what to dor.
why don't you go to bed?' / asked
| eco to bed?' they all shrieked in chorus.
| Go to bed with that woman raving at the
other end of the carp They al agreed
that they wouldn't go to bed for S1O0, OOO
| each.
lowell, I'm going to bed anyway /
said.
sat this they all shrieked again and
begged and implored me to sit up with them
and protect them. They knew that that
| fearful woman would certainly get away
from the attendant, and they were positive
that they would all die of fright if did
not agree to stay awake. / was in nice
| predicament, for was in about that state
we read of in which soldiers will go to
sleep with gun pointed at Them Finally
l told the ladies that had frightful head
ache, and if they would let me lie down
for an hour l would get up and watch with
them for the rest of the night.
But how shall we wake you up?' one
of the ladies asked.
'''Shake me- l said.
''They were shocked at the idea of reach
ing behind my curtains, however. and one
or them suggested that l tie string to my
wrist and leave it hanging out of the berth
where they might pull it at the end of an
hour. L had to agree to this, and they got
the string and tied it to me. | got in be-
hind the curtains, deploring another night
OF misery, and was seized with an inspira-
ton. united the string from my wrist,
attached 1t to the arm of the seat under my
mattress, and fell off into profound slum-
Der that lasted until morning.
1.-THE ladies were all still sitting up when
L awoke, and the string was broken. They
said | was the somdest sleeper they ever
heard off,