The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-09-18
A WEEK IN OHIO.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS
ON THE ROAD. = ''l

There were very few editors left in
Columbia County last week, Monday.
At o'clock in the morning a party
consisting of J. G. Brown of the Re
publican, G.. A. Potter of the Journal,
J. B. Casey, Commissioners Clerk, and
the senior editor of the COLUMBIAN, all
subpoenaed as witnesses in a snit be-
fore the United States Court at
Williamsport, and Col. S. Knorr, coun-
sci in the case and Joshua Fetterman,
party to the suit, boarded Buckalew's s
little bus, en- route for Rupert. Having
reached that point, one of the party
lit a fresh cigar, an expensive one of
couse, as editors smoke no other kind,
and as he was watching passing train,
the smoke of the cigar curled up about
his nostrils and gave the smoker the
impression that his fine Havana emit
ted a very ,disagroehble odor. Taking
another puff with the same result, he
was about to cast the offensive weed
from him, when some body suggested
that the passing train was loaded with
phosphate, which discovery saved the
cigar
Willamsport was reached in due
time, and rooms secured at the City
Hotel, an excellent house, kept by Col.
Sallade. Darng the day the party was
augmented by the arrival of Messrs
Randall of the Ne,cs Items, Margerum
of the Gazette, and G. M. Vanderslice
formerly of the Sentinel.
The Court convened at p. m.
Judges McKennon aud Atchison on
the Bench. The former is a very ven
cradle gentleman with white hair and
full beard. Judge Atchison is a much
youger man, and has black NOUS
tache.
The writer was excused from attend
ing court, by agreement OF counsel on
both sides, and started on a business
trip to Ohio, on Tuesday morning
Taking the Philadelphia 81 Erie road,
a scat in the smokin" car was obtained
for the purpose of finishing another
cigar of the phosphate" brand. We
had not proceeded far before some mus
ic broke loose.iE the back end of the car,
and on looking around | observed that
it proceeded iroma German ACCORDION
in tine hands Of tho noble Roman with
hair tied ina knot behind with very dir
ty pink ribbon, who has been seen about
Bloomsbury for some time past. His
hat was decorated with various ribbous
the original colors of which could not
be distinguished, After protracted
struggles on the part of the Roman tc
get an Italiaa tune out of his Teutonic
instrument and vain endeavor on his
part to sing a song that was neither
Italian nor German, the necessity OF
doing something to silence such a dis
cord of harsh sounds became apparent
to young English emigrant who
had Just come from County Durham,
England, ard who was on the Car with
his pareuts and brother and sister, and
so he produced French accordion
upon which he played remarkably well.
This was too much for the Roman,
who soon came TO the centre OF the car
aud endpavored to strike bargain
with hisirival by oifgrigg to trade instru-
ments. He did not succeed in this,
however, and in a few mpmepts when
tie young emigrant rattled off lively
air, the Roman danced up and down
the aisle, much to the amusement of the
other passengers Here was a peculiar
combination, made up OF IN Italian
with q German instiument in his hands
dancing an Irish jig to music made by
an Englishman on a French accord
con. ,1.ft.u su .H..f.. ..g. gt.. ..
This eutertainment lasted for about
an hour, and was ended by the Italian
leaving the train at way station be-
yond Lock Haven.
AT Look Haven a gang Of six men
hand-cuffed together in pairs with their
bracelets connected by long chain
which hung over the backs of the seats
when they sat doE BOARDED the train,
in care Of two officers. They were
prisionels from Cameron comfy, and
they had been in the Lock Haven Jail.