Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-08
He Was a Very Sound Sleeper.

A BUFFALO MANS EXPERIENCE WITH A CRAZY
WOMAN IN A SLEEPING CAR.
From the New York Times.
A young gentleman from Buffalo was relating
some sleeping car experiences to a select audi
ence before a small table in the Hoffman house
last evening. "You will remember" he said
1.-THE sensation that was created month or so
ago by mailman who took possession of a rail-
road train in Illinois. Well | had an experi-
ehce once with crazy woman on sleeping car
that don't ever care to repeat
"1 on see, had run down to New York for a
lew days, and as luck and my friends would
nave IL, L didn't get much more than three or
TOUR hours sleep all the time was down here
there was SO much painting to be DONE | de-
ierinlned 10 make 1T up 10y sleeping all the way
back home, and took the evening train for
Buffalo on the Central. was sleepy when
got down to the depot that | could scarcely
keep my eyes open. and took some ammonia
ana soda water just before l got on the cars to
keep myself awake until the porter could make
up my BERTH There were two sleeping cars on
The tram, and had a section In the first one
The train was not billed to start for 1 5 minutes
az er arrived, and walked through the cars
found that Was the only male occupant of
the sleeper my berth was in; and, after order
ing the porter to maze up my bed at once I
went INTO the next car. found some people
there that knew and remained talking with
Them ior half an hour after the train started.
Then started back Tor my own car almost
dead with sleep and happy at the thought I'll at
at last l was going to have rest.
w hen opened the door of the other sleeper
however, found all the occupants crowded in
tht emu Oh the car, ali OF them women. They
seized me at once.
''Oh,' one OF them said, We're so glad Won
have come in here. You're the gentleman that
has section in this car, aren't your
Il replied that was.
"'Do you know the woman went on In
tone OF the utmost horror there's a crazy wo-
man in the car? She's got the berth at the other
end, ana there's an attendant with her. Every
Httie while she screams and raves and the al
tendant has all she can do to keep her quiet.
Oh, dear! we are so frightened; we don't know
what to do,'
why don't you go to bed?' said
Go To bed: they all shrieked in chorus
Go TO bed with that woman raving at the
DINER END OF the care They all agreed that they
wouldn't go to bed for S1OO, 900 each.
wv ell. m going to bed ANYWAY said
SAT this they all shrieked again and hnooed
and implOred me to sit up with them and nro
Iect tneln lney knew that that fearful woman
would certainly get away from the attendant
ana they were positive that they would ALI die
OF fright II did not agree TO STAY awake
was In a nice predicament for l was in about
that state we read OF in which soldiers will 90
10 Steep with gun pointed at them. Finally
toid the ladies that had a frightful headache
and II they would let me lie down for an hour
would get up and watch with them then for the
rest of the night.
"'But how Shall we wake Won mo, ono of tho
ladies asked ~ Va WIG
".Shake me- said.
They were shocked at the idea of reaching
oehlnd my curtains, however, and one of them
leave 1t hanging out of the berth where they
might pull 1t at the end of an hour | had To
agree 10 thls ana they got the string and tied il
10 me. got in behind the curtains denIoripo
another night of misery and was seized with
an Inspiration. l united the string from NV
wrist, attached 1t to the arm of the seat under
my mattress, ana fell off into a profound slum-
Der hat lasted until morning.
The ladies were all still sitting up when
aWokc, and the string was broken They said
was the soundest sleeper they ever heard off,