Morris tribune., 1886-10-13
; NilSSOn'S Hunger.


>" Many years, a go, when Nilsson was
an On! the EN- management Of strak osch, |
the company were playing in Column
BUS AS Nilsson was not in the cast |
on, the last night of the engagement,
she, accompanied By y Max Maret EEK,
sHaqameI his wife, and several. other
b "5ers Of>the. opera company, took, |,
the early morning nc m ss sf::. for Buffalo,
their next stop, expecting to arrlve
there that night ,r,A, heavy spQwstorm
set In and the train moved but slowly,
owing to 1.-The" ntthorous lb6ckades:
When they were within foul: miles 81
Buffalo a freight train ahead of them
was wrecked. owing to a broken bridge.
This, OF course, caused "a delay of sew
i7eral hours: The snow was stilr falling
heavily ", It was night and although they
were within sight of;Buffalo it was im-
possible for a vehicle of amy kind to
reach them. There was not a house
of'hnyy description within a half-miIe
of them, and, having had no supper
they we're naturally very hungry. Tt
make matters worse it was very cold
in the car. Nine Nilsson, as may well
be supposed was not not in the e.I best Of
/ tempers. II;,. l,,,,
! Max MaretzekA after ascertaiining
the full plaIrticularss' Of the wreck, and
realizing there was no Immediate help
for them, resolved to make the best o.
lit, He always carried q little refresh 4 :Il;
ln,ents in the way Of wine. cheese and
bread, in his satchel, in case he should
grow hhngEy Between meals, He there
fore imipLro5VIiisseed. /" little table in the
rear of the car, with the assist ance, Of
his agent. and placed thereon a long
ron of bologna { Sausage, a huge slice
Of, cheese, a loaf Of bread and
a.. large bottle Of " vine; He
invited The entire part Nine, Nilsson
inqluded-apout eight in all, to share
bis, repast with him, They We're al,
with the EXCEPTION 81 The great singer,
only too glad to accept, and lively
though hungry party drew around the
board. J Nine Nilsson gave one look
at the cnees67Llafid Sausage, and 'with'a
ofHi =, ~! So, an ttlurt1rir
3D. fdisgusting," and lsailedown to. Hi
her seat in the other endeof th6tl ing
where, wrapping her furs around her, I
she n1ade'a vain effort to sleep. The
rest .of the party cared little whether
she ate or not they resolved they
would ""fx her yet" Kihdiheafted
Max Maretzek cutia slice Of bread 3
md cheese; t:and laid them aside,
together with a piece of the de-
'pised sausage and a glass of wine, r
Ind after the rest ssof' the 'ntconl!
had eaten, they made prepa2
'atiohs flor their night 3 rest, but not
;oSleep. They meant towatch Nilsson:'
4boht' ain hour after she became exl
rehlely fidgety iandrestfess. .lFrepuent r
'iacuEatiots' of discontentfe4 from her
Ups, and more than oncesshe was heard
o re mark to her companion that she |
was nearly 'stafved.h IS y"h adt '''"''
us there no"plaee; ifarm House =
where 1 can get something deaf pr
Ehe asked OF the AGENT q Dln Tin@ii.
,h1f there was We surely would have
ound ditwlong' ago. 1T is'an absolute 4
accessibility for asmah to walk even Z.
!, hundred rods in this SHOWS TORN, ahd 1
be, nearest house is nearly a. 1nile
WAY ~ hel ANSWERED. III "'t.I r"yan II.
Presently, unable to bear her
lung et' "'any'''longer,l and - becom- f.
ne, desperate, "1she arose. and
Walking rather sheepishly downt the, J.,
ear end of the caf,p.she asked Max #
iaretzek ri there was anything,""a IL
rust of bread even, left loftheir,frdgabf
epast.74 The gratitieation' ana satis4 "a
aetio pm of the other ARTISTS MAY we'll
e i imagined: when Mak, placed, the q
ausage, cheese and wine before the p'
rima dIonnai land the iaiacrityt and T.
,stonishing papidity With which, she ii
dispatched every morsel was a triumph
hey had not' experienced yfop iso1iae ''
imeI The next day when Nilsson n
as eozily, domiciled in. her luxurious hi
part mentsyat the lift House, dainti- i
Z picking at m orsel OF tender chickens, ia
be, was heard to- remaGk that during ltt
or Varieds experience SIS q public sing |r7
{ she had never eaten a. meal that. i {
astedIsogood landmholesomeas that y
tile midnight lueh ofcheese ahdasau-} j
age inJ1i lonesome car OH O. winters
lght.-The4E yelun hlsd 7ntti4 h,',t Intl
O'' -2l4- - 1-L....-1 y! hinil ii-t'i
,tt JoIrnT ald mnIi b,H,iii j
49,, Yid,r.A Clever Rat.,la,rH a.hJof 4
,Afa r,het, living near Bradford, iowa; Ps
4 IL.