The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-07-22
Our Georges Letter.



We took Pullman from Atlanta, on the |
Georgia Central for Brunswick. 1t is nights |
ride, and nights are terribly long when one
only rides on a sleeper occasionally. If any |
reader has never enjoyed this pleasure let him
some hot night make up his bed OH his closet
floor and hire two men to stay with him. and
let one keep shaking him gently all night, just
sufficiently so he cannot get asleep, and have
the other sit outside the closet door, and run a
rickcty old loose jointGd sewing machine, and
now and then blow shrill whistle and he will
ret 4 pa~sably good idea of night on Il sleeper.
But don't for an instant think that am talk
ing against these Great institutions, for they
are The biggest invention that was ever adopted
by n railroad. The beds are good, the clothing
clean, and the occupant of the berth gets lots
of rest, but when he uses one only occasional
~, he doesn't need strong coffee to Keep him
awake. But they are so far ahead of sitting
up ali night IN a common car, that they are not
to be mentioned the same dav. If there is a
sad Hooking sight Oh earth, it is sired passenger
on railroad ear. who has sat up, and hung
over, and colci about Il straight backed scat all
night. The money paid for Il sleeping car
bcrth is about tba h.st investment , trov,1icr
can make If if is hot treasures. loid ~ il,
Heaven. If is Heaven 10 be laid M in a sleeper
compared 10 struggling through the long dreary
night in day ear seat.
Coming through in the night a. we did, |
had no chance to see any of the country, and |
think am gIa,l of if. There is lots of country
down here where if would be a .sodseud to thr
traveller to he Stone blind. There never was
Il stretch of country sd llniutcrc,tjno that |
didn't want 10 SD. what il looked like lint If il
is a>yfuIIv moor and tirc.o,no a lav of if will
sufi4e. If never see any more nine lands in
my lifp and live 10 ipr. a, old a. NethuscIah rs
fcel confident | shall, nv nci-hborS will
never catch me out behind the barn CRYING to
90 down South and see 4 hard pine forest.
Our route was by the way of ALBANY and
WAY cross. A the former place WE Strike the
Brunswick 4 Western r. r. and at the latter
VIC leave the sleeper and take the local train
for Brunswick, the train W. leave going
through to Jacksonville, Fla. We hurriedly
left the train and when say hurriedly mean
it for all it. worth. The porter, memory was
running on local time, while the ears were OH
standard. Briefly, he forgot to cali us till Just
a' tht tram was starting. II was before five
in the morning when he stuck his black face
hchihd the curtain and grabbing me by the
shoulder said. Boss, forgot ye. DE train
VIII ." IN less ii minute. Where's Your things
boss: Hurry like dc dcbblr." TO Glide into
my trollScr, was the work of an instant To
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In9 their morning toilet. ! was the principal
| speaker, and my better half the audience. |
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