The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-20
THIRD CLASS TICKETS.
INCIDENTS NOTED 6Y THREE LADY
TRAVELLERS ~ ITsLY.
The Interior Of Continental Third
Class Carriage Chat of the Pa.sen-
gsr>->ome Amusing Remarks - Good
Nature and Primitive POlitene>,.

Nature and Primitive Polite ne>>-
Like al Continental tLiriclass carrlaoy--.
ours Wa open frlm eni % mi! WITH tare
wl..len STATS ranged from SIDE o spie. TIE
carriage vas DIVIDED into tH0 sections, with
door. az each SHE tut an active IersDa ant
many II our persons were active wOq.t
EASILY pas. from ole sStiOn u an1thrr simply
BY climbing over the tasks IT the s.ats, whIch
hacks wers the height Of sitting nan,
shoulders. We sat, AZ In all EUROPEAN car
rags, upon SEATS iace % face. - that our
Lnsey-wu-jl-ey knees alUlst touched the Jan
and corduroy knees in front Of u
As hapf.Itesi ofteLer than n0t, cur carriage
was very sparely iiIl,,i Hence We tLre-
We're ab.e 10 ii 10 with fass toward the en-
gine aI.i tO have our whole scyen-Inan power
II sat % ourselves, Although our train WAS
Omnibus, u, all troI,eInes are, AMI sLalla-
lsssly afflicted 10 daw,iling wherever lnu or
Icthou,. Iretsniei % be a town, W. ielr
secure against interruption, for the night mas
drawing on, u Hlany vUyagers were likely b.
descend from our earfia.se as u enter II, ami
IN European travel a. in American the same
differentiated law abiies that no sle.pin: Or
comfortably ensconc.d person /, To l.. dis
turb.,i by new coners NJ long a. a vacant
place remains So We male ourselves at ea>e
BY spreading shawls upon the hari ~-tts, ar
ranging >ichel, tor pillows, AMI strt'hins
Ourselves nut Ike half drawn arcOrll"ll,.
For there i, certainly TIL, advantage in third
CLt,, travel OYER all other. that the third
cla>~r eau oft.ler stretch himself at full
length. even although ouly upon hard Luirl,,
ami thus r>t a, hc never can W thc elegant
prI.niicularity II arini AMI cushioned
s,at>
TOWARD IHE ALriNE WALLS.
Rumhlp, rumble, rumble, How almost un
tesrablr became that wV.lrn, sprlugh7s
rumbL "a, "" iuml,i on toward III, Alpine
walls between France AMI Italy Tho. bare
sAats ceased 10 l.. wypl, AMI l-cane crlrl
claimant We writhel and twisted ami
found ~ r,st for oar weary auatpnieS. A.,
norm broke, however, cam" one relief TO our
misery the swine foIi noi~, cra>yl, ami
with the ol.nins ot windows came celestial
breaths tD cleanse that horrible atmosphere
u barnyarl sssli,n Cowhile, r,eking curlu
roy, clay piIss AMI vigorous garlic ami
chce>.. Then through tho bong rumbling
companion, constantly changing, tine drel,l
l~t th"n decent young drs~,inakers AMI
their mother get out AMI their place, l- illl,ei
| with luud laughing soldiers, Tia" pleasure II
SEEING women pr,,luminate in the long ear
ragr, tho dlNiulrt of IA masculine gam, AMI
the chay,rin that all the ,ullrl inno snt- aud
their la teal nalnnla, .srayitatel To Our own
particular s@tipn just lsyau~' ~ we're there
/ AMI pl,aSint,r to ut with than sour priests,
merry cnll>rript, AMI broad b.antsl PEASANTS
We nIit, our foreign sI"'rh to e;rh Other u,
inconspicuous us ~ could, yet c'pp ami hum
II rs ". might, 1t dll not fan 10 attract atten
/ ton
| Sometimes, near noon, ut III" different sta
ton, III thu famous wine land We were crawl
| ing through, parties If hhnls clanipr'd int.
our wagon evidently fresh from cupiou>y
win,d mnhiay meal Then we hal Wild dr.,
cour.., On lultie, heated controversies on
yariuu, sub pet, very litthn understood by IT,,
cuntr,Ner~iali,tS, lnt.riulngh.i With rough
but never un,han Jik,>. At tiup~ there VA
heavy hur~' play When young c"n,rrilts pre-
dDminat Il among u, ami IN distant section.
W. Saw wrestling, and tunbling, that lookeI
| WI NIh'uf 'tihii Wv "'lN' -
n rile, however, pul'tnc>s AMI prophet,
reign,d and our own section was littlc tbs
turl.d save for the yolls AMI kicks 81 oul
wppl,n-~h,l, soil,d innoccnt,. At one station
came "a Formidable addition tn our section
which addition, added 10 our obese nun, ami
like her. counting lut one, made Us rall2
how much batter alapted Ia continrntal third
cla>s travel are Interpretations of Byzantine
Mug,al,n t. those If "a l,ubens Venus. Til
wonlans costume was 50 snprnielN som'"'r II
10 make our nun, seem almost CollttNh h.
side it What She wore under that heavy
black pail We could not make ont MI tha
W. couh SO wa, tlhscxtcrlhr garment, hidIn.
her almost n, completely as the hours hide
its dumb hur,hn
TELLING THEIR BEADS
A, dusk grew on that day We noticed a hl
upon our chattoring section, Changing curl
curly about to know the cause Ut this NuCldpt
peace. We saw almost every lip about rs moN
INK without a sound, while one 90 two If on
fellow slrtiuncrs Nine Juu among them
were telling their beads From scattcrr
hamlcts clustered around quaint nni gra
towers came the musical sound 1t til
"Angclus 1t seemed a tender, poetic lle
to Us, this turning to prayclful silence at til
voice If thu>c ,ilsory bells Heating out upp
the deepening dusk, ami it reminded Us Of tn
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