Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-26
AT THE UNION DEPOT.
The FUNNY AND THE PATHETIC
THINGS ONE MAY SEE.


travel an" ir"'e'ers'
u, ANYONE with =, ava and inclination
4. 81 I,,..,, -, - n ty ar half a
- - -, 81 MIN, I,,rt
- -. -. ,,d ,.,,,,.iit,.,,.s n NO
-, - .a.b oth,r ALI the
), h, 1. NOT r,xarIei with An
Oh, -, -. ,.,.nts with a far slar. of
s.rious uathetic and serio- comic, it viii lie
l@cau,e he utterly fails to catch on aud ap-
ureciat. what r, ally transpires
The door keel els are as sorely tried hour
hy hour perhsp- US any other of the op-
,ratlyr force OF the station Whenever a
train is calleI no matter what, or
where its des ination. the waiting crowd
make a rush for the exits, and then the
! struggle betwe N the doorkeeIer, and the
waitiur throng iegius Dozens OF Ii ketS
are thrust at the dourkreperS all at once,
and among them all at least one thir are
/ for trains that won't b, ready say for
/ hours The same impatisat y op will Te.
peat the efort time and agam while they
are waiting in fact, near every time a
train is cal!eI Their astouisLmrnt at lie
ing refused q ii is at times mDnum, mt al, and
they 90 l. plain Of on rage and iGclvihty.
Then all sort, of ia a,teboards are thrust
at the gatekeepers to lie punched. or in
stance only a day or SO ago a woman De
| came eursgad at one of the gatekerpers h,.-
/ cans. he wouIi not pun,h a milk ii 'ket
/ whi IA sh, held out t. him nor would Sh
understand that she hal mixed up her
tickets and might unronSciouSly lie keeping
a railroad Ii ket with which to purchase a
quart OF milk another day.
THE NERVOUS ONES or THE CROWD
I Tn. ,.aorIa who are about to set ont on a
;o,,,.,oY l,r,, M, sbor, hacoma mora or less
/ mr., ois and irritah,a /, il no nnenmmon
,hi,,, f, IN. ms ,,nas to stan nm tn III,
ii - oR.a ,.,lI for a ticket and .Xnr.ss
mt, .ratIo ,s,opishps II when tb, urbane
..,,,,t oLs .lyb.ra TO-, Tbav take il for
-a,,aI Tho amt sh,uId have known they
-, yoin,, 10 Portland and not to Pitt
7 I,,,r,r Of -, ITO nr.v.rt reonle from
. ,l,mh;p,, ,., wrong trains is something that
- r,s st am. W.T., ends every dav sail
a o.t,,,nr o,,ic,ar r,.cent y "and if we were
49,, - -, a. s.r,..r,s nnd in,,,isitiva a.
r,,,o,,e,,, very dav numtsr, Of prope
,.,5h,,I ,oysrJ Jaru.aIem who wish to
/ 80, PaI Uir,, Som. evan yat 80 c,n-
FL thu, Ma hava to rut Them ON their
-, H., l,I,, ~. ti,sp ,xnnld q, as,rav
/ HaadiaSs ones : an nm Tn tn. news stand to
-, ,bair hseyaya rh...ksd or insist upon
| Luving ,,a,ssye of hot peanut, from the
/ ,;ctat Lila Tba Iupcb- -,nun,ar man i, he.
! sought 10 give schedule time of trains at the
same time the traIn-caller is tesieged to ex-
/ plain where a sandwich can he found oh,
/ We have a hard time OF it keeping the trav-
/ eIAg I.ublic straight, said he, as he heaved
/ a deep seated sigh I here. is the old man
and his wife who rush in vii lily to catch
tram that will not start for an hour or
more and their gross OF questions must be
answered, the chap who goes TO 81, ep misses
his train by two hours and then goes oil on
a Tangent and bum; the woman with bird
cages, pups aul tower pots; the family
group who prepare TO have picnic IN the
hall and throw bits OF IL, ,ected fat porA OH
the floor, thu sick mother, with several puny
children and no helper; the man with sew
eral struggling dogs the many who are
frauti, because they can't keep their eyes
constantly on their baggage; the uniucky
ones who have lost their purses or forgotten
par els, and 50 on and 50 on
But mole than ali the sweeping. surglng
crowd, that swears at being restrained even
| for a moment, and that preslsts in attempts
10 force its way through the depot plump
into a cushioned seat on the track by the
time one can draw three successive breath>
( 1t l. a pandemonlum at times \ herd OF
/ Texas cattle are hard to manage, but 1t is
h rder 10 manage human herd bound on
travel
TAKING MORE SERIOUS VIEW.
To take a more serious view of travel an
I Traveller, the observer has but to go TO the
. Iaysar.-room and there wait He nerd not
wait long ere he sees trouble in its mosl
/ common form Lost baggage will plunge
/ The, average man into a cegrr.. of despera
ton next to appalling as quickly as any
known cause on earth other than the eiopt-
ment of his sweetheart with tn. other te-
low The loss of baggage is something
astonishing one general aggagemaster re
mnrked when asked concerning the matter.
When we find We have baggage on our
hands that has gone astray We keeI it a few
{ days hoping that the owner will come for
it If the owner does not come we then
open trunk, valise, or whatever it Is and
search for letters or other papers that will
disclose the ownership II we get u clue
-. .,N.' -, ..,..,,;..sI - -.
vii ,s 10 the ,o.tu,s,ars Of the towns iron,
which the I.,t4rs came and IN which tb.v
-, Id -, -. Iii, a,ra,,,,, =,
,,,,,o,.,4 70 tind th., 1wn.r hu, il, IT. -,
eli III y.ptr,a 70 s.y that not nnca i,
tu.en+y Times do WA lind tbos. xvhou w..
s.arcb for NJ, ms,tar what the lost rron.r,v
,,av -, wbv ,bi. - "a can nor ssy
/ only state the tact
-, ,nc. a year Wa hsvs regular sale
sf,..r ,.a i, MI. a or ,ar,al ~ lost bagyaga
,os,.tb.r with the nnmlar of In. cbacE bas
r., widely sdv.rtisad az is raouir,.i Nv
Iaw Now and than the riyb,fnI owner !.
Nv, tbi, means found hnt ,'nIv rar.Iv w.
SCI the trunks yaIises mr. what NOT ms, as
trev ara x,itbout hin, o,,ep A and 90 the
to-t r,or.,r,,. =. s,anar.ii,, disro.ad ~ pf.ar
lost trnpks contain ,,on4 av.n valuable
clotbipg and othar srticl.s of drsss orns
p,.nt or u,iIi,v and wbv tho oxnars nav.,
a ,,oa, O., ,Iai,, ,har, or ,,by thsv sborId
bs a lost sigbt or tb4m sI,ogathar is moro
than know Rappaoe checked locally ar
for short distances ia seldom lost hevo16
,,o,y,,,.,, =, ! ,ba ba ,o.oa tho, ia cbscLad
tbrnpgb IN Iop, trsva7 apo tina, is suIia,tad
70 y,rio,I. cnano,.s that * lost st PAN
pions.r pr.ss