Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
ON THE ROAD"
Experiences of Men who Are Forced to
Travel Every Day.

Experiences Of Men Who Are Forced to
Travel Every Day.
Then there is another large group who are
"on the road" nearly every day. These are
the men whose business trades or calling are
in town and whose dwelling houses or family
places of abode for the time being are ont of
town, at the shore or in the country. On this
class observations may be made. Some of
them make a dreary and tilesome lob of
their daily journey to and fro, especially il
the ride takes an hour or two They bury
themselves in silence, or they make futile eff.
forts to read protitless and trashy Eight liter
ature," or they resort to the smoking car,
or they play cards all the way; or they at
once set to work to try to go to sleep, and all
ITO kill time" and so make wearsome labor
or feverish fret of the trip. And, in fact, it
is monotonous, dull and very tedious bust.
ness with them as they work it-a proftless
expenditure of time, most of them getting
very tired of it before the summer is over.
There is a remnant" however, who go
ION the road" to better purpose, who don't get
tired and who don't try to skill time in any
of the ways already mentioned. Ono of this
group we have i'll mind at this moment. Dur
ing several months of tho year it happens
that he is obliged to be on the road twice
every day, his workshop and his dwelling
place being in those months two hours travel
apart. He makes the trip to the city early In
the morning and back in the evening, and
while he is by no means youth he never suf-
fers ennui OH the train, never seems to be
tired and, III fact, never is tired on the road.
When asked how that comes about his an
swer is: Tired? No. The most absolute rest
get, except when | am in bed asleep, is during
hot Al. 4 -. Al.
afternoon and evening. When settle down
in the car chair / throw 'ff everything that
has an, strain of thought in it. Look at the
fields and trees, the corn and tina clover, the
peach orchards and the potato patches, the
berry fields and the vineyards, the gardens
the barnyards and the cattle pastures. tho
snug farm homes and tho coy cottage homes
along the village roads, the ,Stld flowers
and the wild birds, the pretty r~Gway
stations, their parterres, ard the vari d anu
curious groups Of people Of all descriptions
congregated Mt the stations. l have "a pass
ing acquaintance with everything on that
road, animate and inanimate, and every day
l see them under some fresh aspect. Some
new interest is always coming to notice The
restfulness of it all is so perfect and absolute
that you must try it before you cum under
stand it."
When asked about the "time" taken up in
the two daily trips he said: eyes, of course,
there's II great expense Of time. could not
afford to spend four hours out Of the working
day that way, so l divide them, devoting the
two hours to the shore after the days work is
over to perfect rest, and putting tho two
hours coming up in the morning to work,
and l can do three hours work easily in those
two when fresh ir the morning. 1t is won
derful to find how letters and papers and
memoranda about business affairs that were
puzzles and difficulties to know what to do
with during the busy hours of the day before
clear themselves up and almost dispose of
themselves when the mind is fresh and free
and active in the early morning on the road"
Chicago Times.