The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-22
LIFE on The Road.
Experiences Of Met who Are Compelled
to Travel Every Day.

to Travel Every Day.
Then thcra Is another large group
who are ION the road" nearly every
dav. These are the men whose busi-
ness. trades or calling are in town and
whose dwelIing-houses or family places
of abode for the Tins being are out OF
town. at the shore or IN the country.
On this class observations may be
made Some Of them make dreary
and iiresone job 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 Efforts
to read profitless aud trashy .'liehi
literature" or thoy r.sort la the smok-
ing-car. or they play cards all the way;
or they mt once set To work 10 try to go
to sleep and all .fo kill time. and so
make wear.some labor or fsYerish
fret of The trip. AMI. in fact, il is
tnomDi onous. dun. and very tedious
business with them rs they work it-a
proiitless expenditure of time. most of
them getting very tired of it before the
summer is over.
There Is n remnant" however.
who go ION the road TO better pur-
pose, who don't get tired. and who
don't try TO kill time" ia any of the
ways already mentioned. Ole of this
group we have in miad 1T this mo-
nent. During several months of the
year it happens that he is Obliged to
be OH the road twice every dav. his
workshop and his dwelling place be-
ing in those months two hours travel
apart He makes tie trip 10 the city
early in the morning and back In the
evening. and while he j. by no means a
youtli. he never stiff rs eunui on tho
train. never seems TO be tired. anil. in
fact, never is tired on the rbal. When
asked how that comes about his an
swcr is: Tired? No; fhe most also
lutte rest / get. except when ! am in
b ii asleep. is during the two hours of
the railroad ride home in the after
noon and evening. When / settle
down in the car-ehair | throw off
every thing that has any strain of
| thought in it. l look at The fields and
| rees. the cora and the clover. the
peach orchards aud the potato patches.
the berry-:ieid 3 id the vineyards.
the gardens, the harn-yards and the
1
and tie c5zy cottage homes along The
village roads. the wild flowers and
he wild birds. the pretty railway
stations. their parterres. and the va
ried and curious groups of people Of
nj descriptions eougre eatcd ut the sia-
sions. l have passing acquaintance
Silh every thing nn that road. ami
mate and inaninate. and every day
-ee them under nne fresh aspect.
| ,me new interest is al~a - coming 10
t3iice. The restfulaess of il all is 80
..erfeet and absolute that yUu must
.ry 1t befor~ ron eau understand il. =
when asked about the .iime''
ai,l: Yes. of course there's great
xpense of time. c.bs,ld not Il ford 10
/ peni four no r ont of the working
az ihai way. so divide them. devo;-
NJ The two hours to TIE shurs after
lie DAYS work is over 20 perfect rest.
lnd putting the two hours coming up
/ the morning To work. aud / can do
bree hours work easily in those two
yhen fresh in The morning. Il is
| ,Onderful to iiud how letters and
,apers and memoranda about business
fairs that were puzzles aud diliical-
les t. kuow what TO de- with during
ile busy hoars of the day before clear
themselves up and almost dispose of
themselves when the mind is fresh and
rec and active in the early mornin :.
IN the rlail T. Letter.