Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-17
EXPERIENCES OF A TRAVELLER.
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IL Is szid-and think truly, that there /,
no phase in the drama of life 40 siisaxreeabIe
ous that lesson of value may be learned
therefrom. 1t may not be Immediately ap,
parent just where the gain ia useful know /
edge comes in, but re can usually tell very
nearly where the scientific part of it h:ts az
hardest, and If We do not profit by it the los.
/ 10 ours.
| 10 has been our fortune-good or bad-to
travel considerably the past summer and We
have necessarily had forced upon as bits OF
experience that would have turned balder
heads than ours. We hare had our chamber
door attacked at LII T. NJ, by frst-cla.s
bots battering ram IN streaked trousers and
airy jacket, and Informed without shudder
that slight mistake had been made and that
to catch the train we must 20 through all the
necessary man1uvers In just nine minutes.
With Us il is a case Of got to, and we
reach the eiammy carpet at bound, and set
our masticating machinery firmly as an in
deseribsble chill runs riot up our unprotected
spinal "kolyum." The matches which we
took particular care to locate the night be-
fore. have mysteriously disappeared, and fail
t, show up under our Wild groupings, until by
accident our waving hands come in contact
Sith them, two feet and four inches nearer
than We had any idea they could possibly be.
We quickly strike one on that part Of our
person usually protected by a pair of I'M
ported three dollar pants and straightway
disturb the bedbugs by our vigorous appli-
cation of Queens English to the situation
duty free.
Becoming calmer as the room is flooded
with light, dimiy observable through a
sickly chimney, evidently prepared for view
ing terrific eclipses of the sun-total and cen
tral-we firmly grasp our unmentionabies
and spitefully thrust our wounded limb be-
tween the pants and q certain inside garment
made necessary by the chilly blasts of
reary October, and finding ourself, if any
thing, more mixed than ever, using forcible
expressions and more forslble endeayors, and
at last kick ourselves clear and try again with
better success One button to a suspender
has To 10 until we have greater leisure.
Vest and coat are thrown over our shoulder,
without regard to elegance, necktie and col
lar consigned TO our coat pocket, and with face
unwashed. hair uneombed and our shirt
front, which two weeks ago was of mir
aculous wilderness, prominently displayed,
drag the right hand lower eorLer of
our seven dollar and quarter bran
dars ness to the depot, to learn, through the
condescenson of the man with the lantern
and Interchangeable couutenance, that the train
il forty minutes lste Upon its arrival we
are able to present ourself in a somewhat
more band-bo1y condition. having used to
advantage the time so provldentially given us
and with greater confidence and less pain
we step boldly into a frst-elass Maine Cen
tral car, and calmly weigh the chances for
comfortable morning. nap.
Near US on the left is weary mother with
four small children. Careworn and discour
aged, she has it'll the ingenuity born of ne
cessity. oiled them up crosswise on one end
of a single seat, where they play fully punch
each other and yell in unison, she meantime
a Imin stering innumerab.e cuffs and cookies,
neither taking effect to any great extent
Baggage aud bandboIes are deity slowed in
all the creviees nnoccupied by children and
the remaining space erammed with hats
shawls, shoes and rutiied tempers. Opposite
v nh tteo whoie seats to himself, a fallen Col
los.us au1ibly breathed forth the remaining
testimonials of election demonstrations out
side of NJ line. We were sorry to disturb
his slumbers, but il was a case of necessity
and bis remarks about COMPOUNDED long cared
animals, although not particularly compli-
me ntary, were very ingeniously put We
excused ourself on the ground that we were
unused to riding in cattle car with the .
oxen and accepted the situation
and the seat, while the poor ventilation was
rent in twain with remarks of doubtful mean
ing. An oil gentleman just ahead of US sat
bolt upright in the middle of the seat. occa I
e'oha'ly oo""s "ses III "u' Nhe'''o' VII"
sueh suddehness 'ha' we uoogeu MS nat 'hS'
came hying toward u.s. then iol'ed upon Tue
hoor' mihghhg "sei WIN "rse quan'''ies oi
"ul' ehuA'' pe'ui'Ai W ''e '''''''o"
fur'her down. Two hes"s that ou"'peu as
one 'u'eetuep "ne'y' crossing e'''i 0'"e' at
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