The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-04-12

| one WITH anolner, allow OF your moving
about freely over a length OF some hundred
yards. Dining room, sleeping car, drawing
room car. smoking room, library, bath room,
lavatory, the whole fitted up in tie most
luxurious style What can one desire morel
It is q hotel on wheels
There are windows and ventilators, but if
you open your window, you win see your fell
low travellers turn up their coat collars and
get down their shawls and furs, and you will
hear energetic grumblings which will give
you to understand that you are turning your
self into a public calamity The Americans
are shivery people, stewing themselves in a
bain-marie
Hero, as well as in the hotels and In all con-
ditions of American life, you are at the mercy
of servants. There is no remedy at hand. no
appeal against it.
In America you are supposed to know every
thing, and no one win help you unless you
should happen to address yourself to well
bred people
II you ask passer-by In tho street the near
est way to the station, he walks as though he
understood you not. The word ''station" is
/
and say depot pronounced deepo The inva-
riable answer you get to the questions you
ask in the street is. 81 don't know" They
are all like Joe, ''they don't know nothink. !"
When railway servant has succeeded in
insulting you, be is quite proud, and plumes
himself on his smartness; he looks at his
mates and seems to say: ibid you hear how
spoke up to himg' He would be afraid Of
lowering himself by being polite In bis eyes
polteness is form Of servility, and be
imagines that, by being rude to well bred PEG
| pie, he puts himself on footing with them.
| You go to a railway ticket Office to book
for certain place. Perhaps there are several
lines Of railway running to your destination.
Tho clerk says, without looking at you, and
at the rate of a thousand words minute:
'syVhat linea B and o., or s. F. and W.
R. R., or S. 7. l.. and CT
| ~ want ticket for Chicago
81 ask whether you wish to go by then--s
Here he once more repeats various parts Of
the alphabet, casting look of pity at you
the while Do not believe he will translate
his A &c D's into English. It is your place
to understand them
| Do not lose your temper, however; that
never pays in America. The natives would
oplv cniov n Take the mattar lanob;,olv
This is the advice the Americans gave me,
and recommend it to you, if ever you are
similarly placed.
Twas having a siesta one dav in one of the
comfortable arm ch.irs If ! draSvino room,
car when the conductor car,a a,ono and
giving mo Formidable thpmn cried ont i,
the most savape tome.
"Your ticket,n
made basto - oh,;oa b;,,, and 81 ofrar
anoloc;es
~ trlst have not Don't vo, ,y.;t;ne, y
said
ua want o,v., :, ,,,,;+s, cr.steo,,a,,
Anotbar dav ! vas 4, = No,a Wi, ,coo,
train These tra;ns have NOT sro rive roor,
co.'s ,.,;tl s,,,a,-;r,r 49,, $500, Ta:s,..
frst SECOND nor third coss. al, tno co,-;.cas
ara ALIKE i addrassa, tba co,,s,1ucto,. osl-;nr
him where + should find tba s,,,ol;,r cor,,'
nartment IN ranlv ba ,,,,,y,r,,rod ! fo,v ~.
intalI;g;bla words hst1vea III +oa+h 4, -
lh,,n,blast s,vaet,.s4 ,.c1e,,,ts I sa;a.
s..Exc,,se mo Ala n,t hao,.
Ha shouted az mo ~. tic. ION ~ he ro;...
aRa-b;na. tha-lo-co-r,o-t;vai ~ ~, haar
this timer
Nv first ;,,,,,,,sa s,.s 81 ,v,,.o,. ~, ,,or-,
Rnt + hatb.,,obt ,,,,sa,f - ~ .d,-;ao ~.
had baen ve mo nj .,,s,,,a,., ,,r;tt, e,,,;,
.sycs / heard i hoo ) thonsand ,ardors
yo, q 70 roo,l,, TO- ,,l;+a - >'o'-''
non,,lar A,,er;cor ,r+,.os., ,,,as .,;,,;,,o 80
evening n tba dining cor ~ ,ro;r ,o ir.r
fro,,, P,,sto,, - Na,v Va. pa; - 10 10
- slovviv and deibaratalv A. ,,,,Ia,, ova,. nc
noaal ~ Iii, t;n,o Tho yvo;to, d;s,,,a.s,, -
the apdacitv ~ sucb conauct stao, oho,,t
sv;tbi, baar;no and bs,ro,, az
ran,ar,s Y, ,er r,,,ocae5;ngs
When She had o,;ta 6n;shad h., d;,,,ar
aud ,a =, ,o,,,o t,. ,,,stos a. ,,,+,.,
wrote ! few words ,,,,,,, ono e -. Z. a
handing il to him with a sweet s,nile she sa;d
"Here is nv card. If vo,, ham, Il II a. tba
Opera bouse Tomorrow evening vo,, will ba
provided with a stall, regrat axceed;nolv
that It Is NOT in nv novver ~ offer von . boy
lit is such a treat to meet with nolite rail.
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