Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-23

He was English, deucediy English,
y'know. and his fore-and.af; cap and gen.
eral makeup proclaimed him 10 De of the
tourist pattern. He had only been in Sac
ramento two dsJs, he explained TO the pas
senger, of whom he had been asking in
memorable questions about cur climate.
ETC.. end said he was on his way around
the world-seeing it, of course.
Conversation ran along smoothly enough
until his lordship began to blew" about
what great country England was, its nlsg-
nificent system OF government, giant war
vessels and SO on. The Sacramentan began
10 get restless, and asked the visitor how he
came 10 leave such a grand country. But
this didn't disturb chappie, and he kept up
his chatter without even stopping 10 take
breath.
"why, blawst me bloonin' cad, Y know. -
he said, Thy ear ha bloomin lot in this
kentry about the Queen bein stingsy,
vknow. The blawsted eediots seem to for
get doueherno, the5 it's honly hs bit ago
tibet the Queen presented Enry Stanley s
wife with la miniature OF Er Majesty an
ha genuine lock of Err Majesty's hair,
| = know.
Scat ~
The deacon hates cats, and when big
i black Tommy ran across the track just
ahead of the car, the old gentleman felt
| like kicking the driver tor not having q
/ boot jack handy for use.
| 1t always makes me riley when I see
those nasty animals he explained 10 the
gentleman who sat beside him. They
look so confoundedly sneaky and thieving
| Ugh | can't bear them at all. What
good are they, anyhow? Rats No, they
amt worth e cent at the business. They
might lie around and catch a poor little
harmless mouse now and then. but they re
scared of a good sized, double breasted
guaranteed-for fve-years rat, you bet-psr.
don the slang. Why, they amt in it-par,
don the slang again-with modern raj
trap. They're no good. | say
You are prejudiced, I guess suggested
the gentleman addressed, who, by the way
| is employed at the railroad shops.
Not bit of IT," clustered the deacon
They're no good at all and defy any.
body TO prove that they are
We'll, said the railroad shop man, u
can give you little instance in which one
of them proved pretty useful the other
day over at the shops. You see, we have
q sort of cable ROAD over there for running
cars and trucks from one part of the premi.
ses to another. The cable broke the other
| day, and before the engine could be stopped
! the entire lire of rope had been pulled out
OF the pipe. A new rope had to be put in,
but how in thunder to get it through the
| pipe puzzled US all. 1t was too small for a
| man to crawl through was too long to be
pushed through with poles, and there
seemed to be no way of stretching the
cable. a pet cat happened to stroll by just
as we were all scratching our heads in oul
perplexity. Lucky thought That cal
was cur salvation. We just captured her
tied long string to her neck, put her into
the pipe and yelled scat. Away she went
! and in jiffy she was clean through the
pipe and cut the other end with the string
I We hauled light rope through by means
of this string and then with this rope
pulled the cable through, and the problem
was solved
The deacon was converted.