Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-08-28

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ally invading the train with It's oii,sS
ders and attendant discomfortS.
This disappears almost entirely after
leaving Washington. The reason of
this is obvious, and is owing t6sthes
different fuel used in the neis,aa
As the smoke and eindeIs disappear,
SO in aSlarge measure does the char-
acteristic2 politenesy Of the Southern
conductor. While the Northern
conductor and other railroad officials
perform their duties well and answer
all questions politely, they never
find time to dothe many little fayors
that the Southern railroad men de-
cept as part Of their business. You
have got to ask foraalI you get on
Northern train aud about the only
assistance q ladytraveiing alone gets
is q helping hand off the train. The
conductor and brakemen don't 90
intoathe car and gather up bundles
and g~rip-sacks as the train slows MP
as the Southern railroader is sure toa
do. $3Ef sA 5##s g 5S2s@f2gS7a5 5 j
a merry party of excursionists
boarded the train early in$theseyens
ing from Ashcville and rode as far
rs Danville, and were full of young
life and spirits. One little child ;::
the party was kept busy carrying
messages from n end Of the carte
the other, and as all were delivered
in a very audible manner the whole
car was highly entertained with d
flow of wit and nonsense. II
We reached Washington at 6.55,
where we made q stop of two hours
and I improved the oppsoirtunitySto
hunt up a "ticket scalper," and as a
consequence managed to save few
honest pennies. It's surprising the
business they do. I saw six or,eight
offices on two blocks on P~ennsylva-
MIA Avenue, and all were selling tick-
cts to New York for $500 and $780,,
according to route travelled, and the
same roads were selling for 800 in
both cases. One great way forfthe
scalpers to make money is on the
special excursion tickets offered.
a man will buy a ticket, for instance,
in New York, for a round trip TO
Washington, for $1,000, when he
don't intend to return to New York.
When he gets to Washington he will
sell the return ticket to the scalper
for $4.75, and the scalper in return
will sell for $3.50 and thus everybody
but the railroad will make q little by
this management. Every mail that
the soalper gets contains sockets
from the other end of the line, from
g brother scalper and thus just asa
long as the railroads issue excursion
tickets just so long will the scalper
thrive and just 50 long willthe know
ing travelling public rise up and call
them blessed.
We took the palatial steamer,
"City of Worcester" at New York,
for New London, Connecticut, and
just before the boat started a swarm
of laughing boys and girls, march
ing two by two, came on board.
They wer what is termed the Nfresh
air children," and charitable persons
in New York city contribute to o
fund and send willing young gentle
mon and ladies to conduct so ori40
poor little waits from the crowded
tencments of lower New York to the
green fields and cool mountains Of
New England. This party was
bound to New Albany, Vermont, and
were in chargeof two or three ladies.
They were all in excellent spirits
and took possession Of the monster
steam palace, as only q crowd OF
merry children can do. I questioned
a little maid of ten summers and
found she was born in London and
the child seemed to understand the
full meaning of the excursion and
to appreciate it accordingly. The
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