The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-12

The railway maintains An almost dead
level. regardless Of the topography Of the
country: but whether on the high EN- bank
meat or in the deep cut. one sees no I'M
slightly a.opes 81 rock or Of clay quilted BY
shc rains On the contrary. in the cuts he
gliles through getaways of green. and on
tie hl.s The e-ntankment slopes away in
solid s.sd. or n rrrr1ced and thickset with
grass and flowers which charm the eye.
Ess. on the levels the narrow strip Of the
roadway be;ween rail and ditch !sa ri bbon
Of green: the ditch j. like one Of our ozna-
mortality rocSed fumes. and where the
rosd winds around the point Of hill the
c~I.vity Is often terrAccd above and be-
To-. the point covered with noble trees.
and the terraces set in grass or shrubtEry
Or nowers in ever varying forms Of rural
loneliness When country road crosses
shs railway at . cut is passes on a great
atone bridge and under high grade by .
tunnel. while on the level it approaches BY
: long and gently inclined grade which
gives Il = bridge level above the top of the
smokestack: and the manner in which
thee high grades are concealed or deli
cat<ly yelled By double rows Of tsees along
their base i quite charming.
The country slepots these people call
them stasionsj are little lodges * stons and
Iron, and like the bridges are - solid g II
built by Titsns for Cyclopean Transports
tion. But the riding part-ah, l cannot
praise that! And when asked my impres-
sion Of the country am compelled 10 an
swer that | have been we'll treated with
one exception When left Liverpool by
the London and Northwestern they put
f...< L. -
guard over me. That is just what it
amounted to. Ay first impulse was to ask
II they feared would steal their train. but
there was no time to 'chnff." for ie was
Quick. now Right in here" then . wild
cling Of nT luggage" after me. . slam
ming and fastening. and we were on at
forty miles an hour. Ny only fellow pris-
oner for some time was middle aged and
very intelligent lady. who explained that
she had been put into the smokers car
riage" only because she arrived too late to
get into the other. and straightway in
sisted on my smoking II felt like il.
When l got accustomed to my cage no
ticed that ii was eight feet long, the long
way being across the track. and big
enough for two seats. fronting each other,
with shelves overhead for light luggage.
Five persons could sit on each seat by .
little SQUEEZING, but a family or party Of
five 10 eight can have its own cage with
out extra charge Three Of these with .
sentry box for the guard. constitute .
'vaa." and In the same van are generally
first. second and third class cage. The
difference In price is worth taking into &C.
count. and here. as In America. ride with
the smokers on principle. for IL u among
smokers that one hears the free~t talk and
gets az the true sentiments Of the people.
A van looks like combination OF the old
stage coach and one Of those photograph
cars which used 70 he hauled over the
country roads Of the west. and a string 81
these second hand collins as Artemus
Ward would SAY. makes train.
On long ride there Is serious incon-
venience- One cannot move about or get
glass Of water or retire temporarily. and
IL they did not make = five minutes stop It
least once In two hours a delicate person
would suffer as much as child in the old
fashioned district school. The English
freely admit that America Il ahead In the
comforts Of railway travel. and explain
the failure 70 improve by the fact that
There Is 20 much capital invested in these
old style carriages and the shops are fixed
to make them; but ! suspect that the real
reason for the conservatism Il the English
love Of privacy | find IL manifested every
WHEREIN the high walls, thick groves
or dense hedges around the better class Of
houses, In the division Of the ''publicsv
Into several little drinking stalls, aud
most Of all In the manner Of eating. At
the village inn l eat in the parlor. the
commercial travellers in the commercial
room, the ladies' In some remote reuion.
while the dignisary does his eating in biz
own room. Very rarely do ! sit down a
table with any other person. They strive
% b equally secluded on the cars, and the
caro- the guard takes Of IN II actually
touching soon discovered his utility.
There y no allowing . man 70 run this
way and that ~ the stopping places and 70
ct into danger ] was 20 affected BY the
kindly consideration Of my keeper AZ one
place that attempted 20 Re facetious.
You don't intend that an American
shall get hurt In this country. do your
NO. eur" he answered. with all the
gravity Of bishop, and respectfully touch
Ing his cap. NO. zur: not 30 long - be
ave any money, CUR"
took the hint. Coulf. very well miss
Il, indeed. for a. he brouk x his hand down
from his cap Il was palm upward and cup.
psd v : delicateIy suggestive way. 4