New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-12
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

generosity among men who are situated that some
Injuries are practically unatainable II was at II
certain convention in a town in Maine That we'll
known man Of that state went to his room after several
hours Of hard work late at night lie found acquain
ances there smoking cigars and chatting. "ThahK
goodness you've comc,7 said one of them; eve arc
dyin' for drink and haven't been able to get drop
GOT any?7 But the owner of the room had not a
drop either. lie sat down and stiOked MS chm
thoIchtiuly. - think little nielcap would do me
good" he said =" have been working pretty hafu'
but how shall We get t!' Then idea occurred 10
him. IN bet he went on, that H has II haS'
I'm his room. but he won't be up there. Now II VIC
could only get his key" lie rang the bell ana WIG"
a boy APPEARED he sent him down to the clerk loF "
lot Of keys The boy returned with string oil ABOUT
zoo jangling keys. Now B SAID the o"hcI Va
the room, 20 up 10 lis room. unlock ule uoo'
with one Of these keys and If there's hasK ucIo
bring it down" B.. armed with the Keys s",''0u
on hi, mission. found the room and after woFAi"b
with the lock for five ten minutes succecdeu III "'
Locating the door. When he got inside ana Suic" "
match he saw dcmiiohn on table rl'N'ne "
I'D he started TO go out, when man In Ms hlHl''''
came ont Of an adjoining room We'll ne , @,+I
his l. cool What are yOu doing with ny I'm
ionn p" b began t. stanmcr ont hI' tpolo-'rd
Il thought this va, Is room ne gH - sent
me- mn The man in the uiEht>hir began 10 lau-.
IS sent you, did he ~ he a'"i Men, arr ''' on Inc
onpo~.tc side OF the fence politically but -uc>, I
mn 1nr n,ltic, !, wrong ThcrcupOn he t0'A
water piiclcr-oGc OF these heaNN n9lcI e. e. drr,,
cuIutied the water out OF IT and hcd Al rom I INA
John Give my compliments 10 o., ., III, H. pitcher
/ won't lock the door yOd may want 10 IA wv F'
again. Good night and he went to Dcu'
Newspaper correspondents at Johns'o~n dld NOT
recnc IN a led Of rO~cs. they ATE "nc"cNc' ~
could find anything 10 eat, and sept Tor ue most ia"
in a brickyaid on the clay and ~ HN'l"'h' ~
tainod 80 pcr,-tcntly and every one lacked 'ou''
and ,,roteclon so much that few days there Wa-
An endemic OF chill, and fever among the 'o'Iv
.pondeuts Whisky Wa, IN great dchaHu - UNIV
off chi,. but few men were fortunate enough 20 eo'
any, whichever a correspondent came 1H'o "''
~uew.papcr camp De wa, always surrounded y ,o d
dozen wet and .lvcrng men, VINO iIdlhlN ~, ,iJr
- NJ. lad any whI-n-,. Every new ARRIVAL stNcl'il!
i1g , oa wa. ever Known g fail 70 hand II over
Ike medicine va, carefully and fairy d'Ilea a,nv -,
those present. the mask was thrown away anu ' 49,.
new contributor Joined the force Of hose ehtIueu "
share IN any stock Aynceiorih secured
When II was decided 10 put Jolnstown under marital
law a new regiment ordered 10 come 10 the to"h
from Pitt-bnrg. II Wa Just at dusk tha' lho c'n'
Iaulcs came swinging along through INC u"'''- ''
io,diug fresh ana comfortable IN ucF great "'"'
coat 4 halt was ordered just opposite Ne"-pap''
,.u,n - and some If The miltamcn came over 10 rct
new, from the correspondents Two newspaper men
were sitting on "A pile Of wet sand shaking 80 10"
chill, that they could ouy with difficulty MAKE thoi
pencs move across the paper. Tie group oil '"Iu'''
went back 70 the ranks but a moment hter Io''
looling round faced about nlty-hye years ou
came running back. sc, here he said u the news
paper men. Il fought In the war and often watch
i,lt.lnT l,IdIy I'm .cttlu. to b" Old man ana
INK good deal Of my toddy, but I'm hanged Il ~
%Y bronent with me- With that De droppcd
his cancon before ine Two correspondents ara ran 'o'
tu, rank, again lciDrc the grateful men A'd me ~
tbguk him. moment later the regiment Went
flsh;ng through The mud and water ana a. heS 6 az
,uycly.i TWO new papc: men toasted TIE Ola Ho1c'
whom they never "a" aaIlh
Late one night these same two men were sending
ln the last Of their stories when two strangers cino
up The newspaper men were In an abandoned ihi'''
and while one wrote the other kept the VIVA rom
blowing out their solitary candle By shielding 1t WIN
his coat while he shivcfcd In the cold. The stranger
were newcomers for they were decenty dressed anu
both carried bags. TEcy seemed to be al at ca'e i'r
,nov wanted to 10 to bed and beds were unknown on
that side II the Concmaush Valley. When the stories
wcr, finished the pondeHts ran ont III the ram
10 start them over the wires Coming back ll'y
found the two men discussing the probability OF Incl.
sitting up al night in the mill While tho wihd iaocu
around the inside Of the old structure. Seeing the
Lars one Of the correspondents went up 10 the men
and said: ANY whisky in the bag, - Yes
was the prompt answer, have some = IL WAS very
welcome, and the friends were Invited u sHiTe
the beds Of tho correspondents " BcdSI' sara ''c
other two Ohcy were superintendent Of the Western
ruionl: are there any bed. around hcrci' 'Why'
certainly" wa, the answer, and the superintendent
we're led out into the wind and rain. They walked
half mile down the railroad track, tripping on tI'e
ue, slipping in the mud aud losing themselves IN te
lnky bllcknc,s OF the night flhily the iour Ta,"'u
a barn, and the two newspaper men began to cilnp
ladder leading INTO loil' the nV,
an their hand, and knees until they u some
hay. THERE'S banact among u.s. s'id ohe 0i
the newspaper men, ana wen give you nan "a ~
This is our bcd-thc Kings Hotel. And say con
nnued the newspaper man dro"Niy rs he rolled over
in the hay falling to sleep HmoSt - soon as ne IVA, wa
lid n
have to get up TOO, then iJF TINS Is the only biihWg
IN camp ana We WoHTd ore r o H W1G
thresling around in the hay, zone blanket for four
men. colder than Grccn1nd and you expect to sleep
\ long snOrc was the only answer given.
Roth the supcrintcndcnts were sleeping uncasy
when the CORES pGndcns pulled them out Of bed %
the next morning They went down 10 an Old pump.
Here's where we wash" said one. "No soap and no
towels but lots Of water The superintendent
could not easily b. surprised now After
half hour at the pump the guests were III
vited to breakfast This was good news for
them. IL served to chem on two boaTd.. InT
breakfast consisted Of cracker, and Jam. Well ~
be ." said the swcarcr again. When the suPerlH
tie whi,kcy divn,d up evenly In two nd,h''
each party taking one; for as the protane SnperIn,
tendent said when hay, crackers, Jam and one Ddhhe'
were shared, whisky wasn't g III IT,"
At the time Of the John.town disaster four news
paper men from NewYork were caught in the Cnmber-
land Valley all the railroads being unit for use
owing to the floods. The party decided to cross inc
mountains By wagon and on foot, getting to Johsto"h
by hook or by crook. The roads were often III q
terrible condition. having been crashed ont and cut
10 pieces bv the torrents At stage Of the Journey
the party came TO bridge over gully which h"u
been carried away. They examined the ground anu
decided to unhitch the horses and their wagon
The sympathetic natives came out and ass'ur'i ."e
marty that IL was useless 10 attempt TO 20 on "'
.bouid they succeed In getting through the httle
~ vine there was a stream further on which Wa, IN
passablc. But inc newspaper Hleh I.nr,rc mn
their horses again iolted along toward the slrtc
There they were met by another delegation NaTil,h
them not 10 20 any further "low are YOU tIIt,f H.
rrt across that stream - asked one man. " hnI'' -
fhe horses take the wagon Ia piece, ana cd.S -
through" was the answer. The wagon wn' tar' ~
through much 10 the disgust of the unbeleVer, 80 90
he dd not as the superintendent did. use PIV..io