Iron County register., 1891-11-26
sELFIsHNEss REWARDED.

How a Greedy Traveller Was Forced to
Yield the Seats He Had Retained.
The subject of the ethics of politeness
as manifested by travellers in yielding
or retaining their car seats forms a
never-ending topic of conversation
among those who have occasion to study
the various phases of the problem.
In connection with the subject a COM
merclal traveller gives an illustration of
an event that recently came to his at
tention. 1t occurred one day on an ac-
commodation train running on the
Pennsylvania railroad between Colum-
bus (O.) and Indianapolis, and was as
follows:
THE train was entirely inadequate
to accommodate the travellers, said the
speaker. ut had come through from
Pittsburgh, and the passenger car was
already well filed when entered it at
Columbus. There were but few vacant
places.
''The first seat 1 espied was by the
side OF one of those human hogs that
one encounters more frequently upon
railroad train than anywhere else.
He had carefully spread his overcoat,
gripsack and sundry other articles on
the seat by his side SO as to make it in
accessible to another passenger.
81 did not like the mans looks, but
as the car was crowded l approached
him to ask if the seat was taken. Be
fore could put the question he looked
up and said gruffiy: This seat is taken,
sir I was rather surprised at his
adding the word sir, and I knew that
ho ho1 L.
statement. However it did not trouble
me much, as 1 readily found an unoc-
cupied place.
while l journeyed along I heard
the hog tell fifteen separate and dis
tinct lies in order to retain the entire
seat He varied the formula some
what. AT one time it was a wave of
the hand and a glance at the rear of
the car to indicate that the occupant
of the seat was in the smoking car.
Another time, to the inquiry of mild
hammered and timid questioner, he re-
piled with stolid stare.
II was tempted to crawl up behind
him, to call him a liar and then thrash
him. l did nothing of the sort. how
ever, and eventually had my revenge
faced countryman, who boarded the
train at way-station. The new conner
weighed fully two hundred and fifty
pounds, and from his soiled clothing
judged he worked in a slaughter-house
or something equally savory.
''As luck would have it, the only va
can't seat was the one beside the sell
fish hog. As the other human porcine
halted the guardian of the latter said:
This seat is
"'That's all right said the sweet
smelling heavy weight as he pumped
himself with a thud beside the occu-
pant I guess I'll keep it till the other
fellow comes along
'Our selfish traveller started to blus-
ter, but the red-faced ruffian soon took
that out of him by sundry threats of
violence.
After awhile the second barbarian
grew good-humored He told funny (?)
anecdotes and poked the first hog in
the ribs, as he himself went off with
long-continued rounds of coarse laugh
ter. He wanted to know where his
companion came from and where he
was going. He spat tobacco juice across
him out of the window, or expectorated
upon the floor near the first travellers
effects.
cit was easy to see that the original
hog was about the most miserable man
in the world.
AT last the latter could stand it no
longer. He crawled out of his seat,
gathered up his traps and entered the
smoking-car, where for forty miles he
alternated between standing and oc-
cupyirg a most uncomfortable seat on
a wood box."-N. Y. Herald.