The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
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How Greedy Traveier Was Forced to
to Yle4d the soats.
The subject Of the ethics Of polite
ness as manifested by travellers In
yielding or retaining their CDR sssta
iorms e never ending topic Of CONVEX
sation among those WHO have occasion
TO study the various PHASES Of the
pro blen.
In connection wish the subject 4
be- .zercial traveller gives an nlustra-
tieu Of an event that recently came to
his attention. It OCCURRED one day
last autumn on an Accommodation
train runaain on the Pennsyavania rail-
road between Columbus Chic, and In
dianapo1is, and was as follews:
'Ths train was entirely inadequate
70 aeoomnf date the Travellers" said
the speaker. ut had come through
from Pittsburg, and the passenger car
,was already we'll filed when entered
it at Columbus. There were but few
e vsc 5 places
'.4he first scat espled was by the
side Of one Of those human hogs that
one encounters more frequently ripon
q railroad train th,sn anywhere else.
He had earefully spre,4d hts overeoat
gripsack and -suhdry other articles on
the seat by his side 40 as to make It
inaccessible to another passenger.
Il did not like the mans locks, but
as the car was crowded I approached
him to ask II the seat was taken. Be-
70 eeald put the question he look.
- aad said gruH;y; This seat is ta~
s.e~, sir l was rather surprised at
Its adding the word sir; and knew
that he Lied when he made the. other
statement However, it did not trou-
Ole me much. al I readily found an
[lnoccupied lace.
while I. was journeying along /
;,eard tho hog tell afteen separate and
:i1sttnct lies in order to retain the seat.
lie varied the formula somewhat. At
me time 1t was q wave Of the hand
Ind a glance at the rear Of the car to
indicate that the occupant of the seas
was "a. the smoking ear. Anothes
line to the inquiry Of q mild-man-
;iered and tlm1d questloner, he replied
with stolid stare.
II was tempted to crawl up behind
hlu to call aim a liar and then thrash
.l1m> | did nothing of the sort how.
over and eventually I had my ~
Ienge
lit came in the shape Of bio
sed-faced ceuntryman who boarded
he train at a way station. The new
conner weighed fully 26o pounds, and
rom his soiled clothing judged he
worked La a slaughter house or some
taang equally savory.
r, Gas luck would have it. the only
'acant seat was the one beside the sci.
:,sh hog. As the other human poroin9
''alted the guardian Of the latter said:
This seat ISL
:, THAT'S all. right said the sweet
:nelling heavyweight as he pumped
himself with heavy thud beside the
OCCUPANT i guess I'll keep it till the
=; zher fellow comes along
= T. 80 selfish traveller started to bus.
y :, but the red-faced fuf1ian soon took
: sat out Of him BY sundry threats Of
R. iolencec.
&; a:After a while the second barbarian
q ,'ew good humored He told funny
50 anecdotes and poked the first hog
I. the ribs, as he himself went off with
g.eontinued rounds of coarse laugh
X: He waatsd to know where his
,ompanion came FROM and where he
as going. He sgat tobacco Juice
,ress him out of the window, or 'ex3
ST c. :>~ated upon the floor near the first
aveler'k efreeta
i4.lt was' easy to see that the original
3 og was the most miserable man in
le world. a..
.:At last the latter could stand 1t no
longer, He crawled cut Of his seat.
5 atherad up his traps and entered tho
moking gar; where for forty miles h88
~ ternated between standing and occu4
ring a most uncomfortable seat on 8
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