Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-20

IN Or ps.<s and IN en- u good fssiins
with so<ia On tbe si<te.
Thss laasti1z wss oas long - b -
nssnbersd. znd following - it IA the
m.s<iag bsfwosa Mr.. Grant aud Mrs-
Davis viii. I am sure. % much = frater-
ulxs The two secfsans All bring EaAny
southern capitalists north - live.
On - train thu rlsE veek got to
t@lkinx with porter "a the pzalaes car
Asphyxia-
Is travel rsner.liy god for this sea-
sonf' asked
<Yss. Ne eall it fair. Sab. Just fair
~World's FAIR ssid |. poking him In
ths ribs with my eight pound cane.
ssNos sxsctly.- be said. with lock q
pain sws have some Worlds fair pso-
PIE. bat not many. They didnt start ~
Al 81 lately. and no~ some q thsEn
would make you sd 70 hook a. thsm-
They arc good msny Of thean that
before ths wah was called white trash By
N oolored people. They didn't call
themselves no way up 70 u They was
me- generally %. sab. and had no fam
bly,. They lived IA the mountains and
shof po~suns and made crooked whisky
and wore yellow pants dyod with cop
psras and FADED with psrspifation. sab;
yaas. sab, preparation that they had
started mp chA-in . postum or = revenue
ofacAh. szh-
do yon msan that any Of that class
are on the way 70 the Worlds fnrf'
oh, yes. We sec 'em every little while.
folks that has sort Of braced up since the
wah: folks. you know. that never had
slaves. The wsh give them chance TO
start In square with the aristocrscy 50
fur Is money goes. and they're ahead
now. some OF EN-. In money way. They
begun to work and hustle and dress bet
ter. and. BY doggy. now you'd Be sur
prised 20 see 'em break loose and ride On
the cars
Some Of EN- don't know the wah Is
ovah. sab. Some Is knittin socks for tho
soldiers yet"
"Ars they afraid Of the earsy
..Oh, yes; lots Of 'rsn was never on hode
a cyar. sab. One woman comes 70 me
Thursday AMI says. Look heah, boy,
want you to look out fer me. never was
on this piaguy thing befo'.' She was
Wild rs a hawk aud mos jumped out the
window two times. bat I ketcbed her.
She rode on the woodbox most Of the
way. Puferred il sort Of. One of 'em
put her trunk ON the engine the other
day. She didn't know about the check
system She was like hyena. and her
husband threatened To kill the engineer
for throwing her trunk OF his machine.
She lodged every time we passed tele-
graph pole
How do the men actr
swell, some lays low and watches the
other men till they fnd out; but you
ought 10 DO q porter year or 30 to see
things. Captain Chase, the conductor,
hsll tell you amt lyin about these
folks One woman got on at Sandy Bot
tom, and we called 'Skyland' mile or
90 outside the place, because Skyland
you have 20 watch pretty close or You
won't see il in time 10 stop. for it's only
q little enlargement Of the wagon road
from Ashsville to Hendersonville. But.
said 'Skyland she jumped off the train
and went down the bankment like the
evil one beatin tanbark."
"Was she killed.
ivy, no; not exactly. She sort Of
frappayed her sknll. the doctor said, and
she was of her head for a week or two
and mos died, and we amt had no travel
from sandy Bottom since"
How about the meny
"Well, they travel bettcr'n what the
women does But on TIE sleepin cyars
they seem sort Of ratified. One Of EN-
tween here and Cincinnati got q tin cup
out Of his basket and filed 1t with water
and made his toilet on the platform.
Then he wiped his face and hands with
his bandanner and came back in the car
and looked proud. Mostly they wear
sort Of red whiskers faded 70 clay bank
and chew tobacco. aiming 10 spit ont the
winder. but If the glass Is fairly clear
they 'casionally forgit it's there.
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