The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-31

that trip more than / did. If there is
anything on earth that a man could
want that wasn't in that car. it's one
on me. I never saw it. Oh, say.
When l die, if they want to give me
any heaven just let them put me in
that car and keep on travelling forever
and ever That's all l want.
Il tell you it was fine. All the way
to New York our car was on the rear
of the train and we could just sit in
the observa ton compartment all day,
and smoke and chat and watch the
scenery. There was just three of us
DAILY and me and another fellow.
Then there was waiter and cook
to see we didn't get lost. We went
over different railroads and through
all kinds of country. Half the time I
couldn't tell whether l owned the par
tcular road we We're going over, or
whether Mr. DAILY owned it or the other
fellow. But we could all criticise the
roadbed and equipment as freely as
we wanted to. OF course you know
how it is with private cars. Lots of
people at the stations crowd around
them out OF curiosity. So once in
awhile we would go out on the rear
platform and show ourselves. At least
me and the other fellow would. l be-
lieve the populace is entitled to some
rights.
We stopped over one day in st. Paul
There were some people wanted to see
ait
ing, although we had come over the
Northern Pacific, the Great Northern
people switched us over into their yard
and cleaned the car for us That shows
what kind of people they are But you
ought to see that combination brush
and hose they have to clean cars with,
That beats my game. l am out in the
country. When they got the car clean
ed Mr.. DAILY shook hands with the
fellow and handed him a five or a ten,
That SHOWS what kind of fellow he is.
We reached Chicago al 10 in the
morning on the Burlington line, and
the Pennsylvania train was to start at
1890 A Pennsylvania official had come
into the car, and Mr.. DAILY told him he
was anxious to catch that train, as
otherwise he would have to wait sew
eral hours Well, we TO sooner got
up to the station than up comes
switch engine, backs us off and gets
US on to the Pennsylvania train just
a minute before it started. l was on
the rear platform and as the switch
engine was uncoupling | leaned over
and shook hands with the fellow on the.
front of the engine and left a five in
his hand That was to show what
kind of fellow l was. He tipped his
hat and said: "..s.=.
THANK you Mr.. DAILY!
"And that is all the credit l got out
of it.
And that is the way it went. The
weather v as fine and that cook is the
best cook ever lived nobody barred
I could feel my disease disappearing
the nearer We got to sheepshead Bay
We would watch the scenery all day,
and in the evening we would sit at
the table and chat. MI DAILY would
hand me out bouquet and then I
would hand him one right back. It
was the finest trip I ever had, all
right"
''Where did you stop in New York?'
1.-THE Hoffman. of course. That is
the only hotel to stop at. Oh, there's
the Waldorf-Astoria and the Neither
lands, and the rest of those, The Wal
dorf-Astoria is a mighty good hotel for
a man who likes that kind of hotel.
But as for me, give me the Hoffman.
You'll meet all the people at the Hoff-
man that's worth meeting. The Hoff-
man cafe is not SO many: you can pass
that up. Oh. of course, you can take
a meal there once or twice, if it comes
right. But for steady eating go to
Shaney's. The Hoffman, however, is
the place to stop. The hotel is all
right and the bar is all right When
you go there just tell Major Peacock
at the office desk that you are a friend
of Jerry Flanagan of Montana, and it
will be all right"
Ibid you see any baseball while you
were in New York;"
Baseball is the first thing I didn't
see. You see, il was just this way:
We got into the Pennsylvania depot
at o'clock in the afternoon. I had
looked at the baseball schedule and
found that the game that day was to
be the last league game in New York
for more than a month. The Eastern
teams We're going west. So I thought
I ought to see one good baseball game
before ] started back to Montana So
I jumped into a hack and when I got
to the elevated line l paid the hack
man, told him TO take my grip on up
to the Hoffman. and I got out. I took
the elevated up to the Polo grounds and
got there just before the game started.
I paid a half to get in, another half
for a reserved seat and quarter for
score card.
THE game was between the New
Yorks and the Brooklyns. The New
Yorks didn't set any runs in the first