The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-06

Obulula or Onarka, an bein' fred FRI union
deepo to another. So las month whn towny iv
mine in Saint Looey asked me down there, | de-
termined to make tn plunge. With tn invitation
come fine conservative article be tn gin-ral pas
senger agent indivrin Hnnissy, to give faint idee
iv tn glories iy TIL thrip. There was pitchers in
this little pome shown how tn thrain looked to tn
passenger agent. Elegantly dhressede ladies an
gintlemen set in tn handsomely upholstered seats,
or sthroled thru tn broad aises. Pierpont Morgan
was disclosed in a dlctatln letter to
Andrew Carnaygia In tn barber shop Jawn D.
ROCKEFELLER was bein' shaved. In tn smokin' car
We cud see crowd iv jolly men playin poker;
near by sat three wags telln comic stories, while
naygur waither dashed to an fro an pushed mint
juleps into tn fash 'nabe comp'ny
Essays I to meslf: Here is life. They IL have
to dhrag firm that rollin' home iv bliss feet
foremost says I. An whit boundin' down to tn
deepo. slung four dollars at tn prisidint " til
road whin he had concluded some important bust
ness with his nails an he slung back yard " green
paper by which surrindered me rights A1neri-
can citizen. With this here deed in me hand, wint
thru line iv naughty gintlemen in unyform an
wan afther another looked at tn ticket an punched
a hole in it, Win got to tn thrain tn last "
these great says: Have We got ticket?' I
had, says I. This porous pasther was ticket
three minyits ago!' Get aboard says he, givin'
me a short, frindly kick, an in minyit | found
mesilf amid /, scene ~ oriental splendhor an no
place to put me glipsack.
IT shtud dhrnkin' in tn glories iv tn scene
ontil a proud man who cud qualify color FIR all
his meals at thu White House, come up an ordhered
me to bed Fond as am iv tn colored man, Hin
Missy, I wud sometimes wish that tn summer styles
in Pullman porters was more light an airy. It is
thrue that tn naygur porter is more durable an
doesn't show tn dirt, but on tn other hand, he
shows tn heat more. Where says I, do I
sleep?' Il don't know where we Sleep cap says
he, 'but eer ticket reads FIR upper berth. L
wud prefer thrapeze, says I, but if yell call out
tn fire department. maybe they can help me in, |
says. At that he projooced scan laddher an tn
thrain goin' around curve at that minyit, soon
found mesf on hands an knees in iv tn
contest little upstairs We lver saw. He dhrew
tn curtains an so will [.
''But some day whin am down town am
goin' to dhrop in frind tn prisidint iv til
Pullman company, an ask him to publish few
hints to tn wayfarer. [ wud like to know how
gnteman ca1f take off his clothes while settn' OIL
thin. 1t wud help good deal to know what to de
with tn clothes whn We have squirmed out iv thin
Are they to be rolled up in a ball an placed
undher tn head or dropped into tn aisle? Again
in tn mornn' how to get into tn clothes withou
THROWN tn thrain off tn thrack? I will tell "
confdintally, Hinnissy, that not ben' a contor
zionist, tn on y thing I took off me hat.
9TH thrain sped on an on. cud not sleep
TIL luxury iv thravel kept me wide awake
Who wud coort slumber in such cozy little bower
There were some that did it; heerd thin coortin
But not I. ] lay awake while we flew on 7 nigh