The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-08-04
Snedicker's Pleasure Trip To The
Coast.

The following interesting letter
under date of July 9th, was received
at this office one day this week. We
are glad to share it with our readers,
and we strongly suspect that the
witty "Snedlcker" is no other than
our worthy mayor, j. A. Rickert:
The Milestone Valley Limited
left Sisscton station just nine min
utes late. IT was 1889 p. m, July
10th. We had neglected to advertise
our expected trip and of course our
friends were not at the depot TO see
US oil. The disappointment was soon
forgotten, however. AT Milhank, an
eight-hour walt for "closc .conncc-
tlon' gave us ample time to reveI IN
anticipation OF the coming pleasures
of our trip About m:dnlght-a ntl IL
weary-wc boarded the east bound
"hycr'. Jcrusha ANA and John came
aboard also. ".ohn," said Jerusha
Ann, "lf we don't soon git sot down,
we'll git shook out of these cars ;"
The berths were all taken. A wire.
less message, however, seemed to in.
dictate that another sleeper would he
AT tached at Ortonvllle, and at about
two Il. m. we were permitted to crawl
in, We hardly ever sleep soundly the
first night out on the ears. Our
hampcred quarters, the giggle of Two
doves i'm the upper berth and the
noise of the train. together with the
thoughts of our pleasure trip, made
it an easy matter to keep awake most
of the time until morning. A few
hours in the cities gave us ample
time TO procure the articles we
thought necessary for our pleasure
trip. We may have made larger
selection than was necessary: at any
rate, when tram time came we found
we We're loaded down to the guards.
AT the Union depot, ut was about 10
p. m. and we were fifteen minutes
ahead of time), the janitor had a bad
tit OF scrubbing out and of course our
luggage was continually in the way,
The crowu began to gather GAN
aboard for Portland" was called,
We gathered up our freight and
reached the gate in time to discover
that the sateman must see our ticket
which was securely tucked away in
an inside pocket, near our heart. We
still have il heart, though by some
said to be very small. Down went
our luggage amidst the jostling
throng and we harrledly dug up the
necessary transportation and had 1T
duly punched according to railroad
red tapeism. After a few moments
we go, together our baggage again
and reached the car, somewhat eX-
hausted, but filled to the brm with
the possibilities of our coast pleasure
trip. "Does this car 90 to Portland?"
mo, just three cars back" Three
cars back and we entered: pushed,
damned. crowded and crammed, lot,
perspiring, mercury 80. 1t was II
midnight when we had cooled off and
decided to roll IN. 1t was our second
night out and we felt that we ought
to sleep some, but the shrek OF the
engine and the rumble of the train
kept us awake. A cat-hap or two
was the best we could do. We were
out for pleasure though, and did not
mimi it much. New and wonderful
beauties were in store for us and we
decided not to stay in bed any longer.
AT breakfast time we opened up our
lunch basket and found that our
dainty little drinking glass and finger
bowl were broken.-yes, actually
smashed. We seemed to get along
very we'll without them, however: we
were out for pleasure and we would
not allow a few broken dishes to dis
turb us IN the least
AS we passed through the Bad
Lands, we could imagine that some
unfrlendIy disturbance had once DC
Cured in the smelling works of his
Satanic majesty, an explosion had
taken place, filling the whole land
with the most detected scenery imag-
Unable.
During the passing hours we dis
covered that our nightshirt was miss
ing. OF course somebody had stolen
it. We were out for pleasure. how
ever, and we could not let the loss of
one lonely nights lirt during a 1000
mile ride on a Pullman sleeper upset
us. and we soon decided to forget we
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