Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-07-14

saratoga springs, N. Y, Wnere at
tended the Supreme Conclave, I'm
proved Order Heptasophs, together
with few dots on Washington, New
York City and Albany, N. Y.
left Walhalla on Thursday,
June Sd, for Seneca, where board
ed No. 3S, the Southern vestibule,
for Washington, which train is
solid Pullman. / left Seneca at 335
p. m, and arrived in Washington the
next morning at o'clock
Right here ] would like to tell of
very
Amusing Incident
that happened on my way to Wash
ington. About o'clock l noticed
middle-aged man, who seemed to
be very uneasy about something, for
he would walk out on the observa-
tion platform, where some five or six
of us sat smoking and talking, and
would Immediately walk back in the
car and pick up a magazine or news
paper for few minutes, then lay it
back down and continue to roam
around in an uneasy way, until Ii
or 11.30 O'Clock, or, rather, until
went in to retire for the night.
fully expected to get lower berth
myself, but failed, and had to take
an upper. So when l left l made the
remark to my platform friend that
thought l would retire, and also
said that l was disappointed in not
being able to get lower berth.
The uneasy man, hearing this, be-
came Immediately interested, and
asked me if l had an upper berth,
and If l was going to retire now, to
which 1 answered "Yes." He then
told me that he also had an upper
berth, and that he was very tired
and had wished to retire several
hours ago, but did not see any way
to get into the blamed thing, and
that he just thought he would wait
until some one else retired, so he
would see how 1t was done. | con-
fess l was also in the dark in regard
to the mode of entrance to these high
slumber quarters. for heretofore |
had always been fortunate enough
TO have lower one. Nevertheless.
] told my friend we would bc+h get
to our quarters if we had to climb
up the curtain. l asked the porter
If my quarters were ready, and find
ing that they were, I told him was
ready to retire. My friends quart
ers were just across the aisle from
mine, so when the ladder was
brought l told the porter to let this
gentleman go first, as he had wished
to retire some time ago and was no
doubt very tired. At this juncture
my friend protested that l should go
first, as he wanted to see how it
was done, to which | assented, and
climbed to my perch, followed by
the uneasy man. l arose about 6.15
the next morning, but did not see
any more Of the gentleman who
wished to retire at 8, but wishing to
11.30 o'clock.
The next morning at o'clock we
arrived at the new Union Station,
% Washington, d. c., in which city /
stopped for few days visit, having
lived there some four or five years.
The New Union Station
In Washington is the finest structure
of its kind that have ever had the
pleasure of viewing. Everything
runs as Systematically as clock,
and is so arranged that 1T is almost
impossible for person to make a
mistake in his train or the train he
wishes to meet. 1t is large stone
structure, the most conveniently ar
ranged station that l have ever Wis
tied, and is considered the handsom-
est railroad station in the world to-
day. One feature that impressed me
about the construction of it was the
way it Is lighted. You do not see
the brilliant electric lights. They
are there, but not visible. The
lights are so arranged on the sides
that they are hidden from view, but
their radiance is like the MONDAY
sun.
While in Washington | met quite
a number of my old friends, yet
found that numbers of them had
passed to the great beyond.
Saturday morning, June 5th, [
called on Miss Salina Yongue,
daughter of our Methodist minister,