Putnam patriot., 1922-06-09

Sleep on a sleeping ear "is largely determined by the mental condition of the engineer of each division of the road, so railroad officials have told me" says Attorney George F. Thayer of Hartford. father of Charles T. Thayer of Putnam. writing from Vancouver. British Columbia. of his journey across the continent. just be- fore taking ship for the Orient. The fact that he went plentifully provided with rations added no little Co the comfort of the long journey. he says. He is now somewhere on the broad Pacific with South China as his chief objective. The letter follows
 Prom Hartford to Vancouver | travelled by train five days and was yanked the rest Of the way by night in so-called sleeper Sleep. in a sleeper, is largely determined by the mental condition of the engineer on each division of the road, so railroad officials have told me. II the engin ger wakes up to take his train. either to the sound of an alarm clock or 10 the voice of his loving wife. the rest of us on the train can tell which. Af- ter long and watchful waiting through the night. the first yank of the engine settles 1t.
 "The modern sleeping car was iu- vented easily within my memory, and practically the only change has been in name. Now there k eolonist sleeper. tourist sleeper. standard sleeper, a Pullman sleeper. and possi- bly other sleepers, but by any other name. in the morning. they all smell as sweet. After fifty years or more of alleged improvements a well venti- lated sleeper is still unknown
 At Calgary woke up at , a. m. opened the window, found the air cool and crisp and the sun shining ni a eioudless sky. Sixty miles away, off Co the west. rose the Rockies, aR abrupt and unbroken range of snow covered peaks extending like wall north and south as far as the eye could reach. The sun shining against Hthis wall brought cut the effect in fine detail. sight in this country l had never before seen. Al once forgave Ian the engineers all the yanks their alarm clocks or their wives had ln- flieted upon me.
 Slowly the wall came nearer. Finally. about o'clock an opening was found and the tram entered. not Iaeain to emerge from close proximity to snow covered peaks on all sides, for 2l hours
 Libations to Hunger God
 Who said coffee? That morning, as on other mornings of the trip, the first really religious exercise was to take out good sized bottle of home made extract. Dilute a portion with ice water and thus soon get the neces- sary pep so enjoyable to coffee crank.
 "Other necessities on the seat close by included figs, raisins, peanuts, chocolate, broilei ham, corn bread. rye bread. doughnuts, cheese and fin- ally boiled eggs a West Willington grocer saved up for me may, to some appear a mystery but not to one pre- viously acquainted with my travelling appetite. Always on time it ran in sections. four train-meals a day regu- liar and often a midnight special.
 Imagine the feeling, then. after enjoying the last of these w W. eggs, upon seeing in a Vancouver grocer's window the following: Eggs, new laid B. C. 30 eents.' Years before Christ. Aeseulapas. think t was went into the chicken business, but never before had l met an egg that admitted to me t was born B. C. An ostrich is On record as having left an egg unmarked, and when unearthed q century later. produced besides the usual shell shock, some wonderful gas effects as they say when volcaH- oes explode. No. no, these W. w. eggs treated me kindly. but am talk ing no chances here with any B. C. eggs.