Year: 1875

How poor are they that have pa
tience A few days ago a hearse ar
rived from Rochester, N. Y, consigned
to yesterday & Morgan of this city.
The hearse was transported from the
the shop in Rochester, without chang
ing cars from the fiat on which it was
originally placed. Before shipment
the manufacturers placed large box
over it to protect it from the weather.
The box rested on the axles, inside the
wheels, being long enough to extend
from the rear over the dashboard in
front. Owing to the construction of
the drivers seat on the hearse, the
corners of the hearse extended far
enough to allow room for the body of
a man to pass between the box at that
point and the hearse. The front and
rear of the vehicle is so constructed as
to swing open, and thereby hangs the
tale. This was noticed by some one
who, without the fear of the railroad
companies, silently contemplated how
easy it would be to save few scads
and see the country where strawberries
grow large as. hens eggs all the your
round. This unknown one devoured
with eager eyes the, place where he
might recline undisturbed and then
pounced off to lay in stock of pro-
visions. These he procured, and with
calm and unruffied composure of soul
and song of gratitude in his heart,
he silently poked them through the
cavity between the hearse and the
box; after which he followed with due
deliberation. Once within the wood
ed sepulcher, it is thought he waited
song of praise, for there reposed a
large box (such as are used to incase
cofins) filled with silver plated casket
ornaments, ETC., which had been pack
ed in straw and shavings as also the
seat cushions After arranging his
corned- beef, bread, sardines, hermeti-
cally sealed cabbage, and tobacco, he
arranged the ornaments in the box so
as to leave nice place in thss centre
for him to repose in. And then, after
taking drink and chew of tobac-
co, he reclined amid the straw and
fine shavings and quietly snickered.
The appearance of this suffering soul
as he laid back and elected the nico-
tine from between his ruby lips against
the plate glass sides of that hearse
must have been eminently satisfactory.
With a degree of caution that is COM
mendable, he used to get out at night
occasionally when the train stopped at
a station, and having secured fresh
fodder to line his gastric vacuum, re-
turn to his combination boudoir, din
ing and sleeping apartment, with an
abiding faith in the absolu goodness
of railroads as means of quiet trav-
ell. AS was seen by the remnants of
hams, skins and bread left in his lodg-
ings, his appetite remained substantial
throughout the journey but his amia


BILE weakness seems to have been in
lining the glass walls of his sanctum
with tobacco;juice. A highly -colored,
short.stemmed clay pipe, found in one
corner, gave proof that it was not al
lowed to rust with inactivity and told
how vacation between meals was some-
times passed. To wind up, the un-
known is supposed to have managed
his case philosophically. He made no
unnecessary trouble, and if he had
cleaned out his crib before vacating
few would have been the wiser. 1t
was certainly novel stow-away, and
reflects credit upon the genius that
planned and executed it. Whosoever
the Lord catcheth getting ahead of a
railroad company, him will He pros


per. 1t is more blessed in some cases
to receive than to give Oakland
(GaL0 Tribune