Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1878 — Scene in a Railroad Car. [ARTICLE]

Scene in a Railroad Car.

The following laughable incident is told by a well-known Government officeholder who has numerous tales to tell of his observations and experience: “There were two seats in the car turned so as to face each other. One was occupied by a lady and the other by a Chinaman. Evidently the lady did not relish the presence of the Chinaman. She explained to him that she wanted to take the cushions and their frames and place them lengthwise across from seat to seat. John said ‘ all rightee,’ and got out in the aisle while she proceeded to lie down on the bed thus improvised, with her head resting on her valise. She supposed that the Chinaman would take the hint that the lady wanted to rest in the Space usually occupied by four persons. But John at once proceeded to crawl in and stretch himself by her side, with his head on a little bundle of his own. The Chinese are an imitative race, and like to do as others do, you know. The lady, as soon as she discovered that she had a bedfellow, got up a little wildly and started for the next car, to the infinite amusement of the passengers, who had been watching the little scene with some interest. John took no notice of the fun he had created, but went to sleep with the whole bed to himself.”