Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1882 — The Seat Was Taken. [ARTICLE]

The Seat Was Taken.

The travelers in a certain railway car,were amused by a ittle Sirens, in which l an old gentleman was the chief performer. He came in as the car started, carrying a he;avy valiSei Evidently he had been running a race with time, was out of much breath, and probably hl with little good temper. Evpry seat was taken, but near the front end of the car two high-dickey young men occupied one chair and their feet and luggage the next chair. The elderly man asked if the chair with the feet on it was engaged, and the young men said that it appeared to be, and went on wdh their private conversation. The old gentleman’s color and choler arose, and he expressed his determination to occupy that chair. The young men stared, moved not, but continued their, confidential whisper. A moment after, four feet was seen in the air, a hat-box was spinning down the aisle, two bundles of canes and umbrellas., and two each els tumbled on the floor, the back of the chair was reversed, tjud in the chair sat immediately an elderly man qu etly reading a newspaper.-—ZVovi-deuce Journal. • ■ > Texas has a votr-, population of nearly 400.060.