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Railroad Etiquette

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
July
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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We find in au Ea3tern exehange the foilowing rules íor conduct in a street raihvay car. For Men. First- Sit sideways; this position, bcsidcs taking up much spaee, wil] plant the back against one im mecí i ate neighbor, ftQd thrust the knees against the other. Second - Cross the legs and trip up rany one who may pass, and have your boots dusted by clean skirts. Third - In eros-ñng the lega let the toe of your boot strike the shin of your opposite neighbor. Fourth - Spit frequently on the floor; when a nuinber of men oagago iu this performance, ltshows a unanimity quile novel in the.se rebellious days. Fifth - Sit with ao arm behind the back of one of your neighbors; it will make it necüssary for him 60 sit bolt upright; besides, the effect from the street is very friendly. In the cae of a lady, it must be very gratilying to her friends tu observe that a stranger has taken her, under his kind prutection. Sixth - Bully the conductor for eome fault of' the eoinpany. It a pe.rfuctly sale ; be is paid Ui be civil, and lio has to bear so tnuch in tiis long tour of duty that a little addiliuoal can not make mtich difference. For Women - First - When one of your own ,ex enters, contract your ' eklrts as little as possibie, after liavii.ig scrutiuized her critically so as ta -ascertain lier sucial positiou. Second - Skirts beiug alwaya clean, particularly about the eelges, arrange them so as to spread over two or ihree people on each side. Third - If a man reiinquish his seat in your favor, do not acknowledge his politeness. To do so would prove that you are not used to civil ty. Fourth - Children being as attracüve to the world at large as to their own parents, allow them, witli shoes or aticky fingers, to make ariy little affectionate demonstrations to strangers. For Both Stxes. - The disposition of pareéis so as to De ia other people's way, and of umbrellas sd as to drip on any one but yourself, is almost too obvious to diention. We couolude by remarking that as self-preservation is nature's first law, so the law of good breéding is to make one's self as oomfortable as possibie, regardless of the consequenoes. Ha Gooldn't Unüjírstand It. - A correspoudent of the New Yol k papers writes: " A war beatón veteran of Longstreet's corps, made a funny remark to a prominent poiitician who conversed with him whijc coming from the front. Baid he, 'I do not luiderBtand lliis ; Lee has won a big victory over Grant on the Rapidan, and told Os so, and that night we retreated. Then he won anotlaer ia Hio Wilder ness, and told us so, and we retreated to Spottsylvania. Then he won another tre ere-jus victory, acd I got tak prisoner ; but í reckou he has retreated agin. Now, when he used a lick ihem, the Yanks feil buck and claimed a victory, and wu undürsloocl it. Now Leo claims victories and keepa a fallin' back, and I can', undrrsattd i(. The Albany Evening Jokrkal says that General Grant and others are driving nnils in Ooneral McClelhin's cof'hn. No maller bow many nails thcy drive in it. He ia not in it himself. Isaac Daniels a soldier of tho TÏl'VoIution and of the War of' 1812, diedon the 2d'U ultimo, in New York city, at fhë iige of .ne fiuiidrcd md nine years and som e tnonthn II i. disease was simply old ;igc. He was the fruher bi nine ehildren. sevun of' wliora : still livilig.

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Old News
Michigan Argus