An American Abroad.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2911, 1 March 1893, Page 2

An American Abroad.

There was an American in the railway carriage to Liverpool, writes George R. Sims in the M Referee." This gentleman interested me greatly. l He was dark acid dressed with eiabcrkte care, and kept oh producing instruments of a remarkable character from his pockets. He was a man who was thoroughly equipped fof nil the oontingenpijjs bflieyery-iay life. 4 blue-bottle gobinto the carriage, and hfl produced a flypaper, on which it proinptty nettled and died. He wanted to embke, and he took out a pipe wij;.h seventeen distinct and s^pjtrate putentj; in if. tjg filled it from a pouch which was absolutely remarkable for its ingenuity, lie put the £obacco in with a patent spoon, lie rammed it down with » njetal qtoppef, then he puj; a skewer, which he wqre ' attached to » silver chain, up, the ijten}. then b,e stabbed the tqbacco with a, stilettq %o make tlie pipe draw «ior« easily, md then he kindled » light by means of an elaborate arrAngement in six compartments, whioh took about fifteen minutes to fit together. After that he hung his hat up by a patent hat-sußpender, put on his gloves with a button hook, squirted lauiSGlf »!! 6Vei with a Meat spray, cut his - newspaper with a paper putter thai was &150 a railway £$y aud, »i bo^tjiipk^ and wrapped hmi«*}f i"i» piibnii rug, whioh, by pulling various scringe, could be made into an overcoat, a mackinr bosh, a bed quilt, a life belt, a tablecloth, and a shroud. Finally he went to sleep, after setting a pocket alHrm to wakes him, up in m hour, and putting a p%teht catch dtthisw^tgh^haio iti case either <»f MM ih'/UH be taken suddenly wit'b klepfco» mania. _