John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, Page 55

[John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, page 55. Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy, Sally Young and Sue Davis for their ongoing research collaboration; specifically to William for providing scans of the original document, and in turn many thanks to Peter Johnston Binckley and Patricia D'Arcy "Trish" Binckley (1951-2007), at the source. This is my rough transcription. Extra paragraph breaks inserted for easier reading.]

Next, Dublin. But I remember Cambridge City. I propose no explorations.

Out of tobacco, fellow tat[t]ooing elaborately with endlessly diversified variations when ears stop.

Water boy comes round. Employ him to buy of some railroad employee tobacco. He succeeded & I am now in per it, plenty of tobacco. Conductor very gentlemanly.

About 30 miles from Indianapolis, cars stop to wood, it is now very cold, passengers overcoated, & grumbling still.

Only 3 passengers left in this car. Mother exceedingly dissatisfied, nervous, impatient & peevish, so strangely that word sounds applied to that once great woman! 

A woman in the cars with a baby is equally annoyed at its crying and mortified that she can't stop it. Mother is well nigh unable to control her uneasiness at it.

The Engines are out of order & we move on, but very slow.

Here, in in consequence of loss of time, we have to delay 40 minutes at a switch, to await a train. The baby, the cold, etc etc etc - again. Mother abuses the railroad, the state of Indiana, the baby & things generally [to be continued.]

[John Milton Binckley (1831-1878).
Mother = Charlotte Stocker Binckley (1788-1877)]