Traveler. “I am going to Newport this summer. Which is the best route?”
Answer. “Well, start by the Erie Railroad and try to form a junction with the Pittsburg and Ohio.”
Trav. “When shall I get there?”
An. “If you take the Southern Pacific you may reach Newport before the Fall River boat gets in” (sarcasm on the slowness of the boat).
Trav. “How if I go by the Northern Pacific?”
An. “Well, that is better than the Wickford route.”
Or Trav. says: “I want to go to San Francisco; how shall I start?”
An. “Well, at the rate the Cunarders are going to Europe now, your quickest way is to take the Gallia, and on reaching Liverpool to go to India by the Overland Route, and so round the world.”
The rhyming game is also very amusing. It is done in this way:
Speaker. “I have a word that rhymes with Game.”