Today Rasbehari mentioned that he is not very proud of his English or something similar. Sit with a dictionary and a grammar book, you can find a thousand mistakes in writings of most people. Continuous usage gives us a certain degree of ease, but does not guarantee perfection. Hence, Rasbehari, you are just one of us and should not feel alone here!!
Here is something I found out for you!
I remember having read this one in either the Indian Express or the Times about two decades ago.
I was visiting Delhi in August last year when I decided to check out the Rail Museum. It indeed is a surprise package in Delhi and one can see many a historical iron horse tethered in their stables. Before I left from there I purchased this 48 page booklet 'A Guide to National Rail Museum', from the sales counter. The booklet is very informative and it is here that I found the text of this letter, of which I had all but a vague memory. I have reproduced the text ditto with all the funny spells and mistakes. In doing so, I need not assert that no offence is intended.
The text goes as under:
Dear Sir,
I am arrive by passenger train at Ahmedpur Station and my belly is too much swelling with jackfruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just I doing the nuisance the guard making whistle blow for train to go off and I am running with 'lotah' in one hand and 'Dhoti' in teh next when I am fall over and expose all my shockings to man and female women on platform. I am got leaved at Ahmedpur Station This too much bad, if passenger go to make dung that dam guard not wait train five minutes for him. I am therefore pray you honour to make big fine on that guard for public sake. Otherwise I am making big report to papers.
Yours faithful servant
Okhil Ch. Sen
Note: This letter was written in 1909 to Divisional Office, Sahebgunj, West Bengal, after which, train compartments of 'Ordinary Class' came to have attached toilet system.
