Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-08-09
THE aIsrAkE OF 4 NIGHT.

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Queer things occur, aamid the blaze Of
the noon" but queerer still take place among
the still hours Of night The following, for
instance, IS one Of the Qaeerest in the cats-
gerry and as Watts says,
~ The deeds Of darkness we have done
Al Must all appear before the sun"
It may not be quite improper to make II
public. positive that the parties therein con.
oernea will not object thereto, as their iden-
THY must remain mystery 10 the inquisi.
tive.
| Il Kas upon = public occasion, when all
the hotels in g., call the place what you
will, we're filed from top to bottom. Land
lords economical room and space With anna
zing cunning, packing as many as three fat
men In one bed, on dog .day night too 81.
stretching their guests heads and points UP.
on the floor in such cepious confusion a. u
make the property of certain sets Of limbs
10 particular body a matter Of serious
rdopbt Bonifaee could not put out 4 single
individual, but he could put him away tonio
how Or other
0pe Of these good natured hosts, however,
was sadly peFplexed where to lodge q mar.
ticular friend He could not, consistently
with correct notions of amity, run a pole out I
ofthe window and request his friend to rooss
for the night, as Kentucky landlord is rel
ported to have done when pressed for room
and it was only after good deal Of falcuiA
tion that bright and generous idea came TO
his and his friends relief
Ny old woman's gone to sec her folks
said De, and won't come home till to-mor.
row nov you take MY, bed, for | shan't
have occasion for ii, seeing l must attend
the folks and keep them ar chaps, scattered
On tie dinner hall fioor from lighting .
Accordingly the guest took possession of
Bonifaces bed-sunk up to his nose amid
the feathers, and soon went TO the land Of
Nod, thanking his stars for having escaped
from the confusion below, Had he known
what some poet had written, with chuckle,
smothered in his tive pair Of pillows, be might
have exclaimed,
+ In this tumultuous spere for the unfit.
How seldom art thou found, tranquility
He slept and snored, but it was for lit.
lie while only. An intruder appeared, aud
lie woke with the inquiry,
fssWho's thatln
4 les me, old mango to sleep again.
was the reply, given in female accents, !" but
don't take up all the bed"
h 4 It amt your old man, !" said the stranger,
whose nose, by the way, singusffy feseribled
that of Boniface, whose wife the readet has
already guessed to be the new conner. Be
ing very bashfuf, the poor fellow drew tho
clothes over his head and in smothered tones
told the landlady to clear right square out.
Jest as expected exclaimed the old
woman, "druuk again when the house is full
'ofIfolks what can steal, rob and murder the
hull on u.s." and she proceeded to the bed
side, and cropping in the dark, contrived Is
uncover the unfortunate mans head and then
he had to stake it" in every sense or the
! word Being bachelor he had merely
\ lowed murder most Justify
h 4" Cry murder and rouse the huh house,
viii YOU ?" cried the landlady, shaking her
victims scalp from the root almost
Let me go--,p shouted the man, Il aln't
YER man Murder Murder y
\ The last yell wrung BY the intense pain
from the greatest power of the sufferers
lungs, brought Bonifa6eta and posse to- the
door A general rush was made to the
apartment, and the matter was soon explain
ed amid the shouts Of the asscmhlage.
+" Now" whispered the jolly landlord, IN
his friends ear, when leading him to .licker.3
z Just think how I've got to be pattkroVgh.h 2