The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-11-29

what he considered the unreasonable de-
mands of the landlord, and told him it would
be much to our benefit il we could proceed
at once to Richmond
81 don't prevent you,' said the stubborn
hotel keeper; "but you must pay for supper,
lodging and breakfast"
"At what hours can we have our mea's?"
asked Turner.
whenever you please" was the reply.
every well, sir. We will have dinner at
twelve o'clock, ,end supper at half-past twelve.
We will lodge at one o'clock this afternoon
and breakfast at half past one." said Turner.
I The landlord was amazed alike by the fact
and manner Of this announcement. "You
don't want three meals st once, do you?"
said he. ''1~'' ''.- - 3 Z, II '.''"
I "No," said Turner, ''nor will we have
three at once. You Shall Set the table and
cook US good dinner We viii eat IT, The
table Shall then be nicely cleared off apd re-
set with clean dishes, and our supper shall
be placed uponit We will eat that, and f.
uish il by one O'clock Then we viii go to
bed; and do you see that the supper table is
cleared OF, and a good breakfast cooked
with plenty Of oftgood coffee, andllet it be all
ready when we arise at half-past one O'Clock
And, mind you, don'tthink VOC can re-hash
one meal and make it answer for another.
We won't stand that. We pay for the best
and we will have fhe best" i''aa# 81
The landlord said it was all right, and
started to prepare the dinner. l followed
him, and tried again to effect compromise,
but he would hear to nothing of the kind.
A good dinner was on the table at twelve
o'clock. We did fall justice to it, and Tur.
ner then ordered the table to be cleared of
and supper brought in at once. 1twas done
punctually by half. past twelve O'Clock, anC
we all did our best towards eating it. BY
one o'clock we had devoured as much as We
possibly could. "Now show us to bed,
said Turner, each man by his demand being
provided with a lighted candle. The land
lord showed us our rooms and we all (thir-
ty-six in number) undressed and tun3bled in
t, bed, previously to which. however. Ok
i Turner hal!oed the landlord from the TOP
Of the stairs, ''Do you see, sir, that oul
breakfast is all ready and on the table smo
king hot in half an hour" t4 s@.%"s .'
No response was heard to this request
Turner maintained his gravity, and so dit
the landlord Both were angry, and made
serious time of It, but for myself, was con
yulsed with laughter at the absurdity of th,
whole thing, All the company, indeed, wer
ii great glee; but we felt that the tavern
keeper was unreasonable, and therefore "
nJt only obeyed the orders Of Turner, bu
did our best 10 get the worth Of our money
We were up and dressed in half an hour, bu
our beds exhibited every appearance Of hay
ing been devoted to at least one nights lod
gmg. ...., .
We then all marched down to breakfast.
Every thing was cooked and prepared ia
the pest order, and a Stranger would hav
thought, had lie SEEN the vituals disappear
that we had been on short allowance for
fortnight. 1t has ever been mystery t,
me how we managed to live through such
stulfing as we all underwent on that occa
sion. / have seen my father cram turkey
for weeks preparatory to serving them for
a Thanksgiving dinner, but that was not
circumstance" to the cranecd circus con,
pany.