The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-16
I other Blanks we have issued
New York State Fair.

The Fair held at Elmira must have been
Petty well attended, according to all &C.
UNITS. A correspondent Of the n Y.
Zines tells the following:
When arrived here, the hotels were so full
ut corpulent man could not get his nose
+ side hotel door for less than dollar, and
If price was the regular rate for leaning
ainst the building. Thin persons were per
tied to enjoy such luxuries on more mode
tie terms, provided they would take oath not
injure the paint. To-day there arrived in
e train over two thousand visitors, and by
her trains about three thousand more, so
at there will soon, fear, be rise in the
ice of accommodations such as have named.
pr regular sleeping and eating inside build
there is only the usual charge. Therefore
ose who once get in are made comfortable.
peard testy old gentleman grumble mildly,
It night, because the porter insisted on put
g another man in his bed. There were
ly two already in with him, and the bed was
de Such instances of an exaggerated no
IN of the number of square inches of bedroom
solutely necessary to enjoyment are rare
AVE heard of only some six or eight cases
disaaection, and but one other than the case
Heady stated has come under my own obseI-
ton. l will give you an idea of it, as it
IS to illustrate the folly of not being con-
ucted on the ramred principle. 1t was
ar ii o'clock at night, and there were about
trty persons in the Office of one of the hotels
which called to talk with friend, when
emaciated individual appeared at the desk,
his shirt and pantaloOns, and while wiping
perspiration from his face and ears, asked
clerk, in faltering yet intensely earnest
ne, How many pounds pressure to the sur.
:e inch he supposed him to be capable of
airing without experiencing collapse, when
put that last man in his bed?" The clerk
swered as if he failed to comprehend all the
pheasant circumstances of the case, by say
that it was not q rule of the house to cal
late pressure on surface inches and what
IS more, that he didn't believe it was rule
any irst-class hotel. The last remark was
tered with the air of man who thinks he
ows what he is talking about, and, conse-
emily, the emaciated gentleman in shirt and
wsers was confused 1t was near one mi
tie before he ventured another attack, and
hen he did, it was only kind Of mastery
reat. "Well," said he, turning towards us
sympathy, call l have to say is, that the
it man had got me hustled pretty near out
bed, when the other came, and, in forcing
back, got me about halfway under the
It. soon began to feel warm and other
BE uncomfortable. Ali this time the man on
front side lay with his back close to me, so
,t l couldn't stir peg. 1 asked him to
pve little, and he said if he did he'd tumble
:. BY and by, land was sweating like q
|ll all the time) by and by, as said, the
mt side man turned over right on to me, and
gan to snore. There l was, oil covered over
th both of them. squirmed and wriggled,
it was only internally, for couldn't move,
vas as hot as an oven-they had pulled the
lit up over their shoulders. looked down
der it, but couldn't see an inch of any part
me. Knowing 1 would be smothered soon,
lollered. l couldn't holler loud; l was too
gone; but l made noise enough to disturb
front side man. He stopped snoring, and
next time l holered he woke up and
nted to know what allied me. / didn't want
offend him as things stood, so l said was
~ warm He said had better get up and
OIL off said wanted to, but couldn't IN
s he would roll over and let me out He
led over and felt somewhat better, but
s so much exhausted that couldn't get out
pm under the back side man, who was fast
eep. told the front side man how was
ed. He propped him up little and pulled
out. As soon as l could catch breath l
t on my trowsers and left, and amt going
ok. AS soon as got to the door they both
hghed. have suspicion that they squeezed
unnecessarily just to get me out. Now,
ntlemen, Ill leave it to you, if haven't
EN- sufficiently ill-treated to be excused for
mplaining." All agreed that he had, and
ben l left, which was soon afterwards, the
utleman who had been squeezed was ordering
baggage.