Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-05-22
Editorial Correspondence of the Times.

! cate state of health? You never dd-well avoid
| it, if you can. Rather run your head into sand
bank, Jump into the Mississippi, do any thing, but
keep away from a crowded house when you feel
the workings of young earthquake within you.
Let me give you little Of my experience. Oc-
cupied room No. well, no matter. Felt like a
pancake half done, rolled up into a ball-a little
sour. Retired at O'Clock. INDUCED in all sorts
of thoughts, from the time was a wee boy, to
the time expected to be gray-haired man.
Caught occasional glimpSes of Morpheus, but he
was as coy as a young maiden when she is first
approached by her lover. Lay, no didn't lay,
that is, rolled, tossed like vessel in Il storm
for about two hours, when completely exhausted,
l closed my eyes, and made an effort, Ooh, how
strong tried,) to place myself into the arms of
''balmy sleep.' 1t was no go. The old fellow
was as contrary as some of those porkers you
stumble over in st. Anthony Shouldn't do any
thing with him, so consigned myself to the fates,
and listened to the young thunder which rolled
through the spacious aisles of the De Soto. Had
lust taken seat in the first train for Slecp-Land,
when ''past 10 o'clock'' came echo;ng up from
the cayernous throat Of the watchman, who seem
ed to take particular delight in raising his voice
two octaves for aay special benefit. Sour tut,
| tut-ddn't swear, but as the Dutchman said, 81
thought DAMN That was but momentary, so
getting up reaction by the Indignation which
burned within me, felt more comfortable and
fattercd myself that the next train would carry
me safely into the realms of Forgetfulness, when
trio of ''pet darlings'' began their music in the
room adjoining my own. Now YOU must know,
that to an old bachelors ears music of this kind,
at any time, not at all agreeable, but at II o.
clock, in the fourth story of mammoth hotel,
and after strenuous efforts had been made on my
part to get ''forty winks,' as Burton would say,
the everlasting yelling Git wasn't crying) Of those
s.babes" (Lord! what awful tonesD was enough
to give an ordinary man the st. Vitus Dance, but
what effect it had on me, in delicate health, can
only be known when can control my nerves sufi-
GENTLY to investigate the matter and report DANA
ces. No insurance. '.Past II o'clock came up
that lugubrious tone again from the faithful watch
man-when the angry winds began to cease, and
turning over, slid of as gently into Dream-Land
as the fresh oyster slips down the throat of the
half-starved boatman who has lived cat-o'-
nine-tails and salt pork during royagc of three
months. If you were ever awakened out of a sound
sleep and imagined the Judgment day at hand,
you can appreciate my feelings when Twas arous-
ed by s'knocking at the door, not gentle
knocking, but a real, genuine: Irish break down,
one of those solid fellows which sends the blood
to the brain and marshals the hairs of your head
ITO platoons, in self defence. ''Who's there:'
asked we. as soon as we had gathered our scatter
ed senses. s'Och, an shure its me- ""hos
me?'' s'Mleself, am shure, VINO would be afther
coming in.'' s'Wel, who the - arc your"
Gone Of the house, We could not stand that
appeal, SO reluctantly we opened the door, and
there stood six footed son Of Erin, accompanied
by a man and his wife and six children, who
would have answered for steps to an eight story
building. ''Well, wha do you want?" cam
shure isn't this the room that contains an o an
7?'' ':Possbly it may, but we haven't seen them
yet. We know it contains US, that is, oursef
and the young earthquake which has kept us awake
part of the night, and by the powers, if you dis
turb me again, will vacate the premises and re-
port you to the police" Poor Pat turned pale,
asked our pardon, said he had made mistake
and he would do any thing in his power to COM
fort the poor ''gintlemen"- of course,
us-"qinri.men." We frowned most Indignantly
at the man and his wife-yes, we frowned at
lady,-but then we couldn't help it, for that con-
founded pain, some considerable distance above
our boots, made us conscious that we were, or
were about to be in the collapsed state, and slam
ming the door, we bundled into bed, hurting ST.
lent anathemas at those who hadn't sense enough
to know that l07 and lO4 were just three doors
below us, and were no more intended to be the
same apartments than donkey was an Elephant.
'sIf ignorance is bliss, tits folly to be WISE" Well,
2 O'Clock came. and We were still bargaining with
the invisible monitor for small space in snoose-
dom. Tho terms were agreed upon, we
were once more gliding quietly into the spirit
land, when new army of adventures broke IN
upon us so abruptly that VIC involuntarly seized
our boots, 1--WE always carry these weapons With
us,) and like Macbeth was ready to exclain-
.'Lay on McDuff. and id be he who first cries,
hold-enough!'' This was our first thong ht-our
second one was the best. ''We'l fix 'em,'' thought
we, as We were once more hustled out of bed to
answer to the call of some less than a dozen who
were impatiently waiting for us to open the door.
eyes, We'll fix 'em." Door opens. ''ls this No.
p" s'No.'' 'sCan you tell me where it is?'
'sThe next door, think" ''Does any one occu-
py this room?" s'Yes, there is dying here
with the Cholera The effect was magical. We
heard no further noise that night. Returning to
our couch, We laughed oursclf into a sweet sleep.
reaction took place in our own systematic
young earthquake disappeared, and as the ply
seians say, at present we are ''doing as we'll as
could be expected" By all this We would not
lead our readers to suppose that our annoyance
arose from any want of attention on the part of
the servants or proprietors of the house-far from
it. 1t was occasioned by our own delicate health,
and restlessness of spirit. Had we slept with our
usual soundness, We should not have heard the
noise, and consequently should not have been dis
| turbed. And here let me remark that more at
tentye set of servants we have never met than
can be found at the DE Soto. The Landlord is
exceedingly anxious to please all who may visit
his establishment, and spares no pains to make
the stay of the traveller comfortable; and as to
the Landady, We feel quite sure that our lady ac-
quaintances will fare excellenty in her hands. A
kind and gentle smile go far towards binding
the golden threads of friendship, and although
these are not on the bill of fare of the De Soto,