Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-12-03
Western Aunovances.

Judge j, who recently returned from
a. tour in the West, relates an anecdote illus
trating the horrors to which travellers in that
region are exposed In his passage to one of
the rivers, he fell in company with talkative
lady and gentleman, to whom he was relating
some of his sufferings from mosquitoes.
Husband" said the lady to the gentle
man owning that title, you had better tell
the gentleman about the man we met-in
Iowa
The hint was sufficient, and husband
proceeded to say that, in their travels farther
West, they made the acquaintance OF stall
wart, rollicking. western hoosier. enc Of the
genus who could ''wllip his weight in wild
cats but VINO possessed fund of quiet hu-
NOR. One one occasion they had slapped at
a hotel in the interior, not of the most inyi-
ting appearance They were shown to their
rooms, the hoosier at one end. and the lady
and gentleman at the ether, of long ball :
About midnight the drowsy couple were star
tied by a report of firearms, proceeding from
the end of the hall occupied by their travel
ling companion.
Both started up in bed and began to spec
ulate upon the probable cause of this uEtime-
ly alarm, when they heard rushing OF feet,
and a confusion Of voices in the hall. On GO
ing to the door, the gentleman found the
whole household, headed by the landlord,
rushing IN the direction of the report. His
curiosity led him to join this midnight pro-
cession, and he arrived with the rest, in front
of the boosters door The landlord tried the
latch but found it fast, whereupon. in a loud
voice he demanded instant admission
"What do you want %, roared the voice
within.
"Want to come in - replied the landlord
Can't do it y was the response from with
in. q It's my room, and I'm in bed; can't
come i'm
% Let me in ~ shouted the landlord in a
louder tone, at the same time shaking the
door violently, cor III break the door down.
I" Hold on p rcjoined the voice within !;
"Ill open the door.
The door was soon opened, when in rushed
the whole party, expecting to find the floor
covered with blood What was their surprise
to find every ything in its proper place, and the
hoosier calm and unconcerned A revolver
was lying carelessly upon the bed
"Who fred that pistol p demanded the
landlord.
u did !" was the reply
why % asked the landlord
The hooser stepped to the bed, and throw
ing open the covering said ::
LOOK mere 10 Nou sco thaO .
The attention of the party was at once dI-
rected to the point indicated. and there, over
the whole surface of the sheet, bedbugs were
scampering in every direction, like flock OF
sheep frightened by dog.
The landlord was chagrined and puzzled
and looked to his lodger for an explanation
g These" began the hoosier, Strengthening
himself up to his full heighth, and gesticula-
ting with his right hand in grandiloquent
style, g these arc my friends /; l have settled
an armstice with them, and we are on friend
ly terms but on the window-sill there, just
outside, you will find two Internal big fellers
that 1 couldn't do anything with. and so |
just put bullet through 'em. But it's all
right now, it's all understood between me and
my friends here, and we shall get along we'll
enough now"
1t is needless to add that the landlord retl-
red to his own bed visibly crest fallen, while
the spectators enjoyed a hearty laugh