The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-10

! pumcc stoned hts fsrc till the skin was near
| " rubbed "if his nose. After which hi wa
subjected u vigorous course of hot water
and soap, hut i,r all We could do, that bless
cd child Cor week aitcrwarl, emitted MI
olor closely resembling the inside Il . paint
cr's shop, while remains IL the paint were
still left, making his countcnance look some
thing Ike zebra, ar ROYAL Bengal tiger.
We managed to erect bcdstead and !
imagined We shouted be cnabled To pass a
comfortable night. What blissfnl ignorance.
! had just fallen into a comfortable doxe,
when ] was awoke by my wife digging her
elbow into my side.
What's the matter now Can't You let
fellow sleep =
Hush there are thieves IN thu ho,'se.
Listen"
| listened and sure enough there waS y
nv stcriou- nose n II somebody was ~
cen,ling the Kitchen stairs with great IA
pidity
ijumpci out oi bed, puu on pair
matter lamp, armed myself with my
revolver, and sailed down the stairs followed
by my wiE.
We looked all over the house. and found
nothing but strange cat in the cual cellar
We went to bed again
Thought hail not been asleep mere than
half an hour. hut in realit, had been Woo
ing tue drcwsy god live or >iS hours, when
| was awokc by the window &c the room
We were sleeping IN being raised, and man
scftly entered The ratm.
" Halo m, fine fellow, I've caught yon,
have = and le,ellcd my revolver st him.
For mercy : sake don't ~loot y said the
man.
w hat are yua ,.ins here n
Matters were soon explained, he was only
tho man engaged in painting the outside OF
our new house. aud l., means IL a ladder
obtained access t. our rs,m. moi In rob or
sarrote us, hut merely Ia pct hi> paint pot,
that h. had left there the evening before.
lie apolngiycd for disturlin. ~, not know
ing that there was any nne IN the apartment.
The new house had M gas IN IL, but the
landlord put il in, Ia the drtrimcnt II ccil-
intss IN some of the rooms, and fioar- IA
others. This. however wa, already aeeom-
plishesii the pipes wsr. laid, the metre set,
and the h"nr> AMI ceilings repaired, th,
whole being finished the day before We
moved in 49, that there were several large
>pois of newly spread rla,terimg on the cell
ing of the larlor
] had just o,mpleted the task 1T driving
some picture nail IN the wall. of this ro'm
from which to suspend our family portraits,
when scream ii horror from my wife, aud
n rafting sound, caused mc Ia turn sud
denly, which movement tipped my step lad
der ever, letting me down ia rather hur-
ried AMI undirniiied manner, producing an
extensive ami painful abrasion "n my leit
knee.
A. soon a. | recovered M, sense irom the
effect al this unexpected ,h"ck, perceived
that the Earring, caused Nv driving In the
nails, had shaken dawn the fresh plasterine
on IN, wiic's head aud wore yet upon our
new Brussels carpet purchased cNl.se'sl,
tn our new house.
Notwithstanding that ~ gathered II ~,
a. quickly "a possible, our carpet vas com
plct.l, ruined for the beautiful figures,
large wrcaths IL rel rases Nth green leaves
,ntertmined- became a ,ert aingN yellow
color, wherever the lime contained IN the
plaster had t"uehcd
MY wife Mapped to 10 hooking ap 1T the
time. and some small PARTICLES Of the lime
had fallen into her eye resulting an much
rodnes- and 4 little inflammation, and, l r..
greet To say, great III hurnor ior the rest 81
the day.
At last everything was pai ~ right ~
our new hons. But IL wasn't a comiorta-
bile new house The door wouldnt shut,
or when shut wouldn't open The kitchen
range wouldn't barn. 81 wlcn il felt inclin
cd To- burn w.uldnt bake. There was a
scarcity IL water There was slpcrabund
ance II cnchrnarli.- Their. aas this thing,
that thing, aud tie other thing, - that Ia
fact, my wife disliked the new haisc
Ny wife grew melancholy
"Suppo~ing, my dear sa,d e. hcr "nc
evening ''as eur cid housc - mt Vet let We
move back again"
She jumped up frou h.r seat A,sssd mc,
and told me ] wa her "r,rsi, kln,l dear
old Tommy. She always cali me "hsr
Tommy when please her
We moved back again o. our I'D h.,n.
] had To pay a quarters rent for the new
house was at the expense If TIVE. mesinr !;
had two carpet, completely Destroyed i'~t
don't know how many things had NV
sons elothe. ruined; ditto my wiic's temper,
and-and -thai's the way sa,cl iifts dol
lars Year.