Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-09-19

The dust arising from the confusion
furnished powder enou:, IL to FIRE his
nose off several times more; during
which, tie faces he made were con.
strued As insults by the aggraved la
dies and but for the timely explana-
ton of an acquaintance who happened
By, lie would have been belabored for
a common BLACKBOARD by many sun
shades. which were reared to infict
vengeance upon his offending counten-
ancc. sl gsa
Few friends dared to walk with him,
his nasal thundcrs attracted 30 much
attention" The noise he made pro-
voked the barking of dogs, who had
some idea Of propriety. And once at
\ hotel, when he electrified the whole
assembly ut table, and caused one ner-
voua old fogy to cut his mouth and
nearly strangle himself with mouth
fnl of fish, he was openly insulted by
that irate parsonage, who pronounced
him laundering nuisance who de-
served to have his nose gagged for the
rest Of his life. And upon Mr.. Kay
Ems rctorting, by intima.ing a desire
TO plug the nose of the old gentleman,
q very unpleasant scene occurred, re-
sulting in the departure of the hard
sneeEer for another boarding place.
1t was clearinghouse this timc,
and lockily for Horatio, his nose did
not betray him till after the bargain
was made and the baggage in.
Er.rasho I"
The landlady shrieked.
Mercifnl Jupiter - exclaimed she,
staring at his open mouth with uplifted
hands. F" i never heard such = noise
as that in all my life. Great Father {!
l hope you haven't strained yourself.
Where could you get sucl, a cold %
"1t isn't cold, ma'am (; but the
least dust affects me, my nose is 90
very tender"
"Poor nose!" she declared, criticis-
ing it. cit ain't very big ono TO
make such a noise but still / don't
think it can be very tender, or such .
blast as that would blow it to pieces.
Excuse me-"
Excuse me, ma a'am,'' said lie humb-
~. g But | assure you l have no other
bad habits"
"1s it 3 habit? I hope you don't
often sncezc like that. Why it,. =
regular war-whoop!'
"Only once in while, ma'am--if I
can help it," he replied.
=" should hope not.''
But her hopes were disappointed F.;
and his worst fears were realized.
). Apprehension made him perspirc,
and 80 he caught cold; and through
out the first night he astonished the
whole house with FIRE from his olfac-
tory battery, at intervals Of FIVE min.
utes, so that in, the morning at break
fast everybody looked pale and feverish
from loss Of sleep.
"Who ,cas that p cried one. sHang
me, it lhcard such q hullabaloo from =
mans throat md nose since was
born.'' =
1T made tie house shake" said
another.
third.
=" l thought burglers had got into
the house, and were fighting among
each other, at fist
"And I thought somebody was
drank and trying to sing Russian
, ,love.song."
! "lt sounded to me more like q fight
between q bear and baboon.''
Unable to stand such a vollcy Of
comparisons, and the looks Of the land.
lady, Mr.. 1loratio Kay Enn avowed
himself the culpable party, and beg.
|ged moderate concession to his in.
frsaity, as his nose The said) was the
only part Of his system which vas not
under perfect Christian control.
:. All the boardrs apologized At this
and agreed that "it wasn't such an all
], fired, awful disgusting, noise after all
and that it kept them from feeling lone
; some at night, at any rate, ant
; drowned the roisc Of all the cats o,
; the neighborinx sheds. And, on tn,
whole it was good fa'' to hear him.
t But this good. .natured toleration di,
not Danish the serious thoughts Of Hor
t alto, and his rebellious nose soon blew
f him into the arms OF tho Church. III
n Joined It for comforts sake, and cx
d pected to find charity. But what an,
t where il the respectable congregatio,
i who could reasonably be expected I
y put up with such an organ? What pew
T holder likes to have his somniferou
Tendencies bafael Of . hot Sunday q
oI IternOon? 80