Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-11-11

OTk mouse, whose tdbliaf ieot
interior town of this state, stopped IS many
do. weary aud travel stained, at hotel III
this CITY. He arrived on the o:3U tram
from Detroit, having cotae from some
point far to the westward that day, ana
tired, weary, drsty, sore. tahgued, aEd
Disguised. registered his nssue, had room
assigned him, and proceeding thereto
sough, repose in the quiet arms OF hoFa
pheus. dreaming, if he dreamed at sli, OF
the trade he should drive with the thr'i-
~ merchants Of the Corn City on tho
morning.
4 merchant Of the city, who was pat
ron OF the house to which this rarsicuisr
traveller belongs, happened TO be IN the
hotel that evening at about 9 clock, ana
his eye falling upon the register It slight
ed upon this!particular name. Uniortuhate
lock ! Unhappy circumstance tor TINS
merchant was Of iocose turn OF mind,
Wag, a ioker-one Of those men who do ali
sorts of absurd things, hoping that amuse-
ment of some kind will follow lie oi't
an absurd thing to this name, though the
occurrences that Followed were anything
but amusing. What did he do Why
he seized pen, and IN the same hand.
writing, as near as possible, he added TO
the name of the commercial traveller up
stairs, the words, "and lady" Two snail
words but small things are often product
i've of great results. It is said that dis
pute about hog trough set IN motion
the succession ofevents that made Martin
Van Buren, president, and it is we'll
known fact that well-bueket caused one
ofsthea largest and bloodiest wars that ever
afflicted Europe These two words, "and
lady, added to the name Of a sleeping
commercial traveller, was the occasion OF
an unpleasantness not as terrible to hu-
.mauity in general as war, but quite as
disagreeable to the one member OF the
human family.
For, as the falas would have it, a troth~
cr-inlaw of this commercial traveller, the
only brother of the idolized wife of his
bosom-also traveller for New York
house-had been that very morning at
his (the first commercial travellers house
in the interior, where he had seen his sister.
Anxious to see her husband, he had ascer-
tanned that he would probably be in Tole
do that night, and as fast as steam could
carry him he sped thither, arriving on the
n.30 P. II. train Of the G. Il T. He
went to one hotel, and then to another.
and finally struck the right one. He
looked at the register, he saw the name,
and he saw, also! the added words
''and lady - 'And lady !" What lady?
Not the lady who had right to travel
with him. for that lady, his sister, he lef:
At l}er home IN the pleasant interior town
that morning, and, IS she did not come
gith him, it was morally impossible that
is could De she. The brothcr-in-law knew
al about it at once, and, being a bigger
man than the wretch who was thus shame
fully abusing the confidence reposed in
him, he determined to surprise him in his
sin, and with his good right hand, or
rather both hands, and feet if need be, to
chastise h m. Boiling with rage, he mount
ed the stairs, and, without waiting to an-
nounce his presence by the regular knock,
he applied his foot to the door, which,
unable to stand the pressure, as j. n.
has it, yielded In he went; and the
sleeping traveller aaoke to find himself in
the embrace Of a strong and angry man.
The commercial traveller was somewhat
astonished, as may be supposed He had
no time to think lie was assaled SO fero-
ciously as to leave no doubt that the as
sailant meant to take his life. He resisted.
Though small, he is a remarkable active
man; and not at all cowsrdy, and he sail
ed in. The fight was rather pretty one,
Now one was on top and now the other.
Now the commercial travaler was under,
and anon the brother-in law. Now the
brother-in law had the commercial travel
sr's ears between his teeth, and then
agan n the commercial traveller was indus
triously tearing away small but s2yory bits
of the brother in laws cheek. Chairs
we're smashed, stands and tables were up.
set, and groans, and screams, and yelis,
enough to furnish an ordinary lunatic asy-
lum, proceeded from the room.
There never was such fight, with the
exception, perhaps, of the famous free
fight in Arkansas, of which it is recorded
that an hour after its close bushel of
noses were picked up.
Finally the clerk heard the rumpus and
proceeded to the room. 1t was lucky
that he did so, for they had each other
by the throat with such vicious grasp
that both must have died in momen.
more.
He tore them apart.
Where is she 2" gasped the brother-ir-
law, splitting out three teeth, which,
knocked out, we're of no use to him.
"She?" asked the commercial traveller
as well as a man conld whose upper iip
was split "W no Is she ?'
"Why the woman registered with you. -
muttered the Erother-in-law, tearing ayav
a bit of his ear and chucking it out of the
window.
1t is unnecessary pursue the subject
farther. The pair proceeded to the regis
ter, the signature and the addition were ex-
amined, the cheat was apparent, and Lar.
mony was restored. The parties left on
Saturday morning for the home of the
commercial traveller, where they will tarry
awhile till nature repairs damages. TIE
practical joker was made acquainted viii,
the result Of his effort He will not re.
peat It very so0n.-Ths Toledo Blade.