The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-22
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SoAe' From the Toledo Blade. 80
ON Friday morning last gentleman
smnloyed as travelling salesman FOR o
New York house, whose family resides IN
an interior town Of this State, stopped, rs
MANY do, weary and travel-stsined, 81 N
hotel in this city. He arrived on the o:oo
train from Detroit, having come from come
point far 10 the westward that day, ano,
tired weary. dusty, sore, fatigued, and dis
gusted, registered his name, naa $50. ,utln
so,,rbt to trenose in the quiet arms OF MOI
phens. dreaming, If he dreamed at all, OF
the trade he should drive with the thrifty
merchants of the Corn City on the morrow.
A merchant of this city, who was q pa
from Of the house to which this par.lou 4h
traveller belongs, happened to De IN 'ns
hotel that evening at about y o'ciocn' Ga
his eve falling upon the register !. allsn..o
upon this particular name. Unl9rsun 1n:e
look Unhappy circumstance ror INC
merchant was Of q iocose turn OF mllu -,
WAC. a ioker-one Of those men VINO 90 al
sorts "9s of absurd things hoping that smuse-
u mo of some kind will follow. he did an
absurd thing to the name, though the occur
FENCES that followed were anything out
amusing. What did he doY Why he seized
q men, and in the same handwriting as near
as possible he added to the name OF the
commercial traveller up stairs the Words
uand LADY," Two small words; but things
are often productive of great results. 1t 10
said dispute about hog-trough set IN
motion the succession Of events that made
Martin Van Buren, President, and lisa we'll
known fact that well-bucket caused one
of the largest and bloodiest wars that ever
afflicted Europe. These two words" ana
lady added to the name Of sleeping
commercial traveller, was the occasion OF
an unpleasantness not as terrible to hu-
manity in general as war, but quite as dis
agreeable to this one member OF the human
family.
For, as the fates would have it, a brother
in-law of this commercial traveller, the
only brother of the idolized wife of his
bosom-also q traveller for New York
house-had been that very morning at his
1.-THE first commercial traveller's) house IN
the interior, where he had seen his sister.
Anxious to see her husband, he had ascer-
tanned that he would probably be at Toledo
that night, and as fast as steam could carry
him he sped hither, arriving on the 1880
P. M. train Of the Cincinnati and Toledo
railroad. 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, alas ! the added words, T" and
ladyw "And LADY," What lady Not
the lady who had right to travel with him,
for that lady-his sister-he left at her
home in the pleasant interior town
that morning, and as she did not
come with him, it was morally impossible
that it could be she. The brother-in-law
knew all about it at once, and being big
ger man than the wretch who was thus
shamefully 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 him. Boiling with rage. he mounted
the stairs, and without waiting to announce
his presence by theregular knock, he applied
his foot to the door, which, unable to stand
the pressure, as J. N. has it, yielded. In ne
went, and the sleeping traveller awoke to find
himself in the embrace of strong and
angry man.
The commercial traveller was mewhat
astonished, as may be supposed. tie had
no time to think; he was assalled 80 Zero
ciously as to leave no doubt that the assail-
ant meant to take his life. He resisted.
Though small, he is remarbly active man,
and not at all cowardly, and he sailed In.
The fight was rather pretty one. Now
one was on top and now the other. Now
the commercial traveller was under, and
anon the brother-in-law had the cQpE,iieer-
cial travellers ear between his teeth, and
then IA the commercial traveller was in
dustriously tearing away small but savory
bits of the brother-in-law's cheek. Chairs
were smashed, stands and tables were up
set. and groans, and screams, and yells,
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 on
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 80, for they had each other by the
throat with such vicious grasp that both
must have died in moment more.
He tore them apart.
"Where is she ?" gasped the brother-in-
law, splitting out three teeth, which,
knocked out, were of no use to him. .-
"She ?'' asked the commercial traveller,
as we'll as man could whose upper lip was
split. "Who is she" :. ;.
Why, the woman registered with you"
muttered the brother-in-law, tearing away
bit of his left ear and chucking it out Of
| the window.
1t is unnecessary to pursue the subject
farther. The pair proceeded to the regis
ter-the signature and the added were ex-
amined, the cheat was apparent, and har-
mony was restored. The parties left on
| Saturday morning for the home of the COM
mercial traveller, where they will tarry
| awhile till nature repairs damages. The
practical joker was made acquainted
| with the result of his effort. He will not
repeat it very soon.
The QUEUE BADGE OF SERvITUDE.-A
female missionary in China writes that the