The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-29
From the Cincinnati Times, Aug. 1871
In SEARCH OF A BED.
A Rural Gentleman I'm the Wron

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The guests of the Henrie House were
suddenly startled this morning about
two o'clock by frightful shrieks pro.
ceeding from the room occupied by the
dining room girls of that institution,
and as the cause which created this un-
usual disturbance was of so laHghable
a nature, we, like faithful scribe, can
not forego giving it to our readers.
1t appears that one of the guests, whe
hailed from the rural districts and who
occupied room No. Sc, had been paying
his devotions to old Bacchus with such
earnestness in the evening, while wan
dering around the city hunting up the
elephant doubtless, that when he start
cd for his hotel it was far past the mid
night hour, and he was as happy as corn
juice or lager beer can well make one
without placing him in somnolent
condition.
He fouud the hotel after divers in
structiOns from the knights of the
mace he encountered, but the finding of
No. SO after he had entered the portals
of that establishment was to him, just
then, q most serious difficulty. The di-
agram of the hotel had been driven out
of his head by the deep potatious, but
one thing in connection with it re
NAMED there stubbornly, and that was
that he occupied No. 80; or would if he
could only find it. After numerous ad-
ventures he reached the right floor,
which was the most elevated in the
house, and then began his search for No.
Sc.
"Thirty-six, thirty-six, where are
youin he muttered, as he staggered
along the hall. "Ah, here you are," he
continued, as he brought up in front OF
the room occupied by the girls of the
dining hall. He at ence opened the
door, entered, and commenced divest-
ing himself of his clothes, part of
which he laid aside. as he felt ex
ceedingly warm from the effects of the
liquor he had imbibed. After this
proceeding, he started for his bed, rs he
thought, and there being several in the
room, he had no difficulty in reaching
one, but it was occupied by the Hebe of
the dining room. He put his hand
upon the bed, no, not upon the bed, but
upon the face of the occupant, OK near
by, muttering at the same time, Il
thought I'd find you, thirty.six,
though had hard time of it,
This proceeding startled the fair Oc-
cupant, who woke up just in time to
hear him muttering about thirty-siX,
and like startled fawn, bounded ont
bed, giving most unearthly shrek,
which reused the occupants. "Oh! mur-
derw she yelled, "thero is n man in the
room, aud he says, the lying scamp
that l am thirty.six, when Pm just
turned Of eighteen"
Now, there were just eight girls in the
room, but they were soon joined by 9th
ers who occupied adjoining apartments,
until the force numbered at least twen-
ty. The girls, after the alarm had snb
sided, concluded that they were strong
enough to cope with single man, and
determined to light the gas and put the
intruder out. A flash from the gas
burner revealed the situation.
There stood the drunken reveler, eyes
like saucers, still by the side of the bed
he had first touched, amazed ut the
sight that burst upon his vision.
"Thirty-six! thirty :" said he, not
forgetting his number. "D-d il there
amt thlrty-slx, he continued, as lie
Ftook in the number of white-robed girls
who stood gazing at him.
The girls consulted, and concluded to
bind him hand and foot, man as he was,
and at once the fair brigade charged
upon him, and soon placed him hors du
combat, bound as securely as ever Ma
zeppa was to the fiery untamed steed.
This done, the porters were called in,
and their prisoner handed over, who
was at once taken to No. 36, where he
was severely reprimauded. "The dew
ill.," says he, in explanation, land do
you suppose am Mormon, because /
fell among thirty.six girls, instead of
No. 36. Tell the landlord to charge all
damage to No. 80, and have me checked
for the 6s30 train in the morning. I'll
not stop with any one who keeps thir-
ty six girls in single room" And so
ended this laughablo affair of No. 36
Henric House.