Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-09-01
Vol XVI Whole No. sI3 No IS.
NV Turkish Bath.

some time during yesterday forenoon.
| generally take something at that
| hour.
Yesterday I took a Turkish Bath.
| took a horse car. Chat, however, is
neither here nor there +; but it got with
in two blocks of there at 1.25.) l ran
| up the steps Of the L. b. establishment
and wired the inmates. The door flew
| open. AMI an ideal voter. erst a chat
tel I hope | am not obscure in this
leeply interesting portion of the mar
ratiye) pointed his thumb over his
shoulder, displayed II choice assolt-
nent OF ivory, and chuckled with great
natural ease. | supposed this to be
custom with the colored population of
Turkey, and passed on.
Everything was Turkish was
struck with the order Of the bath also
the scinetarv Of the apartments. As
think ! before remarked, | passed
on.
The NJ. ID. proprietor shook hands
with me very cordially. | also shook
hands with him. | told him that l
Die TO him | would grid up my loins
and go in. He intiam that the ouly
ceremony was To fund "A small portion
of the contents of my pocket book.
ain q little hard Of hearing-and |
passed on.
An assistant, in the light and airy
costume which have 50 often noticed
i'll Central Africa, in midsummer beck
oned to me, after | had lad aside
quantity Of Z ods (belonging to my
tailor. and other downtown business
lncn,) and | followed him.
The room we entered was heated bv
what took to De successful furnace
| must have been mistaken, however.
fDr | understood the assistant to apollo
Lizc because, by reason Of a defect in
the liucS, they had b.cn able to get the
temperature up only To about 41j de
Lrces that morning. | was a little
disappointed, but simply suggested
tnut The thermometer was Fair III
Height but il felt chilly l would
send out for some blankets.
He laid me on a Slated couch.
experienced Il gentle glow.
Afterwards. Il uou't know why, ex-
actly, nave always attributed it to
the tcmpcraturc.) felt hot-hottcr--
uottcntotter' 1t seemed as though
tnc equator ran right along the line Of
iny ba k-hone.
didn't care.
couldn't recollcct whether my
name WI, Shaurach, Meshack, or
-Abedne4o; bnt Was baking and s.z-
lnn5 just u turiou>.y a~ though had
paid III advance. Ny pores were open,
lDg au,I the perspiratlon WAS immense
\ rel BAH anna handkerchief would
AaNe heeu -wampr,i'
Wgit ~ till my identity was pretty
mucn gone. | dropped into acother
uarblc uall lhe assistant Go whom
my warne-t thanks are duc) scJopcd
mp what was Ittt Of me and laid me on
q slab.
TIE assistant said | needed him.
but to the best Of inl recollection. he
ttuc0ded me. He went all over me.
taking up Il collection, and did first
bo.fo n,u.t sn,nId h,d,a H.. Sa.',
ltn Hill. n,n.r ~ IN ,,a,n.
nnew a man To get SO intimate on
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