The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-06-27
Politics Make Strange Bed-Fel-
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Politics Make Strange Bed-Fel-
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a "Reminiscences of the Grant conxention-
Practical Application of the Zone Man
as Good as Another Theory. sa7
The Pittsburgh Eveniag Leader re-
lates the following: l5
Stories of the adventures of some of
-the gentlemen who attended the Phil
adelphia convention from this city are
still flying home to roost. Among so
large number, where wags were in
profusion, this was expected, and the
wonder is that there are not more in
stances of practical joking on record.
One of the best that has been told late
4 ly is on well-known mill owner who
holds forth on Water ST., and whose
establishment is on the Monongahela
not Oh the South side. Everybo-
dy that was at the Continental knows
how jammed it was duringsthe Nthree
dark days" of Yice-presidential strife
how numerous beds to room were
occupied by still more numerous poll
! iticians, aud floor room held at par.
One of these crowded apartments was
occupied by the gentlemen referred to
and several others from this city
among whom we might mention one
high in the councils eff the municipali-
ty, and-bqt why specify, there was
crowd of them, and that is sufficient
for our present purposes. 5
One evening as the councilman was
lolling through the lofty Railways of
the hotel with some, of his compan-
tons-fhe fron-man having retired to
his virtuous couch-he espied one of
those trinity gotten up,perfectly Ches-
terfieldian darkies that grace the wal
ter-corps of all first class houses. This
one was superfine in his make up
the pink of perfection, etc.-a full
head and shoulders above his gentle
manly ''bruddering." So, ho thought
our fac etious fellow citizen, We'll play
trick on our sleeping compatriot up
stairs, and he at once addressed the
colored man.
"Young man. do You like to smoke
genuine Partagas ?"
eyes, SIR"
care you pretty thoroughly posted
on the political situation ?'
eyes, sir; very well, indeed"
"Would You like to earn a dollar
and have little. fun? ?" ~
f.Yes, siri"
introduce you to q friend of mine, |
and'-here he whispered directions |
in full. and he and the balance of the |
party hoped lightly up the stairway. !
SCENE H. 4Szs---- ..--AE
Seated on chairs around the table, |
the darkies' heels cooked up on that |
piece of furniture-blowing away at |
good cigars, the iron man snugly en-
sconced in bed cose to them-alI but |
the slumberer were engaged talking I
over the political aspect of affairs. /
Mr.. Iron man was soon awakened by
the racket, and turning over in bed |
surveyed the scene. go.
''Mr. -" said the councilman, ,ris-
ing and Introducing the dark -tinted |
waiter to to the half-awake Pittsbur- |
CHER, "this is the Hon. Duprey Gull
lame LeSoldeh, representative of Bar
itone parish, Louisiana, to the Nation
al convention. He has just been Civ
ing us very interesting account of I
the situation in that neighborhood."
Of course the two shook hands and
said complimentary things to each
other-civil rights, colored men as
good as white men, and all that kind
of equality rot was freely canvassed.
Mons. LeSoldeh and the iron-man
agreeing perfectly on those subjects,
any more than the latter was inclined
to maintain that the black man was
not only as good as white one, but
deuced sight better, and that white
men really had no rights the colored
folks ought to respect. The darkie
bore himself ont splendidly and sue
ceeded in carrying on the joke to per-
fection.
Jl:.,oll,x - -. lz.:l.1 .. ks4,,,,>f >,
and the councilman & Co. went to
from Baritone parish,
however, began operations where he
was, taking off his coat gracefully,
the iron man, "well, 1 suppose I'll
have to be your bed fellow tonight"
A very perceptible shade of anxiety
overspread the others face as he
squirmed from right to left, and back
ward and forward, while the undress-
ing was under way. Thoughts of how
the other fellows would run him for
ever on sleeping with "cullud pus-
son"-do difference if that person had
a high sounding name and came all
the way from Baritone parish-and
other unpleasantness, coursed through
his brain and made him anxious. At
last the waiter was about drawing his
boots. and things looked rather squal-
ly for the iron-man, while in the other
beds all the follows were stuffing the
sheets in their mouth to keep from
roaring. with their eyes twinkling
with delight at their companions
trouble. No way was left to get out
of the scrape gracefully, so in sheer
desperation he beloved out in rueful
tone: 81 say, Harry-hellol Hadn't
you better come into this bed I'm not
well enough acquainted with this
gentleman to sleep with him"
The merriment that greeted this
outburst was tremendous; the darkie
slipping on his coat and sliding out of
the room in the midst of it, while the
party amused themselves for good
hour. between paroxysms of audible
grins, in making learned remarks on
and the rights of man, etc. 1t
is supposed the iron man will hear
the last of it some day--and may be
he will, if he manages to outliye the
present generation, and the next is
not posted on the Joke,