The sun., 1873-09-10

JOHN LENor's VISITORS.
Now n Michigan Gcutirman was Mad to
Cut Queer Antics NJ Midnight.

Prom ne Istflff ~ e. iffNe.
About midnight Friday night man
named John LeuoE wing well out On tho north
end # Bcaubicn street. was aroused from s!iin-
He Thought IL a queer wV tuCumc down upon a
law-abding citiIen,but hadn't tino To study the
subject thoroughly before thrce enwcfe in the
the lGnI. and LenoN saw that they had mos
quito gauzc over their face and were o;her-
wise disguised. As near "a he e. uld Judge from
their voices none of the party. were above
twenty zone or twenty two years ~ age, and only
one had any beard. LeuoX's wife died several
months ago. and he and hil boy Samuel. lad
Of eleven, have been keeping house since. He
sat up too astonished to speak until he fellows
helped themselves 10 chairs, when he asked
them what was wanted. They made no reply,
looking very solemn, and the hair upon Mr..
LeuUxs head began tu reach toward the CELL
ting After three or four minutes silence one
Of the parties said " Mr.. LenON, get out OF
that =" The man thought they meant to rob
him. and he told them they would find ~ In his
wallet. Mr. LenoX, got out Of that reiterat-
ed the unknown In a hoarse voice Lenot obey
ed, and when he had pulled on his pantaloons
and was standing before them the leader con
tinucd Now give ne song The man can I
sing any more than a Crindstune can tlay tune
and he told them so, bat The unknown replied !;
Nj. Lruox. ~ ase sing Almost eNeryhody.
singer ur no singer. has caught NJ the words Of
more or lcss song, and presently lSnoN struck
out with the " Old Kentucky shore" while one
OF biz visitors whi,tlcd, auptI peg phtted MS leg
and the tlurd kept ,We win his boot on the
floor The noise awoke the boy. and he began
t. howl, when one VI the men hciped him uut of
be- and o,d.rcd him tQ FL ME while his father
sung The boy obcvcd. howlins ~ he trottel
his feet up and down. auI the picture made tn"
ruuitu- laugh loud and long. Ihcu they made
ItuuX dance and the hoy ing, and then ordered
both 4" dance ana sing iu.tthcr, while a knife
wa~ used To- beat tiW, on n lin pan.
Ieuu1 cEerd them to take lis money 1nd co.
but the. We're not half through yet. Thcy made
him turn "CartMhccis" jrpund the room, stand
on hi- head. hold the stove handle between lls
teeth, and finally allowed hin Co i--t While they
put the HOY thruI III another pro grdmiue. l.cuuX
offered them h.- money. hut they would not
touch tt. saving that thoy we're only surprise
party. There was "A bunch of onions IN the Ia
blc, and spNing thnm the trio madc the father
eat two Of them. and fairly how led with laugh
teg g. -ye his '"dr- ana gf,uar"s.
Finally about an hour aud a half after their
entrance, tie z seal, got ready TO leave. The
bed had a cord In II, aud thcS took the rope out
aud tied the father t. one door ANA the son to
another, arms bcaiud their backs The chairs
In the room were collected aud oiled up before
Ienox until he could scarcely lie seen, and the
water pail wa- inverted and the boy made to
stand on II. Then the fellows left the house,
the leader thanking LenoN for his promptncss
and courtesy IN furnishing them pleasant pas
time, and they were soon ont Ot bearing. W ait
Ing awhile the boy worked his hands loose and
then ir ed lis father WHO was pretty haily used
M, being very stout man and not used to the
"cartwIre.' business. The ra-chls were un-
duuhtcuN ytuus Mcn VIII wanted to Tighten
IcunN and have some fun at the same time.
They used mo- threats or violence, and did not
take away amy thiu-. but II they are found out
they will 50 IN learn that such sport Is contrary
70 law