The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-02-10

m AFTER the fire old maa Bullard found
lodgings ON South &. Street. He II 3
huge, fat, good-natured, and very en-
tertaining man. The proprietor of the
Il lodging house was much pleased with
Bullsrd and laughed at his jokes the
first evening of his arrival at kis place
till tears ran down his cheeks. The
men who were to be Hnliard's room
mates also thought well of him-ihat
evening. The next morning however.
ti8 they went to the landlord aud told him
that he must find some other place for
iiyf Mr. Bullard. as he was such terrific
snorer they couldn't stand him. "
The landlords rooms were all oc-
- cupied and he had no place iorBullar,i
but just where he was The complain
ing dodgers left. and i'm two or three
days two other men were put into The
2 = vacant bed. BuIlard made short work
of them one night let them cut. The
landlord sought an interview with
,JP Bullard, and demonstrated. Bullard
stoutly asserted be did nos snore--liad
meyer been known to snore. The
"A landlord found men TO take the beds,
but again Ballard cleaned them out in
single night.
SoH Growing desperate, the landlord
again went to Bullard. lie told him
that he must either leave The house or
-Payirent for all the beds in the room
$40 per month. Builard said bar
gain was a bargain /; he had paid SlJ
for his bed, and he intended keeping
il till his month was up, and lie didn't
propose to pay for beds he had no Use
for; he didn't snore, and the man who
- asserted to the contrary was a liar aud
horse thief. The landlord felt very
much depressed after this last inter-
view with Bullard, as he saw he was
determined not to be removed from
hisquarters. A morning or two after,
as Billiards. landlord was going down
town, he saw standing in the door a
brother lodging house man.
Thank heaven he's gonev said the
man, as Billiards. landlord came up
THANK heaven,I am rid of him at last !!
rid of wnom?' Ill I
'Why, of that big fat man you see
yonder waddling down the street.
What of him.
Enough Of him ! He drove nearly
every man out of my house before lac
left. They wouldn't stop in the same
block with that snoring FaIstaffiai
porpoises SIR
He's q good one, is he 2
"A good onei He's perfect terror
He's more different kinds Of q snorei
than any man ever heard, and every
time he changes his keyit 10 for the
p worse. While had him here crowd.
were gathering in front of the house
nightly, wondering what was the mat
ter within, and the police come in one
night thinking some one was being
mustered. Ny dog ran away, and al
the cats left the house, SIR
And the man yon pointed ont Il
me is this snorerT lfi05 g..
Yes. sir, he is.'
Coed day, sirr added Bullard'
landlord turning down the street.
6" Thenext morning with the first peel
of day, Billiard rushed into the pres
ence of his landlord.
What are You trying TO play on me
cried he II never slept wink all night
L
that man in my room got. off tn
worst. Is he going TO stay there?' d,
Stay OF course he is. IIain't h
got the bed for month p
Then / leave 2 and Bnllard was n
good as his woad.
An hour afterward, the man VIII,
had ousted BuIlard arose and waddlet
serenely into the presence Of the land
lord. -rrEgrr n UTTYr
you've, cleaned him out, said th
landlord. sYou raised him he's gon,
for goodl' and the landlord gleefully
rubbed his hands. Now continued
the landlord, I'll give you a goet
square breakfast, and then you can go.
Co. said the fat man not much
- don't. Didn't yeu say last evening il
the presence of Bullard and half
dozen others, that L was to stay here
month"; Ee
.'But that, you know, was only to-
Il know nothing of the kind, and
shall stay here! 1 am human; anl
must have some place in whicIi-to re
pose.' --~@~.
- The landlord is now trying 10 sc
some man to set up some kind of ma
chine in his house that will eust thi
snorer, who has the whole place I,
himself, except small room in th
cernerof the third story, where be ant
his wife spend their nights in a miser