Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-10
LODGiNG HOUSE ITEMS.

! OF the many lodging houses that
abound around town, very few ars OF
that substantial character that obtain
in large cities. The oom are separ-
ated by the merest apologies for parti.
tons, and in consequence the house is
q sort of telephones establishment,
where the quiet and observing roomer
becomes the repository Of the con-
fidences of his fellow dodgers. The
hopes and aspirations of the men, the
longiugs and innocent firtations Of the
young ladies', and the tender endear-
ments Of the married couples are all
borne in a confused murmur to his
ear. A fair sample Of the converse
ton INDUCED in was related TO US by
one OF the Paul Prys, who. having
nothing better to occupy his mind,
jotted the sentences down as they pen.
etrzted the walls and sounded on his
tympanuin. She had her last win
ter's hat made over, and wore the
same old dress-on the lower level
they put in u blast and disclosed
three jacks and a pair of skies, that
Is the best hand / ever aw-sa that
sweet fellow with the Dundreary
wbiskers, and he bowed and said-no
coal oil in town. and what in the
world are we going 70 do-for last
Sundays sermon was he most de-
lightful that-ever was hoisted out Of
a shaft, so per cent. lead, and carries
fresh oysters at Walkers; / wish you
would run over, Hubby, and get me
a dozen-young men from San Fran
cisco, and they put on more style
thsn-thet fellow In No. 2, who has
not paid his rent yet, and / will give
him notice to morrow that / want
one more kiss, darling, before you go.
And so q running fire of small talk
from Q dozen different parties goes on
until late bed time. You can always
locate everybody in the house when
the sleeping hour comes by their DIFF.
ferent styles OF snoring. There goes
the deep base OF q tired worker, and IL
sounds as il it would raise the o off
of the house. He is accompanied by
the treble of a young lady, who, II
charged with the act, would no doubt
Indignantly oisclaim it. The balance
join in with grunts and b~reathings
pitched in all the major and minor keys.
To a nervous and sleepless individual,
tnls CnOIuS Is Otlco vi Tue iiOSt otllk bAlui
experiences. and he can lay and calcu-
late on the o Of pleasure denied
him, from the fact of the law not allow.
ing him to arise in his wrath and in
continently choke to death the uncon-
scious offenders. If he does perchance
succeed in wooing the coy goddess
sleep, and drops off INTO a doze, de-
spite OF the annoyances with which he
is surrounded, he is again awakened
by some belated, bibulous roisterer,
who comes home in the wee sma'
hours, chuck full of whisky, and tries
every door in the house before he Sue
ceeds in efiecting an entrance to his
own particular room. Then he knocks
over the wsshstand, falls to the floor
two or three times in a vain endeavor
10 extricate himself from his boots, and
after making more racket than would
suffice a good sized Fourth of July
procession, finally succumbs to ad
verse circumstances, and precipitating
himself into bed, proceeds to drown all
the nasal efforts of the band in \ snore
that only a drunken man ran emit. Is
it any wonder that lodging house sui
cides are so frequently recorded. Trace
these JeiO dc SEES to their source, and
we predict that nine times out of ten
the just verdict would be, a
person done to death by his fellow
dodgers. To one who. however, has a
stolid disposition. the occupancy Of a
room in these frail tenements has its
az advantages. He il the repository of
all the secrets of the house. and his ex-
p~eriencss are at times ludicrous and
amusing, while the insight be gains
into the privacies of life are a compen-
sation tor any annoyances that he may
have to endure.