Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-04-17

Troubles of q Bridal Party.

stepped up to the hotel counter and reg
Istered his name. and added land wife
after it ''Can new married couple
settle down here for two or three days
and have quiet visit with each other
and not be scared out of their boots ?"
The hotel man said they could go right
to their room and stay there three days
or three weeks, and never come to their
meals il they didn't want anything to
eat But what is the matter? Have
you been annoyed?" asked the hotel
man
Annoyed! That don't express it,
We were married day before yesterday,
at st. Paul, and went to a hotel. live
about 60 miles West Of st Paul, and the
travelingmen put up a job to make me
tired. There were about a hundred of
them showed in at ST. Paul, and I'll be
darned if they didn't keep US awake ali
night. They knew we were bridal
couple, and they bribed the bell boys
and porters, to let them act for them. I
rung for chamberInaid to clean up the
room and bring some to|les, and it was
about half an hour before she came, and
| | went down 10 the Office to see about
my trunk, and the mbermaid stayed
| about baif au hour, and was very inter-
estlng, aud my wife said she was real
| pleasant, tfecfionate sort of creature,
far above her station, and I tell you
was mad when [ found out that it was
q smooth faced handsome young Jewish
drummer for Milwaukee clothing
house, who was in with the gang,
and he gave the cham bermaid three dol
| lars to loan him an old dress SO he could
play chambermsid When my wife
told me that the chamberInaid patted
her on the cheek, and said che " as the
sweetest bride that was ever in the ho-
tel, and asked for a kiss, and my wife said
she thought it would be no harm to kiss
a Eoor chambermaid, and encourage
her. l wanted to kill him. While we
weie at supper somebody got into the
room and put cracker crumbs in our
bed, and we found cold oil cloth floor
mat over the top sheet. enough to freeze
anybody. But the worst was at night
| we had just got comfortably in bed
when there was a knock at the door and
L got up, and the Watchman was there
and he said he wanted to point out to
me the fire escapes SO [ could get out ii
case of fire, and I went out in the hall
and he took me way out to the end of the
building to show it TO me, and while I
WAS looking out of the window my wife
came running down the hall and beg
ging me to save her, L asked her what
was the matter and she said az soon as
L went out man that looked like por-
ter, came in the room aud told her to
Hy, and save herself, and to follow her
| husband. She felt awful when she
| found there was no trouble, and we got
oack INTO our room half froze They
woke us up several times in the night,
to ?ell us what to do N case we were
sicE, and in the morning, before we were
up, waiter brought up our break fast.
He said the landlord sent it up, and he
just stood around u 1til we had to sit up
in bed and eat break fast. | thought at
the time that it was kind in the land
lord TO send up our break fast, but when
l found that the waiter Who brought it
up was travelling man for q reaper fac
tory at Rockford and remem beTed how
darned ilDPudent he look ed at my wife,
/ could have murdered him, but the
clers said he had gore TO Winnepeg. tt
was just abo0tas bad coming down here
on the sleeping car and hink half the
passengers "n the Car were those same
drummers that were showed in. 1t was
colder than Alaska. and [ would order
extra blankets. and they would steal
them. | had more than twennte blan-
there was nothing but g sheet over US
And every time there was a blanket
spread over Us there was different
porter put ii on, and I think they were
all travelling men. Every little while
somebody would pull open the curtains
and sit down on nay berth aud begin to
pull of his boots. and 1 would tell him
the berth was occupied and that he must
have made a mistake, and he would look
around at US as innocent as could be,
and ask our pardon, and then go out and
damn the porter Once felt somebody
feeling about my berth and I asked what
was the matter, and the fellow said ne
wos looking for my Yife's shoes to
black Then about every fifteen min
utes the conductor would open the cur
tains, and hold red lantern in aud ask
| for our tickets. I think they punched
my ticket sixty five times. Any way it
looked like porous plaster when I got
up IN the morning. I think it was the
travelling men. who were playing con
duotor, but was sleepy and l thought
the bet way was to let them punch it.
| Well about 8 o'clock in the morning
somebody punched us and said it was
time to get up, as all the passengers
were up, and we would have break fast
| And then we hustled around and got
dressed the best We could, laying on our
backs, and kicking our clothes up in the
air and catching them on ourselves when
they came down. l got my pants on
wrong side before, and my wife lost her
bair, and had to tie handkerchief
around her head, and then we had our
beFths made up and sat ug till daylight,
and the porter found my wife's hair and
| pinned it to the curtains of berth oc-
cnpied by preacher from Oshkosh,
and he kicked and got mad, and talked
about it, wondered how it came here,
and he swOre about it, and [ think he
| travels for an Oshkosh carriage factory.
| Oh, Lever had such a night or two
such nights in all my life, and what
want to know is, if | can be quiet here,
and get little sleep, and not be annoy
edn
The hotel man told him if anybody
| came around to bother him, to knock
them clear down stairs. and he would
be responsible, and the bridegroom took
his satchel and his wife, and the colored
man showed them room, and they
have not showed up since. - Pecks SGts
MOTHER DON'T KNow.-How many
children are punished for being un-
coutb, willful, and Indifferent to in
structions or rewards, simply because
they are cut of health An intelligent
lady said Of child of this kind -
Mothers should know that if they
would give the little ones moderate
doses of Hop Bitters for two Or three
hn Oh, vii Il ha oil NOR