Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-03-31
ON A BRIDAL TRIP,
some Of the Troubles that ~ Western
Pair Encountered.


keep" said green-lOOking man, as HI
stepped up to the counter and registered
his name and added land wife" after il
Can a newly married couple settle
down here for two or three days and
have a quiet evisit Bwith each other
and not be scared out of their bOOts?"
The hotel man said they could go right
to their rooms and stay there three days
OrEthree weeks, and never come out t.
their meals if they didn't want anything
to eat.
''But what is the matter? Have you
been annOyedy" asked the hotel man.
"AnnOyed that don't expresses it. We
were married day before yesterday at
st. Paul, and went to hotel.
Il live about 60 miles west of st. Paul,
and the travelling men put up a Job to
make me tired. There were about 100
of them showed in at st. Paul, and I'll
be darned if they didn't keep us awake
all night. They knew we were a bridal
couple, and they bribed the bell boys
and pOrters to let them act for them.
and when we rang the bell for the boy a
drummer for Chicago cigar factory
came in and wanted to know what was
wanted. ordered pitcher of ice water
and Milwaukee drummer for grocery
house brought it in, and he looked at
my wife. who is bashful, and made her
feel real bad.
81 didn't know they were drummers
until next day or l should have killed
some of them. rung the bell for coal,
and travelling man who posts railroad
cards around and works up excursions
came in and fixed the fire and STAYED
and pOked it for half an hour. He asked
so many question about how long we
thump him; but my wife said we didn't
want to have no row the first day we
were married. l rung for chamber
maid to clean up the room and bring
some towels, and it was half an hour be-
fore she came; and went to the office
to see about my trunk, and the chamber
maid stayed about half an hour and was
very interesting, and my wife said she
was real pleasant, affectiOnate sort of
creature, far above her station, and tell
you l was mad when found out that it
was smOOth-faeed, handsome young Jew
ish drummer for Milwaukee clothing
house who was in with the gang, and he
gave the chambermaid SO to loan him
an old dress 80 he could play chamber
maid. When my wife told me that the
chambermaid patted her on the cheek
and said that she was the sweetest bride
that was ever in that hotel and asked
her for a kiss, and my wife said she
thought 1t would be no harm to kiss a
poor chambermaid and encourage her,
l wanted to kill him, and | went down
to the Office the next morning but the
smOOth-faced cuSs had gone to Fargo.
1t was all the landlord could do to hold
me, Well, while we were at supper
somebody got into the room and put
cracker crumbs into our bed and we
found cold oilcloth floor mat over the
top sheet, enough to freeze anybody. But
the worst was at night. We had just
got comfortably into bed when there
was knock at the door and l got up,
and the Waterman was there and he
said he wanted to point out to me the
fire escape, so could get out in case of
fire; and went out in the hall, and he
took me way out to the end of the build
ing to show it to me, and while l was
looking out of the window my wife came
running down the hall and begging me
to save her. asked her what was the
matter, and she said as soon as 1 went
out man that looked like a porter came
into the room and told her to fly and
save herself and to follow her husband.
She felt awful when she found there was
and we got back in our bed|half
frOze. have got them fellows down
fine. The fellow who called me out to
to look at the fire escape is a drummer
for Philadelphia millinery house, and
the one that scared my wife out of her
wits travels for hearse factory at
Rochester, N. Y. My wife says she
would know him, because he has a big
gray mustache and wears a diamond
collar button in his shirt. She said she
thought he was prettey stylish for por-
ter at the time. They woke us up sever
al times in the night to tell us what to
do i'm case we were sick, and in the
before we were up, waiter
brought up our breakfast. He said the
sentit up, and he just stood
around until we had to sit up in bed and
eat breakfast. 1 thought at the time
that it was kind in the landlord to send
up our breakfast, but when found that
the waiter who brought it up was'a travel
ing man for reaper factory at Rock
ford, and remembered how darned i'm
pudent he looked at my wife, | could
have murdered him, but the clerk said he
had gone to Winnipeg. 1t was just about
as bad coming down here on the sleep
ing car, and think half the passengers
on 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 about
20 blankets put on my bed, and in the
there was nothing but sheet
over us. And every time there was
blanket spread over us there was a diff
ferent porter put it on, and think all
were travelling men. Every little while
somebody would pull open the curtains
and sit down on my berth and begin to
mil off his boots and I wOuld fell him |