Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-09
TROUBLES OFA BRIDAL PARTY.
[From Peck's Sun. j

'sSay, what kind Of . hotel do you keep?'
said Q green-looking man, - he stepped up to
the counter and registered his name, aud add
married couple settle down hero fortwo or
three days and have . quiet. visit With each
other and not be scared out Of their boots"
The hotel man said they could 60 right to
their room and stay there three days or three
didn't want anything TO eat. !" "But,whst is
the matterf Have you been annoyed" asked
the hotel man. lY = 49,
sAnnoyedy That doesn't express 1t. We
we're were married Day before ysseerday It 81:
miles west OF u. Paul, and the travelling
men put upss job b make me tired. There
were about hundred Of them showed In atSt.
Paul, aud pIl be darned II they didn't keep us
bridal couple, and they :6ribed tie beii.boys
and porterss to let them act for then, md
when. we rpng the bell for the bsll-boy
drummer for Chicago cigar fhctory came in
and wanted t. know whist was wanted. 4 Or
tirummer for . grocery house brought It In,
and he looked at my wife, who Is bashful. and
made her feel real bad. didn't know they
were drummers untilthe next day, ~ I should
have killed some Of them. I rang the bell
railroad cards around and works up cxcvr-
sions, he came In and q xed the frS, and he
FstAyed and poked It for half IN boar, Ind he
had more gall than ever zee. He asked so
many questions about how long We lad been
married that wantedto thump him, but my
wife said we didn't want to have NO row the
drst day we were married rsn0 for
chambermaid to clean up the room and bring
some towels, and It was about half m hour
before she came, and weAt down to the Of
@ maid T. stayed ssy % sSous Ssf % hour our and @ W.s very
interesting, and my wife said she was q real
pleasant, a6ectiohate sort OF creature, far
above her station, and tell you was Md
when + found out thnt b YVES asmooth-fneed,
handsome young Jewish drummer for . NIL
waukee clothing house, who waAin with tie
gang, and he gave the echambermaid - lo&n
MIN. An old dress 90 he could play chamber.
maid. When my wife told ne that the cham
bermaid patted her on the cheek, and sGld
she wast the sweetest bride that Wae ever IN
she thought It would BE- no harm to kisG .
poor chambeFmeiA ed, lpcoasnte shHyI
wanted to kill him. and went down 70 ths
| office the neat morning, but the sm0oth-feced
nad to Fs5f bs Il =. S sS land
were Ut supper somebody got into the room
and put cracker crumbs IN our b. d, and we
found q cold oil-cloth noer mat over the top
sheet, enough to freeze anybody. But the
worst was ut night. We had just got conn
fortably In bed when there was . knock It
the door, and l got up, and the watchman
was there aud he said be wanted to point out
to me. the fre-escape 80 could get out in case
of fire, and went out into the hall and he
took me way out to the end Of the building
to show 1t to me, and while was looking out
Of the window my wife came running down
the hall and begging me to ave her. / asked
| her what was the matter, and she said as soon
| agI went out man that looked like porter
came in the room and told her 0hy, and Ysye
herself, and to follow her husbnnd. She felt
awful whenshe found there was n0troubi6,
and we got back into our, room half. frozen.
have got them fellows down dne. The fellow
who called me out to look ct the fFe escape b
drummer for Philadelphia millinery henss,
and the one that scared my wife QUO OF her
wits travels for hearse factory at Rochester,
New York. Ny wife sayS she would know
him, because he has big gray mustache, and
wears . diamond collar-button IN his shirt.
She said she thought he waspretty stylish for
erai times IN the night to tell N what to do IN
case w were sick, and In the morning, before
we were mp, waiter brought up our break
fast. He said the landlord sent Il up. and he
Just stood around until we had b sit up In
bed and eat breakfast. thought st the time
that it was kind In the landlord to send up
our breakfast, but when l. found that the
waiter who brought 1t w Was travelling man
for reaper factory ut Rockford ard remem-
bered how darned fmpudent he looked 1t my
clerk said he had gone to Winnipeg. It. was
tust-a about be bad coming down here on the
sleeping-csr, and think half the passengers
on the car were those same drummers that
were showed in. ItWaS colder than Alasks,
and would order extra blankets, and they
would steal them. had more than twenty
biankets'p put on the bed, and in the morning
l there was moth ng but Q sheet over 0s. And
4 every time there was blanket spread over
rs there was q different porter put It ON, and
think they were all travelling mon. Every
little while somebody would pull open the
curtains and sit down on my berth aud begin
- pull o6 his boots, and Iiwould' telfh him the
berth was occupied, and that be must have
made mistake and then he would lo0karound
1t US ss innocent rs could be, and ask our
pardon, and then go out and damn the por-
ter. Once I felt somebody feeling about my
berth, and asked what was the matter. and
the fellow said he was looking for my wife's
shoes to black. Then about every fifteen
tains and hold red lantern In and ask for
our tickets: think they punched my ticket
81 ty.fve times. Any way Il looked like Q
porous plaster when 1 got up in the morning,
l think 1t was the travelling men who were
playing conductor, but 1 was sleepy, and
1t. Well, about O'Clock il the morning
somebody punched US and said 1t was time to
get up, as all the passengers wsre up, and We
would have breakfast In ffteen minutes. Aud
best we could, laying on our backs and kick.
them on ourselves when they came down.
got my pants on wrong side before and lo.l
everyih hing out Of my. pockets, and my wifl
lost her hair and had to tie q handkerchief
around her head. and then we had our bsrthi
made up and sat up till daylight, and the por
ter found my wifess hsir and pinned It to thu
, curtains Of berth occupied BY preacher
from Oshkosh, and he kicked, and got mae
: and talked about It, and wondered how 4
came there, and he swore about 1t, and
think he travels for an Oshkosh carriage fac
tory. Oh, never had such night, or two
such nights, in all my life. and what wan
to. know is il can be quiet here, and get I
little sleep, and not be annoyed
The hotel man told him if anybody cam'
around to bother him to knock them elea
down stairs and he would be responsible, An,
the bridegroom took his satchel and his wife
and the coiored man showed them . room
and they have not showed up since. It I
csnfounded mean IN travelling men to &c
!, showed in and form Q syndicate to have fun
They will cause themselves to be disiiked
they keep on. 50
j. Ferris, Bethany, Mo-, says: 1.-TWO bo1
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