The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-24
Troubles Of a Bridal Party.

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he stepped up to the hotel counter
and registered his name, and added
sand wife" afterit, Cana new mar
ried couple settle down here for two
or three days and have quiet visit
with each other, and hot be scared
out of their boots 20
The hotel man said they could &c
right to their room and stay there
three days or three weeks, and never
come to their meals if they didn't
want anything to eat. "But what is
the matter? Have you been annoy
ed ?" asked the hotel man,
"Annoyed That don't express It,
We were married day before yester.
day at st. Paul, and went to hotel.
4 r live 'aboGt As1kfy miles west of ST,
Paul, and the ttavefingmen put up d
job on me. There were about hum
dred 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 bridal couple, and they bribed
the bellsbOys and porters to let them
act for them, and when we rung the
bell for the bell-boy, a drummer for a
Chicago cigar factory came in and
wanted to know what was wanted.
81 ordered pitcher of ice water,
and Milwaukee drummer for a gro-
Gerry 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 drum
mers, until next day, or should have
killed some of them.
81 rung the bell for coal. and a
travelingman who posted railroad
cards around and works up excur-
siOns, he came in and fixed the fire,
and he staid and poked it for half an
hour, and he had more gall than ever
l see. He asked so many questions
about how long we had been married
that l wanted to thump him, but my
wife said we didn't want to have no
row the first day we were married.
~ rung for chamberInaid to clean
up the room and bring some towels,
and it was about half an hour before
she came, and l went down to the Of
flee to see about my trunk, and the
chambermaid staid about half an
hour, and was very interesting. and
my wife said she was real pleasant,
afectiOnate sort of a creature, far
above her station, and / tell you 1
was mad when / found out that it was
asmOOth-faced, handsome young Jew
ISL drummer for a Kansas City cloth
ing house. who was in with the gang,
and he gave the chambermaid three
dollars to loan him an old dress so he
could play chambermaid. When my
wife told me that the chamhermaid
patted her on the cheek, and said she
was the sweetest bride that was ever
in the hotel, and asked for kiss, and
my wife said she thought it would be
no harm to kiss poor chambermaid,
and encouraged her, wanted to kill
him, and | went down to the office
next morning, but the smooth-f 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 in our bed, and we
found cold oil-cloth floor-mat over
the top sheet, enough to freeze any
body.
"But the worst was at night. We
had Just got comfortably in bed when
there was knock at the door and
got up, and the watchman was there,
and he said he wanted to point out to
me the fire-escape so l could get out
in case of fire, and went out in the
hall and he took me way out to the
end of the building to show it to me,
and while | was looking out of the
window my wife came running down
the hall and begging me to save her.
l asked what was the matter and she
said as soon as L went out man that
looked like porter camein the room
and told ner to fly and save herself,
and follow her husband. She felt
awful when she found there was no
trouble, and we got back to our room
halt froze. l have got them fellows
down fine. The fellow who called me
out to look at the fire4escape Is a
drummer for Philadelphia millinery
house, and the one that scared my
wife out of her wits, travels for a
hearse factory at Rochester, N. Y.
My wife says she would know him,
because he has big gray moustache
and wears diamond collar. button in
his shirt. She said she thought he
was pretty stylish for porter. at the
time.
"They woke us up several times in
the night to tell us what to do in case
we were sick, and in the morning, be-