The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-06-26


! "Say,. what kind of hotel do you
keep?" said a green looking man as
he stepped up to the counter and
registered his name, and added sand
wife after it, "Cana 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 60
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.
live about sixty miles west of st.
Paul, and travelling men put up a
job to make me tired. There were
about hundred of them showed in
at st Paul, and I'll be darned if they
didn't keep us wake 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 rung the bell for the bell boy, a
drummer from Chicago cigar facto-
ry came in and wanted to know
what we wanted. 4 ordered pitcher
Of icG water, and a Milwaukee
drummer for a grocery house
brought it in, and he looked at my,
wife, who is bashfiil, and made her
feel real bad. l didn't Know they
We're drumhias until the next day,
orr should have killed some of them.
/ rung thebell for coal, and a trav-
cling man who posts railroad cards
around, and works up excursions, he
came in and fixed the fire, and he
stayed and poked it for half an hour,
and lie had more gaul than / ever
see. lie asked so many questions
about how long we had been mar
ricd, that | wanted to thump him,
bnt my wife said we didn't want to
have no. row the first day we were
married. / rllng for a chambermaid
to clean up the room and bring some
clean towels, and il was about half an
hour before she came, and went to
the Office to see about my trunk, and
tho chambermaid stayed about half
an hour, and was very interesting,
and my wife said she was real pleas
ant, ailcctionate sort of creature, far
above her station, and l tell you |
was mad when I found out that it
was,a smootll-faced handsome; Young
Jewish drummer for a Milwaukee
clothing house, who was in with the
gang, and'he gave the chambermaid
lthrcc dollars toloan him an old dress
ESQ he could. play chambermaid.
When my wife told me that the
,chambermaid patted her on the
cheek, and said that she was the
|sweetcst bride that was ever in the
hotel, and asked for kiss, and my
wife said she thought itwould be nc
harm to kiss a poor, chambermaid
andencourage her, I wanted to kill
him, and l went down to the office
next morning, but the smooth faced
cuss lad gone to Fargo. 1t was al
the landlord could do to hold me
1Wely while we were at supper some
body got iuto the room and put
cracker crumbs in our bed, and we
j, found a cold oil-cloth floor mat ovei
4
! the top sheet, enough to freeze any
body. But the worst at night. W.
had just got comfortably in bed whel
y there was knock OF the door, and
got up, and the watchman was there
and he said he wanted to point on
TO me the fire escape, so I could ge
out in case Of fire, and went out in
to the hall and he took me way our
/ to the end of the building to show j
+ Ito me, and while I was looking on
the windowsmy wife came runnin,
| down the hall and, begging me
save her. l asked her what was tn
I. matter and she said as soon as | wen
out a man, that looked like a porter
5 came IN the room, and told herto fly
and savc,herself, and to follow he
j husband. She felt awful when sh
: found there was no trouble, and W
s got back into our room half froze.
: havegot them fellows down fine. TIL
0 fellow who calledme ont to look 3
$ the fire escape, is a drummer for
8. PHILADELPHIA millinery house, and tn
y one that scared my wife ont of he
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. lRocl,ester. New. York. NV wife saw