Frostburg mining journal., 1883-03-10
FROsTBURG MD SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1883.
Selett Story.
Troubles of a Bridal Party.

keep ?" said grsen-looking man, as
he stepped up to the hotel counter
and registered his name, and added
land wife" aftor it. "Can new mar
ried couple settle down here for two
or three days and have a quiet visit
with each other. and not be scared
out of their bootsf"
Tho hotel man said they could 90
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 mattsrs Have you been annoy.
ed ?" asked the hotel man.
Annoyed That don't express it.
We were married day before ysstsr.
day at st. Paul, and went to hotel.
1 live about sixty miles west Of st.
Paul, and the trsvslingmen put up a
Job on me. There were about hun
drsd of them showed in at st. Paul,
aad I'll be darned if they didn't keep
US awake all night. They knew we
were bridal couple, and they bribsd
the bell-boys and porters to let them
act for them, and when we rung tbs
bell fer the bell-boy. drummer for a
Chicago cigar factory came in and
wanted to know what was wanted.
II ordered q pitcher of ice.watsr.
and Milwaukee drummer for gro-
Gerry house brought i. in, and he
looked at my wife, who is bsshful,
and made her feel real bad.
II didn't know they were drummsrs
until next day, or should have killed
some OF them.
81 rung the bell for coal, and a
trsvelingman who posted railroad
cards around and works up excursions,
he came in and fixed the FIRE, and he
staid and roked it for half an hour,
and he had more gall than ever I see.
He asked SO many questions about
how long We had been married that ]
wanted to thump lin, but my wife
said We didn't want to have no row
the first day we were married.
II rung for a chambermaid to clean
up the room sad bring some towels
and it was about half an hour before
she came, and | went down to the Of.
fee to see about my trunk, and the
chambsrmaid staid about half ar
hour, and was very interesting, anG
my wife said she WAS a real pleasant
affectionats sort Of a creature, fal
above her station, aud I tell you
was mad when found out that it wa
q smooth-faced, handsome young Jew
ish drummer for Kansas City cloth
ing house, who was in with the gang
aal he gave the chambsrmaid thre
dollars to loan him an old dress so h,
could play chambsrmaid. When n,
wife told me that the chambsrmait
patted her on the cheek, and said sh
was the sweetest bride that was eve
in the hotel, and asked for kiss, ans
my wife said she thought it would b
no harm to kiss poor chsmbermsid
and encouraged her, 1 wanted TO xii
him. and l went down to the ofic
next morning, but the smooih.facec
cuss had gone to Fargo. 1t was al
the landlord could do to hold me.
"Weli, while ws were at suppe
somebody got into the room and pu
cracker crumbs in our bed, and "
found cold oil-cloth foor-mat owe
the top sheet, enough to freeze any
body.
"But the worst was at night. W
had just got comfortably in bed whe
there was a kno,k at the door and
got up, and the wa,chman was ther'
aud he said he wanted to point out
me the fre.sscape so l could get OF
in case of fire, and l went out in th
hall and he took nae way out to th
end of the building to show it to M
and while / WAS looking out Of th
window my wife came running dow
the hall and begging me to save he
I asked what was the matter and sh
said as soon as I went out man tbs
Q looked like porter came in the reo1
and told her to fly and save hersel
and follow her husband. She fe
. awful when she found there was I
trouble, and we got back to our roo
half frozs. / have got them fellow
: down fine. The fellow who called n
n : out to look al the frs-escape is