Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-07-13
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said good-lOOklng man. az he stepped
up to the counter and registered bis name.
and added. 'snd wife after il. Can a
new-married couple settle down here for
two or three DAYS and have a quiet visit
with each other and not he scared out Of
their boots?'-
The hotel man said they could GU right
70 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
annoyed p asked the hotel man.
Annoyed? That doesn't express it. We
were married day before yesterday at st.
Paul's and went TO hotel. live about
sixty miles west Of ST. Paul, and the tray
cling men pnt up job tn make me tired.
There were about a hundred of them snow
ed in at St. Paul, and I'll be darned il they
didn't keep US aw axe all night. They
knew we were q 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 for q Chicago
cigar factory came in and wanted to know
what was wanted. ordered pitcher of
ice-water. and Milwaukee drummer for
grocery house brought il in, and he looked
at my wife who il bashful, and made her
feel bad didn't know they were drum
mers until the next day. or should have
killed some Of them. rang the bell for
coal, and travelling salesman who posts
railroad cards around. and works up excur-
sions, he came in and fixed the fire and he
stayed and poked it for half an hour, and
he had more gaul than 1 ever see. He
asked 80 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. l rung for a chambermaid to
clean up the room and bring some towels.
and it was about half an hour before she
came, and / went down to the office to see
about my trunk, and the chambermaid
stayed about half an hour and was very
interesting, and my wife said she was a
real pleasant, affectionate sort Of crea-
ture. far above her station, and tell you
| was mad when found out that it was a
smooth faced, handsome young Jewish
drummer for Milwaukee clothing house,
who was in with the gang, and he gave
the chambermaid S3 to loan him an old
dress so he could play chambermaid.
When my wife told me that the chamber
maid had patied her on the cheek and
said she WAS the sweetest bride that was
ever in hotel, and asked for kiss. and
my wife said it would be no harm to kiss
poor chambermaid, and encouraged 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 some
body got into our room and put cracker
crumbs in ur bed and we found a cold
oil-clOth hOor-mat over the top sheet,
CROUCH to fleeze anybody. But the worst
was at night. We had Just got comforta-
bly, in bed when there was knock at the
door, and got up. and the Waterman was
there. and he said he wanted to point out
to me the fire-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 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
went out a man that looked like porter,
came into the room and told her to fly and
save herself, and to follow her husband
She felt awful when found there was no
trouble, and we got back into our room half
froze. have got them fellows down fine.
The fellow who called me out to look
at the fire-escape is drummer tor a Phil
adelphia millinery house and the one that
scared my wife out OF her wits travels for
n hearse factory at Rochester, n. Y. NV
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, before we were up, Il waiter
brought up our breakfast. He said the
landlord sent it up. and he just stood
around until we had to sit up in bed and
eat breakfast. thought at the time tina;
it was kind in the landlord to send up our
breakfast, but when found that the wait
er who brought it up was travelling man
tor reaper factory at Rockford. and re-
membered how darned impudent he look
ed at my wife, Il could have murdered him
but the clerk said he had gone to Winnie
peg. 1t was just about rs bad coming
down here on the sleeping car land think
half the passengers on the car were those
same drummers that We're showed in Il
was colder than Alaska, and | would or
der extra blankets, and they would steal
them. had more than twenty blankets
put on the bed, and in the morning there
was nothing but a sheet over US. And
every time there was blanket spread
over us there was different porter put it
on. and ! think they were all travelling
men.
Every little while somebody would pull
open the curtains, and sit down on my
berth and begin to pull off his boots, and
would tell him the berth was occupied and
that must have made mistake, and he
would look around at us as innocent as
could be. and ask our pardon, and then go
out and damn the porter. Once felt
somebody feeling about my berth and
I asked what was the matter, and the fell
low said he was looking for my wife's
shoes to black. Then about every fifteen
minutes the conductor would open the cur
tains. and hold red lantern and ask for
our tickets. think he punched my tick
ct sixty-five times. Anyway il looked
like a porous plaster when go, up in the
morning. l think it was the travelling
men who were playing conductor, but |
was sleepy. and thought the best way
was to let them punch it. Well, about
three O'Clock in the morning somebody
punched us and said it was time to get up.
Ms all the passengers were up, and we