Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-04
TROUBLES OF A BnIpALrAnTY.


said a srcen looking man, as he stepped up to
the counter and registered his name, and add.
cd "and wife" after II. "Cau new married
couple settle down here for two or three days
and have quiet visit with each other aud
not bo scared out of their bootsr
The hotel man said they could 10 right TO
their room and stay there three DAYS or three
weeks, and never come TO their meals u they
didn't want anything to eat. "But what
is the ms,ter7 Have you been annoyed 2"
asked the hotel man.
"Annoyed7 That doesn't express II. We
were married day before yesterday AT ct. Paul,
and went TO hotel. l live about sixty miles
west OF st. Paul, aud the travelling meu put up
jub to make me tired. There were about
hundred Of them showed In at St. Paul. and
l'll be darned II they didn't keep MS awake oil
night. They knew we we're n bridal couple,
and they bribed the bell. boys and porters to let
them act for them and when we ruug the bell
for the bell.boys Drummer for q Chicago ci
gar factory came In and wanted to know what
was wanted. | ordered pitcher oi ice. water,
| and Milwaukee drummer for grocery louse
brought itin and looked at my wife, who Is
bsshful, and made her feel real bad. didn't
| know they were drummers until the next day,
| or I should have killed some Of them. rung
| the bell for coal. and a travelling salesman w'o
pos,s railroad cards and works up excursions,
came In and fixed the fire, and he sttyed and
pnked il for half an hour, and he had more gall
| than ever see. He asked 30 many questions
| about how long we had been married that
wanted to tbump him. bu, my wife said we
di,in't want to have no row the first day we
were married. ! tung fora chambermaid to
| clean up The room and some towels, and 1t was
| sbout half an hour before she came, and
went Town to the office to sec about trunks, and
the chambe maid STAYED about half an hour
| and was verv interesting, and my vile said
| she wa A real pleasant, affrctiunate sort of
| fara ahnv haro totip
| I was mad when found out that II was a
| smooth faced handsome Young Jewish drum
| mpr for a Milwaukee clothing house, who vas
in the gang and he gave the chamber maid 81
| to loan him an old dress so lie could play
| chamhermaid When my wife told me that the
| chambermaid patted her on the cheek and said
she was the sweetest bride that ever was in a
hotel. and asked for a kiss. and my wife thought
| u no harm To kiss poor chambermaid, ana en-
cnrraged her | wanted to kill him, and went
down to the office next morning, but the smo"th'
faced euss had gone to Fargo. IL was all the
| landlord could do to hold me- When we were al
supper somebody got into the room and pn
cracker crumbs in our bed. and we found colo
oil cloth floor mat over the top sheet, en"ugh u
freeze ANYBODY. But the worst was at night
We had just got comfortably to bed W hen there
was knock at the door. and got up and The
watchman was there. and said he wanted Il
point out To Inc the fire escate so could ge
out In case Of fire and went out in the ha
and he took me way on 10 the end OF the build.
ing To show il tn me and while ! was looking
nut of the window my wife came running dowr
the hall and begging me to save her. | asked
her what was the matter and she said As snot
as went out q man that looked like n porter
came in the room and TOLD her to hv, and save
he rself, and follnw her husband. She felt aw
FIJI when she found there was no trouble, am
we got back into our room half froze. l have
, got them fellows down fine. The fellow VIII,
Had a. ..N1r .l.. g..
drummer for Ph'ladelphia millinery house,
and the ore that scared my wife out nl her witt
travels for a hearse factory at Rochester, n. Y
Nv wife says she would know him. because hi
had a big gray musiache, and wears a diamond
collar-button in his shirt. She said she thoug h
he was pretty stylish for a porter at the time
They woke us up several times in the night 4
tell us what to do In case we were sick, and II
, the morning. before we were up, a waite
brought up our breakfast. He said the land
lord sent il up. and he just stood around unit
E we had to sit up in bed and eat breakfast.
thought at the time that il was kind in the la nd
lord to send up our breakfast, but when foun
that the waiter VIII" brought II up was a trav
cling man for reaper factory at Rockford
and remembered how darned ippudent he look
| ed at my wife, could have murdered him, bu
q the clerk said he had gone to Winnipeg.
was just about as bad coming down here on tn
e sleeping car, and think half the passenger
/, on the car were those same drummers that wer
showed in. 1t was colder than Alaska, and
would order extra blankets. and they woul
i steal them. had more than twenty blank et
| put on the bed. and in the morning there wa
nothing but sheet over us, aud every tim
Il there was a blanket spread over us there wa
= different porter put il on, and | think the
were all travelling men. Every little Will
d sombody would pull nren the curtains and r
Il down on my berth and pull of his boots. and
would tell him the berth was occupied, an
u that he must have made mistake, and
r. wonld look around at us as innocent as conl
e be, and ask our pardon, and then go out an
}. damn the porter. Ouce felt somebody feelin
n about my berth. and asked what was tile ma
# ter. and the fellow said he was ing for m
e wife's shoes to black. Then about every Fl
, teen minutes the conductor would open the GU
i iains and hold a red lantern in and ask for n,
tlcRets. think they punched my ticket sixt
4 hre tunes. Any way il looked like a poroi
plaster when got up in the morning. [ ,hir
IS 1t WAS travelling men who were playing c0nduc
=. "r, but was sleepy and ] thought the best wa
/. was to let Them pinch it. Well, abnut tbr,
:, O'Clock in the morning somebody punched
i. and said 1t was time to get up. as all the pa
senreTs were up, and we would have breakf,
U In fifteen minutes And then we hustled arour
Q ana got dressed the best way could Ia viz
i on our backs and kicking our clothes up in II
d air and catching them on ourselves when tn.
e came down. got my pants on wrong side b.
- ~ " ,ro' e'e''tn'"e out "i my pockel
q and my wife lost her hair, and had to tie
- handkerchief around her head. and then "
had our beth made up and sat up till da
light, and the porter found my wfe's hair al
l.. pinned it To the curtains at a berth occupied
apreacher frnm Oshkosh and he kicked, al
y got mad and talked about it, and wonder
e how II came there, and he swore about it, and
e think he travels for an Oshkosh carriage IA
tory. Oh. never had such a night, or tv
u nights. in all nv life and what want to kim
= Is u can be quiet here and get a little slee
II aud not be annoyed" The hotel man told hi
II anybndy came around to bother him to kun,
=, them clear down stairs and he would be r
" spnsible, aud the bridegroom took his satch
" aud hi' wife. and the colered man showed the
r. room, and they have not showed up sine
- II is conlounded mean in travelling men To g
showed In and form a syndicate to have fu
II Ih-y will cause themselves to be dislik.d
they keep on.