New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-01-29
CRANKY GUESTS.

With Some of Them. 4 ~ =
IT cannot sleep in that room, ''said a
guest at hotel in this city last evening
as he walked to the desk in the Office
and threw the key upon it. ~ + - g
What is the matter with it?'' asked
the clerk.
''There is nothing the matter with it
except that the bed is in the wrong
place." the guest replied. "For more
than 20 years have slept in bed with
the head toward the north, and it has
become such habit with me that it
would be actually impossible for me to
sleep with the head in any other direc-
tion.''
1T will be impossible for me to give
you room containing bed with the
head in that direction" said the clerk.
1.-The hotel is we'll filed tonight, and I
have only two vacant rooms, but will
have the bed turned for you" Calling
porter, the clerk instructed him to
turn the bed in the gentleman s room SO
that the head would be to the north.
The guest followed the porter up stairs,
and as nothing further was heard from
him it is presumed that he retired and
slept peacefully.
''There is no accounting for tastes,'
said the clerk, turning to the reporter,
land the funny experiences we have in
the hotel business would fill volume.
Before the night is over we may have
calls for beds with their heads turned to
every point of the compass, and of
course we are obliged to accommodate
every one.
II remember an instance like this
several years ago. A man slightly in
ebriated came into the hotel one night,
and producing a pocket compass said
that he wished room where the head
Of the bed should be placed to the
northeast. We sent two boys with him,
and they turned the bed as requested.
The joke was that the compass was
furnished with a little stop, which held
the indicator in a certain position. 1t
SO happened that the gentleman's bed,
which had been carefully placed north
east according to the compass, was in
reality placed with the head to the
south. The man discovered his mistake
the next morning and was cured Of the
fad. ''-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Cremation Growing In Favor.
The movement in favor of cremation
as against earth burial is growing in
England. The other day Mr.. William
Rathbone, ex M. P, stated in public
that he had made provision for crema
ton in his own case on principle and
with view to promoting the reform.
At this moment new crematOrium is
almost ready for use at Liverpool. It is
a neat building of red sandstone, simple
and chaste in design. The main door
opens into small chapel. From this
room the coffin will be carried after the
burial service is read into small apart
ment beyond and there placed upon an
iron frame running Oh wheels and rails
in line with the fu b1ace and pushed
noiselessly into the abode of flames.
From the chapel the clergyman, fol-
lowed by the relatives of the deceased,
will ascend a stair on the opposite side
from the door by which the coffin has
been removed into small gallery over
looking the door of the furnace. From
1HAs SoA1eIy tHo eof~aCo piesCIAUou 1oI
the grave will be read and the mourn
ers will take the last look of the coffin
as it disappears within the furnace.
The situation of the crematorium at An
field is wisely chosen, being in the heart
of a pretty suburban neighborhood and
accessible from all parts of the city.
There is an Office, with cottage for the
oaretaker attached, at the entrance gate
The crematorium will be opened for
public use not later than April -
Westminster Gazette