The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-11-22
Beat the Cornstist,

| mhu hoOuA tuSus hNte ts''! " 49,
ieliows, including myself. have been OF
cupying rooms on the second aoor OF 81
old building near Jackson square. II IL
. rsmshsckle barracks, but the stmo'
pbere Is delightfully."- bohemian, and ",
we're sll immensely pleased with ouI
quarters. until about siI weeks sso, when
young German bookkeeper rented the
last vacant room 10 the hall He was Z
pompons, pink.iaoed chap. with white
eyelasbes and . military walk, and while
you could see 1t . glance that there was
nothing congen,sl sbout him, We could
40 doubt have put up with bis presence
oil right II il hadn't been for the fact that
he played the eornei.
The Atst night the new lodser turped
up every man on the floor thought IL
WAS = prscticsl joke; but wbeo II bessn
ell over again next morning. We put up .
tremendous kick. The German was per
iecily calm. lie said be belonged to .
% usic society and was obliged to practice
bis parts. He bad no other place for re
hesrssl, be ssid. and having rented his
room for six months without any specisl
conditions, be proposed to toot iust ss
frequently and vociierously as he pleased
II we didn't like it We could go to blsz's
or words to that effect and tbereupon be
shut the door and started In on B dat,
m ust confess the fellows deadly cool
ness eort OF swed Us and when we held .
council OF wsr nobody had any prscicsl
suggestion to offer. Ui course one or two
we're in favor OF slugging match then
and there, but wiser connsels prevailed, !"
ss they soy IN The papers when the lynch
ing delegation iorgets the rope, and we
decided vaguely TO try moral sussion.
II didn't work worth cent. Then We
attempted counter-irritstion in the shape
Of pounding on pans and filing saws, but
the cornetist kept light on through oil
the uprosr without missing . note. One
OF the boys undertook to get him drunk,
but was laid cut stiff himself at two O.
N and the German praoticed for the
balance OF the night deadly sober
When We appealed to the landlord be
only shrugged bis shoulders and turned
out the palms OF bis hands.
The room next to the German, continued
the young man, is occupied by my frisnd
Billee, who works 10 an architects office,
One evening. about two weeks after the
trouble began, l was passing his door
when was startled by the most blood
curdlipg growl l ever heard in my life.
1t was not very loud, but there was con
centrsted, tigerish ferocity about II that
made my hair bristle on my head. II
was such sound % one would imsgine
might be made by some savage beast ball
crszy with rage or hunger. / stopped
stock stlll and listened, too surprised to
think, and again the growl sounded from
the closed door, longer and more serrify
ing than before.
At that the Germsn's door few open and
be came bouncing into the hall 90 pale ss
a ghost My Gott! be gssped, what is
dst. snyhowP
Before l could reply Billee himself sp
pesred. Good.evening, gentlemen. be
ssid pleasantly, hope my pet isn't sn
noying you
What the dickens have You got 10 there
Billeep l asked.
A Hondurisn pig-dog he replied, q
very rare animal, given to me this
by q friend from Central Ameri
O., This one has . record ss msn-
killer. be went on. and has slresdy obew
ed up four or five natives, but I'm going
to tame hin and teach him to do tricks.
Where do you keep the brute9 inquii
ed, beginning TO smell . rat,
/ have him tied up in my close'. be
said.
At that the coruetist turned green.
The closet is 9 double tfI ir. opening 10
to both rooms with only aimsy psrti
ton between, 10 der closetl the musi
cisn rosred. You must take him sudt
right swsyl Dot pis-dog might bite the
boards through
Well, sir, | rented my room without
any special conditions ss to pig-ioes, and
| propose to keep him in the closet 80
long Is Jolly we'll please. Good even
ing.
Needless TO ssy. BilIee's pig.dog be
came the sensation Of the hour, snd
v bile We oil knew tnst It vas 9 put up
Job Of some kind. nobody could imagine
how 1t sss done. We could hear the
rrowls and Billees voice st the same time
20 i, was evidently not 3 vocal imitation,
snd be replied TO all questions with
o uysieriou. smile. Wait sni zee, be said
md mesnwbile be was csre,ul TO lock
the door every time be vent out. i,
would be terrible thing, be remarked,
casually, IL thst pie-aog we're TO get
10 se in the ball.
On the second Disht the corDetisi tun
ID 90 rather timi5ly, ard Instantly the
pix ios bsssn to growl. For few mo
ueuts The daet confined. Then Billee
me into tue hsll snd knocked 90 The
Grnsns door. EIcose me, be ssid. very
politely. bat ~isb TO inform you that
q u.ie ipforiates this suinsl Of mine. srd
i 10 impossible for me 10 control bin
!. bile you are playing. IL is nothing 10
ne, be sddee, snd you may do - you
plssse. but felt 1t my da,y 10 pnt you
DO notice, y