The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1884-10-24 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

HOW TO WAKE UP • MAN QUIETLY. A. guest at • Chicago hotel. who had been awakened hundreds of times when other door, were being pounded cc, enacted to get up at live o'clock last Monday morning, and he decided tent he would not cause all the other guests to be annoyed, so he told the clerk he waa g to hitch a rope on to hie ankle worm he retired. and throw the end of it over the treosorn, and wanted the porter instructed to pull on the rope at five o'clock until he got an answer. and net pound ore the door. Toe clerk sald that would be all right, and tee man retired. The clerk told a party of young man boarder. of the singular request of the guest, and they thought It vary original. They went out to the theatre and got fug of wine, and when they plumed the sleeping guest's room at one o'clock in the morning. and saw tha rope hinting over the transom, obey thought it would be oo more than right to see how the new idea would work.. o four of them took hold of the rope and began to pull. They heard a heavy body seem to be walking over the foot board of the bed on its back, heard sheets rip anl narbtoiltirt tear, and they kett pollieg, end • heavy body struck the floor, and • voice began to swear and yell murder and lire, and they pulled away. until the heavy body seemed to be cliiu,,ing up the door feet first on the ineide, and the voice 0,11 all right. I am up. but they kept polling until ~,,, led of a mmn came over the transom, and the other 10 woe nicaiog the door, and the voice was ulnas lan,ua,te that ea. not nimissabl, in polit ociety. The teems can then tied the rope to the door-knob and redred.to their roome, leaving the man hanging head down with one leg out lathe hall. The man yelled until the watchman came, and he thought it was a Cue of suicide, and be cut the rope. end the heavy body fell to the door, wit, tile clerks and mann ter ot the tudlie, and several of the porters, were called, and they buret in the door and tound • ba ily used up goes, grabbling at blankets and sheets to cover himself. and Swearing hie , back was broken from eliding over the foot-boards. An explanation was had, and it wae generally believed the tipsy young men had done the deed. but when they were gaged they were asleep, and the next morning they , claimed they had retired as usual at nine o'clock in the evening and they were innocent of anithing on earth. : The guest remained up until live o'clock, and used arnica , and things, gave the rope to the porter, and said after ' this they could pound on his door and wake the whole ! house it they wanted to. A young man and a female once stopped at a country tavern. Their awkward appears ice excited the attention crone of the family, who commenced a convoreation with the female, by inquiring how far she had travelled. Travelled I exclaimed the strange, somewhat indignantly ; are didn't travel, we rid NEEDED Paasciurrion.—Bride I most have your b advice. decior. My ueband has the nightmare no ell? ! night, and frightens me half to death. Doctor I preimine as there are only two in the homily, you attend to all the hounekeeplng duties yourself t Bride.: Yea Doctor : ! Well, hire someone else to do the cioking.