Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1882 — Worse Than Blowing Out the Gas. [ARTICLE]

Worse Than Blowing Out the Gas.

. Did you hear the story of the man in a hotel, who, meddling with the old style of bell-rope in bedrooms to see what it was, rang it unknowingly, and a servant appeared ? “ Why, how do yon do ?” he said, extending his hand to the astonished servant, whom he thought a visitor, “ sit down ; what can I do for you ?” * ‘ Did you ring ?” said the servant. “Ring? Why, no. What? There ain’t no bell here. ” Then the servant explained the bellrope and left. After he had gone the man thought he would try the bell-rope jnst for fun. He gave it a terrific pull, and just then the gong rang for dinner, and, thinking he had created an awful catastrophe down-stairs, he was greatly alarmed, locked and bolted his door, and sat up all night expecting the arrival of the police.—Hotel Mail.