Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — Rather a Damper. [ARTICLE]

Rather a Damper.

A newly-married pair who arrived on their honeymoon trip at a certain celebrated watering place, at a time when accommodation was at a premium, had a mattress spread for them by a compassionate Innkeeper in one of his baths. In the middle of the night the house was alarmed by loud shrieks proceeding from the nuptial chamber. What was th matter? Well, this—the young bride, wishing to ring the bell for her maid, had caught hold of what she supposed to be a bell rope, and pulled it smartly. Unhappily for her and her spouse, It was the cord of the shower bath above their heads, and forthwith down plumped such a deluge of cold water as would throw' a damper upon the most devoted of honeymoon couples. Her husband, in his dismay, caught frantically at another cord on his side of the extemporized couch, but tho only response was an equally liberal deluge of water, this time pearly boiling hot The unhappy pair screamed In unison. The bride, in the excitement of the moment uttered sentiments anything but complimentary to her spouse. When tho servants came they were just in time to rescue the unhappy pair from drowning, for the room was already full of water, and the wife was perched like a monkey on her husband’s nock, uttering lamentable cries, while her good man was fumbling in tho dark trying to find the door. Let us hope that the subsequent wedded life of this unfortunate couple may be happier than its commencement