Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1903 — TWO IN A BED. [ARTICLE]

TWO IN A BED.

A rather amusing incident occured at Kentland last Thursday night when the editors of the various Rensselaer papers were asigned rooms at the Hotel Kentland. It seems that the hotel was chock full, and to accomodate all who desired lodging it was necessary for them to “double up” the guests, that is, sleep two in a bed. s,Bro. Marshall had gone out to call on some widow lady or other acquaintance whom he understood now resided in Kentland, and was not present when partners were assigned for the night, and it wa3 so arranged that the two whiskered gentlemen, Marshall and the cow-puncher, were assigned to the same bed. After Marshall came in from making his call—which was after most of the others had retired—he found how things had been arranged and kicked vigorously. It was no use. however, and grumbling and growling, the fentlemen with the billy-goat irsute appendages retired together, and we hope slept peacfully until morning. It is inferred that Marshall’s objections to sleeping with his old pard were based on a story Del Crampton of the Carroll County Citizen told years ago about “Mac” having come to America in 1492 as a stowaway on the Santa Maria, nud had been put ashore on Watkins’ Island by Columbus for not washing his feet. This calumny of Crampton’s was later discredited, when it was found that the Spanish court journals contained documentary evidence that “Mac’s” real offense was a refusal to run Queen Isabella’s name in small caps without extra compensation from the ship’s storekeeper.