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A Slight Mistake

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
August
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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A Newport oorrespondent of tju Nbw York Commercial Adtertiser relates the following asone of the mistakos incident to hotel lilV - whon parties are in a hurfy and Hu' pis tnrnrd uil': 1 heara such an excellent story, and knowingit tobe a lucí, I must relato it. A gentlemen and wit'c on atravoling tour id at a hotel. The gentleman was an Lnvalid, jaunting for health, and was snbjeet to severe nttacka ofspasmsin his ohesti v!iic!i nothing wöuld reliove but u blister, but in the absonoe of that, a hot musterd piaster. Thoy roachod ;i strattge hotel late in the day, and during that night lir. waa taken very ili. Ilis wiir was anablo to fiad any rom at hand wnong hor traps, but cemembaring to haya sctii tho castor containing mustard on tlie sideboard of the dining huil, and being roluctant to a'touae tho sorvants, sho flew down with a light and mado a ilastor :is quiekly as poaaible. - Now tbo room sho occup'ed was at the heád of the stairs, onilic riglithand coraLng ap, iut there was me preoisely BimiIar to it on the left sido. Just s ahe reached tho head of the Bt&ircaae lier light wejxt out, bnt vriahing to bring re lief to the sufferer as quiekly as possible, Bhewentinto her room on thenght, as sho BUppOBed, and flying up to tlio occupant of the bed -her husband, of course - 1 the plaatar on his chost Just ae it touchud the individual in question, what was her i'right and horror at being assailod with áírong e)letive, and at ■ that sho had tumul to tin leftinstead oftheright, and entered tb wrong ap.irtiueiit. The hurry with which she entered was not quite equal t. that with whioh she retreated, and on ánding her owu man and telling him th( story Tie laughedso outrageoosly as t get oured with.ou an :'t all. S_ i,l was th.' lady, howover, thai ghi 1 on leaving the hotel the nexi ag at an hour suffieientty eatly t avoid meeting the victim of her mistake The Píivis F'ujiirn luis propoaaded ; novol and intaresting fcheory oonoeruing the war. Itclainis ilmt, notwithstanding roncos, Prancè wslsröally the victor. The Etaporor wentto warto jmvont a Hohenzollern prinoo Proni sitting on the throno of Spüin, nd in point of Fra&ce fton sot before it.

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Old News
Michigan Argus