BECOMING RICH BY ACCIDENT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 236, 14 February 1880, Page 2

BECOMING RICH BY ACCIDENT.

. Pittsburg h Telegraph tells US' this sturv, whi :h it says is reliable “ During an excursion from Pittsburg to-Niagara Falfsj and while at Cleveland an incident occured whi h will never be forgotten by wuo ,n<'ard of it. The Kennard House at that city was crowded with guests, when an eccentric .and witty druggist appeared, late at' night, at the Hotel bffihe-and demanded a bed. The clerk, replied that there were only twovacantbeds in the house one wherein was quartered 1 a Pittsburg newspaper man, and the other in a room wherein was a Pittsburg, evening ,news?.' paper man, who were , both with the excursion. i To till the truth they are. both drunk, so you mav .take., your best choice as to which room you will sleep in.’ The druggist said that •on general' principles he 1 ould take his chances with the evening journalist, as they excel the. morning men ;iu more "ways than'one-- and - would doubtless be so drunk that he.would lie , dormant!y .quiet all- night,; He went -to.bed 1 and:was soon sound, asleep. - The, .jomhalist, however, awakened about twelve o’clock, and, thinking it a long lime’, between drinks, dressed himself unconsciously in the druggists, .clothes aim! fatled to make a night of it. Ever and anon he mutterd as he treated . all present : ‘ Funniest thing I ever heard of. When I went to bed last night I had only tw« ;ty five cents to my name and now I have got over a hundred dollars (showing a corpulent roll of bills),and lam bound to spend • every cent of it before 1 the morning. “He did.”