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Show BALTIMORE MAN WHO LIVES IN PIANO BOX. J A mattress and several bed coverings cover-ings hide the bottom. Along the sides are two shelves, on which are ranged bits of fishing tackle, a teapot, tea-pot, a coffee urn, a bottle of milk, knives, forks and cooking utensils. Around the sides are his clothes, neatly hung on hooks. At one end is a lighted lantern. On the whole, the place looks e::tremely cozy and comfortable. "I've been here since the blizzard of '88," said Bailey, in answer to a question. "Up to mat time I'd lived in a cabin a little fartner down on the shore, but the place was too cold, and I nad to find more comfortable quartery. I bought this box for 75 cents rather cheap for a home, wasn't it? "Ya-as, 'tis a little cold in winter, sometimes, but then, you see, the place is all my own. I'm protected trom the rain," and he pointed to the rough un roof that covered the top of the box, "and in summer time I'd sooner sleep here, where I can open the lid and get the full benefit of the breezes, than in a hot, stuffy bed in a real house." : Perhaps the strangest place of abode for a human being has just heen discovered in Baltimore. It is a piano box, located on a branch of the Chesapeake Bay, and is occupied by James Bailey, a wooden-legged fisherman. fish-erman. There are several boxes on the side of the river, all, with the exception of the one occupied by Bailey, bonis used as lockers by fishermen fish-ermen who live in the vicinity. The 1"jx in which Bailey lives is made of rough boards, and was once the home of an upright piano. It is about 6 feet in length, 3 feet wide and a little over 5 feet high. It is known as "No. 2,501," and has been used by Bailey for the last fourteen years. From the first of February until the last of November he eats, sleeps und lounges in this box, deserting it only when the winds which aweep over the river make it uninhabitable even for an animal. The old fisherman has never known a day of sickness, and says that he is perfectly happy, reports a writer in tle New York Herald. Though he has several children living in Baltimore, all of whom are anxious and willing for him to spend his declining days at their homes, Bailey stoutly refuses re-fuses all invitations, preferring to end his days in his "mansion" by the river. |