Southern planter., 1832-11-03

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nuisance, we fear, beyond tho reach of satire
w snoring. Whether il is an Amcricauieu.
IKE wHung, splitting, putiing'lhe oet ON the man.
"e-plece' aud wearing hats with long nan ee do
not wish at this time 10 discuss; nor whether il Is
one OF those general evils incident 10 the uniyerva
lnhimihes Of human nature; but we do saw thai
your regular SRorcr is an enemy 10 society, and
ought either TO cure his propensity, or turn hermit
our OBJECT IN writing this is 10 solicit the attention
OF me learned on a subject Intimately connected
WIN human comfort, that some means may be a.
dopted either 10 have the class Of saorcrs kent
distinct from other people, in different part Of the
town, and compelled TO travel in a line of STAGES
und steamboats, constructed expressly for them; or
else TO check the propensity IN early childhood by
a nglo course ot education. Our youth are taught
70 dance, sing, play the fiddle sit straight eat with
Their fork, and be vriuous; but not word about
snorlngi not hint Of this faculty. growing up in
the secrecy OF night, like a rank, uxurant weed,
within Their character, TO break the peace of nno.
cent families, and ruin, night after night, that pre-
clous balmy slumbor which lies so "starkley in the
travellers bones" Snororsl Why they are mon
SLOTS we avoid them IN our rural pereginauons
anu smile inwardly on finding their acquaintance
cultivated by unwary strangers, who lttlo think
what trap they are falling into We are one Of
that extensive class of human creatures WAC enioy
fair nights rest he day emphaiicaIly belongs
TO earth We yield il without rciuc,ance 10 care
ana labor. We toll, we dradge, we pant, we play
Ee mack horsei We do things smilingly, from which
III secret we recolli VIC pass by sweet spots and
rare races, lhat cur very heart yearns for, without
oeIraylng The Effort IL costs; & thus we drag through
'he ~ long hours disgusled almost, but aQAddened
whal, that the mask will have an end, and tho to
olous game be over, and our visor aud our weapons
9e ia'o aside. But tho night is the gift Of heaven.
II Drngs freedom and repose; its influence falls
cooilyand gratefully upon the mind as well as the
bodyi and when we drop tho extinguisher upon the
round untouched pillow, we, at the same time put
out world OF cares and perplexities What then,
must be our disappointment, TO find ourselves full
length, side by side, with proessed, regular bred,
iullblooded snorer, when the spell of sleep is every
lew moments forming on u.s. and then broken by
the anomalous, lncongruous, nasal vOciierations
gaihst winch, at this particular moment, we arc en-
deavonng to excite The Indignation Of the reader.
II IS one OF the advantages of authorship, how.
ever, that even evils, by yielding prolific subjects
for the pen, may be made a source of amusement
and profit We experienced this the other night
when travelling from days Absence the travellers
lvlcissltudes sent us TO sleepon board steamboat,
playing between this city aud Albany Fancy
us, good reader, you know, (or, for we have been
hand and glove with you for so long a time, you
ought to know. our sly penohdni for comlort-our
harmless pieces OF epicureanlsm a small scale
our enjoyment Of a ady, still corner--our hor-
Tor OF beng pushed aud thrust about 'any how"
we have even, on occasions, betrayed too many OF
our secret tastes and antpathies and have been
tod sometimes by anonymous correspondents,
(those familiar, invisible gentry,) for preierring a
slant sunbeam through heavy curtain to one that
comes IN like other beams Imagine U.S. then, IN a
"night boat" which even the captain confessed
NEaIs. " 4. \ -
night numerous passengers, the engine heaving and
working laborously, with regular and heavy I'm
pulse, that Jared through the massive vessel with
Jerks and shocks like little earthquakes, aud the
subtle languor OF slumber stealing through our
limbs, and hanging on our eyelids. A hundred OF
two travellers had already "turned ln," and we
were ushered below INTO the cabin, aud directed
by clerk to a berth, where our guide informed us
we were TO sleep To sleep! We looked at the
fellows face. It was perfectly grave and respect
tul. A glance satisfied us he had intended no IN
suit. lie left us. and we paused to look around
An the cabin Of a steam boat is a melancholy al
fair TO a sleepy gentleman, about eleven O'Clock a
night. a dim lamp suspended from the sealing
shed doeiul light upon the long, low, narrow a
partment Tho curtains Of the berths were mostly
drawn. Divers boots, which, when onliyened b.
their respective legs, had clambered mountains o
paced over fields, now lay IN groups here and there
Hats, vallses, umbrellas, rested by their owners
being probably the only yestges Of them we shoul'
ever encounter. One fat gentleman had just life
his unwdly person into bed, aud was tying ban
danna handkerchief around his head, preparatoL
to his launching of into glorious rcpose; while
crOssloOking lean person opposite, having wound
= ed up his watch ndrcscued his feet from his boots
with pTodIgious deal of straining and I'll humor
having with considerable difficulty dscoyere
where he was 10 dispose of his cloak and oihe
matters; humping his head, moreover, while gel
ting into his couch and easing the pain with smo
thered eXscration, at length also disposed Of hun
self 10 his satisfaction. We do not know Of an
thing which, when a man is really ont Of humo
!. exhausis his philosophy more utterly than hltlin
d his head sharply againslany hard object My iren
cursed the builder of the steamboat, in hall-sm'
thered growl, and then all was quiet. And no.
we were floating of INTO pleasant sleep, when
low and gradually increasing sound from the beri
w of the fat gentleman arrested our attention..
listened, all was silent; and thea again the sam
sound more palpable and better developed.
was at first long breath, Of the consistency oil
- loud whisper We turned over, still il went on
We turned back again, there It was yet We ros
- on our elbow in a passion and poHed our head b
tween the red curtains There was the fat genil
on mans hnrtb We could iusl detect glimpse