Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-02-06
4 Live Yankee :. Snorcd Out.

And he hath felt, and known and
A larger life and hope-though lost,
Far out at sea.
4 Live Yankee :. Snolcd' Out.
BY THE YOUNG 'UN.
Reader-do YOU snore in your sleep?
You don't? Well, | suppose not never yet
met the individual who would acknowledge the
| Shall tell you little adventure | was witness
to with g snorer''
The varieties OF the genus "SHorer is very extern
died. There is aquie signing, unobtrusve snoTer, who
always has " good time al it, and troubles nobody.
There is your wheeling, chucklirg squeakng
who makes regular business of it, but who keeps ii
all in the family, and peradventure, annoys only
the partner OF his joys and There is also
your nasal grumbler (who sleeps in the next room y
who mumbles and grunts, and gets over it.
But if there be under Heaven any object of pity
one that should excite the sympathy of the benevolent
ly disposed-more than another, commend me 10 your
out and-out snorer
| To appreciate his foes fully, YOU should be ia
tigued and restless yourself-ater three days journey
over humping bad road, and you shall run athwar
him. where the steamboat line connects at late hour
in the night You shall retire TO OF the few cots
1eftwhch you find stretched in the centre of the cab
in for the accommodation of the last comers-and af
ter the oltng you have passed through for the prev
GUS twentyfour or forty eight hours the may
be, yon shall regale yourself mag inavey during
the process of undressng) with the prospective enjoy
ment which natures sweet resorer has in for
you
Your weary head touches the pillows but
usal troubles you, and despite your most
earnest endeavors, it is midnight before You
pose yourself You at last out with tossing
and turning-and though the night is warm and the
vermn are active, you are determined 10 sleep.
For the last half hour you have been listening to
what you imagined distant thunder, (you afraid of
ghtning,) and at the instant you have concluded to
resign yourself 10 the embraces of Morpheus, your
eyes suddenly agap-wide open-and your brow
is Uh ask self
's What's that %
In reply 10 your interrogatory, a sort of explosion
takes place-a miniature eruption of Vesuvius blast
-" whoo--of pt" and the sound rolls away in a
long drawn unearthly sigh. like the last effort of a
sutfocatng man TO recover his breath and all is silent
again.
In such plight and at such time some years ago,
| remember TO have met Yankee in the cabin of a
crowded canal packet.
1t was midnight when he came on board at Pitts
, burg. from of the Ohio river steamers. He a
plain man, and had been out west,' he said-and
was satisfied to go home again.
The cabin crammed and an upright was al
lotted to him in the middle of the oor with some 9TH
ers. He was like 1ankee-and occupied considera-
Bile time in undressing, securing his watch adjusting
the bed clothes, and caring for his tin-which he
= | slowed away under the pillow.
He finally mounted the piece of furniture which
some adywrer compares to fence rail covered with
two strips of tape, and stretched himself out for the
' night.
For a long time he tossed uneasly in his cot, NUT
tering to himself something about being sheIved W
between heaven and arth but he finally turned
/ as supposed for the last tme-when fellow on his
right the door, who had evidently been getting
ready for some minutes burst out with
= "Ara--r-r-roo- whic-ur'
: Had thunderbot struck the Yankee upon thu
crown, he wouldn't have reached the cabin floor quick
, er than he did it And there he stood & in h
tracks, his teeth chaering his eyes disended will
% both hands grasping the side rails of his cot--as hi
), yeped out
- I" Hollow !''
= "Pho-om
"Wots that? 20
The unconscious sleeper was relieved momentarily
: and he vouched no answer
l. The Yankee gazed about the cabin cautously-b blu
I, his acknowledges were all sound asleep apparently
and the quiet ripping OF the water against the sides
J. our frail boat all that broke the silence.
l. Again he mounted the cot, and the moment sup
Is posed he had at least gone 10 the land of nod for tn
l. night, another
/ s.Kerrr-ethe-woo !" burst from the throat of tn
70 snorer his right, who had now got the steam wei
~ up. While the stranger started up TO look for tn
III cause;
e, Per-shee-shwela-ooh, escaped the gruntel
III and our Yankee could contain himself no longer
" With one bound he sprang 10 the floor, with
~ Hel-low-I say
III ssAh POGO J"
o. s'Thunder and earthquakes :"
u "Wh-e-w!"
w OF is IL
" Arker-ker-sloo-oo-"
~ "Dontr
IL Tchoo-"
y emo, it amt me %
~ ~ "Er-y-hou '
~ "BIast yer pictur-t aint!'
"Ah-tisk! 70
IN 81 say yer lie!'
to Er-a-houn'
IL "Wy. it's you-yourself,'' continued the Yanke
IS approaching him cautiously, and yerve made no
e- enough to skeer the devil, stop camp meetn -
es AS he placed his hand the snorer's breast,
IT, sudden whoof!' escaped him. and the Yankee cou
e- beaI no more
ne Help, yerer'
&c, Pshe-eu !" said the snorer.
n "Do 2"
IN "Ah-shoo-"
7; For Heavens sake!'
P "Hup-kir''
on "Cap'n-help yere! The mans dyn'-I say Mi
oy ter-murder help"
es Bv this time the cabin in roar-for the scel
%, in its early stages had awakened most of the crow
eo who had enjoyed ii right heartily The turn
er over on his side and the effort awake ned him.
10 "Whats the row, neighbour" he inquired OF Il
n Yankee, who stood over him with light.
nS Raow Thunder and liphtnin' I-ain't yer de-