White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-05-16
sNYDER's NOSE.

snyder kept beer saloon, some years ago,
| "Over the Rhine" Snyder was q pOnderous Teii-
| ton of very irascible temper sudden and quick
in quarrel" got mad in a minute. Nevertheless,
his saloon was great resort for the bOys-partly
because of the excellence of his beer, and partly
because they liked to chafe old Snyder, as they
called him; for although his bark was terrific ex-
perience had taught them that he wouldn't bite.
One day Snyder was missing, and it was explain
ed by his frau" who "jerked' the beer that day,
that he had gone out fishing init der poys." The
next day, one Of the boys, who was particularly
fond of roasting" old Snyder dropped in to get
glass of beer, and discovered Snyder's nose, which
was a big one atNany time, swollen and bistered
by the sun, until it looked like dead ripe to-
matO.
"Why, Snyder, what's the matter with your
| nose 7" said the caller.
81 peen out fishing nit der poys," replied Sny-
der, laying his finger tenderly against his probos-
els; "der sun it PEGS hot like ter tifel, mt
purns my nose. Nice nose, don't itf" And Sny-
der viewed it with look of comical sadness in
the little mirror back of his bar. 1t entered at
! once into the head of the mischevious fellow in
| front of the bar to play q joke upon Snyder; SO
he went ont and collected half dozen of his COM
rades with whom he arranged that they should
drop into the saloon one after another and ask
Snyder: "Whats the matter with that nose % to
see how long he would stand it. The man who
| put up the job went in first, with companion,
and seating themselves at table, called for beer.
Snyder brought it to them, and the newcomer
matter with your nOsep
81 yust dell your friend here ben ont fishin'
NIT der boys, und de sun he p:irnt em-zwei Ia
ger-den eents-all right
Another boy rushed in. "HallOO, bows, you're
ahead of me this time; 'spose I'm in, though.
Here, Snyder, bring me glass of lager and a
| pret-(appears to catch sudden glimpse of Sny-
der's nose, looks wOnderingly moment, and then
bursts ont laughingly) -"ha! ha! ha! Why,
Snyder, ha! ha!-what's the matter with that
nose Il"
Sny der, of course, can't see any fun in having a
burnt nose, or having it laughed at, and he says,
i'm a tone sternly emphatic:
"Ive peen out fishin' nit der poys md der sun
yust so hot like ash der tfel unit purnt my nose;
dat ish all right"
Another torment comes in, and insists on "set-
ting 'em up" for the whole house. "Snyier,"
says he, FILL up the boys glasses, and take a
drink yourself Ho! no! no! ha! ha! ha! Snyder,
what-ln! ha! what's the matter with that
nOse!"
Snyder's brow darkens with wrath by this time
and his voice grows deeper and sterner-
~ peen out fshin' init der boys on der leedle
Miami. Der sun peest hot like as hail. unit purnt
my bngle. Now dat is more vot l don't got to
say. Not kind of beseness! Dat is all right; l
purn my own nose, don't it ~
"Burn your nOse-burn all the hair off your
head, for what care; You needn't get mad about
Itwas evident that Snyder wouldn't stand more
than one more tweak at that nose for he was
tramping about behind his bar and growing like
an exasperated old bear in his cage. Another of
his forments walks in. Some one sings out to
him, Have glass of beer, Billyf"
Don't care about any beer, J" says Billy; "but,
Snyder, you may give me one of your best cigars
"fa IA! ha! ha! ha! no! no! no! he! he! all
h-h! ha! ha! ha! WhO-who-ha-a! ha! ,rhafs
the matter rifk that ROsesr
Snyder was absolutely fearful to behold by this
time; his face was purple with rage, all except
his nose, which glowed like ball Of fire. Lean
ing hrs ponderOns figure over the bar, aud raising
his arm aloft to emphasize his words with it, he
fairly reared:
Eve peen ont Nishin' nit ter boys Der sun it
pese hot like hail tamnation. purnt my nose
Now yOu no like dose nose You youst take dose
nose unit tcring yoxr tam .AmeYican fsgers
NIT EN-! Ddfs the Lind Of man rot Iamr
And Snyder was right