Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-04-24
Snoring And Divorce.
ANEW CAUSE FOR sEvERING THE BONDS OF
HYMEN.

NEW CAUSE FOR sEvERING THE BONDS OF
HYMEN.
a grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt.
named Vanderbilt Allen, is the defendant in
a divorce suit in New York city, and one of
the grounds on which the application for
separation is based is that the plaintiff
snores very loudly, says the Syracuse Stan
ddrd. The fact that a snorer has tremen-
dous power &c increase the miseries of life
for his fellow beings has always been truth
within universal experience, and the offense
does not rank least among the signs Of that
inhumanity which "makes countless thous-
ands mourn" Who will say it was not
| Adams snoring that first put evil into the
mind of Eve? Nevertheless Mrs. Wander
bit Allen is the first person, so far as we
have learned who has thought that snoring
is crime on which plea may be founded
| in an application for divorce.
The time certainly has been when snoring.
whatever its intensity, variety. pitch or quail
ity, could not nut asunder two loving hearts
in wedlock joined, and, doubtless, there are
families still. founded in old fashioned sem
timents. whose harmony and felicity can de-
fv the blighting influence of snore but in
the new era-in which commercial or social
consideration are to supplant antiquated
emotions and marriage VOWS are to chime
with the chlnk of dolars-we must not he
surprised TO see divorces sought and granted
for transgressions far more venial than in
dulging iondness for nasal melodies.
/ We are not informed whether the plain.
tiff in this suit adopted any means. moral
or mechanical, to arrest the snorer in his
: horrible yyb batbar Sha Sat bpr
| wits to work at removing this cause of con
/ jugal infelicity. The writer is acquainted
with a gentleman who, being robbed Of
slumber one night by the prodigious blasts
that came from the breathing apparatus of
sleeping stranger who shared room with
him at hotel. rose aud introduced u candle
into the mouth of the slumbering musician
with the happiest results Did the COM
/ plalnant ever try the virtue of talow or
/ oleomargarine on her melodious spouse
/ However. IN the new era it is not a virtue 10
/ devise expedentS for escaping divorce pro
ceedlngs, and, of course, W. intend no
/ censure on the complainant. II is nobodv's
/ duty nowadays to put obstacles in the way Of
/ a divorce.
( IL is pretty clear that marriage contracts
Will have to be revised and adapted TO the
iCN oiuti w ltiiHSs. ueIe Will netu 10 Dt
an explicit statement that the contracting
parties will not consider themselves married
If either one discover any incompa,iblity of
temper between the twain, or if any differ
ence Of opinion, social, religious. political
literary OF aesthetic appear, or if, as in this
case, there seem To be disproportionate
amount of motherin- law in the matrimonial
combination, Of il the sly lie of living afforded
by the husband or the style Of speech,
carriage or general department presented by
either be unsatisfactory and, apparently,
the sacred document must needs contain a
statement that loud and persistent snoring is
Sufficient 10 anHu. all obligations of
marriage.
When tina, time comes the fate of the
institution whose vows are now taken and
laid by SO lightly viii depend on the efforts
that can be put forth TO render snoring an
accomplishment and source of cheerful
enjoyment. Possibly something in the way
Of nose culture can be done and perhaps d
new art invented II so. let our inventors
br>ir themselves.