Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-19
NOseOlogy In a Sleeper.
A Symphony of Snorers That Lasted
from Toledo to Cincinnati.
[Feom ths Toledo Telegram.J

A Symphony of snorers That Lasted
fronn Toledo to Cincinnati.
[Feom ths Toledo Telegram-l
Did you ever notice what variety of
notes the snorers have in a sleeping sar? If
you cannot slsep, and will but seek amuse.
ment instead of discomfort you will fnd an
analysis of this tone language very enter
tanning. It has more variations of time ,
tone. melody, harmony than a sonata or
symphony. I amused myself very sstisfac-
torily in taking to pieces and individuaIizing
the discordant harmonies which issued from
the noses of our unconscious felIow-travelers
the train ceased, and the pattering staceato
of the rain accompanied, without drowning,
the nasal chorus.
An upper berth passenger, who must have
been person of spare habits. with high,
sharp nose, gave a whistling and cheerful
little cricket on-the hearth notes. like 'peep!
peep! psep!" From the under berth, and
probably more expansive and beliieerent
organ, came vicious. syncopatsd slow
compartment of ''snorkl snork! snork!"
deep, mellow, long drawn whoome-
whoome-whoonhe," from the next section
harmonized and consolidated the peep and
snork, and was in turn punctuated in the
upper berth by a nervous and quick 'sx-ij ly,
ex-lj ly, ex-lj ly" repeated with pertinacious
and disconcerting energy. Somewhere near
and combining with these came laborious,
long drawn, struggling, force pump note,
calculated to awaken the Gveliest apprehen-
slons of premature suffocafion, ''like ''un-
mee-ee-zei un-mee-se-ze!" indefinitely re-
peated, mingled with obligsto passages of
fugitive clutcbing after the departed breath,
still f1rfher viviAa6 To he cd nf
the listener by another performer in the nasal
overture who, at frequent Intervals inter-
jected despairiDg catches of ''spip pip pip
um m-m mop p-buzzah!" interspersed with
''sfit sfit-sfit-boom, boom-beeze! bee ze!
scatter whuckyI"
At longer pause than usual-probably at
Dayton as heard them testing the car
wheel-the cessation of all ordinary motion.
and the substitution of the pounding of the
wheels seemed to awaken the desire for orig
lnal and startling effects among the orchestra
Among the more feeble Efforts of the per
formers already mentioned there arose the
mighty diapason of a snorer of the largest
tonnage and bottom, whom [ had seen
(not without apprehension stored in an
upper berth through the united exertions of
himself the conductor and the porter, with
the assistance of step-ladder, which creaked
and trembled under the burden. had been
listening in an excited state for the note of
that laundering pedal bass, and now it burst
forth in all its grandeur, scattering the ele-
ments and silencing the whole orchestra as
if a Javan earthquake had lit among them
The upheaval was beyond the power of Ian
gusge letters, but this may be some faint
idea of the event: ''WhoomeI um-mee-ee-
eezel Osh- -osh osh- -kosh-kosh! tubble-gubble
gubble! rip! snip-pip szpsbs -snork!''
AS Mr.. H w. Berlin was walking up Fair
field avenue, Bridgeport, Monday evening he
stepped on banana rind which was lying on
the sidewalk. Falling heavily, his left
shoulder was oisloceted as he struck. Mr.
Berlin was at once removed to DIR. J. 8. Sill
mans office, where surgical aid was rendered
He was afterwards taken to his resi- idence in
West Stratford.