The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-14
CoNNECTICUT,s CHAMPION SLEEPER.
MiddIetovn Claims Tex Dcering, Whose
somnolenco Has brought Him To Grief.

Eo"uOience IhhN DrouSht "a" Eic
MIDDLErowN. May 13-"Tex" Deering OF
Middletown is not only the heaviest sleeper In
the Nutmeg State. but those people who are
we'll acquainted with him swear that he Is a
lineal descendant OF one OF the Seven Sleep
ers. Thoy are by no means sure which onc.
but the boss Of tho whole seven without any
doubt. Like most men OF extraordinary toll
ent. however. Tex doesn't always do his best
on ordinary. everyday occasions. for instance.
for no doesn't mean to waste himself. But
when he lets himself out for genuine business.
throws his whole heft into sleep. he is thought
to overtop anything in that linethat ever slept
in this State. even tops themselves. the city OF
New London. and other sleepy things.
1t is quite enough merely for Tex to stroll
into any average town or village in the Land
OF Steady Habits to throw the whole place into
q browse. and when Undergraduates along the
countryside chickens have been known to 60
to roost. the sleeping haze on the hilltops
turns blue with envy. and he leaves behind
him long wake OF lawns and gapes and flut-
tering eyelids. Malignant detractors and
backbiters have even been heard to affirm
that a single visit to the o on the
part Of Tex Deering has instantly arrested
q very promising business boom therein. and
set back the owns development more than a
score OF years. 1t Is not known. however. that
Tex ever visited New London or Noank. Po-
auetannuck or Voluntown. and therefore 1t Is
the popular belief that he must have four
brothers over in the eastern part OF the State.
where those dreamful and placid places are
laid out-requiescat in pace! The overween-
ing serenity and comprehensiveness OF their
somnolence must be accounted for in som way.
and the presumption OF a large and scattered
Deering family seems to be the easiest way.
1t is as good as an opiate at any time Just to
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insomnia at sight by the suggestion" or
no more than twelve or fourteen hours daily. so
as not to tire himself orimpair his unparalleled
gift. but when ne lays himself out for a serious
round with Morpheus. such competitors rs
exact a handicap Tex Deering laid himself out
In the style noted a day or two ago. and Mt the
e enGs. t stnS not 1n inoi HHt al! F ,hst oi ts% siss%P sissp gss:
the hss wsgle e 6on %as %Hs Saiiey IS 81 st tGlipf o]alpi sna
Of a day in Middletown and The whole Con
s ST xs ssSSS sstissinE sinss1if aiSn sA : rural r "'M.
the wooded hills. not far from town. In the
course OF an hour or SO he had moved himself
ssas' = 4Eai lis anw 81 e % a%etivt! andhi he oT isy
ri ri; 4 s'!i s 81 .h iii ,e s;5ssD' r SSsf'hs seui s'.ss
resist his penetrating, and pervasive Inau:
ence; As has been said. a spell instantly fell
and the landscape reclprocatlnG in good shape.
and he slept.thas !, to say, al hands: every:
twenty :i%s t e {th / Sax Or hours iwo' B Sas' ne i m.i.
swoks, rose. and shook himself: and. presum,
ably. the country, awoke also. although there
i Il H. t TSsqe arc re s sSRs0s9t hi laat It eve sh0q ln
sleeping in which the State q connee.i.
Tex T.,NSe looked ni'f hln.ssii oS Sesn in a nt cain. e s,ne 7
plative. and TRANQUILITY surprised sort of way.
Parell Went, he looked Tor ali the world like Old
the cSsttstlilll Mounfa nGHH AoD Vic 'p0fS 0i
Tex Hhu disc s,ter tp0 in iim n,m tsst % WIFI iGhi s sleyytt
ss.9sd Elm HiS; oFFefSni@ s shyoes = a thisf' sta ssd 81.
trousers pocket. with a j~ackkniie and a plug
OF tobacco. Tex sat down. ruminatins. ana
the situation time to impress itself on his mind.
then srsIrs sSg in MAYA miSSIs, ON; and lii in in S9nrse Of f,a me me:
lice though not hastily. about the e1traor d.
nary affair. but tho subtle essence OF sleep that
spsil io oysr ths eaIc s1s9 MSa f is:t t it, s e Ss ss 1Sst
not very fast. Hence IFS ali Of no use. for no.
thief that has had the temerlty to rush into
and inoculRte himself with the ingredients of
Deering perpetually.
But didn't you wake ND at all whom that
fellow was going through you? Didn't you
feel him ?" inquired Middletown's Chief Of Po-
lice in astonish
yawn: yet / want sleepin'- what yer might
call sound or hard and fast. Fact was. | want
dozin'. that's all. Everythln'. was too favora-
bio like. yer see. Now. theD. II only n thunder
storm had come up. q real rip. s%nortin' one.
with lots Of. criss.crag. skeery liEntniu'. or Of
the hull hill had fell ip. or somethin' or other
then. i might hav' slept"
But 1t must be admitted there is one pecu-
liar thing about this occurrence to Tex. which
Is by no means credible or even plausible. and
jewellers IN the Connecticut Valley. all the
way from Dan to Beershsba. SO to speak. are
inquirinR. How on earth is it that any mortal
thief was able to strip Tex Deering, Of his
falling down petrihsd. and snooziug on till
the final trump"
1t docs seem queer. for O fact.