Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-28
sNoeeLEs, The sNoRER.
Tricks Played By His Tent Compan-
iona To Make Him stop.

ions to Make Him stop.
Zone of the worst snorers l think that
I ever had the misfortune to be person
ally acquainted WITH" began the white
haired dry goods drummer refectively.
twas chap named Sam Snoggles, who
was in the same company with me In the,
army during the civil war. The poor
fellow Is dead long ago, believe, and
don't want to say anything to inJure
the feelings Of his friends. but the truth
of the matter was that when Snoggles
slept there was mighty little rest for
any one in the neighborhood.
1.-THE minute he got to sleep he would
roll over on his back. open his mouth
and tune up. He would begin with a
noise something like man gently scrap
ing fiddle bow across the strings, and
as he went on the sound would gradually
rise higher and higher and spread out
and increase in volume until the whole
tent was packed SO full Of 1t that the
sides bulged out. and then he would
suddenly wind up with terrific snort
that nearly shook the ground.
"Nnturally, this was rather wearing
on the rest of us, aud we tried various
| schemes to break him of snoring, but
without success. Finally we hit upon
the plan OF tying piece of hard tack
to string. attaching the other end OF
| the string to a pole and then, after
dangling the cracker over the yawning
cavity until II was exactly in the right
position. dropping it gently into his
mouth This would tickle his palate
and set him to coughing. and as 1t
| would take him some time to settle down
and get his snore foundry going at full
/ blast again the other occupants of the
! tent would manage in the meanwhile to
secure little rest.
"But 1t used to puzzle Snoggles greatly
to know why he had these sudden chok-
| ing spells in his sleep, and he finally
consulted the compnny's surgeon. who
/ examined his throat and told him there
was nothing wrong there and that his
choking must be all in his Imagination.
Imagination be hanged" growled
Snoggles. \ reckon mans imagina-
ton don't set up nights tryin to choke
him to death
"Well. he began to suspect what the
trouble was finally. and one night when
we were trying the cracker cure on him
as usual he suddenly shut his teeth or
it, and the next instant he was sitting
up splitting hard tack and harder Ian
guage out of his mouth, and as soon ut
he got fully awake and had secured
club we had to fly for our lives.
.'Snoggles went to the captain mex
morning and entered complaint agains
us for disturbing his sleep, and We
promptly entered counter complaint
against him for his diabolical snoring
and the matter was finally settled by
giving Snoggles and that double basi
snore of his tent all to themselves u
the extreme edge of the camp.
MANY years have passed since tina
; time but never have forgotten San
Snoggles snore, and frequently on |
summer night. when am awakened b.
the loud rumble of thunder overhead,
! spring up in my bed. and for an instan
= have all can do to keep myself iron
imagining that am back in Compan
G's tent on the Rappahannock lstenin
5 to one of Snogglcs' slumber annihilntin
{ midnight solos. -Woman's Home Com
= panion.