Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1913 — AS OTHERS HEAR US SNORE [ARTICLE]

AS OTHERS HEAR US SNORE

Worse Than Slide Trombone In Full Cry, a Cat Concert or Siren Whistle With the PipPlacing the family phonograph on the library table, Mrs. Ravenyelp said to her husband. “I have record here, Henry and I want what it is.” When a weird succession of sounds began to come from the horn of the instrument. Ravenyelp knitted his brow and tried to idaptify them. “It’s a buzz saw plowing through a knot,” he ventured. “Guess again,” said Mrs. Ravenyelp. , “A slide trombone in full cry.” /“Hardly.” { “Cat concert?” ‘ _ “Nope.” “Hoot owl with its toes in a trap.” Smiling grimly, Mrs. Ravenyelp shook her head in «the negative. “Give it up,” finally said Ravenyelp; “but as one last guess I’ll say that it sounds very much like a siren whistle with the pip.” “I will agree that it is as bad as all you have named?” Mrs. Ravenyelp remarked, “and I hope it will save a lot of argument in the future.” ‘ “But what is it?” insisted Ravenylep. “It’s a record I made in your bedroom the other night,” replied Mrs. Ravenyelp, “to prove to you that you really do snore in your sleep and to let you know just how awful it sounds." —Charles A. Leedy in Judge.