Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1869 — The Sleepiest Man in the World. [ARTICLE]

The Sleepiest Man in the World.

He is a Montanian, and a typo. We have known him frequently to drop into A' sound tonooze while standing at his case “distributing,” and with half a “take”of matter in hand. As a compositor, he usually takes s nap at the end of each sentence, (as often in the broad day aa any other time), to be aroused therefrom only by a sneeze from one of the boys, or from some other unusual sound. If not particularly hungry, or engaged in exciting conversation with the fellow opposite, he invariably sleeps between his courses, while at his meals. The other day, at noon, he started down the stairs of the office to goto his “ hash,” and after reaching the doorway leading to the street, he suddenly yielded to Morpheus, leaned up against the broad door jam, and enjoyed a profound nap, until some sound or jar awakened him, and, having dreamed that he had actually been to dinner and tarried longer than usual, drew forth his toothpick, and hurried up stairs again, where he nervously rubbed his hands, hastily finished picking his teeth, jerked off his coat, and went to work. All these thmgs we have seen ourself; but his room mates and intimate brother members of the craft tell us that on diverse occasions, after retiring to his room to go to bed, he would get off his hat, perhaps one boot, and while Contemplating the exertion necessary to finish the job of undressing would actually set to dozing, and be found next morning still sitting in his chair, with his legs crossed, arms folded, his head inclined to one side, and snoring like a porpoise.— Helena (Montana) Herald.