Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1903 — And Jones Quit Snoring. [ARTICLE]

And Jones Quit Snoring.

P. M. Gen. Payne, wbo was in Port* land last summer, was describing an old-time Milwaukee judge who had been noted for his kind heart. “I atended one day,” said Payne, “a session of the court at which this Judge presided. The court crier waa a very old man; he had served with} iidellty for many years, but age wa» beginning now to tell on him. He fell, asleep while I was in the court house,; and in a little while he was snoring. ‘‘His snores, of course, disturbed tha. proceedings of the court. The Judge, displayed great,, tact In Interrupting, them without embarrassing the crier. ' “‘Crier Jones,’ he'said la a loudj voice. ‘Crier Jones, some one Is snoring.’ *» ' - The crier awakened. 1 He started to his feet. “ ‘Silence!’ he exclaimed. ‘Thero must be not snoring in the court room,’, and he glared ferociously about him.’*)