Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-13

EARLY RISING Much has been said in
favor of early rising, and very Justly too but
after all, there is not 50 much IN rising early, as
in spending tho day well, after you are up. Ma
ny people tske pride in getting out Of their
beds before rosy morning has pceped from tho
eastern horizon, and yet these people lounge
away their time, a. if it wsre created for no.
thing better. II 10 we'll to be up and = doing f;
there 10 no TRAIT in the character Of q young
person, that looks 30 we'll a. disposition to at
tend to his affairs in the morning-it looks
like a determination for business, which will
establish his credit, and eventually lay the
foundation for his fortune. Show US n man
who employs himself early rather than late,
and we will show you a rich man. and one who
will be known in tho world moro characters
and more fortunes have been formed between
day light and sunrise. than at any other pc
Rod Of the day ; more good habits have been
established BY this practice, than by any 9TH
er. With the morning Of the day it is as it is
with the morning Of Iifo. lie that sees his
youth pass away. and has nothing to lay a
feather against, will, in ninety-nine cases out
Of a hundred, be poor and he who begins
not the day well, is almost sure to end il as he
began. In the morning, both BODY and mind
are in full vigoi :; every organ is prepared TO
act, every nerve is ready TO perform its ofic
and every faculty to display itself; and he
who permits his system 10 weaken and ener.
votc itself, by indulgence, cannot be wise.
But there is one cIas, of early risers. who
had better remain in bed. We mean those
who are called up by an appetite for thei- bit
tiers ; and who are not the least numerous of
those who get up early. We have marked
taverns and grog shops, and found them soon
er t~enanted than other places Of resort-and
noticed that a 'drunkard always commences
his career early in the day. Look where you
will, and our life on it, you see a drunkard
spend no morning in bed, unless compelled to
do SD by last nights debauch. They awake
with the first ray Of morning light, their
minds clouded with horror for past conduct,
their ihroats burning with an unnatural thirst,
and they hasten TO quench the one by adding
to the other. These people had better let the
sun rise upon their slumbers, than take anoth-
or step towards a hprrid death, before break
fast.
And yet another class Of people get and
deserve no credit for leaving their beds before
their ncighbors and these are those who
make no good use of their time after they are
up. What matters it II a man have all the
good qualities in the world, if no make no
good use of them : Would the mines Of Peru
benefit the world, if suffered to remain in the
heart of her mountains! A man may get up
if he will, and spend more time on his feet
than any in the country, and yet not perform
| half the labor Of one who INDUCES himself in
bed till noon, We have heard Of n clever old
lady in Newport, who was alwaysthe first per-
son up in the place, and yet ,oorh nothing
after she ,oas up ; and a thousand times have
we been reminded Of tho story. by the conduct
Of persons under our immediate observation.
We say get up carly by all means, and when
you have risen, let every man attend to his
own affairs, and then every mans affairs will
DO attended 10.