Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-11-09
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IMPORTANCE OF EARLY RISING.

Early rising is habit so easily acquir-
cd, so necessary for business, so adyan-
tageous TO health, and 50 important to de-
votion, that except in cases Of necessity, it
ought not to be dispensed with by any
prudent or diIigent person. The lying
late in bed is one Of the ills of the aged
and the SICK, but ought not to be an en-
joyment to persons in perfect health.
If any, therefore, have been 50 unfor-
tuna;e as to have acquired this idle habit,
let them get rid OF it as soon as they can.
. Nothing is easier; habit is only the
repetition Of single ac'S, and may be bro
ken as it was formed, by degrees; it is
succession Of short steps which conveys
, Us from the foot to the top Of a mountain
Let person accustomed to sleep till eig ht
in the morning, rise the first week in
April quarter before eight the second
We> X al half past Seven the third at
Qoarter after seven AMI the fourth at sew
en-: 1t him % Oh in this way to the end
Of July, an he will accomp Ii5h a wor}k,
which might at frs, appear difficult, ana
render month equal to five weeks Of
his former iuAoI]nt Life.
Lying late in bed is an in:cmp2iance
Of the most pernicious kind; it impairs
the health, is the cause Of many diseases,
and in the end Gcs.r*vs the lives Of multi
tUdrs it makes the rIoo1 forget its way,
2n1 creep I"z y along the veins it re-
, lakes the G5@cs, uAstrings the nerves,
cvaporates he animal spirits, saIdens the
soul, du!Is the fancy, AMI znblpos and STU
pities man to such degree that he dis:i5es
labor, yaWns for want oftnou@ht, trenlb:es
at the sight ola spider, or at the fancits Of
his own imagination
He who rises early is met bv the do
nestle animals with peculiar pleasure )
one winds and purs about him, another
fris%S and copers, and does every thing
bat speak. The Stern 1Has.ih, the pod
ding OK, the noble horse, the harmless
! sheep, the prating poultry, the dron 81
ass, each in its own way expresses Joy
when he first appears. Then how in
comparably fine is the downing Of the
day, when the soft light comes stealing
on-at first g2im9ers with the stars, but
. gradually o2:sh!nes them all How
i beautiful are the folding and the parting
Of the gray clouds, drawn back like a
! curtain, to give us sight Of the most mag
nlfcent of all appearancts--the rising
sun! How rich is the dew, decking eve
~ splre Of grass with co!ored spangles OF
endless variety, and ofinexpressible beau,
ty! Birds mount and fill the air with a
cheap AMI perfect music, and every Tree,
every stecpIe, and every hovel emits d
coomg or twlttering,a warbIing or chirp
ing, haiIing Of the return of day. The
solemn stiffness Of the morning is fit and
friendly to the cool and undistu1bed recoI
lection Of man just risen from his bed
fully refreshed and in perfect health LIE
him compare his condition with that o.
> half the world, and let him feel an indis
position to admire and adore his protector
if he can. How many great events have
come to pass in these six hours while
have been as Itcp! The heavenly bodies
have moved on; the great wheels O
nature have none Of them stood still
vegetation is advanced, the season is com,
! forward, fleets have continued sailing
councils have been hell, and, on the OBJ
posi;e side Of the world, in broad noon.
day, business AMI pleasure, amuscm>n:5
! battles and revelations have taken place
without my concurrence, or knowledge.