Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-10-31
EARLY RISING.

| We read some time since, in little worl
by an English writer, an anecdotc, which
as nearly as we can recellect, ran as follows
In one OF the small towns in Germany
where the number of bee.hives which III,
inhabitants are allowed TO keep is regulated
by law, this number, small as il was, wa
found one season to be larger than the pas
ture could support. The hives Of one ole
peasant, however, seemed to be nothing
worse off than usual, yet his was no nearel
than the others to the fields of bonnJ
blooming heather, rosemary and thyme
His neighbors wondered but instead o
seeking 10 solve the mystery in the righ
spirit, they INDUCED in vague surmises ant
whisperings He had bewitched their hives
or "made mae cony' bargain with the evi
one for his own" The old man boro all
these dark suspicious patiently till the honey
harvest came round then, when no had
stored away just double the quantity that the
rest had saved, he called his neighbors into
his garden and said-"Had it not been for
your want of charity would have told you
my secret before. This is the only WITCH
craft have nsed ;'-and he pointed to the
position Of his hives, inclined little more
to the east than that generally adopted. By
this movement the rays of the sun shone up
on his hive an hour or two earlier, and his
bees were abroad lading themselves with
treasure, long before those of his neighbors
had reused themselves for the day.
And now, reader, as good as this story is,
we have told il only for its moral. Always,
If possible, lei your bed room window face
the east, and do not keep out the beams of
the rosy morning by blinds and Shutters
You will perhaps sleep the longer thus, but
you had far better be up and stirring with the
dawna What If you have nothing to do :
Get up then for pleasure. Go forth into
the fields, on horseback or on foot, and snuff
the pure air. 1t will brace you up, make
your blood run livelier through your veins,
and fit you 10 bear with ease the toll and
care of the day. They are twice as beau
tiful, too, in the morning as at any other
time. Only let a man once know the plea
sure of an early stroll over the hills-let
lin once taste the fresh, balmy air, and cast
his eye over the woodland and valley below,
wet with dew and glIttering in the light of the
newly rising sun, and our word for il, he
will think that no bad advice, which bids
him give up for this the pleasure even of see-
ing those same fields as the poet says,
sleeping in moonlight luxury" But if you
will not be an early riser for pleasure, let in
terest induce you to be such. We will not
quarrel with your motive. A word in your
ear-''it is the earliest bird which picks up
the most worms"
Were you ever hard pushed, and so obliged
to take an hour from what lazy folks call
"thefr mornings sleep?" If you ever were,
and have not KEEP, up the practice from very
love Of it, we are more than half inclined 10
give you over. If you never were, hear to
US now. and we speak from daily experience,
be 1t remembered, you will find one of these
morning hours, which you doze away, worth
more than any three in the after part of the
day. You have had Tor should have had)
by sunrise sleep sufficient to satisfy the wants
of nature /; more would serve only to create
that disagreeable sensation which always
arises from repletion. Getu then, and you
will feel yourself ready to prosecute to ad.
vantage whatever you may wish to UNDER
take. Would you study? You have clear
head, cool brain, and as you will soon per-
ceive, marvellous facility at understanding
your authors meaning. Would you work
The sleep you have had has invigorated you
your thews and sinews, which over night
were aweary with labor, are braced up again.
Luckily you slept no longer. else you would
have found perhaps that "balmy Sleep" a
Deliah itself sometimes, can take away as
well as give strength. And so whatever you
would do. be it even play, take an early NOR
ming hour for it, and you will succeed better,
feel more cheerful and better natured through
the day, and find yourself ever increasing in
health. wealth and prosperiy-Take our
advice. then, and addict yourself to "Early
Rising "-New Haven Herald.