Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-08-25
From The Saturday Evening Post.
Eearly Rising.

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been uttered, and much iolly' Inc o'u coup
let,
"Early TO bed ano carry 'or'Se' q,
Makes a man heaithy' weal'hy anu "lse'
has been sounded, over and over again, in the
ears of perhaps every person in this singular
w enlightened country. who has attained to
the age of seven. Doubtless the maxim is a
very good one, il it be taken whole-bnt
halved, it is not quite so good. 1t will do
no man. woman or child good 10 rise early,
if he or she goes to he'd late-it is far better
In lie late in the morning, than not to get a
sufficient amount of sleep. 1t is amusing to
hear some persons plume themselves on their
superior industry to others. because they hap
pen To he IN a couple Of hours sooner in the
morning having gone to bed probably four
hours earlier, and thus really done two hours
less work in the twentv-four. it is well.
though. both to retire and rise early, when it
can be done. Often. however. men, or rath-
er %certain ~rlasses of men, are so situated that
it is impossible. And, we repeat. a far more
important thing than to rise early, is to take
sufficient sleep. Judge Story used to say,
as we have heard, that it was not so impor-
tant when a man got up, as that he was wide
| awake when he was up. Some men, from
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summer time, arc not fully awake all day.
There is a continual tendency in their brains
to RELAPSE into slumher. Through the morn
ing. if they stop their work and sit down a
moment, their heads are nodding. and after
dinner sleep conquers them outright; while
in the evening not the most instructive book
or the most entertaining company can keep
their ewes omen. As a general rule, such
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not he wide awake while they pretend to be
awake, with eipht hours sleep, let them take
ten or even twelve. Anything is better than
such a stupid way of living. We have often
seen husbands and wives blush to see or
rather hear their beloved partners snoring an
accompaniment 10 the music of the piano, or
filling M with this usual melody the pauses
in a conversation. No person who pretends
to refinement or good manners will allow
himself, much less herself. to sleep in the
presence of visitors. Nothing looks so stu
pid and ridiculous. If yon cannot keep your
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have like a gentleman or : adv.
One of the hos, answers ever oiven was
that of the how To his father. when the latter
aroused him from his sleep. with the proverb.
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10, for the moment you touch them. they
spring mn with all their wits abont them:
But we intended SIMPLY TO write a snort
preface to a poem we have received upon the
s%ylvania poetessps, Mrs. Pierson-and here
we are. Mrs. Pierson speaks from the card;
she evidently testifes of what she knows
Early rising, it is very clear, like every thing
uiven the bripht side: Mrs. pierson gives
what Mrs. Grove wonld call the u,;gH side ;,
It is always we'll to hear both sides. even
tbonob il Is ant. as a Dutcb iudge is ,enorted
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